Fr. Dave Tomaszycki Podcasts

Fr. Dave Tomaszycki is a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit, and currently serves as weekend help at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Parish in Farmington, Michigan.

We ARE Darkness or We ARE Light 03/18/2026

We ARE Darkness or We ARE Light From the 4pm Mass on Saturday, March 14, 2026, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My homily covers the theme of light and darkness, especially diving into St. Paul's line to the Ephesians: "You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord" (Ephesians 5:8). /episode/index/show/frdave/id/40524545

Letting God Go There 03/11/2026

Letting God Go There From the 10am Mass on Sunday, March 8, 2026, the Third Sunday of Lent, Year A at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. I didn't have my traditional three points. But here are a couple points I made: Let God go there. The Samaritan woman let Jesus go into some very dark places in her life. Being willing and able to give a testimony of what God has done in your life. The livestream of this Mass can be found (homily starts at 30:09). /episode/index/show/frdave/id/40397195

Death... and then Transfiguration 03/04/2026

Death... and then Transfiguration From the 4pm Mass on Saturday, February 28, 2026, the Second Sunday of Lent, Year A at St. Peter Catholic Church. Preface: Love: God is Love Paradoxes: The Christian life is a series of paradoxes My Three Points: Transfiguration Death Order of the Mass This Mass was livestreamed. You can find it (homily starts at 18:35) The best explanation I have seen on why we should not attend the weddings of Catholics getting married outside the Church can be found in Fr. Michael Schmitz's book Made for Love, pp. 165-166. What I say about the flow of the Mass I steal from given by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/40312380

Identity, Love, and Suffering 02/24/2026

Identity, Love, and Suffering From the 7:30am Mass on Sunday, February 22, 2026 the First Sunday in Lent, Year A, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My three points: The Half-Lie Identity, God's Beloved Must Suffer Conclusion: Identity, love and suffering all go together. The 10am Mass was livestreamed. The homily starts at 24:16 and can be found . /episode/index/show/frdave/id/40218485

Ash Wednesday, 2026 02/20/2026

Ash Wednesday, 2026 Homily from the 6pm Ash Wednesday Mass on February 18, 2026 at St. Peter Catholic Church. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/40175335

Examination of Conscience with the Ten Commandments 02/18/2026

Examination of Conscience with the Ten Commandments From the noon Mass on Sunday, February 15, 2026 the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. The Ten Commandments To place nothing above God To not take the Lord's name in Vain (to not be careless with the Lord's name) Keep Holy The Sabbath Day Going to Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation Not doing needless work, and not making others work on the Lord's Day Honor thy Mother and Father Those with authority Thou Shalt not Kill Murder Abortion Durgs and drunkeness Receiving Communion while not in the State of Grace Gossip and slander (kills someone's name) Thou Shalt not Commit Adultery Any kind of sex outside of marriage Adultery Fornication "Birth-Control" Pornography Masturbation Lusting Fanisizing Thou Shalt not Steal Even stealing time from your employer Thou Shalt not Lie A while lie isn't mortal sin... but it is stepping away from the truth, and the Truth is Jesus Thou Shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods Are we jelous or envious? Thou Shalt not covet thy neighbor's spouse /episode/index/show/frdave/id/40151690

My Goddaughter's Wiggly Tooth: The Important Things 02/11/2026

My Goddaughter's Wiggly Tooth: The Important Things From the 10am Mass on Sunday, February 8, 2026, the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My three points: Who's "Poor"? We Only Need to Know Jesus Serving Others with Christ This Mass was also livestreamed, it can be found (the homily starts at 26:09). /episode/index/show/frdave/id/40068165

Will You Be Part of the Remnant? 02/05/2026

Will You Be Part of the Remnant? From the Noon Mass on Sunday, February 1, 2026, the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My three points: Remnant We need to demand more of our people The Cross /episode/index/show/frdave/id/40000780

