Faith and Sports - The Inner Life - February 5. 2026

Fr. Patrick Hyde joins Patrick to discuss Faith and Sports (4:53) What is the connection between athletics and the pursuit of holiness? (12:23) Mary - Sports and spiritual life. I'm working out right now and listen with my air pods. I've always found that when people talk about body building, I've always thought about it as we as a church are building a body. It is made up of many people and we're all working to build together. How can Sports become too all consuming for families? (27:00) Break 1 Should you pray for your favorite team to win? (30:20) Kevin - Grew up in St. Louis and was there when Rams went to the Superbowl. Professional sports athletes have the courage to witness like that and it's great to see that. The holy spirit allows this to happen through the medium of sports.  Fr. Patrick Hyde -resident parishioner of St. Paul's. What do we do with dreams of doing great things in our life? (41:28) How do we deal with controversies in the super bowl? What is a good way to view competition?