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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Baptism”</title>
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    <description>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. 
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    <itunes:subtitle>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.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <itunes:summary>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. 
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  <title>01/09/22 Children of the Father</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Baptism of the Lord. Jesus changed the water. Now the water changes you. Why was Jesus baptized? Not because He needed it, but because we need it.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from January 9, 2022:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Acts 10:34-38&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 3:15-16, 21-22&lt;/p&gt;
 
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  <title>12/26/21 Be Careful</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Family is the School of Love. Everyone is part of a family in some way. Be careful with each other.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 128:1-2, 3, 4-5&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Colossians 3:12-21&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 2:41-52&lt;/p&gt;

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  <title>05/31/20 Exiles: The First Gift</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2020 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from Pentecost Sunday. For the love of God has been poured into our hearts. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit so that we could receive the first gift of the Holy Spirit: to know what it is to be loved by the Father. Mass Readings from May 31, 2020:Acts 2:</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from May 31, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Acts 2:1-11&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 20:19-23&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/exiles-the-first-gift.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from Pentecost Sunday.</p> <p>For the love of God has been poured into our hearts.</p> <p>Jesus sent the Holy Spirit so that we could receive the first gift of the Holy Spirit: to know what it is to be loved by the Father.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 31, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 2:1-11</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 20:19-23</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/exiles-the-first-gift.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from Pentecost Sunday.</p> <p>For the love of God has been poured into our hearts.</p> <p>Jesus sent the Holy Spirit so that we could receive the first gift of the Holy Spirit: to know what it is to be loved by the Father.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 31, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 2:1-11</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 20:19-23</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/exiles-the-first-gift.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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