web02.fireside.fm Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:44:18 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Pornography” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/pornography Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:00:00 -0500 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 09/26/21 Holding On: Patient and Ruthless https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/92621 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-2941269078088641959 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. What if the biggest obstacle to being the person you were created to be is the person you are currently choosing to be? 23:08 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>What if the biggest obstacle to being the person you were created to be is the person you are currently choosing to be?</p> <p>There are things that we need to stop holding on to if we are going to allow Christ to change our lives. Often, we know exactly what those things are. The things that our hands reach for, our eyes look at, and our feet lead us to can the exact things that are keeping us from God.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from September 26, 2021:</dt> <dt> Numbers 11:25-29</dt> <dt> Psalms 19:8, 10, 12-14</dt> <dt>James 5:1-6</dt> <p>Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48</p> </dl> Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

What if the biggest obstacle to being the person you were created to be is the person you are currently choosing to be?

There are things that we need to stop holding on to if we are going to allow Christ to change our lives. Often, we know exactly what those things are. The things that our hands reach for, our eyes look at, and our feet lead us to can the exact things that are keeping us from God.

Mass Readings from September 26, 2021:
Numbers 11:25-29
Psalms 19:8, 10, 12-14
James 5:1-6

Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

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What if the biggest obstacle to being the person you were created to be is the person you are currently choosing to be?

There are things that we need to stop holding on to if we are going to allow Christ to change our lives. Often, we know exactly what those things are. The things that our hands reach for, our eyes look at, and our feet lead us to can the exact things that are keeping us from God.

Mass Readings from September 26, 2021:
Numbers 11:25-29
Psalms 19:8, 10, 12-14
James 5:1-6

Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

]]> 11/01/20 Roadmap: Guardrails https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/11120 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-1956349083579572092 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints. While there are certain givens that must be present, each person has to assess where they are in their relationship with the Lord in order to know best where to place wise guardrails in their own life. 21:42 no <p>Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints.</p> <p>No one ever accidentally lived on purpose.</p> <p>No two saints are the same. There is no “cookie-cutter” path to holiness. While there are certain givens that must be present, each person has to assess where they are in their relationship with the Lord in order to know best where to place wise guardrails in their own life. </p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from November 1, 2020:</dt> <dt> Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14</dt> <dt> Psalms 24:1-6</dt> <dt>1 John 3:1-3</dt> <p>Matthew 5:1-12</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-guardrails-2.pdf%20">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints.

No one ever accidentally lived on purpose.

No two saints are the same. There is no “cookie-cutter” path to holiness. While there are certain givens that must be present, each person has to assess where they are in their relationship with the Lord in order to know best where to place wise guardrails in their own life.

Mass Readings from November 1, 2020:
Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14
Psalms 24:1-6
1 John 3:1-3

Matthew 5:1-12

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Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints.

No one ever accidentally lived on purpose.

No two saints are the same. There is no “cookie-cutter” path to holiness. While there are certain givens that must be present, each person has to assess where they are in their relationship with the Lord in order to know best where to place wise guardrails in their own life.

Mass Readings from November 1, 2020:
Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14
Psalms 24:1-6
1 John 3:1-3

Matthew 5:1-12

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]]> 02/16/20 More Than A Criminal Heart https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/21620 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-552793812809096485 Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Sermon on the Mount reveals the truth about our hearts: we need the Law. But God wants us to be free from the Law. Not by abolishing the Law, but by making our hearts like His. 28:45 no <p>Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>God wants you to have a heart like His.</p> <p>The Sermon on the Mount reveals the truth about our hearts: we need the Law. But God wants us to be free from the Law. Not by abolishing the Law, but by making our hearts like His. We can let Him do this by taking responsibility, taking action, and taking hold of the strength He offers.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from February 16, 2020:</dt> <dt> Sirach 15:15-20</dt> <dt> Psalms 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 2:6-10</dt> <p>Matthew 5:17-37</p> </dl> Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

God wants you to have a heart like His.

The Sermon on the Mount reveals the truth about our hearts: we need the Law. But God wants us to be free from the Law. Not by abolishing the Law, but by making our hearts like His. We can let Him do this by taking responsibility, taking action, and taking hold of the strength He offers.

Mass Readings from February 16, 2020:
Sirach 15:15-20
Psalms 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34
1 Corinthians 2:6-10

Matthew 5:17-37

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God wants you to have a heart like His.

The Sermon on the Mount reveals the truth about our hearts: we need the Law. But God wants us to be free from the Law. Not by abolishing the Law, but by making our hearts like His. We can let Him do this by taking responsibility, taking action, and taking hold of the strength He offers.

Mass Readings from February 16, 2020:
Sirach 15:15-20
Psalms 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34
1 Corinthians 2:6-10

Matthew 5:17-37

]]> 02/10/19 Disqualified: Unfit https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/21019 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8533427085995514423 Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension 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. 20:59 no <p>Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole.</p> <p>There are some things in our lives (our decisions, our wounds, our weaknesses) that we wish and pray were gone. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from February 10, 2019:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8</dt> <dt> Psalms 138:1-5, 7-8</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 15:1-11</dt> <p>Luke 5:1-11</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/disqualified-unfit.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole.

There are some things in our lives (our decisions, our wounds, our weaknesses) that we wish and pray were gone. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.

Mass Readings from February 10, 2019:
Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8
Psalms 138:1-5, 7-8
1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Luke 5:1-11

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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.

There are some things in our lives (our decisions, our wounds, our weaknesses) that we wish and pray were gone. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.

Mass Readings from February 10, 2019:
Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8
Psalms 138:1-5, 7-8
1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Luke 5:1-11

Download the Homily Study

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