Fr. Steve Mateja's Podcasts

Psalm 85

Feast of Our Lady of the Pilar.  

This Gospel is all about how rich people can't get to Heaven...right?  Not really.  The Rich Young Man isn't ready to follow Jesus because his love is disoreded.  

"Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce"

Why do we return to send constantly? Like a dog returns to its vomit only fools return to Folly. We must child proof, our hearts, and our lives in order to secure salvation. We have to cut off and route out sin in our lives.

Why is humility so important to God?  What is Jesus saying when He brings the little child out?

Take up your cross and follow me!  Jesus gives us this command, but why?  Fr. Steve examines the depth of Christian suffering and offering up our crosses for the salavation of the world

Fr. Steve opened up the OCIA session at St. John Fisher with the topic of the Image of God as Father and some proofs of His existence

The Deaf man's fear My old music director Nametags   Let's lay our fear at the feet of Jesus and leave it there in trust!

Law vs Love Emotionalism vs Legalism Jesus' examation of conscience

Wednesday in the Word 21st Sunday OTb John 6: 60-69   Will you stay or will you go? 

"The Sacred Heart and the Eucharist"--preaching series on the Eucharist 4 of 5  (John 6:51-58) 20th Sunday OTb   Like a Pelican who pierces it's breast to feed it's young, the Church does the same

The Assumption is for you!  Pope Pious XII quotes: In their homilies and sermons on this feast the holy fathers and great doctors spoke of the assumption of the Mother of God as something already familiar and accepted by the faithful. They gave it greater clarity in their preaching and used more profound arguments in setting out its nature and meaning. Above all, they brought out more clearly the fact that what is commemorated in this feast is not simply the total absence of corruption from the dead body of the Blessed Virgin Mary but also her triumph over death and her glorification in heaven, after the pattern set by her only Son, Jesus Christ. Hence, the august Mother of God, mysteriously united from all eternity with Jesus Christ in one and the same decree of predestination, immaculate in her conception, a virgin inviolate in her divine motherhood, the wholehearted companion of the divine Redeemer who won complete victory over sin and its consequences, gained at last the supreme crown of her privileges—t

"If it's just a symbol...to hell with it!"--preaching series on the Eucharist 3 of 5  (John 6: 41-51) 19th Sunday OTb   Fr. Steve continues his preaching series on the Eucharist and opens up the understanding of Transubstantiation and the non-Catholic viewpoints.