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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 369
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
07/31/22 Then What?
Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Time and Death make most of what we live for hevel.
We are preoccupied with "done", but we are simultaneously addicted to asking "then what?". The …
07/24/22 Teach Us How
Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The Who determines the How.
The disciples did not merely want Jesus to help them have a "better spiritual life" or a deeper prayer life; they want…
07/17/22 The Question
Homily from the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Feeling anxious, worried, or sorry for yourself is normal. It is also completely unhelpful.
We have a problem. And the problem is that we can do the…
07/10/22 Simple Things First
Homily from the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
I can know all I need to know and still not do all I need to do.
There are so many things that we know that we ought to do. There are even things th…
07/03/22 Be A Saint
Homily from the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
What else is there?
Many of us want to grow spiritually. But what does that really mean? What is it that we really want? What is the actual goal of …
06/26/22 The Call
Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Deliberate. Decisive. Definitive.
God continues to call. God calls us to follow Him, making it clear that being a disciple is challenging...that it…
06/19/22 Corpus Christi
Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
This is everything.
The Body and Blood of Christ is one of the most underappreciated gifts God has ever given. In the Scriptures, …
06/12/22 We Need Each Other
Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
It is not good for the person to be alone.
The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity reminds us of the innermost secret of God: He is Love. It also reveal…
06/05/22 Given For Some Benefit
Homily from Pentecost Sunday.
The greatest gift is to make yourself available.
The Holy Spirit, poured out on the apostles (and the entire Church) at Pentecost would have gone to waste without the mo…
05/29/22 Ascension Gives Access
Homily from the Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord.
What am I going to do with the gifts I've been given?
In the Ascension, Jesus completes the work of redemption. He has taken His once for all s…
05/22/22 The Gift of the Church
Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
The great temptation to stay in our own "version" of the Church.
God has given us the gift of the Church. The Church is His Body...the Church is His Bride. And…
05/15/22 Do Not Be Shocked
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
The best you on the worst day of your life.
There are a few things that we ought to never be surprised by. One of them is suffering. God does not abandon us in…
05/08/22 The Time of Great Distress
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.
You are not abandoned. You are not alone. You are not afraid.
Our lives are marked by stress. Not only is stress unavoidable, it is necessary. The main questi…
05/01/22 Wasted Potential
Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.
Use your potential.
Jesus called Peter to sacrifice his potential so that his life and his death might glorify God. You are I are called to pick our spot, to p…
04/24/22 Be Mercy
Homily from the Sunday of Divine Mercy.
Mercy is the love that we deserve the least when we need it the most.
The fact of the Resurrection of Jesus has introduced something new into this world of mis…
04/17/22 Nothing
Homily from the Mass of Easter Day.
What did he see?
John ran to the tomb and looked in. He saw and believed. What did he see?
- Mass Readings from April 17, 2022:
- Acts 10:34, 37-43
- Psalms 118:1-2, 16-…
04/15/22 The Crown of Thorns
Homily from Good Friday of the Lord's Passion.
The heart of envy.
The crown of thorns reveals the darkness of the human heart. This darkness is in each one of us in the form of envy.
- Mass Readings fr…
04/14/22 Last Words: The Final Last Word
Homily from the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper.
All of Jesus’ words are summed up in one word.
On the cross, Jesus’ life ends with the same perspective He has had from the beginning: He trusts His…
04/10/22 Last Words: Tetelestai
Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
This one word connects and transforms the entire story.
There is a last word that does not merely disclose the Heart...it completes The Story.
- Mass Read…
04/03/22 Last Words: Use This.
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Some last words have the power to define a person's life.
From the Cross, Jesus utters His last words. He thirsts for us to allow Him to forgive us.
- Mass Readin…