web01.fireside.fm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:23 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Choices” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/choices Mon, 31 May 2021 21:00:00 -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 05/30/21 Secret Identity https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/53021 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-5151775787720031180 Mon, 31 May 2021 21:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. What is God's deepest secret? What is yours? What we are is shaped and revealed by what we choose. Who we are is established by relationships. 16:37 no <p>Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.</p> <p>What is God's deepest secret? What is yours?</p> <p>What we are is shaped and revealed by what we choose. Who we are is established by relationships.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from May 30, 2021:</dt> <dt> Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40</dt> <dt> Psalms 33:4-6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22</dt> <dt>Romans 8:14-17</dt> <p>Matthew 28:16-20 </p> </dl> Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.

What is God's deepest secret? What is yours?

What we are is shaped and revealed by what we choose. Who we are is established by relationships.

Mass Readings from May 30, 2021:
Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40
Psalms 33:4-6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22
Romans 8:14-17

Matthew 28:16-20

]]> Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.

What is God's deepest secret? What is yours?

What we are is shaped and revealed by what we choose. Who we are is established by relationships.

Mass Readings from May 30, 2021:
Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40
Psalms 33:4-6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22
Romans 8:14-17

Matthew 28:16-20

]]> 05/02/21 Love Limits You https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/5221 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-3643805761203165936 Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Practice making the promise. We find ourselves always moving and never done. We have so many options that we experience decision paralysis and subsequent decision dissatisfaction. But we are made for a full life. A 18:17 no <p>Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Practice making the promise.</p> <p>We find ourselves always moving and never done. We have so many options that we experience decision paralysis and subsequent decision dissatisfaction. But we are made for a full life. A full life is only possible when we intentionally limit ourselves by making the decision to love this person or to root ourselves in this place. Ultimately, unless we truly decide to remain in Christ, we will never experience the life we have been made for.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from May 2, 2021:</dt> <dt> Acts 4:8-12</dt> <dt> Psalms 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29</dt> <dt>1 John 3:1-2</dt> <p>John 10:11-18</p> </dl> Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

Practice making the promise.

We find ourselves always moving and never done. We have so many options that we experience decision paralysis and subsequent decision dissatisfaction. But we are made for a full life. A full life is only possible when we intentionally limit ourselves by making the decision to love this person or to root ourselves in this place. Ultimately, unless we truly decide to remain in Christ, we will never experience the life we have been made for.

Mass Readings from May 2, 2021:
Acts 4:8-12
Psalms 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29
1 John 3:1-2

John 10:11-18

]]> Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

Practice making the promise.

We find ourselves always moving and never done. We have so many options that we experience decision paralysis and subsequent decision dissatisfaction. But we are made for a full life. A full life is only possible when we intentionally limit ourselves by making the decision to love this person or to root ourselves in this place. Ultimately, unless we truly decide to remain in Christ, we will never experience the life we have been made for.

Mass Readings from May 2, 2021:
Acts 4:8-12
Psalms 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29
1 John 3:1-2

John 10:11-18

]]> 08/02/20 All We Have https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/8220 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8084711843941027576 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. All of us have gifts in our lives and all of us have real struggles in our lives. What weight do we give our blessings and what weight do we give our struggles? 20:21 no <p>Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Do I have an attitude of scarcity or an attitude of abundance?</p> <p>All of us have gifts in our lives and all of us have real struggles in our lives. What weight do we give our blessings and what weight do we give our struggles?</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from August 2, 2020:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 55:1-3</dt> <dt> Psalms 145:8-9,15-18</dt> <dt>Romans 8:35, 37-39</dt> <p>Matthew 14:13-21</p> </dl> Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Do I have an attitude of scarcity or an attitude of abundance?

All of us have gifts in our lives and all of us have real struggles in our lives. What weight do we give our blessings and what weight do we give our struggles?

Mass Readings from August 2, 2020:
Isaiah 55:1-3
Psalms 145:8-9,15-18
Romans 8:35, 37-39

Matthew 14:13-21

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

Do I have an attitude of scarcity or an attitude of abundance?

All of us have gifts in our lives and all of us have real struggles in our lives. What weight do we give our blessings and what weight do we give our struggles?

Mass Readings from August 2, 2020:
Isaiah 55:1-3
Psalms 145:8-9,15-18
Romans 8:35, 37-39

Matthew 14:13-21

]]> 02/10/19 Disqualified: Unfit https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/21019 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8533427085995514423 Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness. 20:59 no <p>Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole.</p> <p>There are some things in our lives (our decisions, our wounds, our weaknesses) that we wish and pray were gone. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from February 10, 2019:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8</dt> <dt> Psalms 138:1-5, 7-8</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 15:1-11</dt> <p>Luke 5:1-11</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/disqualified-unfit.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole.

There are some things in our lives (our decisions, our wounds, our weaknesses) that we wish and pray were gone. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.

Mass Readings from February 10, 2019:
Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8
Psalms 138:1-5, 7-8
1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Luke 5:1-11

Download the Homily Study

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Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole.

There are some things in our lives (our decisions, our wounds, our weaknesses) that we wish and pray were gone. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.

Mass Readings from February 10, 2019:
Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8
Psalms 138:1-5, 7-8
1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Luke 5:1-11

Download the Homily Study

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