web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:25:56 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Health” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/health Mon, 11 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 10/10/21 Holding On: Holding On to You https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/101021 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8418266827416532893 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. What you've been holding on to ends up holding on to you. Anything can keep us from Heaven. Anything that we prefer over and over (and anything that we defer putting down over and over) can end up holding onto us. 25:18 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>What you've been holding on to ends up holding on to you.</p> <p>Anything can keep us from Heaven. Anything that we prefer over and over (and anything that we defer putting down over and over) can end up holding on to us. There are times when we've chosen so often that we no longer have a choice. And there are times when we have put off letting go so often that we can't put it down. And we find ourselves stuck. What do we hold on to then?</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from October 10th, 2021:</dt> <dt> Wisdom 7:7-11</dt> <dt> Psalms 90:12-17</dt> <dt>Hebrews 4:12-13</dt> <p>Mark 10:17-30</p> </dl> Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

What you've been holding on to ends up holding on to you.

Anything can keep us from Heaven. Anything that we prefer over and over (and anything that we defer putting down over and over) can end up holding on to us. There are times when we've chosen so often that we no longer have a choice. And there are times when we have put off letting go so often that we can't put it down. And we find ourselves stuck. What do we hold on to then?

Mass Readings from October 10th, 2021:
Wisdom 7:7-11
Psalms 90:12-17
Hebrews 4:12-13

Mark 10:17-30

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What you've been holding on to ends up holding on to you.

Anything can keep us from Heaven. Anything that we prefer over and over (and anything that we defer putting down over and over) can end up holding on to us. There are times when we've chosen so often that we no longer have a choice. And there are times when we have put off letting go so often that we can't put it down. And we find ourselves stuck. What do we hold on to then?

Mass Readings from October 10th, 2021:
Wisdom 7:7-11
Psalms 90:12-17
Hebrews 4:12-13

Mark 10:17-30

]]> 09/05/21 Seen. Known. Loved. https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/9521 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-4019048892232450832 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 14:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Transition always involves destruction. Jesus heals the man who was deaf and mute. In doing this, He has to take away the false identity in order to tell us who we truly are. 18:14 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Transition always involves destruction.</p> <p>Jesus heals the man who was deaf and mute. In doing this, He was destroying something in the man’s life…his identity. Jesus has to take away the false identity in order to tell us who we truly are.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from September 5, 2021:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 35:4-7</dt> <dt> Psalms 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10</dt> <dt>James 2:1-5</dt> <p>Mark 7:31-37</p> </dl> Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Transition always involves destruction.

Jesus heals the man who was deaf and mute. In doing this, He was destroying something in the man’s life…his identity. Jesus has to take away the false identity in order to tell us who we truly are.

Mass Readings from September 5, 2021:
Isaiah 35:4-7
Psalms 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10
James 2:1-5

Mark 7:31-37

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Transition always involves destruction.

Jesus heals the man who was deaf and mute. In doing this, He was destroying something in the man’s life…his identity. Jesus has to take away the false identity in order to tell us who we truly are.

Mass Readings from September 5, 2021:
Isaiah 35:4-7
Psalms 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10
James 2:1-5

Mark 7:31-37

]]> 02/17/21 To The Heart: Escape or Embrace https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/21721 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-6823834574349151586 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from Ash Wednesday. We are often tempted to run away from God and from difficult moments in life. But to choose to embrace this moment is to choose to embrace the Lord and His Providence. 8:53 no <p>Homily from Ash Wednesday.</p> <p>Return to the Lord with your whole heart.</p> <p>We are often tempted to run away from God and from difficult moments in life. We might even be tempted to escape from all that has been taken from us over the past year. But to choose to embrace this moment is to choose to embrace the Lord and His Providence.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from February 17, 2021:</dt> <dt> Joel 2:12-18</dt> <dt> Psalms 51:3-6, 12-13, 14 and 17</dt> <dt>2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2</dt> <p>Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18</p> </dl> Homily from Ash Wednesday.

Return to the Lord with your whole heart.

We are often tempted to run away from God and from difficult moments in life. We might even be tempted to escape from all that has been taken from us over the past year. But to choose to embrace this moment is to choose to embrace the Lord and His Providence.

Mass Readings from February 17, 2021:
Joel 2:12-18
Psalms 51:3-6, 12-13, 14 and 17
2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

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Return to the Lord with your whole heart.

We are often tempted to run away from God and from difficult moments in life. We might even be tempted to escape from all that has been taken from us over the past year. But to choose to embrace this moment is to choose to embrace the Lord and His Providence.

Mass Readings from February 17, 2021:
Joel 2:12-18
Psalms 51:3-6, 12-13, 14 and 17
2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

]]> 02/17/19 The Fighting Virtue https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/21719 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-3871735869759128085 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 07:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Hope is not a “soft” virtue. It is a fighting virtue. Hope is what enables us to live in the present with strength and conviction. It takes hope to take action. 27:36 no <p>Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Willing to engage and embrace the realities of life.</p> <p>Hope is not a “soft” virtue. It is a fighting virtue. Hope is what enables us to live in the present with strength and conviction. It takes hope to take action.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from February 17, 2019:</dt> <dt> Jeremiah 17:5-8</dt> <dt> Psalms 1:1-4, 6</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20</dt> <p>Luke 6:17, 20-26</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-fighting-virtue.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Willing to engage and embrace the realities of life.

Hope is not a “soft” virtue. It is a fighting virtue. Hope is what enables us to live in the present with strength and conviction. It takes hope to take action.

Mass Readings from February 17, 2019:
Jeremiah 17:5-8
Psalms 1:1-4, 6
1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20

Luke 6:17, 20-26

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Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Willing to engage and embrace the realities of life.

Hope is not a “soft” virtue. It is a fighting virtue. Hope is what enables us to live in the present with strength and conviction. It takes hope to take action.

Mass Readings from February 17, 2019:
Jeremiah 17:5-8
Psalms 1:1-4, 6
1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20

Luke 6:17, 20-26

Download the Homily Study

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