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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08/02/20 All We Have
August 3rd, 2020 | 20 mins 21 secs
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Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. All of us have gifts in our lives and all of us have real struggles in our lives. What weight do we give our blessings and what weight do we give our struggles?
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07/05/20 Lead Yourself First
July 6th, 2020 | 19 mins 27 secs
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Homily from the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Freedom requires virtue. The Founding Fathers gave the world a republic that necessitated a people who were virtuous, moral, and religious.
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06/28/20 Something to Lose
June 28th, 2020 | 20 mins 33 secs
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Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is a gift to have something to lose. Every good thing in our lives comes from Jesus. Since He is the source of everything, He must be more important than anything.
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06/21/20 Fear No One
June 21st, 2020 | 21 mins 41 secs
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Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. You matter to God and you have a job to do. Jesus tells us to "fear no one." Not because there is no danger, but because He is calling us to not be safe.
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06/14/20 No Longer Optional
June 14th, 2020 | 34 mins 41 secs
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Homily from the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. The Eucharist will never be optional...until the day it is no longer an option. The moment worship becomes about “what I get” it ceases to be an act of love and becomes idolatry.
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06/07/20 In His Image and Likeness
June 7th, 2020 | 26 mins 3 secs
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Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. You do not have to know the details of a person’s life to know they are worth loving. Human worth is rooted in our deepest identity. And our deepest identity comes from being made in God’s image and likeness.
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05/31/20 Exiles: The First Gift
June 1st, 2020 | 16 mins 26 secs
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Homily from Pentecost Sunday. For the love of God has been poured into our hearts. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit so that we could receive the first gift of the Holy Spirit: to know what it is to be loved by the Father. Mass Readings from May 31, 2020:Acts 2:
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05/24/20 Exiles: Restoration
May 25th, 2020 | 25 mins 39 secs
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Homily from the Ascension of the Lord. Live the reason. Return from exile is not about a change in location, it is about a change in vocation. It is less about geography and more about mission.
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05/17/20 Exiles: Why Go Back?
May 18th, 2020 | 25 mins 11 secs
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Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter. At some point, the exile will end. You will be able to go back. But why? What is the reason why you will go back?
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05/10/20 Insecure: Uncertain Plans
May 10th, 2020 | 29 mins 37 secs
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Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. If we are wise, we will think about the future and plan for it. And if we are even wiser, we will be able to let go of those plans when we need to.
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05/03/20 Insecure: Untroubled by the Unknown
May 4th, 2020 | 19 mins 42 secs
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. n a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading.
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04/26/20 Insecure: Not Home
April 27th, 2020 | 26 mins 15 secs
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Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. Back to normal might not be what we think. Our lives can be spent wishing for certain outcomes. But a security built on specific outcomes is a conditional and temporary security. We need true hope to walk in confide
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04/19/20 Insecure: The Source of Security
April 20th, 2020 | 32 mins 57 secs
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Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday. In a time of incredible insecurity, we trust in incomprehensible mercy. We live in an insecure world, but God’s mercy is stable.
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04/11/20 Witnesses
April 12th, 2020 | 20 mins 9 secs
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Homily from Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil. We profess the faith today so we can persevere in the faith tomorrow.
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04/10/20 Prepared But Not Ready
April 10th, 2020 | 19 mins 6 secs
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Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion. Jesus prepared His disciples for His Passion. But they were not ready, because they had not factored in their own weakness.
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04/09/20 Re-Claimed and Re-Named
April 9th, 2020 | 14 mins 40 secs
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Homily from Holy Thursday, the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. Christ has covered our given name with His blood. And now we have a new name: we are “His.”