Fr. Steve Mateja's Podcasts

Priest of Detroit since May 26, 2012; Pastor of Divine Grace--Carleton 2015-present; Associate @ St. Lawrence--Utica, MI 2015; Our Lady of Good Counsel--Plymouth, MI 2012-2015

Feast of the Holy Family 01/01/2018

Feast of the Holy Family What is a family? How does it become a Holy family? And what is a parish family? /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/6104088

Christmas Day 2017 12/30/2017

Christmas Day 2017 Am I a fan or am I a follower of Jesus? Will I just choose to be a fan of the King of Kings or will I answer the knock on my heart and choose to let Jesus in and be a follower of His? /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/6101669

3rd Sunday of Advent 12/30/2017

3rd Sunday of Advent Fr. Steve leads us through a meditation on the Nativity just before Christmas. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/6101662

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary 12/13/2017

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary God has had an extraordinary plan from the very beginning. God loves us and will never abandon us and the greatest gift He has given to us is the Mother of His Son. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/6042006

Second Sunday of Advent 2017 12/13/2017

Second Sunday of Advent 2017 Discipleship begins with repentance and repentance begins with humility. Let's humble ourselves before the Lord this Advent Season in repentance from our sinful lives and live for Christ alone! /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/6041998

First Sunday of Advent 2017 12/13/2017

First Sunday of Advent 2017 Be alert for what? Keep what for what? Keep vigil for what? Your death. If you stood before God just after you died and He asked you the simple question: "why should I let you into Heaven?" What would you say in reply? /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/6041995

Feast of Christ the King 2017 11/29/2017

Feast of Christ the King 2017 Is Jesus your King? What Jesus wants is our surrender; we thing of surrender as giving up like being handcuffed. But when we surrender more to Jesus, the more we will live! /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5991069

33rd Sunday OT A 11/23/2017

33rd Sunday OT A If we are not grateful we have nothing. This upcoming Thursday is Thanksgiving and our newly Beatified, Blessed Fr. Solanus Casey teaches us to Thank God ahead of time. Thanksgiving must be rooted in God--but how can we practically offer Thanks to God? /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5974932

31st Sunday OT A 11/06/2017

31st Sunday OT A He who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted. The place that one is humbled the greatest is our deathbed. Fr. Steve shares wise words from one on his death bed to help us humble ourselves now to be exalted on the last day. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5916057

30th Sunday OT A 11/02/2017

30th Sunday OT A When we deny God's free gift of Love we cannot give love outward. But when we come to know Jesus' love and Mercy we can fulfill His great commandment of Loving God and loving neighbor. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5903946

Monthly Q and A after Mass with Fr. Steve (Session 4) 10/25/2017

Monthly Q and A after Mass with Fr. Steve (Session 4) Today Fr. Steve tackles the questions of: "why is it better to pray before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament?" and "why do we sing some songs in Latin and not English?" /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5875717

29th Sunday OT A (Dcn. Brian) 10/25/2017

29th Sunday OT A (Dcn. Brian) Deacon Brian Mulligan, our transitional Deacon from Winona, MN preaches for the first time to our community about how God has created us. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5874181

28th Sun OT A-Bishop Battersby 10/18/2017

28th Sun OT A-Bishop Battersby Auxiliary Bishop Gerry Battersby was at Divine Grace this past weekend to instal Fr. Steve as our Pastor. He preached to us on the two seminal events into our lives: The Incarnation and our Baptism and how repentance must be our means to following Jesus. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5851166

28th Sunday OT A 10/17/2017

28th Sunday OT A In our Gospel today Jesus sounds rather harsh as he dismisses the man who was not dressed accordingly. Was it just because he wasn't wearing a tie? The wedding garment symbolizes being prepared when the master summons us. How do we prepare for that call though? /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5851133

