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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Prayer Life”</title>
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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>11/15/20 Roadmap: Checkpoints</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. No one wants to lose, but many people do. Even with a great roadmap, we need regular checkpoints to make sure we are on course and haven’t gone off track.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from November 15, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 128:1-5&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 Thessalonians 5:1-6&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Matthew 25:14-30&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-checkpoints.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>What have you done with what you&#39;ve been given?</p> <p>No one ever sets out to lose. But losing is entirely possible: in business, relationships, and in the spiritual life. It is possible to lose one’s soul. No one wants to lose, but many people do. Even with a great roadmap, we need regular checkpoints to make sure we are on course and haven’t gone off track.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from November 15, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 128:1-5</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Thessalonians 5:1-6</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 25:14-30</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-checkpoints.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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  <title>11/08/20 Roadmap: Accident or Excellent</title>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from November 8, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Wisdom 6:12-16&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 63:2-8&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 Thessalonians 4:13-18&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Matthew 25:1-13&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-accident-or-excellent-1.pdf%20%20"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Excellence requires making the decision carefully, consistently, and quickly.</p> <p>The one question that can either deflate or motivate a person is “When?” This question reveals whether our goal is an actual goal or merely a wish. But if we want to escape a life of accidents and craft a life of excellence, we need to make the decision of “when” are we going to choose excellence carefully, consistently, and quickly.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from November 8, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Wisdom 6:12-16</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 63:2-8</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Thessalonians 4:13-18</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 25:1-13</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-accident-or-excellent-1.pdf  ">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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  <title>10/07/18 Rivals: All or Nothing</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 19:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are only two kinds of relationships that get to a point where it is “all…or nothing”: Romantic relationships and our relationship with Jesus. There are some relationships that do not tolerate rivals.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are some relationships that do not tolerate rivals.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are only two kinds of relationships that get to a point where it is “all…or nothing”: Romantic relationships and our relationship with Jesus. If we say “all”, that carries with it some consequences. Namely, all of our heart must belong to the other.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from October 7, 2018:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Genesis 2:18-24&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 128:1-6&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Hebrews 2:9-11&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mark 10:2-16&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rivals-all-or-nothing.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>There are some relationships that do not tolerate rivals.</p> <p>There are only two kinds of relationships that get to a point where it is “all…or nothing”: Romantic relationships and our relationship with Jesus. If we say “all”, that carries with it some consequences. Namely, all of our heart must belong to the other.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from October 7, 2018:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Genesis 2:18-24</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 128:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Hebrews 2:9-11</dt> <p margin: 0;>Mark 10:2-16</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rivals-all-or-nothing.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>There are some relationships that do not tolerate rivals.</p> <p>There are only two kinds of relationships that get to a point where it is “all…or nothing”: Romantic relationships and our relationship with Jesus. If we say “all”, that carries with it some consequences. Namely, all of our heart must belong to the other.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from October 7, 2018:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Genesis 2:18-24</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 128:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Hebrews 2:9-11</dt> <p margin: 0;>Mark 10:2-16</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rivals-all-or-nothing.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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