Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
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.
We found 10 episodes of Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz with the tag “suffering”.
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09/11/22 Eulogy Virtues: Joy
September 10th, 2022 | 27 mins 32 secs
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Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Joy is the abiding sense of well-being. It is a feeling, but it is also a choice. But we do not choose joy itself. We must choose the source of joy.
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08/14/22 Finish the Race
August 15th, 2022 | 20 mins 5 secs
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Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Every one of us is in the middle of the race of our lives. God has called us and brought us here, even when there is no victory in sight and even when victory is not possible. But God will always give whatever we need to finish the race.
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07/24/22 Teach Us How
July 25th, 2022 | 22 mins 55 secs
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Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The disciples did not merely want Jesus to help them have a "better spiritual life" or a deeper prayer life; they wanted to pray how He prayed. And Jesus taught them. He taught them that Who we pray to determines how we pray.
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07/17/22 The Question
July 18th, 2022 | 22 mins 14 secs
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Homily from the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Feeling anxious, worried, or sorry for yourself is normal. It is also completely unhelpful.
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05/08/22 The Time of Great Distress
May 9th, 2022 | 17 mins 11 secs
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. You are not abandoned. You are not alone. You are not afraid.
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04/14/22 Last Words: The Final Last Word
April 14th, 2022 | 17 mins 49 secs
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Homily from the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. On the cross, Jesus’ life ends with the same perspective He has had from the beginning: He trusts His Father.
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03/20/22 Last Words: Behold, Your Mother
March 21st, 2022 | 23 mins 29 secs
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Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. When He had virtually nothing left to give, Jesus still gave. He gave His own mother to be our mother.
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12/25/21 Look Up
December 25th, 2021 | 19 mins 19 secs
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Homily from the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Mass). God is with you on the bathroom floor. We are so distracted by so many things that we need to look up. But sometimes we need to look lower in order to see where God is in our lives.
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11/14/21 Always Forward. Never Back.
November 15th, 2021 | 22 mins 24 secs
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Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The struggle doesn't change the destination. The struggle is the way.
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10/31/21 Learning to Lose: All is Lost
November 1st, 2021 | 22 mins 43 secs
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Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. When all is lost, love God with all that's left. We are called to love God with everything. It is easier to love when we are winning, but are we able to love when we've lost?