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.
We found 9 episodes of Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz with the tag “afraid”.
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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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02/20/22 Nothing to Fear: Vulnerability
February 21st, 2022 | 20 mins 39 secs
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Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Vulnerability is having enough courage and self-possession to let life in. The fear of being vulnerable does not have to define our lives.
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02/06/22 Nothing to Fear: Inadequacy
February 7th, 2022 | 17 mins 46 secs
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Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The fear of being inadequate is the fear that I won't be able to rise to the challenge.
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09/05/21 Seen. Known. Loved.
September 6th, 2021 | 18 mins 14 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Transition always involves destruction. Jesus heals the man who was deaf and mute. In doing this, He has to take away the false identity in order to tell us who we truly are.
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03/14/21 To The Heart: Hidden Heart
March 15th, 2021 | 23 mins 35 secs
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent. A hidden heart is a homeless heart. Jesus has made it possible to step into the light and come home, but many choose to live outside the light...many of us live in self-imposed exile.
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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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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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02/09/20 Good...For Nothing?
February 10th, 2020 | 21 mins 52 secs
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Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God trusts us with being His representatives in this world. God has made us good for a purpose. Do we live in such a way that we have been made good for nothing?
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12/08/19 The Gift That Changes Everything
December 8th, 2019 | 26 mins 42 secs
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Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent. To be gripped by God is not supposed to be comfortable. The Prophet says that the great gift of the Spirit is the fear of the Lord. But what is it?