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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06/19/22 Corpus Christi
June 20th, 2022 | 21 mins 26 secs
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Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. In the Scriptures, God gives us His Word. In the Sacraments, God gives us His work. But in the Eucharist, God gives us Himself.
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06/12/22 We Need Each Other
June 13th, 2022 | 19 mins 10 secs
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Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity reminds us of the innermost secret of God: He is Love. It also reveals the innermost secret of humans made in God's image and likeness: we are made for love.
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06/05/22 Given For Some Benefit
June 6th, 2022 | 18 mins 46 secs
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Homily from Pentecost Sunday. The greatest gift is to make yourself available. The Holy Spirit, poured out on the apostles (and the entire Church) at Pentecost would have gone to waste without the most important reality: the disciples made themselves available to be used by God for the service of the people around them.
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05/29/22 Ascension Gives Access
May 30th, 2022 | 19 mins 45 secs
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Homily from the Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord. What am I going to do with the gifts I've been given? In the Ascension, Jesus completes the work of redemption. He has taken His once for all sacrifice, bound to time and place, and brought it before the Father. Because of this, we have access to all of God's graces in every time and every place.
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05/22/22 The Gift of the Church
May 23rd, 2022 | 19 mins 20 secs
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Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter. God has given us the gift of the Church. The Church is His Body...the Church is His Bride. And we cannot have Jesus without His Church.
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05/15/22 Do Not Be Shocked
May 15th, 2022 | 20 mins 18 secs
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Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. The best you on the worst day of your life. There are a few things that we ought to never be surprised by. One of them is suffering. God does not abandon us in our suffering, he leads us through them.
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05/08/22 The Time of Great Distress
May 9th, 2022 | 17 mins 11 secs
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. You are not abandoned. You are not alone. You are not afraid.
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05/01/22 Wasted Potential
May 2nd, 2022 | 21 mins 26 secs
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Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. You have so much potential. But to be nothing but potential is, in many ways, to be nothing.
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04/24/22 Be Mercy
April 25th, 2022 | 19 mins 55 secs
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Homily from the Sunday of Divine Mercy. Mercy is the love that we deserve the least when we need it the most.
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04/17/22 Nothing
April 17th, 2022 | 13 mins 52 secs
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Homily from the Mass of Easter Day. John ran to the tomb and looked in. He saw and believed. What did he see?
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04/15/22 The Crown of Thorns
April 15th, 2022 | 13 mins 15 secs
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Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion. The crown of thorns reveals the darkness of the human heart. This darkness is in each one of us in the form of envy.
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04/14/22 Last Words: The Final Last Word
April 14th, 2022 | 17 mins 49 secs
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Homily from the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. On the cross, Jesus’ life ends with the same perspective He has had from the beginning: He trusts His Father.
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04/10/22 Last Words: Tetelestai
April 10th, 2022 | 22 mins 59 secs
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Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. This one word connects and transforms the entire story.
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04/03/22 Last Words: Use This.
April 3rd, 2022 | 27 mins 37 secs
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Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent. From the Cross, Jesus utters His last words. He thirsts for us to allow Him to forgive us.
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03/27/22 Last Words: The Central Last Word
March 28th, 2022 | 23 mins 10 secs
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? This central Last Word of Jesus from the Cross is possibly the most important.
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03/20/22 Last Words: Behold, Your Mother
March 21st, 2022 | 23 mins 29 secs
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Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. When He had virtually nothing left to give, Jesus still gave. He gave His own mother to be our mother.