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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “How To”</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <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>06/26/22 The Call</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God continues to call. God calls us to follow Him, making it clear that being a disciple is challenging...that it costs something. Therefore, we need to weigh out our response, we need to avoid hesitation, and we need to choose to follow Jesus in such a way that it actually changes something in our lives.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from June 26, 2022:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; 1 Kings 19:16, 19-21&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-11&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Galatians 5:1, 13-18&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 9:51-62&lt;/p&gt;

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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Deliberate. Decisive. Definitive.</p> <p>God continues to call. God calls us to follow Him, making it clear that being a disciple is challenging...that it costs something. Therefore, we need to weigh out our response, we need to avoid hesitation, and we need to choose to follow Jesus in such a way that it actually changes something in our lives.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from June 26, 2022:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> 1 Kings 19:16, 19-21</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-11</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Galatians 5:1, 13-18</dt> <p margin: 0;>Luke 9:51-62</p>]]>
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  <title>06/12/22 We Need Each Other</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity reminds us of the innermost secret of God: He is Love. It also reveals the innermost secret of humans made in God's image and likeness: we are made for love.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>19:10</itunes:duration>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from June 12, 2022:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Proverbs 8:22-31&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 8:4-9&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Romans 5:1-5&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 16:12-15&lt;/p&gt;

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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.</p> <p>It is not good for the person to be alone.</p> <p>The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity reminds us of the innermost secret of God: He is Love. It also reveals the innermost secret of humans made in God's image and likeness: we are made for love.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from June 12, 2022:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Proverbs 8:22-31</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 8:4-9</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Romans 5:1-5</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 16:12-15</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.</p> <p>It is not good for the person to be alone.</p> <p>The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity reminds us of the innermost secret of God: He is Love. It also reveals the innermost secret of humans made in God's image and likeness: we are made for love.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from June 12, 2022:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Proverbs 8:22-31</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 8:4-9</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Romans 5:1-5</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 16:12-15</p>]]>
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  <title>05/03/20 Insecure: Untroubled by the Unknown</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. n a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>19:42</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Knowing does not equal security.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from May 3, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Acts 2:14, 36-41&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 23:1-6&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 Peter 2:20-25&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 10:1-10&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/insecure-untroubled-by-the-unknown.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Knowing does not equal security.</p> <p>In a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 3, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 2:14, 36-41</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 23:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Peter 2:20-25</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 10:1-10</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/insecure-untroubled-by-the-unknown.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Knowing does not equal security.</p> <p>In a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 3, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 2:14, 36-41</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 23:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Peter 2:20-25</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 10:1-10</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/insecure-untroubled-by-the-unknown.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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  <title>05/05/19 #Fail: The Only Way to Fail</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Ascension</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. The only way for failure to be final is if you stop. Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from May 5, 2019:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Acts 5:27-32, 40-41&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Revelation 5:11-14&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 21:1-19&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fail-the-only-way-to-fail.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>The only way for failure to be final is if you stop.</p> <p>Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 5, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 5:27-32, 40-41</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Revelation 5:11-14</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 21:1-19</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fail-the-only-way-to-fail.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>The only way for failure to be final is if you stop.</p> <p>Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 5, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 5:27-32, 40-41</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Revelation 5:11-14</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 21:1-19</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fail-the-only-way-to-fail.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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