audio A New Beginning For 2 December 2021, Thursday of the first week of Advent, based on Isaiah 26:1…
text 1st Sunday of Advent 2021: The Coming of the Lord Today marks the beginning of Advent, a joyful season of preparation before the celebration of the…
audio Advent: A Time to Increase & Abound in Love — 11/28/21 Homily Advent: A Time to Increase & Abound in Love — 11/28/21 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Episode 62 - Recollections of past Thanksgivings I share memories of previous Thanksgiving days in my life.
audio Episode 62 - Recollections of past Thanksgivings I share memories of previous Thanksgiving days in my life.
audio Being Prophetic For 26 November 2021, Friday of week 34 in Ordinary Time, based on Daniel 7:2-14
text “The truth must dazzle gradually or every person be blind.” In her poem entitled “Tell all the truth, but tell it slant,” Emily Dickinson…
text Solemn Feast of Christ the King of the Universe (and last Sunday of the Church year) Kings don’t amount to much these days. Elizabeth II has been much on people’s minds lately because…
audio A Kingdom of Truth & Love: 11/21/21 Homily A Kingdom of Truth & Love: 11/21/21 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Episode 61 - A reflection on the readings for this Sunday - The Feast of Christ the King Which kingdom will we choose?
audio Look Where You’re Going, Not Where You’ve Been For 20 November 2021, Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 20:27…
text “Gotta Serve Somebody” When the album entitled Slow Train Coming was launched in 1979, one song from…
text 33rd Sunday of the Year: Consider the trees As autumn slowly gives way to winter, there is a touch of sadness in the air, despite the beauty…
audio Reading the Signs of the Times: 11/14/21 Homily Reading the Signs of the Times: 11/14/21 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Episode 60 - Carpe diem! How are we at "seizing the day?" This reflection on the readings for this Sunday - the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - can inspire us to examine how are we doing in recognizing that…
text “In case of the Rapture, this car will be abandoned.” Due to the snow storm, the trip back from Des Moines to Dubuque would take an…
audio Just say “Thanks” For 10 November 2021, Wednesday of week 32 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 17…
text 32nd Sunday of the Year: Pumpkins and Compassion This week, I was ambushed by a juxtaposition of images broadcast on several news channels. The…
audio A Church of the Poor & for the Poor: 11/7/21 Homily A Church of the Poor & for the Poor: 11/7/21 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Episode 59 - How do the readings about two widows this Sunday call us to examine our own calls to love one another? The readings this Sunday and the past two Sundays can be very challenging to us. What keeps us from truly loving our neighbor as ourselves?
text “A penny for your thoughts?” In a book entitled The Proverbs of John Heywood, published in 1546, we find…