Preachers with the Heart and Mind of the Church 01/27/2026

Preachers with the Heart and Mind of the Church From the 10am Mass on Sunday, January 27, 2026, the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My three points: Christ, the Only Savior The Calling Mind and Heart of the Church The livestream of this Mass can be found , homily beginning at 25.43. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39902475

Are We "Safe"? 01/20/2026

Are We "Safe"? From the noon Mass on Sunday, January 18, 2026, the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. Intoduction: I give a little update on the priests' meeting from the past week were we met about the restructuring of the diocese Body: Are we "Safe"? "I come to do Your Will" "A light to the nations: Conclusion: "Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will." Another version of this homily was given at the vigil Mass on Saturday, January 17. The livestream can be found (homily starts at 37.06). /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39802275

Protecting the Life of Jesus in You 12/30/2025

Protecting the Life of Jesus in You From the noon Mass on Sunday, December 28, 2025, the Feast of the Holy Family, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39569160

Christmas Homily: Hold the Baby Jesus 12/30/2025

Christmas Homily: Hold the Baby Jesus From the 7pm Mass on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens, using the Midnight Mass readings. My three points: "Do Not Be Afraid" ...unless you're the devil The Battle for Your Soul Conclusion: Hold the Baby Jesus Though I think the delivery of the content was better for this Mass, the Midnight Mass homily was definitely more fun. If you check out the livestream (), you will see why (homily starts at 1:10.57). /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39569125

Yes's and No's 12/23/2025

Yes's and No's From the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 21, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My three points: Yes No A Flood of Grace The livestream for the Mass can be found . The homily starts at 29:08. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39520410

St. Peter's Church 65th Anniversary Mass 12/23/2025

St. Peter's Church 65th Anniversary Mass From the 65th Anniversary of our church's dedication, Saturday, December 20, 2025 (not the founding of the parish, but the dedication of our currect church building). My three points: A Home Marks Specific to St. Peter's A House of God The livestream of this Mass can be found . The homily starts at 28:30. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39520330

Hope for those in Desolation 12/16/2025

Hope for those in Desolation From the 4pm Mass on Saturday, December 13, 2025, the Third Sunday of Advent, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My Three Points: The Sad The Beautiful Hope Livestream: The livestream of this Mass can be found (homily starts at 24:36). /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39428575

Crushing the Serpent's Head with Her Immaculate Foot 12/12/2025

Crushing the Serpent's Head with Her Immaculate Foot From the 6pm Mass on Monday, December 8, 2025, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My three points: On The Demonic, by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Mary, and Her Fight against the Devil The Immaculate Conception Resource: I draw heavily from Archbishop Fulton Sheen's latest book, On The Demonic. The book can be found at the publisher's website, . Or on Amazon, . I also quote from Pope Pius IX's encyclical Ineffabilis Deus which can be found . This Mass was livestreamed and can be found (homily starting at 24:18). /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39381840

Things in Right Order 12/09/2025

Things in Right Order From the 10am Mass on Sunday, December 7, 2025, the Second Sunday of Advent, Year A, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My three points: The Lord's Peace Right Order Putting Things in Right Order Also, this Mass was livestreamed. The homily starts at 32:45 and can be found . /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39337975

25 Days until the Coming of the Lord 12/04/2025

25 Days until the Coming of the Lord From the 4pm Mass on Saturday, November 29, 2025, the First Sunday of Advent, Year C at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My three points: The End Game The Sensus Fidei (the sense of the faithful) Preparing for the Birth of Christ Livestream: This Mass was livestreamed (click ). The homily starts at: 39:34. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39267110

The Sanctuary, The Eucharist, and Thanksgiving 12/04/2025

The Sanctuary, The Eucharist, and Thanksgiving From the 9am Mass on Thursday, November 27, 2025, Thanksgiving Day. Today, our local church celebrates the dedication of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Detroit, while the country celebrates Thanksgiving. So, I gave a little tour of our sanctuary, talked about the Eucharist, and tied it in with Thanksgiving. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39266985

