St. Patrick Catholic Parish Podcast
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Why the Proud Don't Receive Much from God | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (July 5, 2026), Father Mathias preaches on why God hides himself from the proud but reveals himself to the humble. Because the proud are self-focused and self-reliant, they are not ...
Why You Should Love Jesus More Than Your Family (And How to Do It) | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time (June 28, 2026), Father Mathias preaches on one of the most difficult teachings of Jesus: whoever loves parents or children more than him is not worthy of him. The human race is divided o...
What a Father Does | Fr. Joshua Fons
On Father's Day, June 21st, 2026, Fr. Joshua Fons gave his last homily at St. Patrick's. (He will be moving to East Lansing to serve the student parish for Michigan State) In this powerful homily, he unpacks the mission and vocation of every fa...
Why We Should Sing At Mass No Matter How We Feel | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time (June 14 , 2026), Father Mathias preaches on Psalm 100 and why we are to sing a joyful song of praise to the Lord at Mass. After outlining why singing at Mass is one way we actively parti...
What the Lord is Doing in the Desert | Fr. Joshua Fons
On the Feast of Corpus Christi, June 7th, 2026, Fr. Joshua Fons invites us to walk with the Israelites in the Desert. What seemed like a time of hardship, was actually a training ground in trust, a time when they had to learn that they had a Go...
That Voice of Condemnation in Your Head is Not From God | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on Trinity Sunday May 31st, 2026, Father Mathias preaches on the fact that God, who is Father Son and Holy Spirit is love itself. Drawing from the Gospel, Father reminds us that God is for us and not against us; he ha...
What Pentecost Can Teach the Church Today | Fr. Joshua Fons
On the Feast of Pentecost, May 24th, 2026 Fr. Joshua Fons challenges us to look to Pentecost for the source of the Church's renewal. Pentecost is part of our tradition, in fact, it is the very start of our Church. To ignore Pentecost is to igno...
The Holy Spirit Is Not a Side-Issue for Jesus (or For Us) | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on Ascension Sunday (May 17, 2025), Fr Mathias preaches on one of the reasons why Jesus ascends into heaven: to obtain the promise of the Father and baptize us in the Holy Spirit. This is what he died to do: to immerse us i...
Motherhood is a Gift | Fr. Joshua Fons
On Mother's Day, May 10th, 2026, Fr. Joshua speaks to the moms of the parish, inviting them to reflect on the gift of their Vocation. In particular, the ways we are tempted to not see our Vocation as a gift from God, but rather as a burden, a r...
How to Offer Pleasing Worship to God | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily given on Sunday May 3, 2025, Fr Mathias preaches on the common priesthood that belongs to all baptized Christians and applies it to the lay faithful. Indeed, exercising our common priesthood is central to how we worship God...
Resisting the Psyops Campaign of the Devil | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on April 26, 2026 (Good Shepherd Sunday), Fr Mathias preaches on Psalm 23 and applies it to Jesus being our Good Shepherd. We really can trust in Jesus as our Good Shepherd to give us peace, rest, refreshment, protection, and gui...
Where You See Defeat, God Sees Victory | Fr. Joshua Fons
On the Third Sunday of Easter, April 19th 2026, Fr. Joshua breaks open the story of the Road to Emmaus, challenging us to put ourselves in the shoes of those disciples. They were downcast, because they had their own plan for how the Messiah was...
Celebrating Easter | Dcn. Peter Randolph
In this homily, given on April 12, 2026, Dcn. Peter encourages us to celebrate the Easter season. He notes that we often remember to observe Lenten practices but forget to celebrate the Easter season. He brings up three pillars that the Early C...
Jesus is Alive: We No Longer Need To Be Afraid | Fr Mathias Thelen
In this Easter Sunday homily on April 5th, 2026, Fr Mathias preaches on the Resurrection of Jesus. We don't have to be afraid of death because Jesus is alive. After sharing about how Jesus is still delivering people from evil...
We Hope for Better Things; It Will Arise From the Ashes | Fr Joshua Fons
On Easter Sunday (April 5, 2026), Father Joshua invites us to take St. Paul's words as our personal motto: "If you have been raised with Christ, seek what is above." These words were lived out by one of the founders of the University of Michiga...
Freed from Sin and Death | Deacon Peter Randolph
In this Easter Vigil homily, delivered on April 4, 2026, Dcn. Peter reflects on St. Paul's words that we are dead to sin and living to God in Christ Jesus. Many people might respond in two ways: wondering how being dead to sin is relevant to th...
He Was Crushed for Our Sins | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on Good Friday (April 3, 2026), Father Mathias breaks open the prophesy of Isaiah 53 that Jesus took upon himself the sins and guilt of the human race. Helping us see Christ's love for us on the Cross, Father ends his homil...
The Priesthood is the Love of the Heart of Jesus | Fr. Joshua Fons
**Due to a technical error, the audio of this homily is poorer than normal.**On the night Jesus gave us the Priesthood (Holy Thursday, April 2, 2026), Fr. Joshua invites us to reflect on the famous phrase from St. John V...
Who Is This? | Fr. Joshua Fons
On Palm Sunday, March 29th, 2026, Father Joshua invites us to be shaken out of our routine, just like the people of Jerusalem were shaken by Jesus' entrance. This isn't just another Sunday of another week: this is the holiest week of the year! ...
Where is God in the Death of a Loved One? | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on March 22, 2026, Fr Mathias preaches on the the raising of Lazarus and reflects with us on Jesus's response to Martha and Mary's line: "Lord if you had been here my brother would not have died." To Mary, he responds by we...
Choosing Hope instead of Grumbling | Fr. Joshua Fons
On this third Sunday of Lent, Fr. Joshua calls out all the grumblers: those who grumble about the state of the World, the Country, the Church, and the state of their own lives. Instead of grumbling, he invites us to hope. To hope in the Love ou...
Go Up the Mountain With Jesus | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on March 1st 2026, Fr Mathias preaches on the Transfiguration of the Lord as an invitation to go up the mountain with Jesus to encounter him. Father exhorts us everyday to pray "from the heart" so God can reveal himself in ...
You Aren't That Special | Fr. Joshua Fons
On the first Sunday of Lent, February 22nd, 2026, Father Joshua points out that while you sometimes feel like your problems are unique, or your life is singularly challenging, you actually aren't that special. This is a good thing, becaus...
From Gift, For Gift, Toward Gift | Dcn. Peter Randolph
In this homily, delivered on February 15, 2026, Dcn. Peter reflects on the truth that our origin is a gift, that we are called to make a gift of ourselves now, and that we are promised a life of self-gift in heaven. However, very often, people ...