web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:12:39 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Different” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/different Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:00:00 -0600 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 02/28/21 To The Heart: The Adventure of Obedience https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/22821 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8749798868551292910 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent. Often, what holds us back from action is a lack of knowing why. But what if there is a better question than “why?”? What if the adventure of obedience means asking “how?”? 21:01 no <p>Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent.</p> <p>Obedience precedes understanding.</p> <p>We are made for adventure. But adventure means mystery and uncertainty. Often, what holds us back from action is a lack of knowing why. But what if there is a better question than “why?”? What if the adventure of obedience means asking “how?”?</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from February 28, 2021:</dt> <dt> Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18</dt> <dt> Psalms 116:10, 15-17, 18-19</dt> <dt>Romans 8:31-34</dt> <p>Mark 9:2-10</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/to-the-heart-the-adventure-of-obedience.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent.

Obedience precedes understanding.

We are made for adventure. But adventure means mystery and uncertainty. Often, what holds us back from action is a lack of knowing why. But what if there is a better question than “why?”? What if the adventure of obedience means asking “how?”?

Mass Readings from February 28, 2021:
Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18
Psalms 116:10, 15-17, 18-19
Romans 8:31-34

Mark 9:2-10

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Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent.

Obedience precedes understanding.

We are made for adventure. But adventure means mystery and uncertainty. Often, what holds us back from action is a lack of knowing why. But what if there is a better question than “why?”? What if the adventure of obedience means asking “how?”?

Mass Readings from February 28, 2021:
Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18
Psalms 116:10, 15-17, 18-19
Romans 8:31-34

Mark 9:2-10

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]]> 11/10/19 CompariSIN: Incomparable https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/111019 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8640304311056434024 Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. How can we become invincible to comparison? 29:13 no <p>Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.</p> <p>We will continue walking through this world in which people are better than us. How can we become invincible to comparison?</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from November 10, 2019:</dt> <dt> 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14</dt> <dt> Psalms 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15</dt> <dt>2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5</dt> <p>Luke 20:27-38</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/comparisin-incomparable.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

We will continue walking through this world in which people are better than us. How can we become invincible to comparison?

Mass Readings from November 10, 2019:
2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14
Psalms 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5

Luke 20:27-38

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Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

We will continue walking through this world in which people are better than us. How can we become invincible to comparison?

Mass Readings from November 10, 2019:
2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14
Psalms 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5

Luke 20:27-38

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Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat.

Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear.

Mass Readings from Mass Readings from October 27, 2019:</
Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18
Psalms 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

Luke 18:9-14

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Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat.

Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear.

Mass Readings from Mass Readings from October 27, 2019:</
Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18
Psalms 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

Luke 18:9-14

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