Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

333 episodes of Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz since the first episode, which aired on October 8th, 2018.

  • 07/31/22 Then What?

    August 1st, 2022  |  27 mins 49 secs
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    Time and Death make most of what we live for hevel.

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    07/24/22 Teach Us How

    July 25th, 2022  |  22 mins 55 secs
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    Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The disciples did not merely want Jesus to help them have a "better spiritual life" or a deeper prayer life; they wanted to pray how He prayed. And Jesus taught them. He taught them that Who we pray to determines how we pray.

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    07/17/22 The Question

    July 18th, 2022  |  22 mins 14 secs
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    Homily from the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Feeling anxious, worried, or sorry for yourself is normal. It is also completely unhelpful.

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    07/10/22 Simple Things First

    July 11th, 2022  |  23 mins 17 secs
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    Homily from the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are so many things that we know that we ought to do. There are even things that we know that we want to do. And yet...we just can't seem to act on what we know. How do we start?

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    07/03/22 Be A Saint

    July 4th, 2022  |  21 mins 18 secs
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    Homily from the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Many of us want to grow spiritually. But what does that really mean? What is it that we really want? What is the actual goal of life?

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    06/26/22 The Call

    June 27th, 2022  |  20 mins 42 secs
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    Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God continues to call. God calls us to follow Him, making it clear that being a disciple is challenging...that it costs something. Therefore, we need to weigh out our response, we need to avoid hesitation, and we need to choose to follow Jesus in such a way that it actually changes something in our lives.

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    06/19/22 Corpus Christi

    June 20th, 2022  |  21 mins 26 secs
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    Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. In the Scriptures, God gives us His Word. In the Sacraments, God gives us His work. But in the Eucharist, God gives us Himself.

  • 06/12/22 We Need Each Other

    June 13th, 2022  |  19 mins 10 secs
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    Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity reminds us of the innermost secret of God: He is Love. It also reveals the innermost secret of humans made in God's image and likeness: we are made for love.

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    06/05/22 Given For Some Benefit

    June 6th, 2022  |  18 mins 46 secs
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    Homily from Pentecost Sunday. The greatest gift is to make yourself available. The Holy Spirit, poured out on the apostles (and the entire Church) at Pentecost would have gone to waste without the most important reality: the disciples made themselves available to be used by God for the service of the people around them.

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    05/29/22 Ascension Gives Access

    May 30th, 2022  |  19 mins 45 secs
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    Homily from the Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord. What am I going to do with the gifts I've been given? In the Ascension, Jesus completes the work of redemption. He has taken His once for all sacrifice, bound to time and place, and brought it before the Father. Because of this, we have access to all of God's graces in every time and every place.

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    05/22/22 The Gift of the Church

    May 23rd, 2022  |  19 mins 20 secs
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    Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter. God has given us the gift of the Church. The Church is His Body...the Church is His Bride. And we cannot have Jesus without His Church.

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    05/15/22 Do Not Be Shocked

    May 15th, 2022  |  20 mins 18 secs
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    Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. The best you on the worst day of your life. There are a few things that we ought to never be surprised by. One of them is suffering. God does not abandon us in our suffering, he leads us through them.

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    05/08/22 The Time of Great Distress

    May 9th, 2022  |  17 mins 11 secs
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    Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. You are not abandoned. You are not alone. You are not afraid.

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    05/01/22 Wasted Potential

    May 2nd, 2022  |  21 mins 26 secs
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    Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. You have so much potential. But to be nothing but potential is, in many ways, to be nothing.

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    04/24/22 Be Mercy

    April 25th, 2022  |  19 mins 55 secs
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    Homily from the Sunday of Divine Mercy. Mercy is the love that we deserve the least when we need it the most.

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    04/17/22 Nothing

    April 17th, 2022  |  13 mins 52 secs
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    Homily from the Mass of Easter Day. John ran to the tomb and looked in. He saw and believed. What did he see?