web02.fireside.fm Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:03:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Holy Week” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/holy%20week Fri, 02 Apr 2021 20:00:00 -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 04/02/21 Gallicantu https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/4221 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-1537795783338827813 Fri, 02 Apr 2021 20:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion. Peter told Jesus that he would die for Him. And he meant it. He just wasn’t ready at the right time. 7:34 no <p>Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion.</p> <p>Peter expected to fight in the Garden, not in the courtyard.</p> <p>Peter told Jesus that he would die for Him. And he meant it. He just wasn’t ready at the right time.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from April 2, 2021:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 52:13—53:12</dt> <dt> Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18</dt> <dt>Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9</dt> <p>John 18:1—19:42</p> </dl> Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion.

Peter expected to fight in the Garden, not in the courtyard.

Peter told Jesus that he would die for Him. And he meant it. He just wasn’t ready at the right time.

Mass Readings from April 2, 2021:
Isaiah 52:13—53:12
Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18
Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9

John 18:1—19:42

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Peter expected to fight in the Garden, not in the courtyard.

Peter told Jesus that he would die for Him. And he meant it. He just wasn’t ready at the right time.

Mass Readings from April 2, 2021:
Isaiah 52:13—53:12
Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18
Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9

John 18:1—19:42

]]> 03/28/21 The Truth and the Choice https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/32821 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-569744855735815744 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. The fact that we will all die is not the problem. The problem is that we pretend that we won’t. 16:48 no <p>Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.</p> <p>Christianity doesn’t offer comfort. It offers something else.</p> <p>In our culture today, we are able to avoid thinking of death. But death is the inevitable reality of living. Still, the fact that we will all die is not the problem. The problem is that we pretend that we won’t.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from March 28, 2021:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 50:4-7</dt> <dt> Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24</dt> <dt>Phillipians 2:6-11</dt> <p>Mark 14:1—15:47</p> </dl> Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.

Christianity doesn’t offer comfort. It offers something else.

In our culture today, we are able to avoid thinking of death. But death is the inevitable reality of living. Still, the fact that we will all die is not the problem. The problem is that we pretend that we won’t.

Mass Readings from March 28, 2021:
Isaiah 50:4-7
Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24
Phillipians 2:6-11

Mark 14:1—15:47

]]> Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.

Christianity doesn’t offer comfort. It offers something else.

In our culture today, we are able to avoid thinking of death. But death is the inevitable reality of living. Still, the fact that we will all die is not the problem. The problem is that we pretend that we won’t.

Mass Readings from March 28, 2021:
Isaiah 50:4-7
Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24
Phillipians 2:6-11

Mark 14:1—15:47

]]> 04/05/20 Un-Done: Unfinished https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/4520 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-15728439833114067 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 16:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. Jesus has not removed suffering from our lives, He has redeemed the suffering in our lives. 20:32 no <p>Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.</p> <p>Jesus has not removed suffering from our lives, He has redeemed the suffering in our lives.</p> <p>Jesus accomplished the Father’s will in His passion, death, and resurrection. His mission of salvation is “finished.” And yet, Christ’s Body on earth still lives out the mission of Her Head: we are called to unite our sufferings to His for the salvation of the world. And this work — the work He has entrusted to us — remains unfinished.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from April 5, 2020:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 50:4-7</dt> <dt> Psalms 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24</dt> <dt>Philippians 2:6-11</dt> <p>Matthew 26:14-27:66</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/un-done-unfinished.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.

Jesus has not removed suffering from our lives, He has redeemed the suffering in our lives.

Jesus accomplished the Father’s will in His passion, death, and resurrection. His mission of salvation is “finished.” And yet, Christ’s Body on earth still lives out the mission of Her Head: we are called to unite our sufferings to His for the salvation of the world. And this work — the work He has entrusted to us — remains unfinished.

Mass Readings from April 5, 2020:
Isaiah 50:4-7
Psalms 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
Philippians 2:6-11

Matthew 26:14-27:66

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Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.

Jesus has not removed suffering from our lives, He has redeemed the suffering in our lives.

Jesus accomplished the Father’s will in His passion, death, and resurrection. His mission of salvation is “finished.” And yet, Christ’s Body on earth still lives out the mission of Her Head: we are called to unite our sufferings to His for the salvation of the world. And this work — the work He has entrusted to us — remains unfinished.

Mass Readings from April 5, 2020:
Isaiah 50:4-7
Psalms 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
Philippians 2:6-11

Matthew 26:14-27:66

Download the Homily Study

]]> 04/14/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Stand https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/41419 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-1857206588216637399 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. If I live in such a way that I merely follow the crowd, I will find myself praising Jesus on Sunday and crying out for His Crucifixion on Friday. 23:54 no <p>Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.</p> <p>To stand for Jesus is to stand against the world.</p> <p>If I live in such a way that I merely follow the crowd, I will find myself praising Jesus on Sunday and crying out for His Crucifixion on Friday. This world is a “not friend“ of the Christian. Therefore, we must stand against the world and for Jesus.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from April 14, 2019:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 50:4-7</dt> <dt> Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24</dt> <dt>Philippians 2:6-11</dt> <p>Luke 22:14-23:56</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/behind-enemy-lines-stand.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.

To stand for Jesus is to stand against the world.

If I live in such a way that I merely follow the crowd, I will find myself praising Jesus on Sunday and crying out for His Crucifixion on Friday. This world is a “not friend“ of the Christian. Therefore, we must stand against the world and for Jesus.

Mass Readings from April 14, 2019:
Isaiah 50:4-7
Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24
Philippians 2:6-11

Luke 22:14-23:56

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Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.

To stand for Jesus is to stand against the world.

If I live in such a way that I merely follow the crowd, I will find myself praising Jesus on Sunday and crying out for His Crucifixion on Friday. This world is a “not friend“ of the Christian. Therefore, we must stand against the world and for Jesus.

Mass Readings from April 14, 2019:
Isaiah 50:4-7
Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24
Philippians 2:6-11

Luke 22:14-23:56

Download the Homily Study

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