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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Silence”</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>12/20/20 Silent Waiting</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Silence magnifies and waiting purifies. The chance to wait in silence is often given by God to serve a purpose...above all to change our faith into something new.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from December 20, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 89:2-5, 27, 29&lt;/dt&gt;
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  <title>12/09/18 The End?</title>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from December 09, 2018:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Baruch 5:1-9&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 126:1-6&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 3:1-6&lt;/p&gt; 
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