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
12/25/19 One Star
Homily from the Nativity of the Lord.
God will always fulfill His promises. Is that enough?
We know that God is faithful because He has fulfilled what He has promised. But He does not need to do what…
12/22/19 Available and Capable
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent.
Emmanuel. God is working with us to save the world.
God does not need us. But He has demonstrated that He does not want to heal, transform, or save the world …
12/08/19 The Gift That Changes Everything
Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.
To be gripped by God is not supposed to be comfortable.
The Prophet says that the great gift of the Spirit is the fear of the Lord. But what is it?
- Mass Readi…
12/01/19 Before Goodbye
Homily from the First Sunday of Advent.
We do not know when, but we do know what.
Goodbyes can be painful. But what makes goodbyes even more painful is when we are not ready for the leaving or lettin…
11/24/19 A King Who Remembers
Homily from the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
Jesus loves you and He hasn’t forgotten you.
It is easy to feel forgotten and forsaken…even by God. But God notices, loves, a…
11/17/19 CompariSIN: Stealing Joy
Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
If comparison is a thief of joy, then we have to learn how to steal it back.
In the battle to escape the comparison trap, we can become invincibl…
11/10/19 CompariSIN: Incomparable
Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
We will continue walking through this world in which people are better than us. How can …
11/03/19 CompariSIN: Infinitely Preferred
Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.
What makes them so great? What makes me so awful?
When someone else being honored or loved more than we are meets our insecurity, we are tempted …
10/27/19 CompariSIN: The Way of Comparison
Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
In a life of comparison, every person is a potential threat.
Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear…
10/20/19 The Hardest Step: The Next Step
Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Often, the next hardest step is the next step.
Continuing to walk in the midst of failure, rejection, and imperfection is a sign of a great life.…
10/13/19 The Hardest Step: The First Step
Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
You just have to start.
The first step is the most difficult…but it is also the most important.
- Mass Readings from October 13, 2019:
- 2 Kings 5:1…
10/06/19 Are You Saved? From What: Lovelessness
Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
How do you know God loves you? How do you know you are saved? Answer: the sacraments.
The saving work of Jesus was accomplished in His life, de…
09/29/19 Are You Saved? From What: Lifelessness
Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Jesus took from us what was ours so He could give to us what is His.
God’s grace is the cause of our salvation. God’s free gift is what gives us …
09/22/19 Are You Saved? From What: Hopelessness
Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Jesus took from us what was ours so He could give to us what is His.
When we come face to face with our sin, we realize that we owe a debt we can…
09/15/19 Are You Saved? From What: Fatherlessness
Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Jesus saves us from being orphaned or abandoned.
I was saved at my Baptism. I am being saved. I hope to be saved. The Father has adopted us in C…
09/08/19 First Thing First
Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Out of everything in life, Jesus has to be first.
In our lives, we continually divide ourselves and divide our hearts by giving away our small “y…
09/01/19 Oh, Vanity
Homily from the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The high price of vanity.
It is easy to think of vanity as nothing more than being conceited or overly concerned about one’s appearance. But the…
08/25/19 Hope and Discipline
Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Discipline is the mark of the mature Christian.
We have to do difficult things all of the time. Why do we do them? We do them because we hope. We…
08/11/19 Living By Faith
Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
A disciple is a decision-maker.
Faith is more than belief. It “acts”. It can be seen. In fact, what we choose reveals our faith. And our decisions …
07/07/19 Declaration
Homily from the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The Father has uttered His declaration; we are offered the chance to answer.
All of Christianity comes down to one question: does God have permissi…