To Fall in Love
At a Palm Sunday Holy Hour with Young Adults, the gift of the Lord's offer to fall in love with Him amidst the gift of Holy Week is reflected upon.
Mar 26, 2018•16 min
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Hi! This is Fr. Patrick Gonyeau, a priest in the Archdiocese of Detroit, and I'd love to share with you the Word of God. I was once an agnostic and dared God to show me He was real...and the rest is history. There is no greater gift that we can receive than Jesus Christ who brings us the joy of salvation! It is my hope and prayer that these homilies bring to you and those you share them with the joy of knowing and loving Jesus...who is calling all of us!
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Cut to the Heart
While revealing what the New Covenant would be like through the prophet Jeremiah, the Lord tells us "I will place my law within them and write (also translated engrave ) it upon their hearts." So deeply does the Lord want to impress his love into our lives, so deeply...that we can confess we've been cut to the heart, and transformed for His glory, by His love!
Mar 20, 2018•25 min
Increased Faith
In the story of Jesus healing the man born blind (John 9), we consider the gift of spiritual sight that is faith and what life is like in His supernatural light.
Mar 12, 2018•14 min
Consumed
It was love that led Jesus to cleanse the temple, it was love that led Jesus to be consumed on the cross for us. The Lord reveals to us that "God is a consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:29). Come...allow yourself to be consumed by Him.
Mar 05, 2018•23 min
Overcoming Sin
In the Transfiguration of Jesus, we hear of the divinity of God shining forth from Jesus. In our baptisms, this very divine life of God is poured into us. Sin prevents us from allowing God's divine life of love to blaze forth in our lives. A MERCIFUL invitation from Jesus awaits us..."ask me to reveal your sin to you, so you can be healed of it."
Feb 26, 2018•13 min
Live from the Ark
At St. Andrews in Rochester, the foundational conviction of Unleash the Gospel is considered: the Church in the Archdiocese of Detroit is resolved to obey the Holy Spirit and be made by him a band of joyful missionary disciples.
Feb 20, 2018•16 min
Living for God's Glory
Inspired by the Holy Spirit, St. Paul proclaimed, "do everything for the glory of God!" (1 Cor 10:31) God's glory is the visible manifestation of God's awesome majesty. This reflection focuses on the glory of God in marriage, in the lives of the sick and in our everyday lives.
Feb 12, 2018•11 min
When God Speaks
The famous verse from psalm 95 rings out from one generation to the next, "oh that today you would hear His voice." Our faithful Father loves to speak with His children. We consider His fidelity, how He speaks, what happens when He speaks and how we can grow in our ability to listen to our Good Father.
Jan 31, 2018•27 min
The Electrifying Love of God
After the Lord revealed His presence to Samuel and called Samuel by name, the scriptures tell us that none of Samuel's words were without effect. (1 Sam 3:19) When we "behold the Lamb of God" in the secret place, our heart to heart union with God, from the fullness of a heart filled with God's electrifying love we speak! (Lk 6:45)
Jan 17, 2018•22 min
God's Family Love
Rooted in God's love, a familial reality, we are able to receive God's love (grace!) as we continue to make a gift of our lives to God in selfless love. Rooted and receiving, we are positioned to release God's love to the world around us. God's aim for this release is the transformation of our families, workplaces and everywhere the soles of our feet tread as the love of God's kingdom pours forth.
Jan 02, 2018•22 min
Nothing Will Be Impossible For God
The angel Gabriel assured Mary, "nothing will be impossible for God." This was not a one time proclamation, as Jesus himself reassured his disciples in Matthew 19 that "for God, all things are possible". He is Emmanual, God with us, and as we learn to live more intentionally in the presence of God with faith, wisdom and courage, we will see the impossible bow at the name of Jesus.
Dec 24, 2017•21 min
Preparing for New Life
In the Gospel of John we John the Baptist echoing the prophet Isaiah "make strait the way of the Lord". The Living God speaks these words anew to us in Advent, inviting us into a deeper, more ardent desire for God...a desire that God both gives us and blesses come Christmas with new life in His Holy Spirit.
Dec 18, 2017•23 min
God's Desire
From the lips of John the Baptist, and Jesus himself, we hear of being baptized in the Holy Spirit. Pope Benedict spoke of this gift as "being aware of what we have received in Baptism and Confirmation." On our Advent journey prepare, and ask for, an entirely new awareness of God's presence in our lives come Christmas. This is the gift God desires to give us...which points toward God's ultimate desire for us.
Dec 13, 2017•15 min
The Kingdom, The Power & The Glory
We will all stand before Christ the King to be judged one day, what will make us ready? He wants us to know...
