audio Seek the Face of the Lord: 2-4-18 Homily Seek the Face of the Lord: 2-4-18 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text "It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog." Coming home very late from a hospital call, I was listening on the car radio…
audio The Authority of the Author of Life: 1-28-18 Homily The Authority of the Author of Life: 1-28-18 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text "I hear you knocking, but you can't come in." Once the rhythm and blues song, "I Hear You Knocking, But You Can't Come In",…
audio The Audacity of God, The Beauty of Virtue: 1-14-18 homily The Audacity of God, The Beauty of Virtue: 1-14-18 homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text "What a friend we have in Jesus." Some years ago, when I was teaching in Dubuque, Iowa, I was invited to a Hymn…
audio The Struggle to Follow Christ’s Star: Epiphany Homily 12-7-18 The Struggle to Follow Christ’s Star: Epiphany Homily 12-7-18 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text "As we look back at those who have gone before us, what do we find?" n you take." It was two days before Christmas eve that I reached up to the top shelf in the…
audio From a desire to dominate to a desire to serve: Holy Family 12-31-17 From a desire to dominate to a desire to serve: Holy Family 12-31-17 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text "Always give more than you take." Reading the daily obituaries always gives me a new lease on life. A firm…
audio God became man so we might become God: Christmas Day Homily 2017 God became man so we might become God: Christmas Day Homily 2017 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Living the Incarnation, Listening to Christ in Silence: Christmas Vigil 2017 Living the Incarnation, Listening to Christ in Silence: Christmas Vigil 2017 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Desire Greatness in Christ: 4 Advent 12-24-17 Desire Greatness in Christ: 4 Advent 12-24-17 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text If you want the unlikeliest of answers, then listen to the unexpected questions. In the words of the poet Mary Oliver, "Poetry is a life-giving force. For…
audio Discovering Yourself in Christ: 3 Sunday Advent 12-17-17 Discovering Yourself in Christ: 3 Sunday Advent 12-17-17 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text "Lift up your eyes Upon this day breaking for you. Give birth again to the dream." The inevitable synchronicity of the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and…
audio Going to the Desert, Becoming all Flame: 12-10-17 Advent 2 Homily Going to the Desert, Becoming all Flame: 12-10-17 Advent 2 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
audio Mary, the Icon of Discipleship, Our Hope, & Our Patroness: Immaculate Conception 2018 Mary, the Icon of Discipleship, Our Hope, & Our Patroness: Immaculate Conception 2018 by Fr…
text "One world at a time." Henry David Thoreau, the great American naturalist, poet and transcendentalist…
audio Looking For Jesus: 1 Advent Homily 12-3-17 Looking For Jesus: 1 Advent Homily 12-3-17 by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP
text "I wait with quickened hope for crooked paths to straighten." Generations of the family gathered around the bed as I prepared to administer…
audio Making Christ the King of All: Christ the King homily 11-26-17 Jesus is the king of and for the poor. The poor are not limited to the materially poor. Until…