web01.fireside.fm Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:06:37 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Child” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/child Sun, 09 Jan 2022 14:00:00 -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 01/09/22 Children of the Father https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/1922 13f5ebbd-d416-41da-9205-e3b6a4b7bca2 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 14:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension 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. 12:49 no <p>Homily from the Baptism of the Lord.</p> <p>Jesus changed the water. Now the water changes you.</p> <p>Why was Jesus baptized? Not because He needed it, but because we need it. We need baptism to be saved, to be children of God, and to be in a new and real relationship with God.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from January 9, 2022:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7</dt> <dt> Psalms 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10</dt> <dt>Acts 10:34-38</dt> <p>Luke 3:15-16, 21-22</p> </dl> Baptism of the Lord, my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased 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. We need baptism to be saved, to be children of God, and to be in a new and real relationship with God.

Mass Readings from January 9, 2022:
Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7
Psalms 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10
Acts 10:34-38

Luke 3:15-16, 21-22

]]> 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. We need baptism to be saved, to be children of God, and to be in a new and real relationship with God.

Mass Readings from January 9, 2022:
Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7
Psalms 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10
Acts 10:34-38

Luke 3:15-16, 21-22

]]> 10/31/21 Learning to Lose: All is Lost https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/103121 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-6174722398764644237 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. When all is lost, love God with all that's left. We are called to love God with everything. It is easier to love when we are winning, but are we able to love when we've lost? 22:43 no <p>Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>When all is lost, love God with all that's left.</p> <p>We are called to love God with everything. It is easier to love when we are winning, but are we able to love when we've lost? What if we have lost everything? When we've lost, we are most tempted to become bitter, resentful, and take back our love. But we are made to love God and we can trust God even in the midst of losing it all.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from October 31st, 2021:</dt> <dt> Deuteronomy 6:2-6</dt> <dt> Psalms 18:2-4, 47, 51</dt> <dt>Hebrews 7:23-28</dt> <p>Mark 12:28-34</p> </dl> Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.

When all is lost, love God with all that's left.

We are called to love God with everything. It is easier to love when we are winning, but are we able to love when we've lost? What if we have lost everything? When we've lost, we are most tempted to become bitter, resentful, and take back our love. But we are made to love God and we can trust God even in the midst of losing it all.

Mass Readings from October 31st, 2021:
Deuteronomy 6:2-6
Psalms 18:2-4, 47, 51
Hebrews 7:23-28

Mark 12:28-34

]]> Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.

When all is lost, love God with all that's left.

We are called to love God with everything. It is easier to love when we are winning, but are we able to love when we've lost? What if we have lost everything? When we've lost, we are most tempted to become bitter, resentful, and take back our love. But we are made to love God and we can trust God even in the midst of losing it all.

Mass Readings from October 31st, 2021:
Deuteronomy 6:2-6
Psalms 18:2-4, 47, 51
Hebrews 7:23-28

Mark 12:28-34

]]> 09/15/19 Are You Saved? From What: Fatherlessness https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/91519 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-1747465634510301975 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. I was saved at my Baptism. I am being saved. I hope to be saved. The Father has adopted us in Christ. And He cannot take it back. But do we live as children of the Father? 23:02 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Jesus saves us from being orphaned or abandoned.</p> <p>I was saved at my Baptism. I am being saved. I hope to be saved. The Father has adopted us in Christ. And He cannot take it back. But do we live as children of the Father?</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from September 15, 2019:</dt> <dt> Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14</dt> <dt> Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19</dt> <dt>1 Timothy 1:12-17</dt> <p>Luke 15:1-32</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/are-you-saved-from-fatherlessness.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Jesus saves us from being orphaned or abandoned.

I was saved at my Baptism. I am being saved. I hope to be saved. The Father has adopted us in Christ. And He cannot take it back. But do we live as children of the Father?

Mass Readings from September 15, 2019:
Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14
Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19
1 Timothy 1:12-17

Luke 15:1-32

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Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Jesus saves us from being orphaned or abandoned.

I was saved at my Baptism. I am being saved. I hope to be saved. The Father has adopted us in Christ. And He cannot take it back. But do we live as children of the Father?

Mass Readings from September 15, 2019:
Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14
Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19
1 Timothy 1:12-17

Luke 15:1-32

Download the Homily Study

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