Fr. Steve Mateja's Podcasts

Am I a fan or am I a follower of Jesus? Will I just choose to be a fan of the King of Kings or will I answer the knock on my heart and choose to let Jesus in and be a follower of His?

God has had an extraordinary plan from the very beginning. God loves us and will never abandon us and the greatest gift He has given to us is the Mother of His Son.

Discipleship begins with repentance and repentance begins with humility. Let's humble ourselves before the Lord this Advent Season in repentance from our sinful lives and live for Christ alone!

Be alert for what? Keep what for what? Keep vigil for what? Your death. If you stood before God just after you died and He asked you the simple question: "why should I let you into Heaven?" What would you say in reply?

Is Jesus your King? What Jesus wants is our surrender; we thing of surrender as giving up like being handcuffed. But when we surrender more to Jesus, the more we will live!

If we are not grateful we have nothing. This upcoming Thursday is Thanksgiving and our newly Beatified, Blessed Fr. Solanus Casey teaches us to Thank God ahead of time. Thanksgiving must be rooted in God--but how can we practically offer Thanks to God?

He who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted. The place that one is humbled the greatest is our deathbed. Fr. Steve shares wise words from one on his death bed to help us humble ourselves now to be exalted on the last day.

When we deny God's free gift of Love we cannot give love outward. But when we come to know Jesus' love and Mercy we can fulfill His great commandment of Loving God and loving neighbor.