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

  • 10/28/18 Rivals: Rival Voices

    October 28th, 2018  |  34 mins 31 secs
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    Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We do not conquer our rivals, we are called out from beneath their power.

  • 10/21/18 Rivals: The Rival of Control

    October 22nd, 2018  |  30 mins 13 secs
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    Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. What do I have to do to get what I want? The rival of control can dominate. And the trust of praise and surrender can liberate.

  • 10/14/18 Rivals: The Reason is the Rival

    October 15th, 2018  |  27 mins 32 secs
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    Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God has an absolute claim on your heart. What is the reason you won't give it to Him?

  • 10/07/18 Rivals: All or Nothing

    October 8th, 2018  |  22 mins 58 secs
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    Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are only two kinds of relationships that get to a point where it is “all…or nothing”: Romantic relationships and our relationship with Jesus. There are some relationships that do not tolerate rivals.