audio Cutting through the Noise | Good Shepherd Sunday In our world today it can be difficult to hear the voice of our Good Shepherd Jesus Christ. We are constantly bombarded with noise and…
audio The Wisdom of Staying | May 2, 2020 We continue the Bread of Life discourse in the Gospel today and we see those who did not remain with Jesus, those who found his sayings too…
audio St. Joseph: Worker & Intercessor | May 1, 2020 Often particular people are drawn and attracted to particular saints. Perhaps it is the hardships and struggles the saint endured, maybe it…
audio The Ear of Our Heart | April 30, 2020 Often in conversations we can listen only to respond. The sudden cessation of noise means its our turn to speak, but what God asks of us is…
audio St. Joseph the Worker For 1 May 2020, Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker, based on Matthew 13:54-58
text “The human mind and a parachute are helpful only when they are open.” The calendar next to her bed contained the picture of a man falling from a…
audio All the Way to Heaven is Heaven | Feast of St. Catherine of Siena Today the Dominicans and the entire Church celebrate the witness of the Doctor and Virgin, St. Catherine of Siena. A woman of deep prayer,…
audio What an Interesting Moment we are in For 30 April 2020, Thursday of the 3rd week of Eastertide, based on Acts 8:26-40
audio Seeing the Lord at Work | April 28,2020 Often we fail to see the Lord working in our lives. We can believe that all our gifts, all our blessings and talents are of our own making…
audio The Gift & the Challenge | April 27, 2020 In the readings today Christ begins the Bread of Life discourse and we see the great gift that Jesus has given us both in his Body and in…
audio Are You Still Hungry? For 28 April 2020, Tuesday of the 3rd week of Eastertide, based on John 6:30-35
audio Word and Sacrament: Encountering God through Christian worship <p>How do you encounter God? For Christians, the fullest encounter with God possible is to be found…
text Third Sunday of Easter 2020: On the Road While memories of the global disaster brought about by the new coronavirus at Easter time of this…
audio Dealing with Disappointment | 3rd Sunday of Easter We are often disappointed in our lives. The disciples on the road to Emmaus were also disappointed. They had hoped Jesus was the one to…
audio We Fear No Lions | April 25, 2020 We are confronted with two different portrayals of lions today. On one hand, St. Mark, whose Feast is today, is portrayed as a lion. This…
audio What We Have | April 24, 2020 In our lives we are confronted with many worries, many problems. In the face of some of these problems we can feel powerless and…
audio How Do You See the World? | April 23, 2020 “It is impossible to persevere in a fervent evangelization unless we are convinced from personal experience that it is not the same thing…
text “How wonderful is it to be alive?” In a stunning little book entitled I Never Saw Another Butterfly, an…
audio Adopted by the Spirit | April 22, 2020 In Baptism we are not only cleansed from our sins but we become adopted by the Holy Spirit in a special and intimate manner. Fr. Mark Wedig…
audio The Effects & Fruits of the Spirit | April, 21, 2020 The question posed by Nicodemus is one which we all ask in one way or another. How are we to know that the Spirit is really working in the…
audio God is in Control | April 20, 2020 It's human to prefer the familiar and the known. We hesitate before stepping into an unknown or unfamiliar situation. And yet, Fr. Michael…
audio Divine Mercy Sunday Homily, April 19, 2020 Divine Mercy Sunday Homily, April 19, 2020 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Holding on to Joy | Br. Ben Keller, O.P. Br. Benjamin Keller, O.P., preaches for the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) on 1 Peter 1:3-9. How do we hang on to joy, to…
