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.
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11/13/22 Something Other Than God
November 12th, 2022 | 27 mins 45 secs
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The ending of a story reveals what kind of story it is. Regardless of how we start and how we proceed, we can choose to have a tragic story...or we can choose to have a love story. The determining factor is not the amount of sorrow or loss in our lives, but whether we choose God...or choose something other than God.
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11/6/22 Carry the Fire
November 5th, 2022 | 24 mins 5 secs
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Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The things one needs to die well are the same things one needs to live well.
As we walk through life, we will all walk into darkness and sufferng and pain. We can still walk in hope, courage, and perseverance. We can be the kind of people who can carry the fire into the darkness.
- Mass Readings from November 5, 2022:
- 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14
- Psalms 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5
Luke 20:27-38
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11/01/22 All Saints
November 1st, 2022 | 21 mins 58 secs
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Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints. Live so that this day will one day be your feast day. The Feast of All Saints is the day when all of those who are in Heaven are remembered and we ask them to intercede for us. They are the great "cloud of witnesses" that surrounds us and cheers us on.
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10/30/22 Alteration or Transformation?
October 29th, 2022 | 22 mins 11 secs
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Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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10/23/22 Growing Through the Motions: Busy or Productive?
October 22nd, 2022 | 20 mins 33 secs
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Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Nothing is so worthless as working on the wrong things. Are we doing things right or are we doing the right things? When it comes to growing through the motions, we need to make sure that the right thing we do is present ourselves before God with humility and not self-reliance.
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10/16/22 Growing Through the Motions: Full Range of Motion
October 15th, 2022 | 24 mins 48 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The only way to be able to pray in all seasons is to pray in all seasons.
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10/9/22 Growing Through the Motions: Start With Why
October 8th, 2022 | 24 mins 32 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We can know exactly what to do and how to do it. So much of our lives can be spent doing more and more, but never knowing exactly why. But if the reason behind our actions is Jesus, then we can truly be free to love every time we say "yes" to our Who.
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10/2/22 Growing Through the Motions: Passion or Duty?
October 1st, 2022 | 23 mins 43 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. So much of life is doing our duty. Doing what we are supposed to do. And yet, there are times when this means that we only “go through the motions”. There is a chance for us to do more however…we can choose to grow.
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09/25/22 Comfort Breeds Complacency
September 24th, 2022 | 28 mins 32 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Complacency is being satisfied with how things are and not being willing to change them.
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09/18/22 Eulogy Virtues: Integrity
September 17th, 2022 | 22 mins 37 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We are nothing without the virtue of integrity. As one pastor noted, "If you have integrity, nothing else matters. And if you don't have integrity, nothing else matters." Integrity is the bridge between our desires and our decisions. Without integrity, our lives remain mere piles without purpose.
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09/11/22 Eulogy Virtues: Joy
September 10th, 2022 | 27 mins 32 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Joy is the abiding sense of well-being. It is a feeling, but it is also a choice. But we do not choose joy itself. We must choose the source of joy.
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09/04/22 Eulogy Virtues: Loyalty
September 3rd, 2022 | 27 mins 6 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Loyalty is a force that conquers time. A person of character does what they said they would do…despite changing feelings or circumstances. This is loyalty.
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08/28/22 Eulogy Virtues: Pay Attention
August 29th, 2022 | 19 mins 43 secs
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Homily fro the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less. The Book of Sirach makes the claim that the humble person is loved more than a giver of gifts. But what does it mean to be humble? Does it mean what most of us automatically think of? Or does it mean something deeper...something freer?
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08/21/22 You, Strive
August 22nd, 2022 | 19 mins 36 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. How are you fighting for Heaven? Jesus makes it very clear that our call is to make our pursuit of Heaven exactly that: a pursuit.
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08/14/22 Finish the Race
August 15th, 2022 | 20 mins 5 secs
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Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Every one of us is in the middle of the race of our lives. God has called us and brought us here, even when there is no victory in sight and even when victory is not possible. But God will always give whatever we need to finish the race.
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08/07/22 Loosen the Roots
August 8th, 2022 | 23 mins 59 secs
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Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We sacrifice because we love and we love because we sacrifice.