Fr. Steve Mateja's Podcasts

hand crafted my friend that smokes stop complaining 

Independence Day 2026. Fr. Steve reads the 1981 address by Ronald Reagan. happy Independence Day!

Real Fear My Godbaby Million year plan

The Upperroom captepillars and spiders an 800 LBS man   When we return to the upper room we are heard, because we are HIS!!!!

The lawyer, the king, the key

The jungle. The King's Child. I can do it myself

The road the church The eyes 

John 8! The Gaze of Jesus upon the beloved   

Months back Fr. Steve gave a talk on friendship at Oakdale Highschool 

The end of our journey on our preaching series on death. Prepare for death, Ash Wednesday: set your timer Week one what happens when I die? Week two the power of death. Week three sadness in loss—power in hope Week four death, a metaphor for more. Week five God's solution Week six prepare for death

Some friends gave me the gift recently of recording the Our Lady of Knock song because I said I want it sung at my funeral.  I am jealous all the time that I am not Irish.   Christian Poiry sings and plays this tune.  

Ash Wednesday: set your timer Week one what happens when I die? Week two the power of death. Week three sadness in loss—power in hope Week four death, a metaphor for more. Week five God's solution Week six prepare for death

Ash Wednesday: set your timer Week one what happens when I die? Week two the power of death. Week three sadness in loss—power in hope Week four death, a metaphor for more. Week five God's solution Week six prepare for death

Ash Wednesday: set your timer Week one what happens when I die? Week two the power of death. Week three sadness in loss—power in hope Week four death, a metaphor for more. Week five God's solution Week six prepare for death

Ash Wednesday: set your timer Week one what happens when I die? Week two the power of death. Week three sadness in loss—power in hope Week four death, a metaphor for more. Week five God's solution Week six prepare for death

Week one what happens when I die? Week two the power of death. Week three sadness in loss—power in hope Week four death, a metaphor for Moore. Week five God's solution Week six prepare for death

Death   Ash Wednesday: Graveyard A timer Live your dash   Week one what happens when I die? Week two the power of death. Week three sadness in loss—power in hope Week four death, a metaphor for Moore. Week five God's solution Week six prepare for death

IKEA. Saint Paul's shipwreck. A salt mine.  sometimes we can overcomplicate the gospel.

IKEA. Saint Paul's shipwreck. A salt mine.  sometimes we can overcomplicate the gospel.

We often aren't familiar with the layout of Old Testament, Jerusalem. It's important that we know why Jesus went to Zebulon and Naphtali. And from that to know our Call!

Photo album statistics advice

The question that all of humanity has asked since the Birth of Christ is: "who are you?"

Emmanuel or Jesus?  Which is it anyway?

why does the Virgin Mary tell Juan Diego that she is Mother?

Fr. Steve expounds upon the most Holy Eucharist and our Catholic understanding

I am a man of Great Trust!  

The journey continues with the great Bishop St. Nicholas

St. Maximilian Kolbe—Auschwitz

The group was scheduled to have mass at the Kraków Cathedral but was last minute rescheduled to the historic church in the middle of crackle Square—St. Barbara. Fr. Steve had to readjust and didn't disappoint with tour and holy Mass at this amazing church. 

Birthplace of JPII—Wadowice, Poland. Mass was in the beautiful Basillica of the Presentation. fr. Steve preached on consecration to Blessed Mother

fr. Steve in the group visited the national shrine of Fatima in Poland. A Shrine built an honor of John Paul II miraculous saving from being shot May 13, 1981

Our Lady of Czestochowa—Jana Gora monastery. The historic image of our Blessed Mother. Scars! Show your scars

Fr. Steve continues to lead 50 of his parishioners and today they went to the shrine of fr. jerzy popiełuszko who was martyred for the faith by the communists in 1984. 

St. Andrew Bobola—Poland Pilgrimage day 1 the patron saint of Poland and his story shared by Fr. Steve to the pilgrims on day one