Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

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

  • 03/28/21 The Truth and the Choice

    March 29th, 2021  |  16 mins 48 secs
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    Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. The fact that we will all die is not the problem. The problem is that we pretend that we won’t.

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    03/21/21 To The Heart: Vulnerable and Able

    March 22nd, 2021  |  22 mins 5 secs
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    Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent. A heart that is too soft has to be protected. A heart that is too tough can’t be touched. What good is it to have a heart that can be hurt by this world? Many choose to numb themselves rather than feel the pain of lif

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    03/14/21 To The Heart: Hidden Heart

    March 15th, 2021  |  23 mins 35 secs
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    Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent. A hidden heart is a homeless heart. Jesus has made it possible to step into the light and come home, but many choose to live outside the light...many of us live in self-imposed exile.

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    03/07/21 To The Heart: My Treacherous Heart

    March 8th, 2021  |  25 mins 39 secs
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    Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. Is the question, “Can I trust God?” Or is the better question, “Can God trust me?" We have treacherous hearts. And yet, Jesus entrusts His Heart to ours at every Mass.

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    02/28/21 To The Heart: The Adventure of Obedience

    March 1st, 2021  |  21 mins 1 sec
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    Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent. Often, what holds us back from action is a lack of knowing why. But what if there is a better question than “why?”? What if the adventure of obedience means asking “how?”?

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    02/21/21 To The Heart: Untamed and Untamable

    February 22nd, 2021  |  19 mins 58 secs
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    Homily from the First Sunday of Lent. Often, we might find is easier to trust God if He were a “tame god”, but He is not. This Lent, our invitation is to not only trust in God’s mercy, but also in His justice.

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    02/17/21 To The Heart: Escape or Embrace

    February 18th, 2021  |  8 mins 53 secs
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    Homily from Ash Wednesday. We are often tempted to run away from God and from difficult moments in life. But to choose to embrace this moment is to choose to embrace the Lord and His Providence.

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    02/14/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Cost

    February 15th, 2021  |  19 mins 50 secs
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    Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Looking back, there are some things we could have known. But one thing is unfailingly true when seen through hindsight: every decision comes at a price and every choice has a cost.

  • 02/07/21 Hindsight 20/20: In Good Times and In Bad

    February 8th, 2021  |  19 mins 18 secs
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    Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In both good times and bad, Jesus is Lord and He loves the person in a desperate situation and the person in a bright situation.

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    01/31/21 Hindsight 20/20: Worthless Knowledge

    February 1st, 2021  |  16 mins 34 secs
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    Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We can have learned a great number of things over 2020. But unless we are willing to act on that knowledge, hindsight will be powerless.

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    01/24/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Whole Story

    January 25th, 2021  |  18 mins 27 secs
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    Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Editing is the enemy of how we remember the story. We might edit how we tell the story, but we must not edit how we remember the story.

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    01/17/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Moment Before the Moment

    January 18th, 2021  |  18 mins 45 secs
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    Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. While none of us can control when the big moments of our lives are going to happen, all of us can choose what we are doing in the moments before The Moment.

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    01/10/21 You Are My Son

    January 11th, 2021  |  16 mins 57 secs
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    Homily from the Baptism of the Lord. What difference does the Baptism of Jesus make? It means that God doesn't stay away from our sins, but that He takes them upon Himself.

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    12/27/20 Holy Families

    December 27th, 2020  |  24 mins 52 secs
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    Homily from the Mass of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. It can be so easy for parents to feel powerless when it comes to passing on the faith to their families. But there are four powerful tools every parent can employ to help their families become holy families.

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    12/25/20 Taken

    December 25th, 2020  |  14 mins 53 secs
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    Homily from the Mass of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas). When you and I look at the image of the baby Jesus in the manger, how would we answer the question: why is He there?

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    12/20/20 Silent Waiting

    December 20th, 2020  |  20 mins 53 secs
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    Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Silence magnifies and waiting purifies. The chance to wait in silence is often given by God to serve a purpose...above all to change our faith into something new.