St. Patrick Catholic Parish Podcast

In this homily given at St Pat's on December 4, 2022, Fr. Miguel continues a four-part Advent preaching series on the basic gospel message. Using the framework and preaching of Fr. John Riccardo and Acts XXIX as a foundation, Fr. Miguel addresses the main question for the second part in the series: If God made the world so good, why is everything so obviously messed up? In order to answer suc...

In this homily given at St Pat's on November 27, 2022, Fr. Mathias kicks off a four-part Advent preaching series on the basic gospel message. The gospel gives us the context of knowing who we are, where we are going and how to get there. It is by means of the gospel we come to understand everything else in Christianity. Using the the framework and preaching of Fr. John Riccardo and Acts XXIXI...

In this homily given at St Pat's on November 20, 2022, Fr Mathias preaches on Jesus, who is King of every person, family, society and nation.  His reign is one not of force but love.  As a result of our baptism, each Christian has been transferred from the power of darkness and and brought into the Kingdom of Jesus, the Son of God.  Father shares with us five advantages of living under the Ki...

In this homily given at St Pat's on November 13, 2022, Fr. Miguel preaches on how to persevere in light of the tragic passing of Proposal 3, an amendment that enshrines abortion in Michigan's State Constitution. Reminding us of our hope in Christ, Fr. Miguel encourages us to pour out our hearts to Jesus and to receive His love. This is key to persevering so as to secure our lives as Jesu...

In this homily given at St. Pat's on November 6th, 2022, Deacon Dave uses the conviction of the Maccabees to illustrate how to best combat the temptation and addiction to pornography.  How every Christian heart must resist the attack on the soul by protecting and safeguarding the thoughts and actions of the body.

In this homily given at St Pat's on October 30, 2022, Fr. Mathias breaks open the story of Zacchaeus' encounter with Jesus.  Zacchaeus wasn't passive to the presence of Jesus; but he went to where he knew Jesus would be and that's where he met him.  It was in the gaze of Jesus, when Jesus called him by name that his life was changed forever.  There's nothing like being see...

In this homily given at St Pat's on Oct 23, 2022, Fr. Miguel preaches on how love for God serves as the proper motive behind all we do in the Christian life. Citing Vatican II, Fr. Miguel reminds everyone that no matter our state of life, all Christians share a universal call to holiness (LG, Chp. V, n. 39) which is the perfection of love. Therefore, love is central to everything we do in the...

In this homily given at St Pat's on October 2, 2022, Fr. Mathias follows-up Bishop Boyea's letter on the extreme MI ballot Proposal 3. Under the deceptive name of "Reproductive Freedom for All" this ballot initiative seeks to amend our constitution with the most radical pro-abortion proposal in the entire country. Legal and medical experts agree that if enacted, this amendment...

In this homily given at St. Pat's on Sunday, September 25th, 2022 Dcn. Devin Darwent preaches that God wants to break into our lives and shake us up out of our complacency! We are living in a materially saturated culture, and there’s a great temptation in our lives to try to satisfy our desires with worldly things. In our gospel today, the rich man was very much absorbed in his own little wor...

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On Sunday, September 11th Bishop Boyea asked all priests of the Diocese to read his pastoral letter regarding the Reproductive Freedom For All Amendment (Proposition 3) which will be on the ballot for the midterm elections in November. This amendment will affirm unrestricted abortion-on-demand, throughout all nine months of pregnancy, for any reason whatsoever, as a fundamental right in our state...

In this homily given at St Pat's on August 28, 2022, Fr. Mathias breaks open the gospel on Jesus' teaching on humility and exaltation.  He offers four ways of humbling ourselves so that God might exalted us with Jesus in the kingdom of heaven: 1) Take the lowest place whenever you can 2) Receive honors and exaltation with humility  3) Intentionally love others who cannot love you back 4)...

In this homily from August 21, 2022, Deacon Dave Carignan preaches on the question, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?”  The homily focuses on our spiritual journey; a journey that every person is on.  Jesus describes the way to salvation and that way is only found in Him, for He is the way, the truth and the life, no goes to the Father except through Him.  There are two pathways, which one a...

In this homily from July 24, 2022, Deacon Dave Carignan talks about our Lord's prayer and how we are to call out to the Father with the trusting heart of a child.  Seeking the Father's will we come to know His Son, our Lord.  This 4th Sunday of July is World day for grandparents and the elderly.  The homily urges grandparents to pray for their children and grandchildren as this is the gr...

Team members from Encounter Ministries interview parishioner Alicia Cergnal about her experience of the two-year Encounter School of Ministry.  To learn more about the upcoming Encounter Summer Intensive July 11-14 at St Pat's please go here: https://encounterministries.us/summer-intensive-offerings/ Encounter Ministries ( www.encounterministries.us ) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit Catholic mini...

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