web02.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:17:28 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Service” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/service Mon, 02 May 2022 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 05/01/22 Wasted Potential https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/5122 6080e293-5f19-4936-b20a-b2a0b16fb36c Mon, 02 May 2022 17:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. You have so much potential. But to be nothing but potential is, in many ways, to be nothing. 21:26 no <p>Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Use your potential.</p> <p>Jesus called Peter to sacrifice his potential so that his life and his death might glorify God. You are I are called to pick our spot, to pour ourselves out in such a way that God would be known, loved, and glorified.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from May 1, 2022:</dt> <dt> Acts 5:27-32, 40-41</dt> <dt> Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-13</dt> <dt>Revelation 5:11-14</dt> <p>John 21:1-19</p> </dl> Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.

Use your potential.

Jesus called Peter to sacrifice his potential so that his life and his death might glorify God. You are I are called to pick our spot, to pour ourselves out in such a way that God would be known, loved, and glorified.

Mass Readings from May 1, 2022:
Acts 5:27-32, 40-41
Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-13
Revelation 5:11-14

John 21:1-19

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Use your potential.

Jesus called Peter to sacrifice his potential so that his life and his death might glorify God. You are I are called to pick our spot, to pour ourselves out in such a way that God would be known, loved, and glorified.

Mass Readings from May 1, 2022:
Acts 5:27-32, 40-41
Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-13
Revelation 5:11-14

John 21:1-19

]]> 04/24/22 Be Mercy https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/42422 10d66704-eba1-494b-ad10-01fed3f45b0f Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Sunday of Divine Mercy. Mercy is the love that we deserve the least when we need it the most. 19:55 no <p>Homily from the Sunday of Divine Mercy.</p> <p>Mercy is the love that we deserve the least when we need it the most.</p> <p>The fact of the Resurrection of Jesus has introduced something new into this world of misery. The Cross and Resurrection introduced the possibility of mercy. Not only have we encountered the mercy of God, but we have been commissioned to be mercy in the midst of a world filled with misery.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from April 4, 2022:</dt> <dt> Acts 5:12-16</dt> <dt> Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24</dt> <dt>Revelation 1:9-13, 17-19</dt> <p>John 20:19-31</p> </dl> Homily from the Sunday of Divine Mercy.

Mercy is the love that we deserve the least when we need it the most.

The fact of the Resurrection of Jesus has introduced something new into this world of misery. The Cross and Resurrection introduced the possibility of mercy. Not only have we encountered the mercy of God, but we have been commissioned to be mercy in the midst of a world filled with misery.

Mass Readings from April 4, 2022:
Acts 5:12-16
Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24
Revelation 1:9-13, 17-19

John 20:19-31

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Mercy is the love that we deserve the least when we need it the most.

The fact of the Resurrection of Jesus has introduced something new into this world of misery. The Cross and Resurrection introduced the possibility of mercy. Not only have we encountered the mercy of God, but we have been commissioned to be mercy in the midst of a world filled with misery.

Mass Readings from April 4, 2022:
Acts 5:12-16
Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24
Revelation 1:9-13, 17-19

John 20:19-31

]]> 07/25/21 Consumer Catholic: Everything Given. Nothing Wasted. https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/72521 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-2197629024307872604 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Nothing given to God is wasted. The apostles asked the question, "What good are these for so many?" Yet, Jesus invited them to give what they had and to trust Him with all of it. 21:29 no <p>Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Nothing given to God is wasted.</p> <p>The Apostles asked the question, "What good are these for so many?" Yet, Jesus invited them to give what they had and to trust Him with all of it. Jesus invites us to do the same: Give everything and know that nothing will be wasted.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from July 25, 2021:</dt> <dt> 2 Kings 4:42-44</dt> <dt> Psalms 145:10-11, 15-18</dt> <dt>Ephesians 4:1-6</dt> <p>John 6:1-15</p> </dl> Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Nothing given to God is wasted.

The Apostles asked the question, "What good are these for so many?" Yet, Jesus invited them to give what they had and to trust Him with all of it. Jesus invites us to do the same: Give everything and know that nothing will be wasted.

Mass Readings from July 25, 2021:
2 Kings 4:42-44
Psalms 145:10-11, 15-18
Ephesians 4:1-6

John 6:1-15

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Nothing given to God is wasted.

The Apostles asked the question, "What good are these for so many?" Yet, Jesus invited them to give what they had and to trust Him with all of it. Jesus invites us to do the same: Give everything and know that nothing will be wasted.

Mass Readings from July 25, 2021:
2 Kings 4:42-44
Psalms 145:10-11, 15-18
Ephesians 4:1-6

John 6:1-15

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