web01.fireside.fm Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:40:53 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Negative Self Talk” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/negative%20self-talk Mon, 04 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0600 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 11/03/19 CompariSIN: Infinitely Preferred https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/11319 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-2534096931123841277 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. What makes them so great? What makes me so awful? When someone else being honored or loved more than we are meets our insecurity, we are tempted to tell stories…about them and about ourselves. 33:16 no <p>Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>What makes them so great? What makes me so awful?</p> <p>When someone else being honored or loved more than we are meets our insecurity, we are tempted to tell stories…about them and about ourselves. But when we know who we are and are grateful for what we have, we have security. And comparison is powerless.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from November 3, 2019:</dt> <dt> Wisdom 11:22-12:2</dt> <dt> Psalms 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14</dt> <dt>2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2</dt> <p>Luke 19:1-10</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/comparisin-infinitely-preferred.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.

What makes them so great? What makes me so awful?

When someone else being honored or loved more than we are meets our insecurity, we are tempted to tell stories…about them and about ourselves. But when we know who we are and are grateful for what we have, we have security. And comparison is powerless.

Mass Readings from November 3, 2019:
Wisdom 11:22-12:2
Psalms 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14
2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2

Luke 19:1-10

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Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.

What makes them so great? What makes me so awful?

When someone else being honored or loved more than we are meets our insecurity, we are tempted to tell stories…about them and about ourselves. But when we know who we are and are grateful for what we have, we have security. And comparison is powerless.

Mass Readings from November 3, 2019:
Wisdom 11:22-12:2
Psalms 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14
2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2

Luke 19:1-10

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]]> 10/27/19 CompariSIN: The Way of Comparison https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/102719 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-6089919523768743150 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat. Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear. 29:50 no <p>Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat.</p> <p>Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear.</p><dl> <dt>Mass Readings from Mass Readings from October 27, 2019:</dt> <dt> Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18</dt> <dt> Psalms 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23</dt> <dt>2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18</dt> <p>Luke 18:9-14</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/comparisin-the-way-of-comparison.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat.

Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear.

Mass Readings from Mass Readings from October 27, 2019:</
Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18
Psalms 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

Luke 18:9-14

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Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat.

Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear.

Mass Readings from Mass Readings from October 27, 2019:</
Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18
Psalms 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

Luke 18:9-14

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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? When we often don’t effectively love ourselves?

Mass Readings from February 24, 2019:
1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23
Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13
1 Corinthians 15:45-49

Luke 6:27-38

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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? When we often don’t effectively love ourselves?

Mass Readings from February 24, 2019:
1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23
Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13
1 Corinthians 15:45-49

Luke 6:27-38

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