St. Patrick Catholic Parish Podcast

In this homily given Sunday August 18, 2024, Fr Mathias preaches part four of the series on the Eucharist in which he reflects on why some people get more out of Mass than others.  He suggests that the disposition of thanksgiving and praise opens our hearts to receiving all he has for us.  After all, the Mass is where we are to offer our lives with Christ in thanksgiving to the Father and a thankful heart is an open heart.  Father outlines five practical ways to open our hearts to receive all God has for us when we come to Mass.

In this homily given Sunday August 11, 2024, Fr Mathias continues the preaching series on the Eucharist and calls us to renew our commitment to Sunday Mass. The Eucharist is the source of divine life and when we faithfully go to Mass we not only reap the benefits, we also give a powerful witness to those who are watching us. Father outlines two things that going to Sunday Mass communicates to our families:

1) Divine life is more important than natural life 
2) We need God's grace to be strong enough to get to heaven

Father ends his homily with a little prayer of repentance and faith renewing our commitment to the Eucharist each week.

In Part 2 of the 5 week series on the Eucharist, Father Joshua invites us to recognize the hunger we have in our hearts, and that this hunger can only be satisfied in Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life.

In this homily given Sunday July 28, 2024, Fr Mathias challenges us to see the general election this fall from the perspective of what God was doing in the National Eucharistic Congress. Just as Philip didn't see how they were to feed the crowd because he didn't know what Jesus was intending supernaturally, we should be careful not to attempt to see what's going on in the world merely with natural eyes but with supernatural faith. After offering some highlights of the National Eucharistic Congress, Father encourages us to repent and give to Jesus in the Eucharist our fears so that receiving his love we can bring his supernatural hope to those around us.   

St. Victor’s Major Seminary was established by the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) in 1946 to train natives to minister to their own people in their native language and culture.  

St. Victor's Seminary is in need of the following:
1. Provision of Basic Books for seminarians (Breviary, Catechism of the Catholic Church, New Jerusalem Bible, Jerome Biblical Commentary, Code of the Canon Law, Vatican II Documents, The Book of Rite, etc.,) 
2. Provision of Wi-fi for internet to enhance teaching and learning.
3. Support to start a self-help or self-reliant project in the rearing of animals and fowls. This we hope will enable us to provide the protein needs of the seminarians.
4. 5 Projectors for lectures and other academic programmes. 
5. To establish a Computer Laboratory for seminarians (10 Computers, 2 Printers and I Photocopier)
6. Course and references books for consultation by students and formators
7. Bicycles for weekly apostolates for seminarians 

You can donate to this appeal by writing a check to "St. Patrick Catholic Parish" and putting 'Missionary Appeal' in the Memo line, or click this link to donate online (https://giving.parishsoft.com/app/giving/saintpatrick) and select "Missionary Cooperative Appeal" from the Fund drop-down menu

In this homily, given at St. Pat's on Sunday, July 14th, 2024, Deacon Josh invites us to consider our response if the Lord were to ask us to go out on mission as he sent his apostles. The success of our life as Christians depends on our reliance on Jesus because we do by grace what Jesus does by nature. Accepting our littleness and dependence on Jesus leads to greater reliance on Jesus and thus more fruitful ministry.

In this homily given on Sunday, July 7th, 2024, Father Joshua Fons, the new parochial vicar at St. Pats, preaches about how no one lives a perfect life. In fact, most of our lives are a mess. But the Lord tells us through St. Paul, "My Grace is sufficient for you," and this simple truth changes everything. The Lord wants to make you a Saint, right in the middle of your messy life.

In this homily given at St. Pat's on Sunday, June 30th 2024, Fr. Miguel preaches on how God responds to us in our brokenness, sin, and worry. Because He is mercy itself - he always responds by giving us His life

In this homily given Sunday June 23, 2024, Fr Mathias preaches on the gospel of Jesus calming the wind and the waves.  The disciples were afraid because they didn't yet believe in Jesus as the Lord of creation who was present in their boat.  While it's normal for us to be afraid when we perceive a threat or a danger in our lives, Father challenges us to look for the presence of Jesus in the midst of such dangers (the storms of our lives) and place our faith in him.  Only in such faith in his presence will we have the courage to resist the temptation to jump out of the boat into the very dangers we're afraid of. 

In this homily, given on Father's Day (June 16th, 2024), Dcn Josh expounds upon St. Paul's message that faith allows us to live courageously in our earthly life as we set our hope on eternal life. He then explains how the parables in the Gospel (the farmer observing growth and the mustard seed) apply to fatherhood. The sacrifices fathers make for their families are like little seeds which take root in their children's hearts. Let us thank God for our natural and spiritual fathers, and let us pray that they receive the grace they need to be icons of our Heavenly Father!