audio Episode 75 As we begin our Lenten journey, let's think about the temptations we experience in life, and how our loving God has equipped us to overcome them -…
audio Give God Your Heart: Ash Wednesday 2022 Homily Give God Your Heart: Ash Wednesday 2022 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text “I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist it.” Lent has begun once again, so can temptation be far behind? The season of…
text 8th Sunday of the year: The First Casualty of War In July 1783, after the cessation of war between the American colonies and England, Benjamin…
audio Fruitfulness Follows Faithfulness: 2/27/22 Homily Fruitfulness Follows Faithfulness: 2/27/22 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Is that a splinter in your eye I see? As we approach Lent, what do we need to see in ourselves - how do we know what to say - how are we called to act?
audio The Hardness of our Hearts For 25 February 2022, Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 10:1-12
text “Is the glass half empty, half full or is the glass twice its normal size?” While I was waiting to order a cappuccino at a favorite coffee bar, I read…
text 7th Sunday of the Year: Blessed are the Merciful Biblical scholars have quibbled for centuries about the identities of the famed “Four Horsemen of…
audio Forgiveness is the Only Way: 2/20/22 Homily Forgiveness is the Only Way: 2/20/22 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio The Ultimate Challenge For 20 February 2022, Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, based on Luke 6:27–38
audio Give and it will be Given to You For 20 February 2022, Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, based on Luke 6:27–38
audio Where in the world is Fr. Patrick? I’m take a few days off. Relaxing in Key Largo at the home of Jennie Block, a great friend of the Order.
text “Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more.” Caddying at local private golf clubs was a way of life for many of my friends…
text 6th Sunday of the Year: True Blessedness Beginning in 1991, I taught courses in dreams, spirituality, and memory for graduates and…
audio Saint Thomas Aquinas can teach us about hope in times of despair This interview with Professor Christopher Beem of Penn State University looks at how the teachings of Thomas Aquinas on the theological virtues can…
text “Developing an attitude of beatitude.” Standing in the express line (15 items or less) at one of the local…
audio Worthy by the Grace of God For 7 February 2022, Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, based on Isaiah 6:1–2a, 3–8…
text 5th Sunday of the Year: The Call February is Black History month. At this fraught moment in our nation’s story, today’s readings…
audio What have You Come to See? For 7 February 2022, Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 6:53-56
