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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Role”</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:subtitle>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.</itunes:subtitle>
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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>09/05/21 Seen. Known. Loved.</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Transition always involves destruction. Jesus heals the man who was deaf and mute. In doing this, He has to take away the false identity in order to tell us who we truly are.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from September 5, 2021:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Isaiah 35:4-7&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;James 2:1-5&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mark 7:31-37&lt;/p&gt; 
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  <title>06/21/20 Fear No One</title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. You matter to God and you have a job to do. Jesus tells us to "fear no one." Not because there is no danger, but because He is calling us to not be safe.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from June 21, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Jeremiah 20:10-13&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Romans 5:12-15&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Matthew 10:26-33&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>You matter to God and you have a job to do.</p> <p>Jesus tells us to "fear no one." Not because there is no danger, but because He is calling us to not be safe.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from June 21, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Jeremiah 20:10-13</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Romans 5:12-15</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 10:26-33</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>You matter to God and you have a job to do.</p> <p>Jesus tells us to "fear no one." Not because there is no danger, but because He is calling us to not be safe.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from June 21, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Jeremiah 20:10-13</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Romans 5:12-15</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 10:26-33</p>]]>
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  <title>01/19/20 Underestimated: Single Unifying Principle</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The single unifying principle unites all of the various threads of our life into one whole image.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It is “too little” to remain who you are instead of becoming who God needs you to be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from January 19, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Isaiah 49:3, 5-6&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 40:2, 4, 7-10&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 Corinthians 1:1-3&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 1:29-34&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/underestimated-single-unifying-principle.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>The single unifying principle unites all of the various threads of our life into one whole image.</p> <p>It is “too little” to remain who you are instead of becoming who God needs you to be.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from January 19, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Isaiah 49:3, 5-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 40:2, 4, 7-10</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Corinthians 1:1-3</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 1:29-34</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/underestimated-single-unifying-principle.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><p>Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>The single unifying principle unites all of the various threads of our life into one whole image.</p> <p>It is “too little” to remain who you are instead of becoming who God needs you to be.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from January 19, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Isaiah 49:3, 5-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 40:2, 4, 7-10</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Corinthians 1:1-3</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 1:29-34</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/underestimated-single-unifying-principle.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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