text “Faith is walking on water against your better judgment.” Listening through both the silence and the chaos that surrounded us, Jack…
text “Whatever happened to the twelve baskets of leftovers?” Some years ago, I was invited to a luncheon held at The Old Country Buffet…
audio Accepting reality: Discerning one's call to action in Christ <p>The Hebrew prophets constantly chided Israel for taking matters into their own hands when…
audio Receiving and giving: Discerning gifts for nourshing others <p>Matthew recounts in his Gospel thousands gathering around Jesus to here him preach and receive…
text Eighteenth Sunday of the Year: Hunger for Justice In the world today, preoccupied as it is with the Pandemic, elections, and sports events, it is all…
audio Letting Go of Anger For 1 August 2020, Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Mary de Liguori, Bishop, Doctor,…
audio God's Love on Full Display | 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time This week in the Sunday Gospel, the love of Jesus Christ is on full display showing us exactly who our God is and who we are called to be. …
audio What’s the Pearl of Great Price in Your Life?: July 26, 2020 Homily What’s the Pearl of Great Price in Your Life?: July 26, 2020 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text Seventeenth Sunday of the Year: The Price of Pearls Ordinary U.S. citizens are not very good at saving money, as has been too clearly shown in the dire…
text “What’s important and what isn’t?” While waiting for someone to answer the front door, I noticed a note…
audio There’s a war raging in our hearts. A little bit of the Kingdom of God is the cure: July 19, 2020 Homily There’s a war raging in our hearts. A little bit of the Kingdom of God is the cure: July 19, 2020…
text 16th Sunday of the Year: The Kindness of God 16th Sunday of the Year: The Kindness of God Wis 12:13,16-19 Ps 86 Rom 8:26-27 Mt 13:24-43 Today’s…
audio Get Your Own House in Order For 17 July 2020, Friday of week 15 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 12:1-8
text “The Kingdom of God could be like a run down and abandoned farm.” There was the wonderful story about the priest who visited a young…
audio More Than Ordinary, More Than Amazing Do we realize how amazing ordinary people are? God has given the world many natural gifts; he's given human beings many natural gifts, and…
text 15th Sunday of the Year: The Sower and the Seed Is 55:10-11 Ps 65 Rom 8:18-23 Mt 13:1-23 Both Isaiah and the responsory psalm for the day…
audio Get Busy, Get Dirty & Till Your Heart to Receive God’s Grace: July 12, 2020 Homily Get Busy, Get Dirty & Till Your Heart to Receive God’s Grace: July 12, 2020 Homily by Fr. Patrick…
audio The Seed that is Me For 12 July 2020, Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 13:1-9
text “Jesus: A Preacher Outstanding In His Field.” There are no historical records indicating that Jesus was a farmer, fisherman…
audio A Darkness over the Land For 7 July 2020, Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 9:32-38
