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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: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>08/21/22 You, Strive</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. How are you fighting for Heaven? Jesus makes it very clear that our call is to make our pursuit of Heaven exactly that: a pursuit. </itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from August 21, 2022:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Isaiah 66:18-21&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 117:1, 2&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 13:22-30&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from July 31, 2022:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 90:3-6, 12-14 and 17&lt;/dt&gt;
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