Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Stop”

11/28/21 Abounding Love: No Room

Ascension — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:00:00 -0600

Homily from the First Sunday of Advent.

Two things are clear about the inn at Bethlehem: Love Incarnate showed up and there was no room for Him.

Too often, we want to love the way we have been created to love. But we find ourselves incapable of loving this way. Not because we aren't willing or because we don't want to...but because our lives are simply too full. We have no room to love.

Mass Readings from November 28th, 2021:
Jeremiah 33:14-16
Psalms 25:4-5, 8-10, 14
1 Thessalonians 3:12—4:2

10/17/21 Learning to Lose: Winner or Witness?

Ascension — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:00:00 -0500

Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Life isn't about power, it is about being poured out.

The world sees life as being about winning. And to win is to gain power and influence. If a person wins they get power, and with that power they can re-shape the world as they see fit. But a Christian view of winning is different. Life is not about power, it is about being poured out. Life isn't about winning, it is about witnessing.

Mass Readings from October 17th, 2021:
Isaiah 53:10-11
Psalms 33:4-5, 18-20, 22
Hebrews 4:14-16

09/26/21 Holding On: Patient and Ruthless

Ascension — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:00:00 -0500

Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

What if the biggest obstacle to being the person you were created to be is the person you are currently choosing to be?

There are things that we need to stop holding on to if we are going to allow Christ to change our lives. Often, we know exactly what those things are. The things that our hands reach for, our eyes look at, and our feet lead us to can the exact things that are keeping us from God.

Mass Readings from September 26, 2021:
Numbers 11:25-29
Psalms 19:8, 10, 12-14
James 5:1-6

03/14/21 To The Heart: Hidden Heart

Ascension — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:00:00 -0500

Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent.

A hidden heart is a homeless heart.

The people of Israel were brought into exile. It was imposed from the outside. But after King Cyrus game them a way home, many of them chose to live in self-imposed exile. The same is true for all of us who have been exiled by our sin and slavery to death. Jesus has made it possible to step into the light and come home, but many choose to live outside the light...many of us live in self-imposed exile.

Mass Readings from March 14, 2021:
2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23
Psalms 137:6
Ephesians 2:4-10

02/17/21 To The Heart: Escape or Embrace

Ascension — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0600

Homily from Ash Wednesday.

Return to the Lord with your whole heart.

We are often tempted to run away from God and from difficult moments in life. We might even be tempted to escape from all that has been taken from us over the past year. But to choose to embrace this moment is to choose to embrace the Lord and His Providence.

Mass Readings from February 17, 2021:
Joel 2:12-18
Psalms 51:3-6, 12-13, 14 and 17
2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2

09/06/20 How Do I Look? Fighting For

Ascension — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 18:15:00 -0500

Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

How do Christians fight?

We all have experienced the temptation to see someone who has failed or someone who has hurt us as a non-person. But taking responsibility for the people in our lives means fighting that temptation. And it means doing what we can to fight for that person.

Mass Readings from September 06, 2020:
Ezekiel 33:7-9
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9
Romans 13:8-10

05/03/20 Insecure: Untroubled by the Unknown

Ascension — Mon, 04 May 2020 06:00:00 -0500

Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.

Knowing does not equal security.

In a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading.

Mass Readings from May 3, 2020:
Acts 2:14, 36-41
Psalms 23:1-6
1 Peter 2:20-25

02/16/20 More Than A Criminal Heart

Ascension — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:00:00 -0600

Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

God wants you to have a heart like His.

The Sermon on the Mount reveals the truth about our hearts: we need the Law. But God wants us to be free from the Law. Not by abolishing the Law, but by making our hearts like His. We can let Him do this by taking responsibility, taking action, and taking hold of the strength He offers.

Mass Readings from February 16, 2020:
Sirach 15:15-20
Psalms 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34
1 Corinthians 2:6-10

11/10/19 CompariSIN: Incomparable

Ascension — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0600

Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

We will continue walking through this world in which people are better than us. How can we become invincible to comparison?

Mass Readings from November 10, 2019:
2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14
Psalms 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5