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 “why”.
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08/07/22 Loosen the Roots
August 8th, 2022 | 23 mins 59 secs
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Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We sacrifice because we love and we love because we sacrifice.
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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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05/29/22 Ascension Gives Access
May 30th, 2022 | 19 mins 45 secs
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Homily from the Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord. What am I going to do with the gifts I've been given? In the Ascension, Jesus completes the work of redemption. He has taken His once for all sacrifice, bound to time and place, and brought it before the Father. Because of this, we have access to all of God's graces in every time and every place.
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05/22/22 The Gift of the Church
May 23rd, 2022 | 19 mins 20 secs
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Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter. God has given us the gift of the Church. The Church is His Body...the Church is His Bride. And we cannot have Jesus without His Church.
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05/15/22 Do Not Be Shocked
May 15th, 2022 | 20 mins 18 secs
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Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. The best you on the worst day of your life. There are a few things that we ought to never be surprised by. One of them is suffering. God does not abandon us in our suffering, he leads us through them.
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04/15/22 The Crown of Thorns
April 15th, 2022 | 13 mins 15 secs
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Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion. The crown of thorns reveals the darkness of the human heart. This darkness is in each one of us in the form of envy.
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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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03/06/22 Last Words: The First Last Words
March 7th, 2022 | 18 mins 52 secs
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Homily from the First Sunday of Lent. The first last words of Jesus reveal not just what, but Who was on His mind in the last moments of His life.
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01/23/22 Know Why
January 24th, 2022 | 24 mins 45 secs
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Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Imagine living your entire life and not knowing why.