St. Patrick Catholic Parish Podcast

In this homily given at St. Pat's on Sunday, March 3rd 2024, Deacon Dave preaches on the woman at the well, giving the backstory of the Samaritan people. Deacon Dave described how her encounter with Jesus was personal and how it changed her from a woman isolated and shunned into a devoted disciple and dynamic evangelist.

In night three of the 2024 St Pat's Lenten Parish Mission, "How to Hear God's Voice," Father Mathias explains the key steps of how to pray from the heart and how to grow in trust in God.

In night two of the 2024 St Pat's Lenten Parish Mission on "How to Hear God's Voice,"  Father Mathias explains what God's voice sounds like in prayer and how to discern it.

In this homily given at St. Pat's on Sunday, February 25th, 2024 Deacon Joshua examines St. Paul's exclamation, "If our God is for us, then who can stand against us" in the context of engaging in the mission of our Diocese for the annual Diocesan Services Appeal. Our God is for us, and so we can't sit back and do nothing out of either fear or comfort. 

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In night one of the 2024 St Pat's Lenten parish mission on "How to Hear God's Voice,"  Father Mathias outlines seven ways we can posture our hearts to hear God's voice more clearly in our prayer.

In this homily given at St. Pat's on February 18, 2024, Fr. Miguel preaches on how our Lenten practices have a purpose of facilitating greater freedom in pursuing a relationship with God and away from sin which enslaves us.

In this homily given on Sunday February 11th, 2024 Fr Mathias challenges us to imitate Jesus' posture toward those caught in the leprosy of sin: to hate the sin but love the sinner.  After naming the two extremes of emphasizing one over the other, Father offers one tip on how to live in the difficult tension: remembering that we are a community of missionary disciples who are called outward in order to love sinners and heal them of their leprosy of sin by bringing them to Christ. 

In this homily given at St Pat's on February 4th, 2024, Fr. Miguel preaches on how our Lord took the time in today's Gospel to pray so to give us an example of how we are to incorporate prayer in our Christian lives. As Christians, we are invited to open our hearts to the Lord in prayer and speak to him as a friend.

In this homily given on Sunday January 28th, 2024 Fr Mathias preaches on the Church's mission to destroy the works of the Devil. Christianity is not a passive or a private faith. We were born into a battle between good and evil.  We who have been baptized have been enlisted by the King of the winning side to advance against the enemy. Every Christian who fights who works to advance the Kingdom of God in their sphere of influence is working to destroy the works of the devil. Father concludes by challenging everyone to say "yes" to destroying the devil for a living. 

In this homily given at St Pat's on January 21, 2024, Fr. Miguel preaches how the proper context of Jesus' call to repentance is always our relationship with God the Father. For all of us, the invitation away from sin is always an invitation to return to the Father's embrace