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Homily for The First Sunday of Lent, Year A Do you understand the root sin in your life and how to conquer it? In the story of The Fall (Original Sin), God reveals the root to us, and in the desert, Jesus shows us how to conquer temptation.   Daily Readings GN 2:7-9; 3:1-7 ROM 5:12-19 MT 4:1-11

Homily for The Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A On the day of baby Philomena’s baptism at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, the question “what is baptism?”  The God-given, true reality of baptism is nothing short of magnificent.     Daily Reading Is 49:14-15 1 Cor 4:1-5 Mt 6:24-34

  Homily for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Turn the other cheek? Love your enemies? Pray for those who persecute you?! Where do we find the strength to have the freedom to love as Jesus demands? Abba.   The Father so loved the world, so loved you, that He sent His only begotten Son…   Daily Readings LV 19:1-2, 17-18   1 COR 3:16-23 MT 5:38-48

Inspired by both the call to use new methods of spreading the gospel the New Evangelization, and the powerful encounter with a man from Pennsylvania whose reversion to Catholicism came from listening to homilies on the radio, Fr. Patrick offers a greeting and introduction to this podcast.  If you’d like to check out Fr. Patrick’s free Christian folk albums, visit https://frpatrick.bandcamp.com

Homliy for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Why does God give us commandments?  When Jesus said He didn’t come to abolish the laws, but to fulfill it, what did He mean?  One look at a crucifix reminds us that Jesus is the king of passionate love, and in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches us that God’s commandments are an affair of the heart between God & His beloved people.   Daily Readings SIR 15:15-20 1 COR 2:6-10 MT 5:17-37

02/05/17 - Homily for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells His disciples that “you are the light of the world”.  In Jesus time, to have light, you needed fire.  When it comes to the kind of light Jesus is talking about His disciples shining forth in the world, it’s the same in our time as well.  We need the fire of His love.     Daily Readings IS 58:7-10 1 COR 2:1-5 MT 5:13-16

Daily Readings ZEP 2:3; 3:12-13 1 COR 1:26-31 MT 5:1-12A

Daily Readings IS 8:23—9:3 1 COR 1:10-13, 17 MT 4:12-23

Daily Readings IS 49:3, 5-6 1 COR 1:1-3 JN 1:29-34

Fr. Patrick speaks about Encountering the Lord at a Theology on Tap event

Daily Readings IS 60:1-6 EPH 3:2-3A, 5-6 MT 2:1-12

Daily Readings NM 6:22-27 GAL 4:4-7 LK 2:16-21

Daily Readings IS 7:10-14 ROM 1:1-7 MT 1:18-24

Daily Readings IS 35:1-6A, 10 JAS 5:7-10 MT 11:2-11

Daily Readings IS 11:1-10 ROM 15:4-9 MT 3:1-12