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Jesus encapsulates in these two Commandments today all the wisdom of the world. To love God and to love our neighbor are acts of self-gift,…

How often when looking for our vocation do we look for cause and effect? We expect God to show us some great sign and from that great sign…

As Christians we have put on Christ through our Baptism and our participation in the Church, but we do not always live up this calling and…

Another weekly reflection from Fr. Patrick Baikauskas, OP.

The life of a Christian is a divisive one. It forces us to choose God as our primary and central relationship. But when we do so, just as…

Often, when I hear the question, “Do you love me?” I think of a beautiful…

There is the anxiety which threatens to overwhelm us, the psychological anxiety of the world, but as religious people we must remember that…

The rich fool in the Gospel today radically miscalculates what it is that makes us wealthy. In reality his surplus has isolated him from…

Br. Jordan DeGuire, O.P. preaches on 1 Thessalonians 1: 1-5 for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.     
Br. Jordan preaches on St. Paul's…

[Busy days at hand: students’ mid-terms and papers are clamoring for attention. The following is a…

Politics are overwhelming; strive to be a saint: October 18, 2020 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP

Br. Thomas Mary Wagaman, O.P. preaches on Isaiah 45: 1, 4-6 for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.  
Br. Thomas Mary preaches to remind us…

For 18 October 2020, Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 22…

We are called to be leaven for the world through our prayer and our action. But often we are afraid, we allow what others might think of us…

I talk about the end of my high school life and move on to college.  

Do we ever take the time to count our blessings? We have been given every spiritual blessing in the heavens, but do we acknowledge that…

Jesus' rebuke of the Pharisees should hit us hard, it should be an arrow to our gut. These men did want to follow the Law, in fact, they…

The games of marbles we played on the parking lot of Incarnation School were…

Sin distorts our vision, preventing us from seeing things as they truly are. But time spent with Christ, particularly through the Eucharist…

Why do we preach? Do we preach for ourselves and for what we gain, for our egos and our pride? Or do we preach for Christ and embrace both…

As the focus of national news programs shifted last week (and the week before) to concerns about…

Trusting in Jesus in Difficult Times: October 11, 2020 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP

As Christians we know that we belong to Christ. Christ has rescued us, his rightful creation, from the hands of the Enemy, The Strong Man,…

The Frank Friar has his first experience of being called to the priesthood in junior high school.