web02.fireside.fm Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:06:45 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Vulnerability” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/vulnerability Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -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 02/20/22 Nothing to Fear: Vulnerability https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/22022 0d1f295c-31ba-408d-a318-44992023a996 Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Vulnerability is having enough courage and self-possession to let life in. The fear of being vulnerable does not have to define our lives. 20:39 no <p>Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Vulnerability is having enough courage and self-possession to let life in.</p> <p>All of our fears stem from the fact that we are woundable. We care about rejection, inadequacy, and the future because we know that all of those things have the potential to hurt us, But the fear of being vulnerable does not have to define our lives.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from February 20, 2022:</dt> <dt> 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23</dt> <dt> Psalms 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 15:45-49</dt> <p>Luke 6:27-38</p> </dl> Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Vulnerability is having enough courage and self-possession to let life in.

All of our fears stem from the fact that we are woundable. We care about rejection, inadequacy, and the future because we know that all of those things have the potential to hurt us, But the fear of being vulnerable does not have to define our lives.

Mass Readings from February 20, 2022:
1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23
Psalms 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13
1 Corinthians 15:45-49

Luke 6:27-38

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Vulnerability is having enough courage and self-possession to let life in.

All of our fears stem from the fact that we are woundable. We care about rejection, inadequacy, and the future because we know that all of those things have the potential to hurt us, But the fear of being vulnerable does not have to define our lives.

Mass Readings from February 20, 2022:
1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23
Psalms 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13
1 Corinthians 15:45-49

Luke 6:27-38

]]> 02/14/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Cost https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/21421 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-3805697004534486182 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Looking back, there are some things we could have known. But one thing is unfailingly true when seen through hindsight: every decision comes at a price and every choice has a cost. 19:50 no <p>Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Every choice comes at a cost.</p> <p>Looking back, there are some things we could have known. And looking back, there are some things we could never have known. But one thing is unfailingly true when seen through hindsight: every decision comes at a price and every choice has a cost. Making the decision is risky, but there are things that are more important than staying safe. </p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from February 14, 2021:</dt> <dt> Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46</dt> <dt> Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 11</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 10:31—11:1</dt> <p>Mark 1:40-45</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/hindsight-2020-the-cost.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Every choice comes at a cost.

Looking back, there are some things we could have known. And looking back, there are some things we could never have known. But one thing is unfailingly true when seen through hindsight: every decision comes at a price and every choice has a cost. Making the decision is risky, but there are things that are more important than staying safe.

Mass Readings from February 14, 2021:
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46
Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 11
1 Corinthians 10:31—11:1

Mark 1:40-45

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Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Every choice comes at a cost.

Looking back, there are some things we could have known. And looking back, there are some things we could never have known. But one thing is unfailingly true when seen through hindsight: every decision comes at a price and every choice has a cost. Making the decision is risky, but there are things that are more important than staying safe.

Mass Readings from February 14, 2021:
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46
Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 11
1 Corinthians 10:31—11:1

Mark 1:40-45

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]]> 10/27/19 CompariSIN: The Way of Comparison https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/102719 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-6089919523768743150 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat. Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear. 29:50 no <p>Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat.</p> <p>Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear.</p><dl> <dt>Mass Readings from Mass Readings from October 27, 2019:</dt> <dt> Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18</dt> <dt> Psalms 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23</dt> <dt>2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18</dt> <p>Luke 18:9-14</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/comparisin-the-way-of-comparison.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat.

Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear.

Mass Readings from Mass Readings from October 27, 2019:</
Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18
Psalms 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

Luke 18:9-14

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Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat.

Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear.

Mass Readings from Mass Readings from October 27, 2019:</
Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18
Psalms 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

Luke 18:9-14

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