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The rich fool in the Gospel today radically miscalculates what it is that makes us wealthy. In reality his surplus has isolated him from…

Br. Jordan DeGuire, O.P. preaches on 1 Thessalonians 1: 1-5 for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.     
Br. Jordan preaches on St. Paul's…

[Busy days at hand: students’ mid-terms and papers are clamoring for attention. The following is a…

Politics are overwhelming; strive to be a saint: October 18, 2020 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP

Br. Thomas Mary Wagaman, O.P. preaches on Isaiah 45: 1, 4-6 for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.  
Br. Thomas Mary preaches to remind us…

How providential we have the gospel reading this weekend about paying taxes to…

For 18 October 2020, Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 22…

We are called to be leaven for the world through our prayer and our action. But often we are afraid, we allow what others might think of us…

I talk about the end of my high school life and move on to college.  

Do we ever take the time to count our blessings? We have been given every spiritual blessing in the heavens, but do we acknowledge that…

The message of the Bible: God Loves You. Over and over again, Jesus sought to…

Today the Church celebrates Saint Teresa of Avila, who reminds us of the power…

Jesus' rebuke of the Pharisees should hit us hard, it should be an arrow to our gut. These men did want to follow the Law, in fact, they…

Fr. Donald Goergen, OP, Socius of the Provincial, breaks open this Sunday's Gospel reading about rendering to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's, reminding us that it is our duty to go out and vote.

The games of marbles we played on the parking lot of Incarnation School were…

What does it mean to be free? Is it about doing whatever you want? Saying…

Sin distorts our vision, preventing us from seeing things as they truly are. But time spent with Christ, particularly through the Eucharist…

Why do we preach? Do we preach for ourselves and for what we gain, for our egos and our pride? Or do we preach for Christ and embrace both…

Mountains, weddings and feasts. These images are part of the first reading and…

As the focus of national news programs shifted last week (and the week before) to concerns about…

Trusting in Jesus in Difficult Times: October 11, 2020 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP

As Christians we know that we belong to Christ. Christ has rescued us, his rightful creation, from the hands of the Enemy, The Strong Man,…

The Frank Friar has his first experience of being called to the priesthood in junior high school.