St. Patrick Catholic Parish Podcast

In this homily given at St Pat's on April 8, 2023, Fr Miguel expounds on the life Jesus shares with us in His Resurrection, and how we have access to it through the gift of God: the Holy Spirit.

In this homily given at St Patrick's on Holy Thursday (April 6, 2023), Fr Mathias preaches on the mystery of the ministerial priesthood as a gift to the Church. Father shares his personal story on how the love of the Heart of Jesus stirred in him to become a priest. Priests are to love and serve the Church as a husband is to love and serve his wife. They are to be spiritual fathers who lead, teach and sanctify the Church with Jesus' own love within.  After speaking about the dignity of the priesthood and the Eucharist, Father offers a heartfelt apology on behalf of the Church if anyone has ever been hurt by the Church. His hopeful message of redemption and renewal of the priesthood for the sake of the Church is ultimately rooted in living out the mystery of the Eucharist.

In this homily given at St Pat's on Palm Sunday, April 2 2023, Fr Miguel preaches on how the Word of God should guide our life in imitation of Jesus, who chose to live his life on earth according to the Word of God; a choice we see clearly on Palm Sunday.

In this homily given at St Pat's on March 26, 2023, Fr Mathias correlates how Jesus responds to Martha and Mary in their suffering at the death of Lazarus is how he responds to us.  Jesus weeps in our suffering and speaks his promise of the resurrection.  In saying to Martha that he is the Resurrection and the Life, Jesus identifies himself with the fullness of hope we all long for.  Because he won't force us to live with him forever, Jesus invites us to faith in him as the Resurrection and the Life.  He invites us to a personal adherence to himself, learning from him, depending on him and worshipping him.  Father ends his homily with a short prayer meditation in which we listen to God's voice of hope in our losses and to respond to Jesus with faith like Martha. 

In this homily given at St Pat's on March 19th, 2023,  Fr Miguel preaches on the true nature of masculinity according to the Christian Faith. 

Resources: 
Theology of the Body by St. Pope John Paul II (commentary by Christopher West)
https://a.co/d/91sYOPm

"Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's soul" by John Eldredge
https://a.co/d/9AIIwXC

In this homily given at St. Pat's on Sunday, March 5th, 2023, Dcn. Kevin preaches on how Jesus revealed himself to Peter, James, and John in His transfigured glory so that they may be strengthened in the hour of his coming Passion. He wants to reveal His manifest presence to you as well so that you may be strength and convicted of who he is. 

In this homily given at St Pat's on February 19, 2023, Fr Mathias expounds on what is likely Jesus' most radical and difficult moral teaching: loving our enemies. It is precisely in loving our enemies that will cause us to stick out in the world and that's what he wants.  The true measure of our love is not how much we loved those who loved us, but how much we loved those who do evil to us and set themselves against us. The call to holiness is high and can be received well when we remember that when we made ourselves enemies of God by rebelling against his love, he chose not to destroy us but to love us and take our destruction against himself so we can live.  At the end of the homily, Father exhorts parishioners to pray to stick out in the world and imitate Jesus so that we would live as children of our loving Father. 

In this homily given at St. Pats on Sunday, February 12th, 2023 Deacon Dave preaches on how Jesus wants to transform our hearts, so that it is not the law that guides us, but the love and power of God’s grace.

At St. Patrick’s Parish one of the On Ramps we are offering as part of our Pathway of Discipleship is the Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO) Faith Studies. Whether you are new in your faith journey or you just want to encounter the Lord in a deeper and more profound way, you may want to join one of our small group Faith Studies. The Gospel of Jesus Christ has the power to transform your life! For more information on CCO click here:
 
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