Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

04/14/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Stand

April 14th, 2019  |  23 mins 54 secs

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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.

04/07/19 Behind Enemy Lines: The Father of Lies

April 7th, 2019  |  33 mins 48 secs

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Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent. There is no need to fear, but there is a need to fight. Behind enemy lines, we find ourselves in a battle with the Enemy of God. But the Catholic Christian has been given the tools to engage in the fight and thrive with the strength provided by God Himself.

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

April 1st, 2019  |  22 mins 24 secs

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03/24/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Trust God...and Fight

March 25th, 2019  |  25 mins 43 secs

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Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. Trained in trust...strengthened through struggle. God gives us the chance to grow in trust of Him and His love…and He allows us to grow stronger in our ability to walk as His children.

03/17/19 Behind Enemy Lines: My Own Worst Enemy

March 18th, 2019  |  22 mins 35 secs

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Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent. You have to know yourself to say no to yourself. We are in a battle, but our primary enemy is closer than we might like to imagine.

03/06/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Isolated and Disoriented

March 7th, 2019  |  19 mins 10 secs

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Homily from Ash Wednesday. Even when things are obviously broken, we can pretend that they will “fix themselves.” But Lent reminds us that we are in a battle that won’t be won unless we are ready to engage the enemy who will attack us like our Lord was attacked in the wilderness...behind enemy lines.

03/03/19 Talking and Trials

March 4th, 2019  |  25 mins 31 secs

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Homily from the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We often are a mystery...even to ourselves. But Christians must come to a place of self-knowledge so we can present our true self to the true God.

02/24/19 Love Yourself

February 25th, 2019  |  23 mins 1 sec

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Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. You are loved most when you deserve it the least. Jesus calls us to love our enemies. But how can we do that when we don’t even love the people we like?

02/17/19 The Fighting Virtue

February 18th, 2019  |  27 mins 36 secs

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Hope is not a “soft” virtue. It is a fighting virtue. Hope is what enables us to live in the present with strength and conviction. It takes hope to take action.

02/10/19 Disqualified: Unfit

February 11th, 2019  |  20 mins 59 secs

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Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.