web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:10:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Defeated” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/defeated Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -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 10/24/21 Learning to Lose: Get Up https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/102421 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-3453712551899653945 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Life is about losing. It is not about quitting. Into this place of defeat, God Himself speaks into our loss and our shame, telling us what is needed. 22:56 no <p>Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Life is about losing. It is not about quitting.</p> <p>It is one thing to lose. It is another thing when those losses begin to stack up and we get to the point where we haven't just lost...we've been beaten. We can wind up feeling defeated. Into this place of defeat, God Himself speaks into our loss and our shame, telling us what is needed.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from October 24th, 2021:</dt> <dt> Jeremiah 31:7-9</dt> <dt> Psalms 126:1-6</dt> <dt>Hebrews 5:1-6</dt> <p>Mark 10:46-52</p> </dl> Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Life is about losing. It is not about quitting.

It is one thing to lose. It is another thing when those losses begin to stack up and we get to the point where we haven't just lost...we've been beaten. We can wind up feeling defeated. Into this place of defeat, God Himself speaks into our loss and our shame, telling us what is needed.

Mass Readings from October 24th, 2021:
Jeremiah 31:7-9
Psalms 126:1-6
Hebrews 5:1-6

Mark 10:46-52

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Life is about losing. It is not about quitting.

It is one thing to lose. It is another thing when those losses begin to stack up and we get to the point where we haven't just lost...we've been beaten. We can wind up feeling defeated. Into this place of defeat, God Himself speaks into our loss and our shame, telling us what is needed.

Mass Readings from October 24th, 2021:
Jeremiah 31:7-9
Psalms 126:1-6
Hebrews 5:1-6

Mark 10:46-52

]]> 10/17/21 Learning to Lose: Winner or Witness? https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/101721 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-874251349382002562 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Life isn't about power, it is about being poured out. The world sees life as being about winning. Life isn't about winning: it is about witnessing. 21:48 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Life isn't about power, it is about being poured out.</p> <p>The world sees life as being about winning. And to win is to gain power and influence. If a person wins they get power, and with that power they can re-shape the world as they see fit. But a Christian view of winning is different. Life is not about power, it is about being poured out. Life isn't about winning, it is about witnessing.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from October 17th, 2021:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 53:10-11</dt> <dt> Psalms 33:4-5, 18-20, 22</dt> <dt>Hebrews 4:14-16</dt> <p>Mark 10:35-45</p> </dl> Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Life isn't about power, it is about being poured out.

The world sees life as being about winning. And to win is to gain power and influence. If a person wins they get power, and with that power they can re-shape the world as they see fit. But a Christian view of winning is different. Life is not about power, it is about being poured out. Life isn't about winning, it is about witnessing.

Mass Readings from October 17th, 2021:
Isaiah 53:10-11
Psalms 33:4-5, 18-20, 22
Hebrews 4:14-16

Mark 10:35-45

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Life isn't about power, it is about being poured out.

The world sees life as being about winning. And to win is to gain power and influence. If a person wins they get power, and with that power they can re-shape the world as they see fit. But a Christian view of winning is different. Life is not about power, it is about being poured out. Life isn't about winning, it is about witnessing.

Mass Readings from October 17th, 2021:
Isaiah 53:10-11
Psalms 33:4-5, 18-20, 22
Hebrews 4:14-16

Mark 10:35-45

]]> 05/05/19 #Fail: The Only Way to Fail https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/5519 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8844434890073324896 Mon, 06 May 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. The only way for failure to be final is if you stop. Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure. 23:56 no <p>Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>The only way for failure to be final is if you stop.</p> <p>Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from May 5, 2019:</dt> <dt> Acts 5:27-32, 40-41</dt> <dt> Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13</dt> <dt>Revelation 5:11-14</dt> <p>John 21:1-19</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fail-the-only-way-to-fail.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.

The only way for failure to be final is if you stop.

Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure.

Mass Readings from May 5, 2019:
Acts 5:27-32, 40-41
Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13
Revelation 5:11-14

John 21:1-19

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Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.

The only way for failure to be final is if you stop.

Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure.

Mass Readings from May 5, 2019:
Acts 5:27-32, 40-41
Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13
Revelation 5:11-14

John 21:1-19

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