St. Patrick Catholic Parish Podcast
Homilies, Chapel Chats, and more from the largest Catholic parish in Brighton, Michigan.
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286 episodes
Wake Up: Getting to Heaven Does Not Happen By Accident (Part 1 of 4) | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on November 30th, 2025, Fr Mathias preaches Part 1 of the Advent Preaching series on "Intentionally Following Jesus." After defining some terms about discipleship, Father outlines two fundamental reminders about discipleshi...
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What If You Were a King? | Fr. Joshua Fons
On the Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (November 23rd, 2025), Father Joshua Fons delves into what the Kingship of Christ looks like. In the face of common misconceptions about Kingship, Fr. Joshua unpacks what Christ's kingship ...
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Being Hated Because of Jesus: The Power of Perseverance | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on November 16th, 2025, Fr Mathias preaches on Jesus' warning to his disciples about persecution they will endure. Christian persecution is not something of the past, but is very much happening today, especially in Nigeria. Fathe...
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The Adventure God is Calling You To | Fr. Joshua Fons
On the Feast of the Dedication of Lateran Basilica (November 9th, 2025), Father Joshua Fons preaches on the great adventure God is inviting each of us into: our vocation. The example of those early Christians who witnessed in the Lateran Basili...
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Jesus Conquered Sin and Death | Dcn. Peter Randolph
In this homily, delivered on November 2, 2025, Dcn. Peter preaches on what it means to say that Jesus conquered sin and death. As Christians, we proclaim Christ's victory over sin and death, but what does that mean, especially in the face of de...
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Three Signs You Might Be Struggling From Self-Righteous Pride | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on October 26th, 2025, Fr Mathias preaches on the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in the temple. Behind the ugly self-righteous pride is a forgetfulness of God as the source of our goodness, that leads us to look do...
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Your Role in the Battle is Irreplaceable | Fr. Joshua Fons
Father Joshua Fons explores the importance of perseverance in the day to day struggles of life by unpacking the battle of the Israelites against the Amalekites on Sunday, October 19th, 2025. Joshua, Moses, Aaron and Hur were each given differen...
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Protecting Our Kids: Safe Haven Sunday | Dcn. Peter Randolph
In this homily, delivered on October 12, 2025, Dcn. Peter preaches on the need to protect our homes from explicit internet content and to make our homes safe havens for our kids to flourish in purity and holiness. Society is inundated with inap...
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The Reward for Serving God is Not a Participation Trophy | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on October 5th, 2025, Fr Mathias preaches on the truth that we are unprofitable servants who owe God everything. Yet our God still astoundingly chooses to love us. Father Mathias challenges us as God's servants to rej...
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Entering God's Love Demands Everything | Dcn. Peter Randolph
In this homily, delivered on September 28, 2025, Dcn. Peter preaches that God is inviting us to enter into His own divine life but to enter into this life demands everything. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit hold nothing back from each other in...
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How Will You Spend Your Dishonest Wealth? | Fr. Joshua Fons
Father Joshua Fons breaks open this Sunday's puzzling Gospel of the Dishonest Steward (September 21st, 2025). The key lies in recognizing that everything we have, all our gifts and talents, are all dishonest wealth. It is all a gift! We didn't ...
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What Do Transformative Small Groups Look Like? | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on September 14th, 2025, Fr Mathias preaches Part 2 of the preaching series on small groups. Father outlines the four essential elements of effective small groups:1) Prioritized Consistency2) Vulnerable Sh...
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How to Have Courage to Follow Jesus: The Power of Small Groups | Fr. Mathias Thelen
In this homily on September 7th, 2025, Fr Mathias preaches Part 1 of the preaching series on small groups. Father outlines reasons why small groups are a game-changer for having the humility, courage and perseverance necessary to follow Jesus t...
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Loved Even in Our Lowest Place | Dcn. Peter Randolph
In this homily, preached on August 31, 2025, Dcn. Peter preaches about Jesus' love for us even in our lowest place. In prayer, we are called by Jesus to go to our lowest place, our place of weakness and brokenness, so that we can meet Him there...
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Are You In the Game? | Fr. Joshua Fons
As Football season approaches, Father Joshua Fons challenges us to consider whether, in our Faith, we are just a spectator or whether we are in the game. In the Gospel this Sunday, August 24th, 2025, we hear Jesus asked about salvation: "...
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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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