27th Sunday OT A 10/12/2017

27th Sunday OT A We can easily become discouraged while we're doing the work of the Lord. Who is there to lead us, guide us, and protect us? Our Blessed Mother. With this being the Feast of the Holy Rosary and with the Anniversary of Fatima looming--Our Lady crushes discouragement by the power of the Rosary! /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5832516

Capital Campaign Announcement 10/04/2017

Capital Campaign Announcement Next week is our commitment weekend to the capital campaign to serve the needs of both St. Patrick site and St. Joseph site. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5806756

26th Sunday OT A 10/04/2017

26th Sunday OT A We cannot be fake the Christian faith. We must be authentic. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5806730

Monthly Q and A after Mass (Session 3) 09/21/2017

Monthly Q and A after Mass (Session 3) Fr. Steve tackles the question today: “where is it found in the Bible that it is a mortal sin to miss Mass on Sunday?” /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5760730

24th Sunday OT A 09/21/2017

24th Sunday OT A Forgiveness—why must we forgive? Because we have been forgiven much! We have been forgiven such a tremendous amount—can we not forgive those who have harmed us? There is no unforgiven in Heaven; we must forgive now in order to inherit Eternal Life. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5760699

23rd Sun OT A 09/11/2017

23rd Sun OT A A great challenge by God today in the readings. The Lord challenges us to call people on to Holiness; to share with them the goodness of Jesus! We are not sharing flood insurance with hurricane victims, we are sharing the goodness of Eternity! /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5728153

22nd Sun OT A 09/09/2017

22nd Sun OT A Jesus tells us that the way back to the Heavenly Father is the Cross. Let's beg forgiveness for those times we refused to accept the cross. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5723200

17th Sunday OT A 08/28/2017

17th Sunday OT A A few weeks back we had our missionary, a Bishop from Ghana, come to speak with us about his diocese. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5681237

18th Sunday OT A 08/28/2017

18th Sunday OT A A few weeks back Fr. Dan Nusbaum celebrated Mass for us. Here is his homily. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5681209

3rd Sunday of the Month Q and A (session 2) 08/21/2017

3rd Sunday of the Month Q and A (session 2) Today Fr. Steve tackles the two questions of: "is there alien life form on other planets?" and one concerning the racism. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5663403

20th Sunday OT A 08/21/2017

20th Sunday OT A The Canaanite woman sets a perfect example for us to grow in faith--that should be our prayer: "Lord help me grow in faith!" /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5663385

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 08/21/2017

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Two words in two different translations of sacred Scripture help us know the heart of our Blessed Mother today--AND and BUT. Despite it all, Our Lady was at the Cross of Jesus...despite it all she remains there to help us carry our Cross. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5663011

19th Sunday OT A 08/15/2017

19th Sunday OT A God wasn't in the thunder, the earthquake, or the fire. Where was He? He was in quiet whisper. God wants us to meet Him in the silence where He awaits us. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5645045

16th Sunday OT (cycle A) 07/24/2017

16th Sunday OT (cycle A) A good litmus test for everyone of us to see where we are in our faith walk is: do my friends/neighbors/co-workers know that I am a Catholic-Christian! Weeds among the wheat. If we are the wheat we must be aware of the weeds among us. The great temptation for Christians is to blend in with the crowd--to become a weed. We must fight against that and pray for greater friends in the Lord. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5568740

13th Sunday OT cycle A 07/06/2017

13th Sunday OT cycle A "If you put son or daughter, mother or father, before Me you are not worthy of Me!" These are strong words from Our Lord. Father Steve ties in an incident that happened to him this week and shows that our culture must put Jesus at the forefront once again to be considered a great Christian Nation. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5511556

12th Sunday OT-Cycle A 06/28/2017

12th Sunday OT-Cycle A What are you afraid of? We have to name our fear. If we don't than we can name defeat our fear, it will always have us. But if we do name it and give it to the power of the Cross than we can have power over our fear. /episode/index/show/fatherstevemateja/id/5488839

Fr. Steve Mateja's Podcasts

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