text "Veni Creator Spiritus." The hymn, "Veni Creator Spiritus" (Come Creator Spirit), is normally sung or…
text "If the Spirit descended like a dove, why did Jesus send a parakeet?" As background to the Feast of Pentecost, the parish priest had just finished…
text "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." One of the most popular Christian hymns sung in churches around the world, …
text Getting knocked off your high horse is not just an occupational hazard for jockeys. My first horse race proved to be a winner. I was twelve years old and in the…
audio Good Shepherd Sunday Homily: 4-22-18 Good Shepherd Sunday Homily: 4-22-18 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Signs of hope: bread for the world Thursday of the 3rd week of Eastertide, based on John 6:44-51
text "You must be shepherds who smell like your sheep." This past week Pope Francis admitted that he had made "grave errors" in…
text "Have you anything to eat?" At first the cardboard sign was hard to read, but as the old lady came closer…
text "Do you have anything to hang onto besides your doubt?" The odyssey of every human life brings with it both joy and sorrow, hope and…
text "The great gift of Easter is hope." 'Waiting in the wings to go on stage' was the image that came to mind as I…
audio Jesus Understands: Palm Sunday Homily 3-25-18 Jesus Understands: Palm Sunday Homily 3-25-18 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text "Mom, who's the guy on the donkey?" The reenactment of Jesus' triumphant entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday…
audio The Complete Gift: 5 Lent Homily 3-18-18 The Complete Gift: 5 Lent Homily 3-18-18 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text "The only thing I'd like to do is to be able to go out one day without anyone recognizing me..." The end of Lent is foreseeable and the penitential deprivations that we might…
audio The Story of Our Salvation: 4 Lent Homily 3-11-18 The Story of Our Salvation: 4 Lent Homily 3-11-18 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text "There is none so blind as the one who will not see." Entering the Fourth Sunday of Lent, traditionally known as "Laetare Sunday" …
audio The Law is Love: 3 Lent Homily 3-4-18 The Law is Love: 3 Lent Homily 3-4-18 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
