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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Discouraged”</title>
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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:subtitle>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.</itunes:subtitle>
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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>06/12/22 We Need Each Other</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity reminds us of the innermost secret of God: He is Love. It also reveals the innermost secret of humans made in God's image and likeness: we are made for love.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from June 12, 2022:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Proverbs 8:22-31&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 8:4-9&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Romans 5:1-5&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 16:12-15&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;dt&gt; Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 128:1-5&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 2:22-40&lt;/p&gt;
 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from the Mass of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.</p> <p>Parents are not powerless.</p> <p>It can be so easy for parents to feel powerless when it comes to passing on the faith to their families. But there are four powerful tools every parent can employ to help their families become holy families.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from December 27, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 128:1-5</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20</dt> <p margin: 0;>Luke 2:22-40</p>]]>
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  <title>11/01/20 Roadmap: Guardrails</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from November 1, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 24:1-6&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 John 3:1-3&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Matthew 5:1-12&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-guardrails-2.pdf%20"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints.</p> <p>No one ever accidentally lived on purpose.</p> <p>No two saints are the same. There is no “cookie-cutter” path to holiness. While there are certain givens that must be present, each person has to assess where they are in their relationship with the Lord in order to know best where to place wise guardrails in their own life. </p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from November 1, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 24:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 John 3:1-3</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 5:1-12</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-guardrails-2.pdf ">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints.</p> <p>No one ever accidentally lived on purpose.</p> <p>No two saints are the same. There is no “cookie-cutter” path to holiness. While there are certain givens that must be present, each person has to assess where they are in their relationship with the Lord in order to know best where to place wise guardrails in their own life. </p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from November 1, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 24:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 John 3:1-3</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 5:1-12</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-guardrails-2.pdf ">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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  <title>11/10/19 CompariSIN: Incomparable</title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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?</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>29:13</itunes:duration>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from November 10, 2019:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 20:27-38&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/comparisin-incomparable.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><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 style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from November 10, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5</dt> <p margin: 0;>Luke 20:27-38</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/comparisin-incomparable.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><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 style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from November 10, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5</dt> <p margin: 0;>Luke 20:27-38</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/comparisin-incomparable.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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