Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

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

  • 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?

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    04/15/22 The Crown of Thorns

    April 15th, 2022  |  13 mins 15 secs
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    Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion. The crown of thorns reveals the darkness of the human heart. This darkness is in each one of us in the form of envy.

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    04/14/22 Last Words: The Final Last Word

    April 14th, 2022  |  17 mins 49 secs
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    Homily from the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. On the cross, Jesus’ life ends with the same perspective He has had from the beginning: He trusts His Father.

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    04/10/22 Last Words: Tetelestai

    April 10th, 2022  |  22 mins 59 secs
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    Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. This one word connects and transforms the entire story.

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    04/03/22 Last Words: Use This.

    April 3rd, 2022  |  27 mins 37 secs
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    Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent. From the Cross, Jesus utters His last words. He thirsts for us to allow Him to forgive us.

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    03/27/22 Last Words: The Central Last Word

    March 28th, 2022  |  23 mins 10 secs
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    Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? This central Last Word of Jesus from the Cross is possibly the most important.

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    03/20/22 Last Words: Behold, Your Mother

    March 21st, 2022  |  23 mins 29 secs
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    Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. When He had virtually nothing left to give, Jesus still gave. He gave His own mother to be our mother.