web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:53:13 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Hopeless” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/hopeless Mon, 25 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 10/24/21 Learning to Lose: Get Up https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/102421 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-3453712551899653945 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Life is about losing. It is not about quitting. Into this place of defeat, God Himself speaks into our loss and our shame, telling us what is needed. 22:56 no <p>Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Life is about losing. It is not about quitting.</p> <p>It is one thing to lose. It is another thing when those losses begin to stack up and we get to the point where we haven't just lost...we've been beaten. We can wind up feeling defeated. Into this place of defeat, God Himself speaks into our loss and our shame, telling us what is needed.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from October 24th, 2021:</dt> <dt> Jeremiah 31:7-9</dt> <dt> Psalms 126:1-6</dt> <dt>Hebrews 5:1-6</dt> <p>Mark 10:46-52</p> </dl> Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Life is about losing. It is not about quitting.

It is one thing to lose. It is another thing when those losses begin to stack up and we get to the point where we haven't just lost...we've been beaten. We can wind up feeling defeated. Into this place of defeat, God Himself speaks into our loss and our shame, telling us what is needed.

Mass Readings from October 24th, 2021:
Jeremiah 31:7-9
Psalms 126:1-6
Hebrews 5:1-6

Mark 10:46-52

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Life is about losing. It is not about quitting.

It is one thing to lose. It is another thing when those losses begin to stack up and we get to the point where we haven't just lost...we've been beaten. We can wind up feeling defeated. Into this place of defeat, God Himself speaks into our loss and our shame, telling us what is needed.

Mass Readings from October 24th, 2021:
Jeremiah 31:7-9
Psalms 126:1-6
Hebrews 5:1-6

Mark 10:46-52

]]> 09/22/19 Are You Saved? From What: Hopelessness https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/92219 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-2189134512142054815 Sun, 22 Sep 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jesus took from us what was ours so He could give to us what is His. This is the free gift that saves us from hopelessness: we are saved by grace through faith working itself out in love. 22:03 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Jesus took from us what was ours so He could give to us what is His.</p> <p>When we come face to face with our sin, we realize that we owe a debt we cannot pay. When we come face to face with Jesus, we realize that He paid a debt He did not owe. This is the free gift that saves us from hopelessness: we are saved by grace through faith working itself out in love.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from September 22, 2019:</dt> <dt> Amos 8:4-7</dt> <dt> Psalms 113:1-2, 4-8</dt> <dt>1 Timothy 2:1-8</dt> <p>Luke 16:1-13</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/are-you-saved-from-hopelessness.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Jesus took from us what was ours so He could give to us what is His.

When we come face to face with our sin, we realize that we owe a debt we cannot pay. When we come face to face with Jesus, we realize that He paid a debt He did not owe. This is the free gift that saves us from hopelessness: we are saved by grace through faith working itself out in love.

Mass Readings from September 22, 2019:
Amos 8:4-7
Psalms 113:1-2, 4-8
1 Timothy 2:1-8

Luke 16:1-13

Download the Homily Study

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Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Jesus took from us what was ours so He could give to us what is His.

When we come face to face with our sin, we realize that we owe a debt we cannot pay. When we come face to face with Jesus, we realize that He paid a debt He did not owe. This is the free gift that saves us from hopelessness: we are saved by grace through faith working itself out in love.

Mass Readings from September 22, 2019:
Amos 8:4-7
Psalms 113:1-2, 4-8
1 Timothy 2:1-8

Luke 16:1-13

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]]> 08/25/19 Hope and Discipline https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/82519 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-91794858904019114 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. Discipline is the mark of the mature Christian. We have the confidence that what we do makes a difference. The hope that, even when discipline becomes difficult, the discipline makes a difference. 13:22 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Discipline is the mark of the mature Christian.</p> <p>We have to do difficult things all of the time. Why do we do them? We do them because we hope. We have the confidence that what we do makes a difference. The hope that, even when discipline becomes difficult, the discipline makes a difference.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from August 25, 2019:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 66:18-21</dt> <dt> Psalms 117:1-2</dt> <dt>Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13</dt> <p>Luke 13:22-30</p> </dl> Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Discipline is the mark of the mature Christian.

We have to do difficult things all of the time. Why do we do them? We do them because we hope. We have the confidence that what we do makes a difference. The hope that, even when discipline becomes difficult, the discipline makes a difference.

Mass Readings from August 25, 2019:
Isaiah 66:18-21
Psalms 117:1-2
Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13

Luke 13:22-30

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Discipline is the mark of the mature Christian.

We have to do difficult things all of the time. Why do we do them? We do them because we hope. We have the confidence that what we do makes a difference. The hope that, even when discipline becomes difficult, the discipline makes a difference.

Mass Readings from August 25, 2019:
Isaiah 66:18-21
Psalms 117:1-2
Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13

Luke 13:22-30

]]> 12/09/18 The End? https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/12918 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-7181305709886919268 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 07:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent. This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story. 21:00 no <p>Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.</p> <p>This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.</p> <p>God has begun a good work in you. In fact, he has begun many “good works.“ Many of them will come to an end, but the truly great work that God has begun is a work that he intends to continue to finish.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from December 09, 2018:</dt> <dt> Baruch 5:1-9</dt> <dt> Psalms 126:1-6</dt> <dt>Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11</dt> <p>Luke 3:1-6</p> </dl> Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.

This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.

God has begun a good work in you. In fact, he has begun many “good works.“ Many of them will come to an end, but the truly great work that God has begun is a work that he intends to continue to finish.

Mass Readings from December 09, 2018:
Baruch 5:1-9
Psalms 126:1-6
Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11

Luke 3:1-6

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This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.

God has begun a good work in you. In fact, he has begun many “good works.“ Many of them will come to an end, but the truly great work that God has begun is a work that he intends to continue to finish.

Mass Readings from December 09, 2018:
Baruch 5:1-9
Psalms 126:1-6
Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11

Luke 3:1-6

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