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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Mar 25, 2019 · 25 min
03/24/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Trust God...and Fight
Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. Trained in trust...strengthened through struggle. God gives us the chance to grow in trust of Him and His love…and He allows us to grow stronger in our ability to walk as His children.
Mar 18, 2019 · 22 min
03/17/19 Behind Enemy Lines: My Own Worst Enemy
Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent. You have to know yourself to say no to yourself. We are in a battle, but our primary enemy is closer than we might like to imagine.
Mar 7, 2019 · 19 min
03/06/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Isolated and Disoriented
Homily from Ash Wednesday. Even when things are obviously broken, we can pretend that they will “fix themselves.” But Lent reminds us that we are in a battle that won’t be won unless we are ready to engage the enemy who will attack us like our Lord was attacked in the wilderness...behind enemy lines.
Mar 4, 2019 · 25 min
03/03/19 Talking and Trials
Homily from the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We often are a mystery...even to ourselves. But Christians must come to a place of self-knowledge so we can present our true self to the true God.
Feb 25, 2019 · 23 min
02/24/19 Love Yourself
Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. You are loved most when you deserve it the least. Jesus calls us to love our enemies. But how can we do that when we don’t even love the people we like?
Feb 18, 2019 · 27 min
02/17/19 The Fighting Virtue
Hope is not a “soft” virtue. It is a fighting virtue. Hope is what enables us to live in the present with strength and conviction. It takes hope to take action.
Feb 11, 2019 · 20 min
02/10/19 Disqualified: Unfit
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.
Feb 4, 2019 · 23 min
02/03/19 Disqualified: Remarkably Average
Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Being unqualified does not disqualify when God calls. Our stats would reveal that we are unqualified for being a part of God’s great work. But the Lord calls us to the greatest of these: love.
Jan 28, 2019 · 21 min
01/27/19 Disqualified: Prevented or Prepared?
Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. In Christ, your past might not be the thing that prevent you from being a part of God’s great work… It might be the thing that has prepared you.
Jan 21, 2019 · 16 min
01/20/19 Insufficient and Insignificant
Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is often very tempting to forget the heart of God. To forget that He notices us, delights in us, and rejoices in us. When the focus shifts from His love to our insufficiency and feelings of insignificance, He reminds us of the truth.
Dec 25, 2018 · 18 min
12/25/18 But Why?
Homily from the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas). The Why is a Who. Jesus is not merely the “reason for the season”… He is the reason for everything.
Dec 10, 2018 · 21 min
12/09/18 The End?
Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent. This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.
Dec 3, 2018 · 22 min
12/02/18 Be Ready, Get Ready
Homily from the First Sunday of Advent. Advent is a season of preparation. You will never be ready unless you get ready.
Nov 26, 2018 · 27 min
11/25/18 Come to the Altar: Kingdom Priesthood
Homily from Solemnity of Christ the King. Don't waste your priesthood.
Nov 19, 2018 · 25 min
11/18/18 Come to the Altar: Learning to Worship
Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Not merely witnessing the miracle, but offering the sacrifice.
Nov 12, 2018 · 29 min
11/11/18 Come to the Altar: Hollow Worship
Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Offering first-fruits reveals and increases the depth of trust. Sacrifices that are intentional, consequential, and representational have the power to transform our hearts and fill up what might be hollow worship.
Nov 5, 2018 · 29 min
11/04/18 Come to the Altar: Where's Your Altar?
Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. The heart of religion is the worship of God. And the heart of worship is always sacrifice; a gift that is poured out on the altar. Where is your gift being poured out? Where is your altar?
Oct 28, 2018 · 34 min
10/28/18 Rivals: Rival Voices
Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We do not conquer our rivals, we are called out from beneath their power.
Oct 22, 2018 · 30 min
10/21/18 Rivals: The Rival of Control
Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. What do I have to do to get what I want? The rival of control can dominate. And the trust of praise and surrender can liberate.
Oct 16, 2018 · 27 min
10/14/18 Rivals: The Reason is the Rival
Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God has an absolute claim on your heart. What is the reason you won't give it to Him?

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

03/24/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Trust God...and Fight

03/17/19 Behind Enemy Lines: My Own Worst Enemy

03/06/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Isolated and Disoriented

03/03/19 Talking and Trials

02/24/19 Love Yourself

02/17/19 The Fighting Virtue

02/10/19 Disqualified: Unfit

02/03/19 Disqualified: Remarkably Average

01/27/19 Disqualified: Prevented or Prepared?

01/20/19 Insufficient and Insignificant

12/25/18 But Why?

12/09/18 The End?

12/02/18 Be Ready, Get Ready

11/25/18 Come to the Altar: Kingdom Priesthood

11/18/18 Come to the Altar: Learning to Worship

11/11/18 Come to the Altar: Hollow Worship

11/04/18 Come to the Altar: Where's Your Altar?

10/28/18 Rivals: Rival Voices

10/21/18 Rivals: The Rival of Control

10/14/18 Rivals: The Reason is the Rival