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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Strength”</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>08/08/21 Consumer Catholic: Farther to Go</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The best of your life is ahead of you...you will need food for the journey. The worst days of our life often come after the best days of our life. But even in those "worst days", you are not done yet.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from August 8, 2021:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; 1 Kings 19:4-85&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 34:2-9&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Ephesians 4:30—5:2&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 6:41-51&lt;/p&gt;
 
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  <title>04/02/21 Gallicantu</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion. Peter told Jesus that he would die for Him. And he meant it. He just wasn’t ready at the right time.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from April 2, 2021:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Isaiah 52:13—53:12&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;John 18:1—19:42&lt;/p&gt;
 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion.</p> <p>Peter expected to fight in the Garden, not in the courtyard.</p> <p>Peter told Jesus that he would die for Him. And he meant it. He just wasn’t ready at the right time.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from April 2, 2021:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Isaiah 52:13—53:12</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 18:1—19:42</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion.</p> <p>Peter expected to fight in the Garden, not in the courtyard.</p> <p>Peter told Jesus that he would die for Him. And he meant it. He just wasn’t ready at the right time.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from April 2, 2021:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Isaiah 52:13—53:12</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9</dt> <p margin: 0;>John 18:1—19:42</p>]]>
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  <title>08/09/20 Why Did You Stop?</title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 17:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking. Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>18:25</itunes:duration>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from August 9, 2020:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 85:9-12, 13-14&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Romans 9:1-5&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Matthew 14:22-33&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking.</p> <p>Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from August 9, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 85:9-12, 13-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Romans 9:1-5</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 14:22-33</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking.</p> <p>Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be.</p><dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from August 9, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 85:9-12, 13-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Romans 9:1-5</dt> <p margin: 0;>Matthew 14:22-33</p>]]>
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