Praying for A Mother with Cancer 12/04/2025

Praying for A Mother with Cancer From the school Mass on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. In this homily the children and I pray for one of the mothers at our parish who is battling cancer. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39266895

The Good Thief vs. Bad Thief 11/25/2025

The Good Thief vs. Bad Thief From the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 23, 2025, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. My Three points: The Bad Thief The Good Thief Christ the King Beware of other gods creeping their way in This Mass was also livestreamed (video can be found ). The homily starts at 27:48. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/39171835

Matter Matters, A Church Tour 11/11/2025

Matter Matters, A Church Tour From the 7:30am Mass on Sunday, November 9, 2025 the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. In the spirit of today's feast day, where we celebrate a building--the Cathedral of Rome--my main point was that matter matters, and then I give a tour of St. Peter's to a handful of children. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/38997235

All Souls Day 11/05/2025

All Souls Day From the noon Mass on Sunday, November 2, 2025, All Souls Day (this is the first time in eleven years that All Souls Day falls on a Sunday), at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. After a couple orders of business, here are my two points: Grieving Praying for our loved ones /episode/index/show/frdave/id/38917240

CSA and How Are We Poor? 10/28/2025

CSA and How Are We Poor? From the 10am Mass on Sunday, October 26, 2025, the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. Introduction, two orders of business: Once the doors are locked, don't open them for people CSA, the most effecient way to give to St. Peter's Body: The Poor The Love of God /episode/index/show/frdave/id/38808710

On Indulgences 10/21/2025

On Indulgences From the noon Mass on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens, the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. We were supposed to have a guest preacher this week, but he couldn't make it. So, I read the homily he had prepared. The homily is on indulgences and was meant to promote our parish pilgrimage coming upon Sunday, November 2, 2025. We are having a 3pm Mass at the Shrine of Jesus the Divine Mercy, 33826 Beaconsfield St., Clinton Township, MI 48035. This Mass will indeed count toward your Sunday obligation and will qualify as an "indulgenced act." Hope to see you there! /episode/index/show/frdave/id/38730235

The Faith vs. Our Faith 10/21/2025

The Faith vs. Our Faith From the 7:30am Mass on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens, the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. Introductory Point: "This Foreigner" Main Point: Faith Our Faith: Subjective The Faith: Objective The 10am Mass, where I gave basically the same homily, was then livestreamed. The Mass can be found , the homily starts at 25:13. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/38726635

Temporal Security and Eternal Security 10/08/2025

Temporal Security and Eternal Security From the noon Mass on Sunday, October 5, 2025, the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. I normally have three points, this Sunday I had four: Safety Salvation of Souls Belief "In" Protection from Everything? /episode/index/show/frdave/id/38519070

Where Have We Become Complacent? 10/01/2025

Where Have We Become Complacent? Here is the audio from the 7:30am Mass on Sunday, September 28, 2025, the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. I think my wording and phrasing was better at the 7:30am Mass, but the 10:00am Mass was definitely more dynamic and engaging (the livestream for the 10:00am Mass can be found , the homily starts at 30:56). I really only had two points: Complacent with Neighbor? Complacent with God? /episode/index/show/frdave/id/38423460

Use Wealth, Serve Neighbor, Love God 09/24/2025

Use Wealth, Serve Neighbor, Love God From the noon Mass on Sunday, Septmeber 21, 2025 at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens, the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. My introduction contained kind of a "side note": Praying for and loving others, even if we don't "like" them My three points: God and Neighbor Jesus Mother Teresa Reference: by Sr. Briege McKenna. Both quotes were pulled from page 78. /episode/index/show/frdave/id/38342875

Listening Sessions Report 09/10/2025

Listening Sessions Report From the 10am Mass on Sunday, September 7, 2025, the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens. I preached all the Masses this weekend, and gave a report on the listening sessions I have been conducting with parishioners. I limited myself to three points (basically): Members of a Body I drew from the chapter "Membership" in C.S. Lewis' . Some Needs Bring back the Precious Blood /episode/index/show/frdave/id/38158450

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