Fr. Patrick Gonyeau C.PP.S.

At the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan, St. John the Baptist witnessed the heaven's open, the Spirit descend upon Jesus and heard God the Father declare from heaven the truth of the identity of Jesus Christ.  With a heart on fire, John began to proclaim about Jesus... behold the Lamb of God!   With every ounce of our being, we're invited into the fire of divine love in the Holy Spirit that leads us...

"You shall be radiant at what you see...your heart shall throb and overflow." (Is 60:5)  The divinely inspired words of the prophet Isaiah illumine for us the joyful mystery the Magi entered into when in encountering Christ...the mystery of being bathed in the divine radiance of God.

On  the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, we meditate on the love of Mary's passionate heart to better understand how treasuring all these things  (of God) in our hearts too will continue to enkidle passionate love for Christ in our lives...

On the Feast of the Holy Family, a final homily at Corpus Christi Parish...

A Christmas Eve meditation on the birth of Jesus Christ...

On the Second Sunday of Advent, we read the words of St. John the Baptist, "one mightier than I is coming after me...He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."  By grace, a holy hunger and thirst is kindled in us as we travel towards Christmas knowing a new immersion in God is awaiting us...

Into the beautiful season of Advent, a meditation on preparing our heart for the coming of Christmas...

On the Solemnity of Christ the King we dive into the radical love of King Jesus and the Holy Spirit-filled life He empowers us to live in HIs kingdom even now...

The lovely testimony of Ilene, who received wonderful healing in her eye at an Encounter Ministries Healing Service, thank you Jesus!

In the eyes of Jesus, we find the history of His passion for us.  Given at an Encounter Ministries Healing Service, this message focuses on the mighty love of Jesus always at hand, always reaching out...

In teaching us to be ready for the Bridegroom (Mt 25:6), Jesus is opening wide for us access to the precious grace needed for living in devotion and wisdom in His presence.

Asked what the greatest commandment in the law was, Jesus gives an answer full of potential to awaken the depth of our being to His presence...

At an Encounter Ministries Healing Service in Crystal Lake, IL, an invitation is made to give a full yes to Jesus, and His Blood shed for us...

The marvelous testimonies of Mary Ann and Connie, who received remarkable healings at and Encounter School of Healing in Crystal Lake, Illinois, praise you Jesus! 

Lovely healing testimonies from a wonderful healing service in Grandville, Michigan...go Jesus go!!!

Jesus is our Good Shepherd...

By the way we think (Phil 4:6-9) we can cooperate with the Holy Spirit to witness powerfully to Jesus...

This reflection was offered before the Blessed Sacrament at an evening of praise and adoration at Holy Family...it is an invitation from the heart of The Bridegroom Jesus to His beloved...

St. Paul's famous words, "Christ will be magnified in my body" (Phil 1:20) invite us into renewed awareness and participation in the amazing life of grace we have access to in the Holy Spirit...

Faced with the difficult truth that unforgiveness is not an option for disciples of Jesus (Matthew 18:21-35), we look to the Cross of Christ to drink from the fountain of mercy flowing from the Sacred Heart of Jesus to do what seems impossible sometimes...forgive.

The awesome testimony of Jenny, who received a remarkable healing of her long-time back issue while attending an Encounter Ministries Healing Service in Wisconsin, thank you Jesus!

The transformational power of the love of Jesus at work in our lives empowers to live radical lives of love...even to the point of loving enemies and working through conflicts in the grace of God.  Full of the presence of God, we are meant to overflow with His love in a way that profoundly impacts the world around us...

In the stunning moment of Peter being called Satan by Jesus for thinking  "not as God does, but as human beings do"  we catch a glimpse of how critically important it is to follow Jesus... in our thought lives.

The testimonies of Rick & Tia, who received wonderful healing breakthroughs at a healing service at St. Isidore, thank you and praise you Jesus!

In a surge of faith, Peter responds to the question of Jesus (who do you say that I am) with heart full of truth, declaring, " you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."  (Mt 16:18)  Even from that moment...Peter still had a lot of growing in faith to do, and so do we.  Yet, we are sure of this, our continued growth is God's plan unfolding in our lives...