web02.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:58:50 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Attention” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/attention Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:15:00 -0600 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 02/06/22 Nothing to Fear: Inadequacy https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/2622 3f5a455d-6e14-4380-b0ba-c18c2121e192 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:15:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension 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. 17:46 no <p>Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>The fear of being inadequate is the fear that I won't be able to rise to the challenge. </p> <p>Fear is a gift. It is meant to keep us alive. But it can also keep us from living. There are two sources of fear are our biology and the stories we tell ourselves. We may not be able to change our biology, but we can change the stories we tell.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from February 6, 2022:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 6:1-8</dt> <dt> Psalm 138:1-5, 7-8</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 15:1-11</dt> <p>Luke 5:1-11</p> </dl> 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.

Fear is a gift. It is meant to keep us alive. But it can also keep us from living. There are two sources of fear are our biology and the stories we tell ourselves. We may not be able to change our biology, but we can change the stories we tell.

Mass Readings from February 6, 2022:
Isaiah 6:1-8
Psalm 138:1-5, 7-8
1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Luke 5:1-11

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The fear of being inadequate is the fear that I won't be able to rise to the challenge.

Fear is a gift. It is meant to keep us alive. But it can also keep us from living. There are two sources of fear are our biology and the stories we tell ourselves. We may not be able to change our biology, but we can change the stories we tell.

Mass Readings from February 6, 2022:
Isaiah 6:1-8
Psalm 138:1-5, 7-8
1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Luke 5:1-11

]]> 08/16/20 Great Faith https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/81620 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-1529586228044382141 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Faith can only become great when it is tested. What kind of faith do you want? Faith that makes a difference because it is lived out is the only kind of faith that matters. 22:17 no <p>Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Faith can only become great when it is tested.</p> <p>What kind of faith do you want? Faith that makes a difference because it is lived out is the only kind of faith that matters.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from August 16, 2020:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 56:1, 6-7</dt> <dt> Psalms 67:2-3, 5-6, 8</dt> <dt>Romans 11:13-15, 29-32</dt> <p>&gt;Matthew 15:21-28</p> </dl> Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Faith can only become great when it is tested.

What kind of faith do you want? Faith that makes a difference because it is lived out is the only kind of faith that matters.

Mass Readings from August 16, 2020:
Isaiah 56:1, 6-7
Psalms 67:2-3, 5-6, 8
Romans 11:13-15, 29-32

>Matthew 15:21-28

]]> Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Faith can only become great when it is tested.

What kind of faith do you want? Faith that makes a difference because it is lived out is the only kind of faith that matters.

Mass Readings from August 16, 2020:
Isaiah 56:1, 6-7
Psalms 67:2-3, 5-6, 8
Romans 11:13-15, 29-32

>Matthew 15:21-28

]]> 10/14/18 Rivals: The Reason is the Rival https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/101418 1d01b898-4b56-4a2a-8977-0441c7e2f64f Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension 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? 27:32 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>God has an absolute claim on your heart. What is the reason you won't give it to Him?</p> <p>There is a clear difference between a reason and an excuse. Excuses are not acceptable answers, but there are times when even “good reasons” fail to be “good enough”.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from October 14, 2018:</dt> <dt> Wisdom 7:7-11</dt> <dt> Psalms 90:12-17</dt> <dt>Hebrews 4:12-13</dt> <p>Mark 10:17-30</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rivals-the-reason-is-the-rival-1.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

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?

There is a clear difference between a reason and an excuse. Excuses are not acceptable answers, but there are times when even “good reasons” fail to be “good enough”.

Mass Readings from October 14, 2018:
Wisdom 7:7-11
Psalms 90:12-17
Hebrews 4:12-13

Mark 10:17-30

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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?

There is a clear difference between a reason and an excuse. Excuses are not acceptable answers, but there are times when even “good reasons” fail to be “good enough”.

Mass Readings from October 14, 2018:
Wisdom 7:7-11
Psalms 90:12-17
Hebrews 4:12-13

Mark 10:17-30

Download the Homily Study

]]> 10/07/18 Rivals: All or Nothing https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/10718 07e9c5e8-4b00-4c2c-a327-52baf1742723 Mon, 08 Oct 2018 19:15:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension 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. 22:58 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>There are some relationships that do not tolerate rivals.</p> <p>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. If we say “all”, that carries with it some consequences. Namely, all of our heart must belong to the other.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from October 7, 2018:</dt> <dt> Genesis 2:18-24</dt> <dt> Psalms 128:1-6</dt> <dt>Hebrews 2:9-11</dt> <p>Mark 10:2-16</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rivals-all-or-nothing.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl> Old Testament, rival, idols, competition, God, heart

Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.

There are some relationships that do not tolerate rivals.

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. If we say “all”, that carries with it some consequences. Namely, all of our heart must belong to the other.

Mass Readings from October 7, 2018:
Genesis 2:18-24
Psalms 128:1-6
Hebrews 2:9-11

Mark 10:2-16

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Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.

There are some relationships that do not tolerate rivals.

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. If we say “all”, that carries with it some consequences. Namely, all of our heart must belong to the other.

Mass Readings from October 7, 2018:
Genesis 2:18-24
Psalms 128:1-6
Hebrews 2:9-11

Mark 10:2-16

Download the Homily Study

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