web01.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:11:59 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Darkness” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/darkness Sun, 09 Aug 2020 17:00:00 -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 08/09/20 Why Did You Stop? https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/8920 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-1202865843417649469 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 17:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking. Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be. 18:25 no <p>Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking.</p> <p>Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from August 9, 2020:</dt> <dt> 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13</dt> <dt> Psalms 85:9-12, 13-14</dt> <dt>Romans 9:1-5</dt> <p>Matthew 14:22-33</p> </dl> Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking.

Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be.

Mass Readings from August 9, 2020:
1 Kings 19:9, 11-13
Psalms 85:9-12, 13-14
Romans 9:1-5

Matthew 14:22-33

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It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking.

Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be.

Mass Readings from August 9, 2020:
1 Kings 19:9, 11-13
Psalms 85:9-12, 13-14
Romans 9:1-5

Matthew 14:22-33

]]> 01/26/20 Underestimated: Silence is Not Absence https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/012620 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-4018429496822791039 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 09:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Do not underestimate what God is doing when it seems like God is doing nothing. 25:57 no <p>Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Do not underestimate what God is doing when it seems like God is doing nothing.</p> <p>There are seasons of silence, and hiddenness, and brokenness in all of our lives. These times are not just useful, they are necessary for us to become the kind of people God needs us to be.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from January 26, 2020:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 8:23-9:3</dt> <dt> Psalms 27:1, 4, 13-14</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17</dt> <p>Matthew 4:12-23</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/underestimated-silence-is-not-absence.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Do not underestimate what God is doing when it seems like God is doing nothing.

There are seasons of silence, and hiddenness, and brokenness in all of our lives. These times are not just useful, they are necessary for us to become the kind of people God needs us to be.

Mass Readings from January 26, 2020:
Isaiah 8:23-9:3
Psalms 27:1, 4, 13-14
1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17

Matthew 4:12-23

Download the Homily Study

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Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Do not underestimate what God is doing when it seems like God is doing nothing.

There are seasons of silence, and hiddenness, and brokenness in all of our lives. These times are not just useful, they are necessary for us to become the kind of people God needs us to be.

Mass Readings from January 26, 2020:
Isaiah 8:23-9:3
Psalms 27:1, 4, 13-14
1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17

Matthew 4:12-23

Download the Homily Study

]]> 12/09/18 The End? https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/12918 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-7181305709886919268 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 07:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent. This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story. 21:00 no <p>Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.</p> <p>This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.</p> <p>God has begun a good work in you. In fact, he has begun many “good works.“ Many of them will come to an end, but the truly great work that God has begun is a work that he intends to continue to finish.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from December 09, 2018:</dt> <dt> Baruch 5:1-9</dt> <dt> Psalms 126:1-6</dt> <dt>Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11</dt> <p>Luke 3:1-6</p> </dl> Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.

This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.

God has begun a good work in you. In fact, he has begun many “good works.“ Many of them will come to an end, but the truly great work that God has begun is a work that he intends to continue to finish.

Mass Readings from December 09, 2018:
Baruch 5:1-9
Psalms 126:1-6
Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11

Luke 3:1-6

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This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.

God has begun a good work in you. In fact, he has begun many “good works.“ Many of them will come to an end, but the truly great work that God has begun is a work that he intends to continue to finish.

Mass Readings from December 09, 2018:
Baruch 5:1-9
Psalms 126:1-6
Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11

Luke 3:1-6

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