Nov 27, 2017•19 min
Working the Field Hospital Like Blessed Solanus Casey
In the parable of the talents, Jesus teaches us the true riches of His love are not to be hidden away, but given away, so that all might know Him! Looking at some of the important points of Blessed Solanus Casey's spirituality, we consider how we too can bring the healing love of Jesus to all we encounter...
Nov 20, 2017•15 min
Fire & Oil
In the parable of the 10 virgins, Jesus teaches us to be ready for the final wedding described in the scriptures...the wedding feast of the Lamb. There, Jesus will receive his bride, the Church, into the eternal wedding feast of heaven. How are we to get ready? The lamps the 10 virgins carry in the parable are symbolic for us. By living in the fire of God's love (Hebrews 12:29), and nourishing our lives lived with God through the oil of devotion, we are made ready for Jesus, the bridegroom (Mark...
Nov 13, 2017•19 min
Sacrifice & Blessing
As Jesus calls out the hypocrisy of some of the Scribes & Pharisees in Matthew's gospel, He calls out to us as well to live as a priestly people He has won for His own. And when we do, there we find, receive & share in God's amazing blessings...
Nov 06, 2017•16 min
To the Children of Saint Moses the Black
At a special mass for the youth of St. Moses the Black, the children voice their dreams for their lives & listen to God's dream for theirs as well.
Oct 30, 2017•19 min
Leaning Into Your Destiny
God has a destiny for you. God chose you before the foundations of the world (Eph 1:4). You were made in God's image & likeness (Gen 1:26). To be a Christian is to be an "anointed one". To live in the anointing is to lean into your destiny...
Oct 24, 2017•18 min
Living in God's Presence
So often we are distracted from the gift of the present moment. So often our awareness of God's loving presence seems to slip away. Jesus tells us he is The Vine and we are the branches, called to bear fruit for God's glory. He wants to give us the grace to live every moment in His presence...
Oct 10, 2017•20 min
The Power of Prayer
At The Engaging the Young Church Conference at St. Anastasia Catholic Church in Troy, the radical power of prayer is looked at...
Oct 10, 2017•1 hr 8 min
A Parish of Joyful Missionary Disciples
At a gathering of ministry leaders at St. Clare of Montefalco we consider what a parish full of joyful missionary disciples would be like...
Oct 10, 2017•17 min
Living as a Joyful Missionary Disciple
At a gathering of ministry leaders at St. Clare of Montefalco, the topic of living as a joyful missionary disciple is looked at...
Oct 10, 2017•29 min
Living in Grace
In St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians, St Paul tells the Christians he is writing to, to have within them the same attitude that Jesus has. Through grace, God offers us this very reality...
Oct 10, 2017•11 min
Divine Forgiveness & Freedom
As children of our merciful heavenly Father, Jesus teaches us that we too must extend his mercy and forgiveness to those who have wronged us. This can be extremely difficult, but by participating in His merciful love (His grace) we are able to forgive, which in turn sets us free from tangled webs of unforgiveness.
Sep 18, 2017•18 min
A Brother Who Sins
"The love of Christ impels us" St. Paul once wrote. It is the love of Jesus that can give us the courage to reach address the sin of another, not as their judge, but as their brother or sister in the Lord seeking to help them. Disciples share in the very life of Jesus and the Church continues his rescue mission...
Sep 12, 2017•11 min
The Mind of Christ & Denying Self
From the lofty heights of being called "blessed" and "the rock" upon which Jesus will build His Church, where hear Peter in today's gospel tumble to the depths of being called "Satan" and "a stumbling block" by Jesus. What led to such different responses from Jesus? Inspired thought vs. human thinking. The Lord implores us to deny ourselves for His sake and to not be conformed to this age, but transformed by the renewal of our minds.
Sep 03, 2017•9 min
A Downtown Adventure & Alpha
Two priests went walking through downtown Detroit at night agreeing to cooperate with God to bring the good news of Jesus to people in anyway He would see fit... +Alpha starts soon at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament!
Aug 27, 2017•12 min
Heaven Breaking In
God's heart desires that all would come to know Him, and as we pray psalm 67, asking God to let his face shine upon us, the grace is granted for us to become the revelation of God's love to those around us...heaven meets earth and signs and wonders abound.
Aug 21, 2017•14 min
Walking on Water
The image of Peter walking on water is an image of the supernatural life Jesus both calls us to, and empowers us to live. Following the example of Jesus, who said "a son can not do anything on his own, but only what he sees his father doing" (Jn 5:19), we consider how pursuing and receiving the revelation of the Father's will, leads us to live moment to moment, the supernatural life...walking on the water with God.
Aug 14, 2017•12 min
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