Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
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.
We found 10 episodes of Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz with the tag “life”.
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09/04/22 Eulogy Virtues: Loyalty
September 3rd, 2022 | 27 mins 6 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Loyalty is a force that conquers time. A person of character does what they said they would do…despite changing feelings or circumstances. This is loyalty.
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08/14/22 Finish the Race
August 15th, 2022 | 20 mins 5 secs
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Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Every one of us is in the middle of the race of our lives. God has called us and brought us here, even when there is no victory in sight and even when victory is not possible. But God will always give whatever we need to finish the race.
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07/03/22 Be A Saint
July 4th, 2022 | 21 mins 18 secs
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Homily from the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Many of us want to grow spiritually. But what does that really mean? What is it that we really want? What is the actual goal of life?
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05/01/22 Wasted Potential
May 2nd, 2022 | 21 mins 26 secs
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Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. You have so much potential. But to be nothing but potential is, in many ways, to be nothing.
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01/16/22 Jesus Changes Things
January 17th, 2022 | 17 mins 42 secs
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Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jesus changes shame into joy.
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01/02/22 It's Not About You
January 2nd, 2022 | 10 mins 9 secs
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Homily from the Epiphany of the Lord. Worship can help us escape the trap that life is about us.
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09/12/21 Not Mine
September 13th, 2021 | 18 mins 29 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Faith must be lived, not merely believed. It is wise to take responsibility for one’s own time, resources, and family. And yet, we must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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07/18/21 The Poison of Indifference
July 19th, 2021 | 15 mins 47 secs
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Homily from the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Indifference does not mean you don’t care; it just means you don’t care enough to move.
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06/27/21 Everyday Courage: Plan B
June 28th, 2021 | 22 mins 15 secs
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Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Love requires risk. Risk requires courage.
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05/09/21 Spark Joy
May 10th, 2021 | 19 mins 14 secs
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Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Joy is rooted in confidence and comes as a consequence. We can choose joy only insofar as we can choose the source of our joy.