Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
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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.
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Jun 8, 2020 • 26min
06/07/20 In His Image and Likeness
Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. You do not have to know the details of a person’s life to know they are worth loving. Human worth is rooted in our deepest identity. And our deepest identity comes from being made in God’s image and likeness. And God’s deepest identity is love. Mass Readings from June 7, 2020: Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 Daniel 3:52-562 Corinthians 13:11-13 John 3:16-18
Jun 2, 2020 • 16min
05/31/20 Exiles: The First Gift
Homily from Pentecost Sunday. For the love of God has been poured into our hearts. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit so that we could receive the first gift of the Holy Spirit: to know what it is to be loved by the Father. Mass Readings from May 31, 2020: Acts 2:1-11 Psalms 104:1, 24, 29-31, 341 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23 Download the Homily Study
May 25, 2020 • 26min
05/24/20 Exiles: Restoration
Homily from the Ascension of the Lord. Live the reason. Return from exile is not about a change in location, it is about a change in vocation. It is less about geography and more about mission. The goal is not Resurrection, the goal is Restoration. Mass Readings from May 24, 2020: Acts 1:1-11 Psalms 47:2-3, 6-9Ephesians 1:17-23 Matthew 28:16-20 Download the Homily Study
May 18, 2020 • 25min
05/17/20 Exiles: Why Go Back?
Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Not a habit or a have-to, but the heart is the reason. At some point, the exile will end. You will be able to go back. But why? What is the reason why you will go back? Mass Readings from May 17, 2020: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 Psalms 66:1-3, 4-7, 16, 201 Peter 3:15-18 John 14:15-21 Download the Homily Study
May 11, 2020 • 30min
05/10/20 Insecure: Uncertain Plans
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Advance boldly into the shadows of uncertainty. If we are wise, we will think about the future and plan for it. And if we are even wiser, we will be able to let go of those plans when we need to. Mass Readings from May 10, 2020: Acts 6:1-7 Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-191 Peter 2:4-9 John 14:1-12 Download the Homily Study
May 4, 2020 • 20min
05/03/20 Insecure: Untroubled by the Unknown
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Knowing does not equal security. In a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being lead, and more important to know who is doing the leading. Mass Readings from May 3, 2020: Acts 2:14, 36-41 Psalms 23:1-61 Peter 2:20-25 John 10:1-10 Download the Homily Study
Apr 27, 2020 • 26min
04/26/20 Insecure: Not Home
Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. Back to normal might not be what we think. Our lives can be spent wishing for certain outcomes. But a security built on specific outcomes is a conditional and temporary security. We need true hope to walk in confidence. Mass Readings from April 26, 2020: Acts 2:14, 22-33 Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-111 Peter 1:17-21 Luke 24:13-35 Download the Homily Study
Apr 20, 2020 • 33min
04/19/20 Insecure: The Source of Security
Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday. In a time of incredible insecurity, we trust in incomprehensible mercy. We live in an insecure world, but God’s mercy is stable. Mass Readings from April 19, 2020: Acts 2:42-47 Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-241 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 Download the Homily Study
Apr 13, 2020 • 20min
04/11/20 Witnesses
Homily from Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil. We profess the faith today so we can persevere in the faith tomorrow. Christianity is an historical religion that is not based on feelings, philosophies, or myths. It is based on a fact: the fact of the resurrection of Jesus. The one thing that changes everything.
Apr 11, 2020 • 19min
04/10/20 Prepared But Not Ready
Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion. Why are we surprised when we discover that “weakness” is actually weak? Jesus prepared His disciples for His Passion. But they were not ready, because they had not factored in their own weakness. But Jesus had factored it in. It was, in fact, why He entered His Passion. Mass Readings from April 10, 2020: Isaiah 52:13—53:12 Psalms 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1—19:42
