web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:32:43 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Come From” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/come%20from 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

]]> 04/01/21 Context Matters https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/4121 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-7840568199956478228 Fri, 02 Apr 2021 02:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. On the night He was betrayed…He gave. Everything in the Bible leads to the moment of the Last Supper…and leads to every time we are at the Mass. 22:28 no <p>Homily from the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper.</p> <p>On the night He was betrayed…He gave.</p> <p>Everything in the Bible leads to the moment of the Last Supper…and leads to every time we are at the Mass.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from April 1, 2021:</dt> <dt> Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14</dt> <dt> Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 11:23-26</dt> <p>John 13:1-15</p> </dl> Homily from the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper.

On the night He was betrayed…He gave.

Everything in the Bible leads to the moment of the Last Supper…and leads to every time we are at the Mass.

Mass Readings from April 1, 2021:
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14
Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18
1 Corinthians 11:23-26

John 13:1-15

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On the night He was betrayed…He gave.

Everything in the Bible leads to the moment of the Last Supper…and leads to every time we are at the Mass.

Mass Readings from April 1, 2021:
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14
Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18
1 Corinthians 11:23-26

John 13:1-15

]]> 09/27/20 How Do I Look? Change Your Mind https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/92720 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-2346122571073378064 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. As the gardeners of our own minds, we must think about what we think about, weed out the thoughts that poison our minds, and allow the Word of God to shape how we look. 22:45 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>If you can choose your thoughts you can change your thoughts.</p> <p>In the garden of the mind, our thoughts are constantly growing. Some we want, others we do not. As the gardeners of our own minds, we must think about what we think about, weed out the thoughts that poison our minds, and allow the Word of God to shape how we look.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from September 27, 2020:</dt> <dt> Ezekiel 18:25-28</dt> <dt> Psalms 25:4-9</dt> <dt>Philippians 2:1-11</dt> <p>Matthew 21:28-32</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/how-do-i-look_-change-your-mind.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

If you can choose your thoughts you can change your thoughts.

In the garden of the mind, our thoughts are constantly growing. Some we want, others we do not. As the gardeners of our own minds, we must think about what we think about, weed out the thoughts that poison our minds, and allow the Word of God to shape how we look.

Mass Readings from September 27, 2020:
Ezekiel 18:25-28
Psalms 25:4-9
Philippians 2:1-11

Matthew 21:28-32

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Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

If you can choose your thoughts you can change your thoughts.

In the garden of the mind, our thoughts are constantly growing. Some we want, others we do not. As the gardeners of our own minds, we must think about what we think about, weed out the thoughts that poison our minds, and allow the Word of God to shape how we look.

Mass Readings from September 27, 2020:
Ezekiel 18:25-28
Psalms 25:4-9
Philippians 2:1-11

Matthew 21:28-32

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]]> 08/23/20 Influencer https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/82320 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-5150847120116194556 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 13:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. We can often confuse influence with importance; authority with power. Even when the world does not listen to the voice of the Church, She still has the influence and authority of Jesus. 28:18 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>The Church has influence even when it isn’t considered important.</p> <p>We can often confuse influence with importance; authority with power. But the Church has been given the very influence and authority of Jesus Christ. Even when the world does not listen to the voice of the Church, She still has the influence and authority of Jesus.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from August 23, 2020:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 22:19-23</dt> <dt> Psalms 138:1-3, 6, 8</dt> <dt>Romans 11:33-36</dt> <p>Matthew 16:13-20</p> </dl> Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.

The Church has influence even when it isn’t considered important.

We can often confuse influence with importance; authority with power. But the Church has been given the very influence and authority of Jesus Christ. Even when the world does not listen to the voice of the Church, She still has the influence and authority of Jesus.

Mass Readings from August 23, 2020:
Isaiah 22:19-23
Psalms 138:1-3, 6, 8
Romans 11:33-36

Matthew 16:13-20

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Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.

The Church has influence even when it isn’t considered important.

We can often confuse influence with importance; authority with power. But the Church has been given the very influence and authority of Jesus Christ. Even when the world does not listen to the voice of the Church, She still has the influence and authority of Jesus.

Mass Readings from August 23, 2020:
Isaiah 22:19-23
Psalms 138:1-3, 6, 8
Romans 11:33-36

Matthew 16:13-20

]]> 11/18/18 Come to the Altar: Learning to Worship https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/111818 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-4117861164039232942 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 07:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Not merely witnessing the miracle, but offering the sacrifice. 25:54 no <p>Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Not merely witnessing the miracle, but offering the sacrifice.</p> <p>We have to learn the worship of God in a similar way that we need to learn the Word of God. The more we know What we are doing, Who we are offering, Why it is crucial, and When to focus, the more we will be able to do more than watch…we will be able to worship.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from November 18, 2018:</dt> <dt> Daniel 12:1-3</dt> <dt> Psalms 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11</dt> <dt>Hebrews 10:11-14, 18</dt> <p>Mark 13:24-32</p> <p><a href="http://www.rebrand.ly/cometothealtarlearningtoworship">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Not merely witnessing the miracle, but offering the sacrifice.

We have to learn the worship of God in a similar way that we need to learn the Word of God. The more we know What we are doing, Who we are offering, Why it is crucial, and When to focus, the more we will be able to do more than watch…we will be able to worship.

Mass Readings from November 18, 2018:
Daniel 12:1-3
Psalms 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11
Hebrews 10:11-14, 18

Mark 13:24-32

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Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Not merely witnessing the miracle, but offering the sacrifice.

We have to learn the worship of God in a similar way that we need to learn the Word of God. The more we know What we are doing, Who we are offering, Why it is crucial, and When to focus, the more we will be able to do more than watch…we will be able to worship.

Mass Readings from November 18, 2018:
Daniel 12:1-3
Psalms 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11
Hebrews 10:11-14, 18

Mark 13:24-32

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