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 Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.
Jesus came to establish a Church.
The Church is an essential part of God's Kingdom on earth. Jesus is the King. Peter (and his successors) are the stewards of the King. This role has the authority to teach, guide, and govern.
- Mass Readings from June 29, 2025:
- Acts 12:1-11
Homily from the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.
Jesus did not say "Read this in memory of Me." He said "Do this in memory of Me."
The greatest gift Jesus gave us is Himself in the Eucharist. And yet, even people who love Jesus very much can miss this gift without the guidance and teaching of the Church.
- Mass Readings from June 22, 2025:
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Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
Even when the Bible seems clear, earnest Christians can get it wrong. We need a Church to tell us when we are wrong.
The most important revelation of God is His own identity. From the beginning, Christians have needed more than the words of Sacred Scripture to guide them into all truth. We have needed the Holy Spirit leading the Church through error to know the depths of God's i...
Homily from Pentecost Sunday.
Without an infallible Teacher, an infallible Book is a worthless book.
The Church is messy. But it is also holy. And has been given the ability and the authority of Jesus to teach. Even in the midst of the brokenness of the human element of the Church, the Church is still the Infallible Teacher of Divine Revelation.
- Mass Readings fr...
Homily from the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord.
Jesus didn't give us the Bible. He gave us the Church. And the Church gave us the Bible.
All Christians believe in the 27 books of the New Testament. We all believe these books are the inspired Word of God based on the authority of the Church to recognize this truth and teach it. The same Church has the authority to declare the 46 books of the Old Testament as well.
Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
Do we rely on the Bible alone?
The Church is not optional. When there is a question that is not covered explicitly in the Bible (and even when it is), where do we look for guidance?
- Mass Readings from May 25, 2025:
- Acts 15:1-2, 22-29
- Psalm 67:2-3, 5...
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
Life is difficult. You don't have to move on alone.
In a difficult life and a difficult mission, Paul had someone with him who helped him continue to do the work he was called to do. Paul had someone who helped him move on.
- Mass Readings from May 18, 2025:
- Acts 14:21-27
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.
We get the behavior we are willing to tolerate.
There are times when we need to establish boundaries...even with the people we love. Even as Christians, we need to choose and clearly communicate what we are able to or willing to tolerate.
- Mass Readings from May 11, 2025:
- Acts 13:14, 4...
Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter
To be restored, we must revisit the place of ruin.
When we are called to move on, we may need to revisit the places in our lives that need healing in order to allow the Lord to change our future.
- Mass Readings from May, 4th, 2025:
- Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41
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Homily from the Second Sunday of Easter, Sunday of Divine Mercy
Five words that can change your life.
Life is filled with change and uncertainty. But there is one thing that is stable and unchanging.
- Mass Readings from April, 27, 2025:
- Acts 5:12-16
- Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24
Homily from the The Resurrection of the Lord, The Mass of Easter Day
Get up and do what you can.
We know that darkness is real. And death is real. But darkness and death are not the end. There are some things that never die...Faith...Love...the Promise of eternal life.
- Mass Readings from April, 20, 2025:
- Acts 10:34a, 37-43<...
Homily from Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
This is not the end of the Story, but it had to happen for the Story to go on.
The Passion of Christ is not the end of the Story, but we must pause and reflect on it. It is the lens through which we see: What love looks like when it costs everything, what sin looks like when we can see the wounds, and what mercy looks like when it refuses to give up.
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Homily from Holy Thursday, Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
He loved them to the end.
One of the characteristics that marks modern man is that we find ourselves angry at God. In fact, we are so angry that we would be willing to hurt God if we could. Yet, God is invulnerable. He cannot be hurt. Still, God chose to step into this world and love us...while making Himself vulnerable.
Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
Thank God ahead of time.
We often put off joy and praise and peace. We are tempted to be preoccupied with wanting to be "there" or wanting to be "done" with whatever we are working on or whatever we are doing. Yet, as Catholics, we are called to be "here". We can best live "on the way" when we don't wait to thank God; when we thank God before we are "there". We can thank God right ...
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Lent.
We run out of all hope...and then Jesus.
The Dead End is a necessary place of the way. The location where we run out of our own skill and our own strength and find ourselves completely unable to move forward on our own. In the midst of the dead end...and then Jesus.
- Mass Readings from April 6, 2025:
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
To look like Jesus, we must learn how to live in the Presence of the Father.
When it comes to our relationship with the Father, too often it is marked by hiding our hearts or avoiding His gaze. But we must learn how to live like Jesus, who remained in the Father's Presence at all times and with profound trust.
- Mass Reading...
Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent.
We all want peak moments, but growth happens in the Valley.
Why do we walk through valleys? What good is life in the valley? Is it only a negative? Is it always a punishment from God? Or could the valley be necessary?
- Mass Readings from March 23, 2025:
- Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15
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Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent.
A big life is a series of small crossroads.
Life happens at the crossroads. Life is also a series of small crossroads that might seem insignificant, but add up to a life of beauty and meaning...or a life potentially wasted.
- Mass Readings from March 16, 2025:
- Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18
Homily from the First Sunday of Lent.
The only way out is through.
As we enter into the desert, the desert takes away the things we tend to trust in...the things we use as comforts and crutches...and we are led through the "training place" to the place of being able to live like Christ.
- Mass Readings from March 9, 2025:
- Deute...
Homily from the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Silence reveals our hearts and silence trains our hearts.
As we enter into the place of training, we realize that there are certain things that reveal the condition of our hearts...trial, tribulation, speech, and silence. But we need to consciously enter into these if we are going to know ourselves and be trained in the way of Christ.
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