Fr. Steve Mateja's Podcasts

Are you urgent for Jesus?

Are you living your faith and your life with urgency?

What has God done for you? We have to preach the gospel to our own hearts souls and flesh. God has created us, sent his only begotten son, redeemed us, saved us from the clutches of the evil enemy, and prepared a place for us in his kingdom. There is more than this ... and that is life in Christ!

Dobbs vs Jackson is a great opportunity for us as the lay faithful to end in eradicate abortion in our land for the first time in nearly 50 years since roe vs wade. Get ready for the battle. You are either on God‘s side… Or not God‘s side. There is no middle ground when it comes to the issue of life. 

Fr. Steve uses the back drop of the Exodus and Pentecost to help give encouragment in these difficult times.  

Four main things happen at our Baptism:

1) We are brought into relationship with the Father

2) we receive forgiveness of original sin and ability to have forgiveness of our sin

3) We are incorporated into the Mystical Body, the Church

4) We receive Grace--POWER from on HIGH in the Holy Spirit.

What does this year year of 2022, our worries about the future the three Magi, their gifts and the Feast of Holy Mary Mother of God all have to do with each other?  

All of our worries about tomorrow can and should be given to our Blessed Mother, where she in turn will lead us to her Son.

Fr. Steve completes his preaching seres on the family on the Feast of the Holy Family.  Today his message is directed to the men.  Ephesians 5:21-32 has a lot to say about marriage and family, but it is easily understood. St. Joseph is a perfect model for men and fathers today!  

Ever feel like you're living life from one thing to the next? Kind of like walking in a joke right at the punch line--or arriving at a movie 45 mins late?  Life does have meaning and purpose, and it is only found in Jesus Christ! 

A family that prays together, stays together!--why? Why is this true?

An Icon, stories, and practicals.  

Our Lady of Guadalupe, the voice and the serpent.  What does the appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Juan Diego in 1531 have to say to women today?  If the devil hates the Virgin Mary he hates women and mothers just the same. Women of God, model the Virgin Mary!