Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “2020”

02/14/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Cost

Ascension — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0600

Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Every choice comes at a cost.

Looking back, there are some things we could have known. And looking back, there are some things we could never have known. But one thing is unfailingly true when seen through hindsight: every decision comes at a price and every choice has a cost. Making the decision is risky, but there are things that are more important than staying safe.

Mass Readings from February 14, 2021:
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46
Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 11
1 Corinthians 10:31—11:1

02/07/21 Hindsight 20/20: In Good Times and In Bad

Ascension — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:00:00 -0600

Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Good times don’t last…and neither do bad times.

One of the many things that life teaches us is that life is always changing. To grow is to change. There are times that are good and there are times that are bad. All of us go through good times and bad times and neither of them are permanent. 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.

Mass Readings from February 07, 2021:
Job 7:1-4, 6-7
Psalms 147:1-6
1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23

01/31/21 Hindsight 20/20: Worthless Knowledge

Ascension — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:00:00 -0600

Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

I learned, but I didn’t grow.

Knowledge is powerful. Having lived through this past year, and looking back on what we have been through is essential. 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.

Mass Readings from January 31, 2021:
Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Psalms 95:1-2, 6-7, 7-9
1 Corinthians 7:32-35

01/24/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Whole Story

Ascension — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:15:00 -0600

Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Editing is the enemy of how we remember the story.

We look back so that we can see clearly and learn from our past. But we also have a temptation to edit the story we tell ourselves. We might edit how we tell the story, but we must not edit how we remember the story.

Mass Readings from January 24, 2021:
Jonah 3:1-5, 10
Psalms 25:4-9
1 Corinthians 7:29-31

01/17/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Moment Before the Moment

Ascension — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:00:00 -0600

Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

We can’t predict The Moment, but we can prepare in the moment before The Moment.

While no one can predict the future, all of us can learn from the past. 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.

Mass Readings from January 17, 2021:
1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19
Psalms 40:2, 4, 7-10
1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20