Fr. Steve Mateja's Podcasts

Today Fr. Steve tackles the questions of: "why is it better to pray before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament?" and "why do we sing some songs in Latin and not English?"

Deacon Brian Mulligan, our transitional Deacon from Winona, MN preaches for the first time to our community about how God has created us.

Auxiliary Bishop Gerry Battersby was at Divine Grace this past weekend to instal Fr. Steve as our Pastor. He preached to us on the two seminal events into our lives: The Incarnation and our Baptism and how repentance must be our means to following Jesus.

In our Gospel today Jesus sounds rather harsh as he dismisses the man who was not dressed accordingly. Was it just because he wasn't wearing a tie? The wedding garment symbolizes being prepared when the master summons us. How do we prepare for that call though?

We can easily become discouraged while we're doing the work of the Lord. Who is there to lead us, guide us, and protect us? Our Blessed Mother. With this being the Feast of the Holy Rosary and with the Anniversary of Fatima looming--Our Lady crushes discouragement by the power of the Rosary!

Next week is our commitment weekend to the capital campaign to serve the needs of both St. Patrick site and St. Joseph site.

We cannot be fake the Christian faith. We must be authentic.

Fr. Steve tackles the question today: “where is it found in the Bible that it is a mortal sin to miss Mass on Sunday?”

Forgiveness—why must we forgive? Because we have been forgiven much! We have been forgiven such a tremendous amount—can we not forgive those who have harmed us? There is no unforgiven in Heaven; we must forgive now in order to inherit Eternal Life.

Forgiveness—why must we forgive? Because we have been forgiven much! We have been forgiven such a tremendous amount—can we not forgive those who have harmed us? There is no unforgiven in Heaven; we must forgive now in order to inherit Eternal Life.