audio Peter & Paul VI: Models of Leadership In the Gospel today Peter shows us that to be a Christian leader means constantly accepting the call of Christ to feed and to tend his…
text “On the Wings of a Snow-white Dove.” One of the most popular Country singers during the 1950’s was Marty Robbins…
audio A Church Where All Are One | May 28, 2020 Deacon James Martin Nobles, O.P., makes it clear and pulls no punches. Christ calls us to be one people dedicated to him and to each other…
audio An In-Between Time | May 27, 2020 The time between the Ascension and Pentecost is a strange and in-between time for the Church. We do not yet have the fullness of the Holy…
audio How Much do We Fall Short? For 28 May 2020, Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide, based on John 17:20-26
audio Taking Ownership | May 26, 2020 At some point in a leader-follower or teacher-student relationship there comes a point where the student and the follower has to take…
audio Memorial Day: Honoring the fallen, seeking after peace <p>Perceptions of violence within the Christian tradition have been fraught with complexity, from…
audio The Gifts We Have Been Given | May 25, 2020 Often we fall into what Fr. DePorres Durham, O.P. calls a "dangerous game" of comparisons. We forget the great gifts each one of us has…
audio Your Head is in Heaven: May 24, 2020 Homily Your Head is in Heaven: May 24, 2020 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text The Ascension of Jesus as Lord Today in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis and the eve of Memorial Day in the United States, we…
audio Ascending with Christ | Ascension Sunday When Christ ascended into Heaven he was not distancing himself from humanity, but calling all of us to join him. The Ascension is a call by…
audio God is not far | May 22, 2020 God reassures us, through both Scripture and through the feast we celebrate today, that He is indeed with us. God is not far from anyone…
audio "Grief turned to joy": Christian perseverance <p>In the face of confusion and darkness, the Christian disciple might be tempted to question Jesus…
audio The Purpose of Waiting | May 21, 2020 Throughout our daily lives we find ourselves waiting for many things. In fact, waiting seems to be a core aspect of our life here on Earth…
text “around me surges a miracle of unceasing birth and glory and death and resurrection” The poetry of e.e. cummings was included in a funeral I recently attended…
audio Preaching Christ Crucified | May 20, 2020 Paul's missionary work in Athens yielded few results. Only a few truly heard and believed the message he preached. He used both reason and…
audio Better That I Should Go | May 19, 2020 Jesus makes an outrageous claim to his apostles: that it is better that he should go. This the person who changed their lives forever at…
audio Come Holy Spirit, Come For 20 May 2020, Wednesday of the 6th week of Eastertide, based on John 16:12-15
audio Do Good Anyway | May 18, 2020 Often in the history of the church and in the personal lives of Christians there has been persecution. People have taken the good works…
audio Better than Jesus? For 19 May 2020, Tuesday of the 6th week of Eastertide, based on John 16:5-11
text Sixth Sunday of Easter 2020: The Spirit of Truth The world is now in what is arguably the sixth month of the COVID-19 pandemic. The stress on people…
