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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Sacraments”</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>05/29/22 Ascension Gives Access</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord. What am I going to do with the gifts I've been given? In the Ascension, Jesus completes the work of redemption. He has taken His once for all sacrifice, bound to time and place, and brought it before the Father. Because of this, we have access to all of God's graces in every time and every place.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from May 29, 2022:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Acts 1:1-11&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 47:2-3, 6-9&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Ephesians 1:17-23&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 24:46-53&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from November 1, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 24:1-6&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;1 John 3:1-3&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Matthew 5:1-12&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-guardrails-2.pdf%20"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p><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 style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from November 1, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 24:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 John 3:1-3</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 5:1-12</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-guardrails-2.pdf ">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><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 style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from November 1, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 24:1-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 John 3:1-3</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 5:1-12</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/roadmap-guardrails-2.pdf ">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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  <title>10/06/19 Are You Saved? From What: Lovelessness</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. How do you know God loves you? How do you know you are saved? Answer: the sacraments. </itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from October 6, 2019:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Habbakuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 17:5-10&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/are-you-saved-from-lovelessness.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>How do you know God loves you? How do you know you are saved? Answer: the sacraments.</p> <p>The saving work of Jesus was accomplished in His life, death, resurrection, and ascension. The saving work of Jesus meets our lives and transforms them through the tangible gifts of His love: the sacraments.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from October 6, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Habbakuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14</dt> <p margin: 0;>Luke 17:5-10</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/are-you-saved-from-lovelessness.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>How do you know God loves you? How do you know you are saved? Answer: the sacraments.</p> <p>The saving work of Jesus was accomplished in His life, death, resurrection, and ascension. The saving work of Jesus meets our lives and transforms them through the tangible gifts of His love: the sacraments.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from October 6, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Habbakuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14</dt> <p margin: 0;>Luke 17:5-10</p> <p margin: 0;><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/are-you-saved-from-lovelessness.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a></p>]]>
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