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His Ocean of Mercy Through the revelations given to St. Faustina, Jesus invites us into the depths of complete trust in His mercy, where love, joy, peace, healing and freedom abound.  Drinking deeply of His Merciful love, we become living springs of His love to the parched world all around...

Homily on Easter Sunday of Year A   The tomb is empty and the risen one awaits with an offer that changes everything...

Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent, Year A   The unexpected visit of six non-Catholic children from the inner city neighborhood of St. Moses the Black prompted a spontaneous homily directed toward the hearts of the special visitors.  Additionally, the moving story about a Christian recognizing a blind spot in her faith that, once noticed, changed her life and the lives of people around her.

Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent, Year A   As we look with faith anew at the encounter between Jesus and the woman at the well, we realize God is drawing us to drink ever more deeply of the life-giving living water that He gives.

Does it ever seem like your life is just the same old thing day after day?  Jesus is the way out of the monotony.  He invites us to experience daily transformation in Him that awakens us to the adventure of life with Him!

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