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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Faithful”</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>06/21/20 Fear No One</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. You matter to God and you have a job to do. Jesus tells us to "fear no one." Not because there is no danger, but because He is calling us to not be safe.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from June 21, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Jeremiah 20:10-13&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Romans 5:12-15&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Matthew 10:26-33&lt;/p&gt; 
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  <title>04/26/20 Insecure: Not Home</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. Back to normal might not be what we think. Our lives can be spent wishing for certain outcomes. But a security built on specific outcomes is a conditional and temporary security. We need true hope to walk in confide</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from April 26, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Acts 2:14, 22-33&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-11&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 Peter 1:17-21&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 24:13-35&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/insecure-not-home.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Back to normal might not be what we think.</p> <p>Our lives can be spent wishing for certain outcomes. But a security built on specific outcomes is a conditional and temporary security. We need true hope to walk in confidence.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from April 26, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 2:14, 22-33</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-11</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Peter 1:17-21</dt> <p margin: 0;>Luke 24:13-35</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/insecure-not-home.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Back to normal might not be what we think.</p> <p>Our lives can be spent wishing for certain outcomes. But a security built on specific outcomes is a conditional and temporary security. We need true hope to walk in confidence.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from April 26, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 2:14, 22-33</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-11</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Peter 1:17-21</dt> <p margin: 0;>Luke 24:13-35</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/insecure-not-home.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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  <title>04/09/20 Re-Claimed and Re-Named</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from Holy Thursday, the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. Christ has covered our given name with His blood. And now we have a new name: we are “His.” </itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from April 9, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 Corinthians 11:23-26&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 13:1-15&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from Holy Thursday, the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper.</p> <p>God speaks your true name: "Mine."</p> <p>Our name is our identity. Christ has covered our given name with His blood. And now we have a new name: we are “His.”</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from April 9, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Corinthians 11:23-26</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 13:1-15</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from Holy Thursday, the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper.</p> <p>God speaks your true name: "Mine."</p> <p>Our name is our identity. Christ has covered our given name with His blood. And now we have a new name: we are “His.”</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from April 9, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Corinthians 11:23-26</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 13:1-15</p>]]>
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  <title>10/20/19 The Hardest Step: The Next Step</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Continuing to walk in the midst of failure, rejection, and imperfection is a sign of a great life. In your life, you will take hundreds of first steps. But in a great life, you will take thousands of next steps.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from October 20, 2019:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Ezekiel 17:8-13&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Luke 18:1-8&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;2 Timothy 3:14-4:2&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mark 10:2-16&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-hardest-step-the-next-step-1.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Often, the next hardest step is the next step.</p> <p>Continuing to walk in the midst of failure, rejection, and imperfection is a sign of a great life. In your life, you will take hundreds of first steps. </p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from October 20, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Ezekiel 17:8-13</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Luke 18:1-8</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">2 Timothy 3:14-4:2</dt> <p margin: 0;>Mark 10:2-16</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-hardest-step-the-next-step-1.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Often, the next hardest step is the next step.</p> <p>Continuing to walk in the midst of failure, rejection, and imperfection is a sign of a great life. In your life, you will take hundreds of first steps. </p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from October 20, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Ezekiel 17:8-13</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Luke 18:1-8</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">2 Timothy 3:14-4:2</dt> <p margin: 0;>Mark 10:2-16</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-hardest-step-the-next-step-1.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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