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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: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>06/05/22 Given For Some Benefit</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from Pentecost Sunday. The greatest gift is to make yourself available. The Holy Spirit, poured out on the apostles (and the entire Church) at Pentecost would have gone to waste without the most important reality: the disciples made themselves available to be used by God for the service of the people around them.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from June 5, 2022:&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;

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  <title>05/24/20 Exiles: Restoration</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Ascension of the Lord. Live the reason. Return from exile is not about a change in location, it is about a change in vocation. It is less about geography and more about mission.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from May 24, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Acts 1:1-11&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 47:2-3, 6-9&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Ephesians 1:17-23&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Matthew 28:16-20&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/exiles-restoration.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Ascension of the Lord.</p> <p>Live the reason.</p> <p>Return from exile is not about a change in location, it is about a change in vocation. It is less about geography and more about mission. The goal is not Resurrection, the goal is Restoration.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 24, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 1:1-11</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 47:2-3, 6-9</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Ephesians 1:17-23</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 28:16-20</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/exiles-restoration.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Ascension of the Lord.</p> <p>Live the reason.</p> <p>Return from exile is not about a change in location, it is about a change in vocation. It is less about geography and more about mission. The goal is not Resurrection, the goal is Restoration.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 24, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 1:1-11</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 47:2-3, 6-9</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Ephesians 1:17-23</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 28:16-20</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/exiles-restoration.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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  <title>03/06/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Isolated and Disoriented</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 08:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from Ash Wednesday. Even when things are obviously broken, we can pretend that they will “fix themselves.” But Lent reminds us that we are in a battle that won’t be won unless we are ready to engage the enemy who will attack us like our Lord was attacked in the wilderness...behind enemy lines.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Homily from Ash Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; You are in a fight; what comes next?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For many of us, our default assumption about life is: it’s fine. Even when things are obviously broken, we can pretend that they will “fix themselves.” But Lent reminds us that we are in a battle that won’t be won unless we are ready to engage the enemy who will attack us like our Lord was attacked in the wilderness...behind enemy lines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from March 6, 2019:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Joel 2:12-18&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 51:3-6, 12-14&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Corinthians 5:20—6:2&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/behind-enemy-lines.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from Ash Wednesday.</p> <p> You are in a fight; what comes next?</p> <p>For many of us, our default assumption about life is: it’s fine. Even when things are obviously broken, we can pretend that they will “fix themselves.” But Lent reminds us that we are in a battle that won’t be won unless we are ready to engage the enemy who will attack us like our Lord was attacked in the wilderness...behind enemy lines.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from March 6, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Joel 2:12-18</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 51:3-6, 12-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Corinthians 5:20—6:2</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/behind-enemy-lines.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from Ash Wednesday.</p> <p> You are in a fight; what comes next?</p> <p>For many of us, our default assumption about life is: it’s fine. Even when things are obviously broken, we can pretend that they will “fix themselves.” But Lent reminds us that we are in a battle that won’t be won unless we are ready to engage the enemy who will attack us like our Lord was attacked in the wilderness...behind enemy lines.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from March 6, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Joel 2:12-18</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 51:3-6, 12-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Corinthians 5:20—6:2</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/behind-enemy-lines.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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