web02.fireside.fm Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:14:57 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Obstacles” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/obstacles Mon, 15 Nov 2021 18:00:00 -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 11/14/21 Always Forward. Never Back. https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/111421 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-1601294212996061445 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 18:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The struggle doesn't change the destination. The struggle is the way. 22:24 no <p>Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>The struggle doesn't change the destination. The struggle is the way.</p> <p>When we are in the middle of a journey...or the middle of life...we will encounter obstacles. In that encounter with obstacles, we will be tempted to go back. But it is necessary to ask “what is God asking of me right now?”</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from November 14th, 2021:</dt> <dt> Deuteronomy 12:1-3</dt> <dt> Psalms 16:5, 8-11</dt> <dt>Hebrews 10:11-14, 18</dt> <p>Mark 13:24-32</p> </dl> Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

The struggle doesn't change the destination. The struggle is the way.

When we are in the middle of a journey...or the middle of life...we will encounter obstacles. In that encounter with obstacles, we will be tempted to go back. But it is necessary to ask “what is God asking of me right now?”

Mass Readings from November 14th, 2021:
Deuteronomy 12:1-3
Psalms 16:5, 8-11
Hebrews 10:11-14, 18

Mark 13:24-32

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The struggle doesn't change the destination. The struggle is the way.

When we are in the middle of a journey...or the middle of life...we will encounter obstacles. In that encounter with obstacles, we will be tempted to go back. But it is necessary to ask “what is God asking of me right now?”

Mass Readings from November 14th, 2021:
Deuteronomy 12:1-3
Psalms 16:5, 8-11
Hebrews 10:11-14, 18

Mark 13:24-32

]]> 10/11/20 No Difference https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/101120 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-217324808120372022 Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are many goods. There is only one best. 26:24 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>There are many goods. There is only one best.</p> <p>Modern indifference is the inability to take joy in in one's situation regardless of the circumstances. It is seeing "no difference" between the awesome and the awful...as well as the awesome alright.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from October 11, 2020:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 25:6-10</dt> <dt> Psalms 23:1-6</dt> <dt>Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20</dt> <p>Matthew 22:1-14</p> </dl> Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

There are many goods. There is only one best.

Modern indifference is the inability to take joy in in one's situation regardless of the circumstances. It is seeing "no difference" between the awesome and the awful...as well as the awesome alright.

Mass Readings from October 11, 2020:
Isaiah 25:6-10
Psalms 23:1-6
Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20

Matthew 22:1-14

]]> Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

There are many goods. There is only one best.

Modern indifference is the inability to take joy in in one's situation regardless of the circumstances. It is seeing "no difference" between the awesome and the awful...as well as the awesome alright.

Mass Readings from October 11, 2020:
Isaiah 25:6-10
Psalms 23:1-6
Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20

Matthew 22:1-14

]]> 11/17/19 CompariSIN: Stealing Joy https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/111719 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-5111766000819755030 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. If comparison is a thief of joy, then we have to learn how to steal it back. Because there are some things worth celebrating. 25:24 no <p>Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>If comparison is a thief of joy, then we have to learn how to steal it back.</p> <p>In the battle to escape the comparison trap, we can become invincible to bad comparison by actively looking for the blessings, giving thanks, and inviting others into celebrating them. Because there are some things worth celebrating.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from November 17, 2019:</dt> <dt> Malachi 3:19-20</dt> <dt> Psalms 98:5-9</dt> <dt>2 Thessalonians 3:7-12</dt> <p>Luke 21:5-19</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/comparisin-stealing-joy.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

If comparison is a thief of joy, then we have to learn how to steal it back.

In the battle to escape the comparison trap, we can become invincible to bad comparison by actively looking for the blessings, giving thanks, and inviting others into celebrating them. Because there are some things worth celebrating.

Mass Readings from November 17, 2019:
Malachi 3:19-20
Psalms 98:5-9
2 Thessalonians 3:7-12

Luke 21:5-19

Download the Homily Study

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Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

If comparison is a thief of joy, then we have to learn how to steal it back.

In the battle to escape the comparison trap, we can become invincible to bad comparison by actively looking for the blessings, giving thanks, and inviting others into celebrating them. Because there are some things worth celebrating.

Mass Readings from November 17, 2019:
Malachi 3:19-20
Psalms 98:5-9
2 Thessalonians 3:7-12

Luke 21:5-19

Download the Homily Study

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