audio What have You Come to See? For 7 February 2022, Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 6:53-56
audio Healed and Sent Forth For 6 February 2022, Sunday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, based on Isaiah…
audio Episode 72 - We hear Jesus calling his disciples to be fishers of men and women. Does that apply to us too!!!??? What do you think? Are you called to be holy? Are you called to be a saint? Is there a difference?
text “To know Jesus means spending the rest of your life wondering what hit you.” There is nothing very ordinary about the readings from the Fifth Sunday in…
text 4th Sunday of the Year: The Price of Prophecy [The following is substantially a homily I preached in 2019; there isn’t much I felt needed…
audio The readings this weekend call each of us to do something very difficult It sounds easy - Jesus knew it wasn't. His neighbors hated what he had to tell them - love your neighbor as yourself.
text 3rd Sunday of the Year: United We Stand To say that we live in fraught times is an understatement, but may be our lot for some time to come…
audio The Word of God is Living and Effective: 1/23/22 Homily The Word of God is Living and Effective: 1/23/22 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Reflecting on the deaths of my brother David and my cousin Sharon How do we grieve? Do we trust in the love of God to help us in accepting our losses?
audio The Gifts of Life and Love For 22 January 2022, Saturday of week 2 in Ordinary Time, based on 2 Samuel 1:1…
text “Receive what you are: The Body of Christ.” At first, the nurse seemed reluctant to say anything about the condition of…
text Second Sunday of the Year: Abundant Gifts At first glance, today’s readings seem to have little if any connection. The gospel account of the…
audio Jesus: The Fulfillment of Every Human Desire: 1/16/22 Homily Jesus: The Fulfillment of Every Human Desire: 1/16/22 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio What does the wedding feast of Cana have to say to us in these difficult times? David Brooks has an op-ed piece in today's New York Times that talks about America coming apart at the seams. That essay and this weekend's readings…
text “Did Jesus have a drinking problem?” Given the unusual circumstances at the Wedding Feast of Cana, Jesus performed…
audio The Fruits of Contemplation For 12 January 2022, Wednesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time , based on Mark 1:29…
text The Baptism of the Lord: Called to Witness Another year has sped by, or it seems so to those who are of a certain age. For the young, it …
audio Baptism Really Matters: 1/9/22 Homily Baptism Really Matters: 1/9/22 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Welcome to Ordinary Time For 10 January 2022, Monday of week 1 in Ordinary Time, based on 1 Samuel 1:1-8
audio Books I read in 2021 - and I recommend them all I got to do more reading than ever in this year of challenges. Here are some suggestions that came from me by way of my listeners.
text “Who witnessed your baptism?” Before you start scrambling for a copy of your baptismal certificate, have…