
St. Patrick Catholic Parish Podcast
Homilies, Chapel Chats, and more from the largest Catholic parish in Brighton, Michigan.
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271 episodes
The Fire of God's Love and Division in our Families | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on August 17th, 2025, Fr Mathias talks about the division that our faith in Jesus can cause in our families. If this happens, we are not to be surprised and blame ourselves. But we are also meant to respond with humil...
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Why God Doesn't Always Give us What We Want | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on July 27th, 2025, Fr Mathias outlines several reasons why God doesn't give us what we want in prayer, as drawn from St Augustine and Scripture. He concludes his homily by exhorting us to ask, seek and knock for the gift t...
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The Purpose of our Lives | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on the Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (July 13, 2025), Fr. Mathias preaches on the essence of our Christian faith: love. Our faith is ultimately about receiving the love of God in Christ and loving God and neighbor...
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The Face of the Bride | Dcn. Peter Randolph
In this homily, given on July 6, 2025, Dcn. Peter preaches about the crucial role that religious sisters play in the Body of Christ. Religious sisters give a human face to the Bride, the Church, and support the vocations of married couples and ...
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Pray for Your Leaders | Dcn. Peter Randolph
In this homily, given on June 29, 2025, Dcn. Peter preaches about the call to pray for our leaders. God pours out special graces on each feast of the Church, and on this Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, God is pouring out graces on our leaders...
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Housekeeping Items for Sunday Mass | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (June 22, 2025), Fr Mathias outlines various housekeeping items or "house rules" for Sunday Mass that can help us all allow Jesus to truly satisfy us in the Eucharist. <...
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For Those We Will Never Meet | Fr. Joshua Fons
On Ascension Sunday, June 1st, 2025, Father Joshua Fons preaches about the reality of the mission that Christ gave to the Apostles, and how, because of their faithfulness to that mission, it has now been passed on to us. Father Joshua found par...
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He Longs to Be Present to Us | Dcn. Peter Randolph
In this homily, given on May 25, 2025, Dcn. Peter preaches about God's desire to be present to us. Jesus promises to dwell within us, and salvation history demonstrates that God's desire has been to draw near to us, even when we reject Him. If ...
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The Love of Jesus Christ | Dcn. Leon Demers
This homily from Sunday, May 18, 2025 is about how deeply Jesus loves us and how he shows us how to love everyone, and if we truly wish to be like him we need to try to follow his example.
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How to Receive Pope Leo XIV | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on May 11th, 2025, (Good Shepherd Sunday) Fr Mathias reacts to the election of Pope Leo XIV and offers some important reminders on how to properly receive him and his ministry as Catholics.
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What Is Worthy of the Offering of Your Life? | Fr. Joshua Fons
In this homily given at St. Pat's on Sunday, May 4th, 2025 Fr. Joshua Fons explores the critical question: what is worthy of the offering of your life? This is the heart of every vocation: finding someone worth giving everything for, every day....
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How to Be A Compelling Apostle of Mercy | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on April 27, 2025 (Divine Mercy Sunday) Fr Mathias highlights the fact that all the lay faithful are called to be apostles of mercy to those around them. After reminding them that we need to receive mercy in order to give m...
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Entering into Holy Week with Compassion | Dcn. Josh Luttig
In this homily, given Palm Sunday, 2025, Dcn. Josh breaks down the meaning of compassion: to suffer with. As we enter into Holy Week, we have an opportunity to have compassion on Christ, who had compassion on us first.
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When Did You Get Old? | Fr. Joshua Fons
On the 5th Sunday of Lent, April 6th, 2025, Fr. Joshua Fons dives into the question "when do we get old?" It's not just a certain number of years, or a lack of hair, it's when we stop believing life has anything new to offer. And nothing ages t...
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The Holy Spirit and Our Desire for the Infinite | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this brief homily given on March 23, 2025, Fr Mathias preaches on the relationship between our desires for things in this life and our ultimate desire for God who alone can fulfill us. He ends his homily with an exhortation to call on the Ho...
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Sifting Through the Influencers in Our Lives | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on March 16, 2025 Fr Mathias breaks down St Peter's warning to the Christians in Philippi and applies it to us today. After all, who we allow to influence us through media or in person matters a lot. Fath...
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The Devil is a Loser | Fr. Joshua Fons
On the first Sunday of Lent, Fr. Joshua Fons unpacks the temptation of Jesus in the Desert, showing how Christ faced these temptations because He knew we would face them to. Just as with Christ, the Devil tries to attack our identity as beloved...
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Prepare For Easter By Preparing For Lent! | Dcn. Josh Luttig
In this homily, given Sunday, March 2nd, 2025, Dcn. Josh explains the importance of preparing for Easter, which is accomplished by entering into Lent well. And if Easter is worth preparing for, then it is worth having a plan for Lent. ...
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Being Different: On Loving Our Enemies | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on February 23rd, 2025 Fr Mathias preaches on the high standard of love that Jesus calls us to: to love our enemies. When it comes to our love, we are meant to be different from those around us. But when we take...
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The Two Ways. Which One Are You Walking? | Fr. Joshua Fons
In this homily given on Sunday, February 16th, 2025 Father Joshua Fons explores the timeless Christian theme of the Two Ways: one way that leads to eternal life, and one way that leads to destruction. Tying together the Scriptures, and his own ...
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Do Not Be Afraid: He Will Make You Worthy | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on February 9th, 2025 Fr Mathias preaches about the common experience of becoming aware of our unworthiness when God draws near to us. Just as Jesus tells Peter to not be afraid when he encounters the presence of God in the...
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God's Promise of Our Salvation | Fr. Joshua Fons
On the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord (February 2nd, 2025), Father Joshua Fons explores Simeon's proclamation, a prayer that is prayed by thousands and thousands around the world as part of Night Prayer each night. Simeon saw God's promi...
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God Wants to Reveal Himself Through Your Marriage | Dcn. Josh Luttig
In this homily, given Sunday, January 19th, 2025, Dcn. Josh walks through Scripture, from beginning to end, showing that God used marriage to reveal who he is and the relationship he wants with us. God still reveals himself through marriage tod...
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Moving From Expectation to Mission | Fr. Joshua Fons
On the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Fr. Joshua Fons speaks about expectations: the expectations the Jewish people had, and the expectations we have for how God will act. He invites us to consider how our own expectations, particularly the ...
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Wise Men Still Search for Jesus | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on January 5th, 2025 (Solemnity of the Epiphany) Fr Mathias preaches about the moral reason why some people don't find God: they aren't sincerely looking for him. God meets the Magi where they were and they expended great e...
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