Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
Homilies preached by Fr. Mike Schmitz, Chaplain for the University of Minnesota-Duluth Newman Catholic Campus Ministry and host of The Bible in a Year.
About the show
Every week, Catholic priest Fr. Mike Schmitz delivers powerful homilies based on the Sunday Mass Scripture readings, inviting you to live more fully as the person God created you to be. Engaging and motivating, these 20-30 minute homilies will help ground your faith, fortify your heart, and transform your life. Fr. Mike Schmitz preaches from Duluth Minnesota, where he serves as the Newman chaplain for University Minnesota Duluth’s Bulldog Catholic campus ministry.
Episodes
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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.
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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.
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12/13/20 "I Am Not"
December 14th, 2020 | 23 mins 20 secs
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Homily from the Third Sunday of Advent. To pass ourselves off as someone else…to be an imposter. We do this most often when we know the truth but live in fear of the truth.
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12/06/20 Legacy
December 7th, 2020 | 24 mins 32 secs
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Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent. We can’t go back to the beginning of the story, but we can start where we are and change the ending.
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11/29/20 Be Here
November 30th, 2020 | 24 mins 8 secs
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Homily from the First Sunday of Advent. We need to learn to trust that God is not just going to help us get through this moment, but that He has brought us to this moment.