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For 26 November 2021, Friday of week 34 in Ordinary Time, based on Daniel 7:2-14

In today's readings, there are two people who might cause us to ask, "What's…

What type of king do you want? Looking at King Saul and King David provides us…

A Kingdom of Truth & Love: 11/21/21 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP

Which kingdom will we choose?   

For 20 November 2021, Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 20:27…

"If this day you only knew what makes for peace." This is such a beautiful line…

Eleazar and Zacchaeus. Two experiences of believers. Eleazar the faithful man…

At the risk of causing diehard Thomists to pelt me with rotten tomatoes, let me…

It does not take much of a look around our world to see evil. There is the evil…

Reading the Signs of the Times: 11/14/21 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP

For 14 November 2021, Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, based on Mark 13:24…

Choices. Our life is a series of choices. Sometimes they are minor choices,…

This reflection on the readings for this Sunday - the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - can inspire us to examine how are we doing in recognizing that…

I have opinions. Lots of them. And I am prone to think that I am always right…

For 12 November 2021, Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time, based on Wisdom 13:1-9

Today we celebrate the dedication of the pope's cathedral in Rome. As we…

For 10 November 2021, Wednesday of week 32 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 17…

For 9 November 2021, The Dedication of St. John Lateran, based on Ezekiel 47:1…

A Church of the Poor & for the Poor: 11/7/21 Homily by Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP

I have been so fortunate to have so many wonderful women in my life. My mother…

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?

I love the image in today's gospel. Do you ever stop to think that every time…

What does God want? So much hinges on the answer to this question. The answer…