web01.fireside.fm Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:41:05 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Too Late” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/too%20late Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:00:00 -0600 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 01/16/22 Jesus Changes Things https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/11622 79270e48-4c29-4169-840d-ef1da13ca6c8 Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jesus changes shame into joy. 17:42 no <p>Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Jesus changes shame into joy.</p> <p>There are certain things, certain failures, embarrassments, and shames, that could define our lives. There are certain events that could define our lives in a negative way unless something changes. Jesus can change those things. </p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from January 16, 2022:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 62:1-5</dt> <dt> Psalms 96:1-3, 7-10</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 12:4-11</dt> <p>John 2:1-11</p> </dl> wedding at Cana, water into wine, miracles Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Jesus changes shame into joy.

There are certain things, certain failures, embarrassments, and shames, that could define our lives. There are certain events that could define our lives in a negative way unless something changes. Jesus can change those things.

Mass Readings from January 16, 2022:
Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalms 96:1-3, 7-10
1 Corinthians 12:4-11

John 2:1-11

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Jesus changes shame into joy.

There are certain things, certain failures, embarrassments, and shames, that could define our lives. There are certain events that could define our lives in a negative way unless something changes. Jesus can change those things.

Mass Readings from January 16, 2022:
Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalms 96:1-3, 7-10
1 Corinthians 12:4-11

John 2:1-11

]]> 03/15/20 Un-Done: Not Fine https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/31520 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8298470258656586228 Mon, 16 Mar 2020 18:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. You are not fine. You don't have to be. We live in a world that has come undone with hearts and relationships that have come undone. Jesus comes to that wound to undo what has been undone. 28:32 no <p>Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent.</p> <p>You are not fine. You don't have to be.</p> <p>We live in a world that has come undone with hearts and relationships that have come undone. Jesus comes to that wound to undo what has been undone.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from March 15, 2020:</dt> <dt> Exodus 17:3-7</dt> <dt> Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9</dt> <dt>Romans 5:1-2, 5-8</dt> <p>John 4:5-42</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/un-done-not-fine.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent.

You are not fine. You don't have to be.

We live in a world that has come undone with hearts and relationships that have come undone. Jesus comes to that wound to undo what has been undone.

Mass Readings from March 15, 2020:
Exodus 17:3-7
Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9
Romans 5:1-2, 5-8

John 4:5-42

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Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent.

You are not fine. You don't have to be.

We live in a world that has come undone with hearts and relationships that have come undone. Jesus comes to that wound to undo what has been undone.

Mass Readings from March 15, 2020:
Exodus 17:3-7
Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9
Romans 5:1-2, 5-8

John 4:5-42

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]]> 05/05/19 #Fail: The Only Way to Fail https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/5519 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8844434890073324896 Mon, 06 May 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. The only way for failure to be final is if you stop. Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure. 23:56 no <p>Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>The only way for failure to be final is if you stop.</p> <p>Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from May 5, 2019:</dt> <dt> Acts 5:27-32, 40-41</dt> <dt> Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13</dt> <dt>Revelation 5:11-14</dt> <p>John 21:1-19</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fail-the-only-way-to-fail.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.

The only way for failure to be final is if you stop.

Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure.

Mass Readings from May 5, 2019:
Acts 5:27-32, 40-41
Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13
Revelation 5:11-14

John 21:1-19

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Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.

The only way for failure to be final is if you stop.

Even sin is not final if you don’t stop. God has a call for you that is not erased by failure.

Mass Readings from May 5, 2019:
Acts 5:27-32, 40-41
Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13
Revelation 5:11-14

John 21:1-19

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]]> 04/28/19 #Fail: Free to Fail https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/42819 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-2019333024957743523 Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday. Failure is the one necessary prerequisite for God’s greatest gift. Many people battle with perfectionism. God’s mercy in the midst of failure is His remedy for the fear that failure is the end. 25:59 no <p>Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday.</p> <p>Failure is the one necessary prerequisite for God’s greatest gift.</p> <p>Many people battle with perfectionism. God’s mercy in the midst of failure is His remedy for the fear that failure is the end.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from April 28, 2019:</dt> <dt> Acts 5:12-16</dt> <dt> Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22</dt> <dt>Revelation 1:9-11, 12-13, 17-19</dt> <p>John 20:19-31</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fail-free-to-fail.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday.

Failure is the one necessary prerequisite for God’s greatest gift.

Many people battle with perfectionism. God’s mercy in the midst of failure is His remedy for the fear that failure is the end.

Mass Readings from April 28, 2019:
Acts 5:12-16
Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22
Revelation 1:9-11, 12-13, 17-19

John 20:19-31

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Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday.

Failure is the one necessary prerequisite for God’s greatest gift.

Many people battle with perfectionism. God’s mercy in the midst of failure is His remedy for the fear that failure is the end.

Mass Readings from April 28, 2019:
Acts 5:12-16
Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22
Revelation 1:9-11, 12-13, 17-19

John 20:19-31

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]]> 02/10/19 Disqualified: Unfit https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/21019 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8533427085995514423 Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness. 20:59 no <p>Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole.</p> <p>There are some things in our lives (our decisions, our wounds, our weaknesses) that we wish and pray were gone. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from February 10, 2019:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8</dt> <dt> Psalms 138:1-5, 7-8</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 15:1-11</dt> <p>Luke 5:1-11</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/disqualified-unfit.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole.

There are some things in our lives (our decisions, our wounds, our weaknesses) that we wish and pray were gone. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.

Mass Readings from February 10, 2019:
Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8
Psalms 138:1-5, 7-8
1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Luke 5:1-11

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Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

God is able to make you holy even if He never makes you whole.

There are some things in our lives (our decisions, our wounds, our weaknesses) that we wish and pray were gone. God calls you and I in our weakness; He doesn’t necessarily call us out of our weakness.

Mass Readings from February 10, 2019:
Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8
Psalms 138:1-5, 7-8
1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Luke 5:1-11

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