Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

03/31/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Let Go...and Come Inside

April 1st, 2019  |  22 mins 24 secs

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03/24/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Trust God...and Fight

March 25th, 2019  |  25 mins 43 secs

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Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. Trained in trust...strengthened through struggle. God gives us the chance to grow in trust of Him and His love…and He allows us to grow stronger in our ability to walk as His children.

03/17/19 Behind Enemy Lines: My Own Worst Enemy

March 18th, 2019  |  22 mins 35 secs

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Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent. You have to know yourself to say no to yourself. We are in a battle, but our primary enemy is closer than we might like to imagine.

03/06/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Isolated and Disoriented

March 7th, 2019  |  19 mins 10 secs

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Homily from Ash Wednesday. Even when things are obviously broken, we can pretend that they will “fix themselves.” But Lent reminds us that we are in a battle that won’t be won unless we are ready to engage the enemy who will attack us like our Lord was attacked in the wilderness...behind enemy lines.

03/03/19 Talking and Trials

March 4th, 2019  |  25 mins 31 secs

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Homily from the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We often are a mystery...even to ourselves. But Christians must come to a place of self-knowledge so we can present our true self to the true God.

02/24/19 Love Yourself

February 25th, 2019  |  23 mins 1 sec

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Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. You are loved most when you deserve it the least. Jesus calls us to love our enemies. But how can we do that when we don’t even love the people we like?

02/17/19 The Fighting Virtue

February 18th, 2019  |  27 mins 36 secs

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Hope is not a “soft” virtue. It is a fighting virtue. Hope is what enables us to live in the present with strength and conviction. It takes hope to take action.

02/10/19 Disqualified: Unfit

February 11th, 2019  |  20 mins 59 secs

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Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.

02/03/19 Disqualified: Remarkably Average

February 4th, 2019  |  23 mins 1 sec

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Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Being unqualified does not disqualify when God calls. Our stats would reveal that we are unqualified for being a part of God’s great work. But the Lord calls us to the greatest of these: love.

01/27/19 Disqualified: Prevented or Prepared?

January 28th, 2019  |  21 mins 54 secs

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Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. In Christ, your past might not be the thing that prevent you from being a part of God’s great work… It might be the thing that has prepared you.

01/20/19 Insufficient and Insignificant

January 21st, 2019  |  16 mins 17 secs

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Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is often very tempting to forget the heart of God. To forget that He notices us, delights in us, and rejoices in us. When the focus shifts from His love to our insufficiency and feelings of insignificance, He reminds us of the truth.

12/25/18 But Why?

December 25th, 2018  |  18 mins 33 secs

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Homily from the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas). The Why is a Who. Jesus is not merely the “reason for the season”… He is the reason for everything.

12/09/18 The End?

December 10th, 2018  |  21 mins

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Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent. This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.

12/02/18 Be Ready, Get Ready

December 3rd, 2018  |  22 mins 2 secs

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Homily from the First Sunday of Advent. Advent is a season of preparation. You will never be ready unless you get ready.

11/25/18 Come to the Altar: Kingdom Priesthood

November 26th, 2018  |  27 mins 31 secs

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Homily from Solemnity of Christ the King. Don't waste your priesthood.

11/18/18 Come to the Altar: Learning to Worship

November 19th, 2018  |  25 mins 54 secs

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Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Not merely witnessing the miracle, but offering the sacrifice.