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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Happen”</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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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Mass of Easter Day. John ran to the tomb and looked in. He saw and believed. What did he see?</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from April 17, 2022:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Acts 10:34, 37-43&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Colossians 3:1-4&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 20:1-9&lt;/p&gt;

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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. This one word connects and transforms the entire story.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Isaiah 50:4-7&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Philippians 2:6-11&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 22:14—23:56&lt;/p&gt;

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  <title>02/28/21 To The Heart: The Adventure of Obedience</title>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from February 28, 2021:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 116:10, 15-17, 18-19&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Romans 8:31-34&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mark 9:2-10&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/to-the-heart-the-adventure-of-obedience.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><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 style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from February 28, 2021:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 116:10, 15-17, 18-19</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Romans 8:31-34</dt> <p margin: 0;>Mark 9:2-10</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/to-the-heart-the-adventure-of-obedience.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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