Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

04/24/22 Be Mercy

April 25th, 2022  |  19 mins 55 secs

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Homily from the Sunday of Divine Mercy. Mercy is the love that we deserve the least when we need it the most.

03/13/22 Last Words: The Missing Last Word

March 14th, 2022  |  25 mins 30 secs

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Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent. Jesus has begged for mercy for all...including the two criminals who were crucified with Him. But they did not both receive mercy. One received mercy and one rejected mercy.

04/11/21 Scar Stories

April 12th, 2021  |  18 mins 55 secs

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Homily from the Sunday of Divine Mercy. Virtually everyone has scars. And every scar has a story. Scars are reminders of our past...they are reminders that won’t go away. And Jesus has kept His wounds in order to help us to never forget His story.

04/02/21 Gallicantu

April 2nd, 2021  |  7 mins 34 secs

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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.

02/21/21 To The Heart: Untamed and Untamable

February 22nd, 2021  |  19 mins 58 secs

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Homily from the First Sunday of Lent. Often, we might find is easier to trust God if He were a “tame god”, but He is not. This Lent, our invitation is to not only trust in God’s mercy, but also in His justice.

04/19/20 Insecure: The Source of Security

April 20th, 2020  |  32 mins 57 secs

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Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday. In a time of incredible insecurity, we trust in incomprehensible mercy. We live in an insecure world, but God’s mercy is stable.

02/23/20 Defiant Love

February 24th, 2020  |  25 mins 10 secs

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Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Universe is indifferent to us. People can be vicious to us. The Christian’s response is not indifference nor viciousness. The Christian response is to love in the face of indifference and evil.

04/28/19 #Fail: Free to Fail

April 29th, 2019  |  25 mins 59 secs

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Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday. Failure is the one necessary prerequisite for God’s greatest gift. Many people battle with perfectionism. God’s mercy in the midst of failure is His remedy for the fear that failure is the end.

03/31/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Let Go...and Come Inside

April 1st, 2019  |  22 mins 24 secs

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