web01.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:17:16 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Ask” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/ask Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:00:00 -0500 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. en episodic 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. Ascension 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. no Bible in a Year, bible, year, homily, Sunday, homilies, UMD, Jesus, fathermike, Father, Mike, Schmitz, fr, mike, schmitz, father, Catholic, Fr, Father Mike Schmitz, Newman, Ascension podcasts@ascensionpress.com 07/24/22 Teach Us How https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/72422 ac7821ec-f065-4e1b-b0df-b9db52e46f07 Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The disciples did not merely want Jesus to help them have a "better spiritual life" or a deeper prayer life; they wanted to pray how He prayed. And Jesus taught them. He taught them that Who we pray to determines how we pray. 22:55 no <p>Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>The Who determines the How.</p> <p>The disciples did not merely want Jesus to help them have a "better spiritual life" or a deeper prayer life; they wanted to pray how He prayed. And Jesus taught them. He taught them that Who we pray to determines how we pray.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from July 24, 2022:</dt> <dt> Genesis 18:20-32</dt> <dt> Psalms 138:1-3, 6-8</dt> <dt>Colossians 2:12-14</dt> <p>Luke 11:1-13</p> </dl> Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

The Who determines the How.

The disciples did not merely want Jesus to help them have a "better spiritual life" or a deeper prayer life; they wanted to pray how He prayed. And Jesus taught them. He taught them that Who we pray to determines how we pray.

Mass Readings from July 24, 2022:
Genesis 18:20-32
Psalms 138:1-3, 6-8
Colossians 2:12-14

Luke 11:1-13

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The Who determines the How.

The disciples did not merely want Jesus to help them have a "better spiritual life" or a deeper prayer life; they wanted to pray how He prayed. And Jesus taught them. He taught them that Who we pray to determines how we pray.

Mass Readings from July 24, 2022:
Genesis 18:20-32
Psalms 138:1-3, 6-8
Colossians 2:12-14

Luke 11:1-13

]]> 07/25/21 Consumer Catholic: Everything Given. Nothing Wasted. https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/72521 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-2197629024307872604 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Nothing given to God is wasted. The apostles asked the question, "What good are these for so many?" Yet, Jesus invited them to give what they had and to trust Him with all of it. 21:29 no <p>Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Nothing given to God is wasted.</p> <p>The Apostles asked the question, "What good are these for so many?" Yet, Jesus invited them to give what they had and to trust Him with all of it. Jesus invites us to do the same: Give everything and know that nothing will be wasted.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from July 25, 2021:</dt> <dt> 2 Kings 4:42-44</dt> <dt> Psalms 145:10-11, 15-18</dt> <dt>Ephesians 4:1-6</dt> <p>John 6:1-15</p> </dl> Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Nothing given to God is wasted.

The Apostles asked the question, "What good are these for so many?" Yet, Jesus invited them to give what they had and to trust Him with all of it. Jesus invites us to do the same: Give everything and know that nothing will be wasted.

Mass Readings from July 25, 2021:
2 Kings 4:42-44
Psalms 145:10-11, 15-18
Ephesians 4:1-6

John 6:1-15

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Nothing given to God is wasted.

The Apostles asked the question, "What good are these for so many?" Yet, Jesus invited them to give what they had and to trust Him with all of it. Jesus invites us to do the same: Give everything and know that nothing will be wasted.

Mass Readings from July 25, 2021:
2 Kings 4:42-44
Psalms 145:10-11, 15-18
Ephesians 4:1-6

John 6:1-15

]]> 10/25/20 Roadmap: Reclaimed and Repurposed https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/102520 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-355266097068219547 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Holiness isn’t always changing your what as much as changing your why. Every moment can be repurposed to be a sacrament, and sacrifice, and an act of surrender. 23:58 no <p>Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Holiness isn’t always changing your what as much as changing your why.</p> <p>Our lives have been reclaimed by Christ and we have become a new creation. Because of this, every moment of our lives can be lived with and for a new purpose. Every moment can be repurposed to be a sacrament, and sacrifice, and an act of surrender.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from October 25, 2020:</dt> <dt> Exodus 22:20-26</dt> <dt> Psalms 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51/dt&gt;<dt>1 Thessalonians 1:5-10</dt> <p>Matthew 22:34-40</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/roadmap-reclaimed-and-repurposed.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dt> </dl>

Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Holiness isn’t always changing your what as much as changing your why.

Our lives have been reclaimed by Christ and we have become a new creation. Because of this, every moment of our lives can be lived with and for a new purpose. Every moment can be repurposed to be a sacrament, and sacrifice, and an act of surrender.

Mass Readings from October 25, 2020:
Exodus 22:20-26
Psalms 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51/dt>
1 Thessalonians 1:5-10

Matthew 22:34-40

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Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Holiness isn’t always changing your what as much as changing your why.

Our lives have been reclaimed by Christ and we have become a new creation. Because of this, every moment of our lives can be lived with and for a new purpose. Every moment can be repurposed to be a sacrament, and sacrifice, and an act of surrender.

Mass Readings from October 25, 2020:
Exodus 22:20-26
Psalms 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51/dt>
1 Thessalonians 1:5-10

Matthew 22:34-40

Download the Homily Study

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