text 32nd Sunday of the Year: Pumpkins and Compassion This week, I was ambushed by a juxtaposition of images broadcast on several news channels. The…
audio A Church of the Poor & for the Poor: 11/7/21 Homily A Church of the Poor & for the Poor: 11/7/21 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Episode 59 - How do the readings about two widows this Sunday call us to examine our own calls to love one another? The readings this Sunday and the past two Sundays can be very challenging to us. What keeps us from truly loving our neighbor as ourselves?
text “A penny for your thoughts?” In a book entitled The Proverbs of John Heywood, published in 1546, we find…
text 31st Sunday of the Year: The Show of Love It is an auspicious moment. Today, the meeting of the “G20” concludes in Rome and COP 26 begins in…
audio Listen in order to Love: 10/31/21 Homily Listen in order to Love: 10/31/21 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Only by the Grace of the Spirit For 30 October 2021, Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 14:1,7…
audio Dealing with mental health issues as a Catholic This interview with Fr. Nick Monco, OP, now a chaplain at the Benedict Institute of Hope College, reflects on a TED Talk that Fr. Nick gave that…
text “Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go.” Listening to Nora Jones sing “Love Me Tender” triggered a memory of Elvis…