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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Plans”</title>
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    <description>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. 
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    <itunes:summary>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. 
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  <title>05/10/20 Insecure: Uncertain Plans</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. If we are wise, we will think about the future and plan for it. And if we are even wiser, we will be able to let go of those plans when we need to.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Advance boldly into the shadows of uncertainty.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If we are wise, we will think about the future and plan for it. And if we are even wiser, we will be able to let go of those plans when we need to.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from May 10, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Acts 6:1-7&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 Peter 2:4-9&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 14:1-12&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/insecure-uncertain-plans.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Advance boldly into the shadows of uncertainty.</p> <p>If we are wise, we will think about the future and plan for it. And if we are even wiser, we will be able to let go of those plans when we need to.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 10, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 6:1-7</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Peter 2:4-9</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 14:1-12</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/insecure-uncertain-plans.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Advance boldly into the shadows of uncertainty.</p> <p>If we are wise, we will think about the future and plan for it. And if we are even wiser, we will be able to let go of those plans when we need to.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 10, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 6:1-7</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Peter 2:4-9</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 14:1-12</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/insecure-uncertain-plans.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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  <title>05/03/20 Insecure: Untroubled by the Unknown</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. n a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>19:42</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Knowing does not equal security.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from May 3, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Acts 2:14, 36-41&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 23:1-6&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 Peter 2:20-25&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 10:1-10&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/insecure-untroubled-by-the-unknown.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Knowing does not equal security.</p> <p>In a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 3, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 2:14, 36-41</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 23:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Peter 2:20-25</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 10:1-10</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/insecure-untroubled-by-the-unknown.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Knowing does not equal security.</p> <p>In a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from May 3, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Acts 2:14, 36-41</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 23:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Peter 2:20-25</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 10:1-10</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/insecure-untroubled-by-the-unknown.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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  <title>12/09/18 The End?</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 07:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent. This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;God has begun a good work in you. In fact, he has begun many “good works.“ Many of them will come to an end, but the truly great work that God has begun is a work that he intends to continue to finish.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from December 09, 2018:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Baruch 5:1-9&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 126:1-6&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 3:1-6&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.</p> <p>This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.</p> <p>God has begun a good work in you. In fact, he has begun many “good works.“ Many of them will come to an end, but the truly great work that God has begun is a work that he intends to continue to finish.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from December 09, 2018:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Baruch 5:1-9</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 126:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11</dt> <p margin: 0;>Luke 3:1-6</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.</p> <p>This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.</p> <p>God has begun a good work in you. In fact, he has begun many “good works.“ Many of them will come to an end, but the truly great work that God has begun is a work that he intends to continue to finish.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from December 09, 2018:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Baruch 5:1-9</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 126:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11</dt> <p margin: 0;>Luke 3:1-6</p>]]>
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