Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
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.
Episodes
Homily from the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Courage is the willingness to do God's will on your own accord.
We find ourselves in a place where we face uncertainty and difficulty. And yet, we are called to nonetheless move forward with courage. We walk by faith and not by sight. We choose to trust in God's Word more than our fears.
- Mass Readings from June 1...
Homily from the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
God can even use a broken world to accomplish His will.
What is the point of life? Is it to be happy? To get what you want? Or is the point of life to become like God? And this world is specifically designed to help you become that kind of person.
- Mass Readings from June 9, 2024:
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Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
Do I not know? Or do I not care?
The Eucharist is truly the Body, and Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. Beyond all of God's other gifts, this gift stands alone. Because it is the gift of His very Self. And yet, too often our hearts are cold and indifferent to this Greatest of Gifts.
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Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
God wants to spend time with you.
The Mystery of the Holy Trinity is the Mystery of God's identity. The tri-Personal God is more than an abstract concept, yet the Trinity can often remain in our minds as a vague "idea". And yet, in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God has claimed us, brought us into a new relationship with Him, and made us a new creation.
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Homily from Pentecost Sunday.
The best way to thank the Giver is to use the gift.
At Pentecost, the Lord poured out His Holy Spirit upon the disciples and blessed them with His gifts. Immediately, they used those gifts. These gifts were given to be used. And so are all of the gifts God continues to give.
- Mass Readings from May 19, 2024:
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Homily from the Solemnity of the Ascension.
Who am I building up?
God has given us His promise of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit sanctifies us and makes us holy, but the gifts of the Holy Spirit are given to us so that we can participate in the work of God in the world. At His Ascension, Jesus promised the Holy Spirit so that we could continue His work here on earth.
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Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
The strength that got you here is not the strength needed to get you there.
As we continue to grow and age and mature, we also continue to experience the reality of decline. Each of us will come to know what it is to have less youthful strength. Rather than lament this fact, we can learn to adapt and choose a different strength. We can choose a new definition of what it is to "win" at life.
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
You got to wake up today.
We don't know if we will have enough time to finish, but we do know that we have time to start. We have a tendency to delay, but the only time that we have is now; and since we got to wake up today, we have the chance to say "Now, I begin".
- Mass Readings from April 28, 2024:
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.
Stand in the truth and do the next right thing.
Life can easily overwhelm us, leaving us in a place where we feel beaten and in a season of discouragement. But choosing humility and hope...choosing to live the truth and to do the next right thing...is the key to living courageously.
- Mass Readings from April 21, 2024: ...
Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.
The first step is to stop.
Once we realize that we have to repent...that we are called to "change our minds"...the first step is to stop. To examine what it is that we are thinking and to which thoughts, sins, and false images of God we have made agreements with. And then to break those agreements in order to say "Now I begin".
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Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday.
Mercy is the love we need the most and deserve the least.
We all want to get what we deserve. We want justice, and God is Just. But there are times when we need something more than justice...there are times when we might deserve justice, but need mercy.
- Mass Readings from April 7, 2024:
- Acts 4...
Homily from Easter Sunday.
Are Jesus and the Mass merely optional...or essential?
We have such full lives and such small hearts that we are relieved when things get cancelled. But, for the things that are neccesary, we would be devasted if we missed them. Who Jesus is to us will determine our response when we are not able to get to Mass or receive the Eucharist.
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Homily from Good Friday.
Jesus won the world in His weakness.
We would like for our Lord to be triumphant in His conquering of sin and death. But the people around Him as He saved the world were largely ignorant, indifferent, or antagonistic. Yet, Jesus won the world through His wounds.
- Mass Readings from March 29, 2024:
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Homily from Holy Thursday, the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper.
We all have unique sadnesses. Jesus enters into all of them.
Holy Thursday is a day that marks the gift of the Priesthood, the Eucharist, Christ's humble service, and the beginning of the Triduum. Today, we reflect on Peter, Judas, and Jesus in their unique sadnesses.
- Mass Readings from March 28, ...
Homily from Palm Sunday.
You are meant to be a part of the story.
As Christians, we know the Story and we believe the Story. We know how God has saved the world by entering into suffering and death. But we are called to more; we are called to participate in the Story. Our apostolate is marked by Acceptance, Access, and Action.
- Mass Readings from March 24, 2024:...
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
You don't have to find God's will in this moment and these circumstances...this moment and these circumstances are God's will for you.
The greatest lesson that anyone of us can learn is simple, but it is not always easy: you can trust God in every moment and all circumstances.
- Mass Readings from March 17, 2024:
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
We often feel owned by the past or powerless in the present.
Once something is broken, is it really lost forever?
- Mass Readings from March 10, 2024:
- 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23
- Psalms 137:1-6
- Ephesians 2:4-10 ...
Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent.
The greatest grace is to know the depth of our brokenness and to know the depth of His love.
Father Walter wanted to be like his heroes. We all want to think that we will be strong in the moment of truth. But the actual moment of truth comes after our weakness has been revealed.
- Mass Readings from March 3, 2024:
Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent.
If I know Who, then I can say yes without knowing why.
Do I have any conditions on my response to God? Will I pray or serve or say yes to Him as long as I understand why He is asking?
- Mass Readings from February 25, 2024:
- Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18
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Homily from the First Sunday of Lent.
When expectation meets reality, we have a choice.
All of our lives are marked by a certain degree of expectation. But what do we do when we encounter the reality of life? We can choose to either avoid reality or accept reality.
- Mass Readings from February 18, 2024:
- Genesis 9:8-15
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