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 Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Life AFTER his life WITH.
Some great stories tell us an important piece of information: where are they now? In our autobiography, after we have experienced "the return"; after we have experienced grace, how do we live? What does our "bonus chapter" look like? What is in our Epilogue?
- Mass Readings from March 22, 202...
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent
At the end of the story, who will you be?
What you seek shapes what you see. Look for hope. Look for joy. Look for goodness. The things you train your eyes to notice will shape the person you become. At the end of the story, who will you be?
- Mass Readings from March 15, 2026:
- 1 S...
Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent
From the middle, you can't see the end.
From the middle, you can't see the end. But just know you're making progress, even if you don't feel it.
- Mass Readings from March 8, 2026:
- Exodus 17:3-7
- Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9
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Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent
Every story has a title. Does one moment define the whole thing?
There is often a speech that lives inside each of us. That speech can become the title of our story. Is that title marked by resentment? Or is there a larger event that can define our lives?
- Mass Readings from March 1, 2026:
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Homily from the First Sunday of Lent.
Every story has a beginning.
As we begin Lent, we are faced with the question: If I live the next 25 years of my life the way I've lived the past seven days, where will I end up? Who will I become? We are writing our life story with every choice that we make. Are we writing in rebellion? Or with God as the Co-Author?
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Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Jesus didn't give us a new weight to carry, but a new way to carry the weight.
We all have things that we NEED to do. When we show up knowing that we are doing what God has asked, there is the necessity to also do what God has asked us to do the WAY God has asked us to do it…with love.
- Mass Readings from Fe...
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus, do not let what You did for me end with me.
To have been given all that one needs...and then to not use it would be a tragedy. We are surrounded by the tragedy of wasted potential. But this doesn't have to be the end of our story.
- Mass Readings from February 8, 2026:
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Do not give away what has real value for counterfeit happiness.
There are many idols in our lives that promise the happiness that only God can give. The counterfeits of Wealth, Power, Pleasure, and Fame have taken all that people have and left them with nothing. Jesus gives us a new way to live...that actually leads to authentic happiness.
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Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
The question is not IF God will show up, but HOW will God show up.
There are times in our lives when it seems like there is no way forward. There are times when it seems like there is no way God can come through on His promises. There are times when it seems like God will not show up. But God always does in a way only He knows.
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Homily from the The Baptism of the Lord
The traps of believing we are God's advisors...or His performers.
Baptism changes us. It begins an entirely new life in each one of us. And yet, when we approach the Lord, we can be tempted to act, not as God's adopted children, but as His counselors or his performers.
- Mass Readings from January 11, 2026:
Homily from the The Epiphany of the Lord
Indifference can turn into hostility.
Christ has come close. And yet, we all still have a choice: will we remain indifferent to His presence or will we seek Him out? If we choose indifference, we will not remain indifferent. When it comes to God, we either give Him our hearts or we remove Him from our lives.
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Homily from the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Resolve: I will not take these things for granted.
We are surrounded by the amazing and miraculous every day. But we often miss it because our lives are too busy and too full. If we take a page out of Mary, the Mother of God's book, we would reflect on all these things...and no longer take them for granted.
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Homily from the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
The "trad family" goes back farther than the 1950's...
Men and women need to be authentically masculine and feminine for their marriages and families to thrive. But what IS authentic masculinity? What IS authentic femininity?
- Mass Readings from December 28, 2025:
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Homily from The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
What if all I received was HIM this Christmas?
We have waited for Jesus—and now that He is here, true gratitude is shown by living fully in the gift of His presence and love.
- Mass Readings from December 25, 2025:
- Isaiah 52:7-10
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent
What happens when I don't get what I've been waiting for?
All through the Bible, God makes certain promises. He always fulfills them. But we cannot expect God to fulfill a promise that He has never made. No matter what, whether we get what we've waited for or not, we can hope in HIM.
- Mass Readings from December...
Homily from the Third Sunday of Advent
In seasons of waiting, do we complain or praise?
While we are waiting, it can feel like nothing is happening. And yet, faith tells us that God is at work even when we can't yet see the fruit. Rather than complaining while we wait, there is another option.
- Mass Readings from December 14, 2025:
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Homily from the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
This feast day of the Immaculate Conception is not just a privilege for Mary: it's a prophecy for us.
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception reveals God's plan to conquer sin not just by repairing what is broken, but by preparing a path where grace triumphs first. This Advent we are invited to enter into the "Sacrament of the Present Moment"...
Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.
We worry while we wait.
Advent teaches us not just to wait, but to trust while we wait. When we surrender worry and remember who God is, waiting becomes a place of grace instead of frustration.
- Mass Readings from December 7, 2025:
- Isaiah 11:1-10
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Homily from the First Sunday of Advent.
The process is the point.
When we are waiting, we often want to be "done". We want to be "there". We want our waiting to be over so that we can start living. But life happens right here and right now. And God is doing something right now. We do not simply endure waiting, we engage during the waiting. The declaration of faithful waiting is: I am confident that this moment is crucial.
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