web02.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:15:32 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “What Is” https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/tags/what%20is Sat, 10 Sep 2022 11:45:00 -0500 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 09/11/22 Eulogy Virtues: Joy https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/91122 7c45c9cd-923e-4e13-a564-5e72412751a2 Sat, 10 Sep 2022 11:45:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension 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. 27:32 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Who you are now is who you are.</p> <p>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. Love is the source of joy.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from September 11, 2022</dt> <dt> Exodus 32:7-11</dt> <dt> Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19</dt> <dt>1 Timothy 1:12-17</dt> <p>Luke 15:1-32</p> </dl> Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Who you are now is who you are.

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. Love is the source of joy.

Mass Readings from September 11, 2022
Exodus 32:7-11
Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19
1 Timothy 1:12-17

Luke 15:1-32

]]> Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Who you are now is who you are.

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. Love is the source of joy.

Mass Readings from September 11, 2022
Exodus 32:7-11
Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19
1 Timothy 1:12-17

Luke 15:1-32

]]> 08/28/22 Eulogy Virtues: Pay Attention https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/82822 a9f836bc-9bc6-4ac1-9887-93802ac5442b Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily fro the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less. The Book of Sirach makes the claim that the humble person is loved more than a giver of gifts. But what does it mean to be humble? Does it mean what most of us automatically think of? Or does it mean something deeper...something freer? 19:43 no <p>Homily from the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.</p> <p>The Book of Sirach makes the claim that the humble person is loved more than a giver of gifts. But what does it mean to be humble? Does it mean what most of us automatically think of? Or does it mean something deeper...something freer? True humility gives a person the ability to pay attention.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from August 28, 2022:</dt> <dt> Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29</dt> <dt> Psalms 68:4-7, 10-11</dt> <dt>Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24</dt> <p>Luke 14:1, 7-14</p> </dl> Homily from the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.

The Book of Sirach makes the claim that the humble person is loved more than a giver of gifts. But what does it mean to be humble? Does it mean what most of us automatically think of? Or does it mean something deeper...something freer? True humility gives a person the ability to pay attention.

Mass Readings from August 28, 2022:
Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29
Psalms 68:4-7, 10-11
Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24

Luke 14:1, 7-14

]]> Homily from the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.

The Book of Sirach makes the claim that the humble person is loved more than a giver of gifts. But what does it mean to be humble? Does it mean what most of us automatically think of? Or does it mean something deeper...something freer? True humility gives a person the ability to pay attention.

Mass Readings from August 28, 2022:
Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29
Psalms 68:4-7, 10-11
Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24

Luke 14:1, 7-14

]]> 11/28/21 Abounding Love: No Room https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/112821 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-43330586917314658 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:00:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension 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. 19:56 no <p>Homily from the First Sunday of Advent.</p> <p>Two things are clear about the inn at Bethlehem: Love Incarnate showed up and there was no room for Him.</p> <p>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.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from November 28th, 2021:</dt> <dt> Jeremiah 33:14-16</dt> <dt> Psalms 25:4-5, 8-10, 14</dt> <dt>1 Thessalonians 3:12—4:2</dt> <p>Luke 21:25-28, 34-36</p> </dl> 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

Luke 21:25-28, 34-36

]]> 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

Luke 21:25-28, 34-36

]]> 06/09/19 The Peace of Christ https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/6919 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-4991231032652653583 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from Pentecost Sunday. The promised Holy Spirit gives many gifts, but few are more powerful and profound than the Spirit’s gift of peace. 17:02 no <p>Homily from Pentecost Sunday.</p> <p>I know I have what I need.</p> <p>The promised Holy Spirit gives many gifts, but few are more powerful and profound than the Spirit’s gift of peace.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from June 9, 2019:</dt> <dt> Acts 13:14, 43-52</dt> <dt> Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 51</dt> <dt>Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13</dt> <p>John 20:19-23</p> </dl> Homily from Pentecost Sunday.

I know I have what I need.

The promised Holy Spirit gives many gifts, but few are more powerful and profound than the Spirit’s gift of peace.

Mass Readings from June 9, 2019:
Acts 13:14, 43-52
Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 51
Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13

John 20:19-23

]]> Homily from Pentecost Sunday.

I know I have what I need.

The promised Holy Spirit gives many gifts, but few are more powerful and profound than the Spirit’s gift of peace.

Mass Readings from June 9, 2019:
Acts 13:14, 43-52
Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 51
Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13

John 20:19-23

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