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
04/07/24 Justice or Mercy?
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 somet…
03/31/24 Necessary or Accessory
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 tha…
03/29/24 The Man of Sorrows
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 larg…
03/28/24 Three Sadnesses of Holy Thursday
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 Euchar…
03/24/24 He Leadeth Me: Enter the Story
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.…
03/17/24 He Leadeth Me: The Simple Secret
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 a…
03/10/24 He Leadeth Me: Owned By the Past
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 Chronicle…
03/03/24 He Leadeth Me: The Greatest Grace
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 tha…
02/25/24 He Leadeth Me: As Long As...
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 under…
02/18/24 He Leadeth Me: Great Expectations
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…
02/14/24 Ash Wednesday: Hope, Faith, Love in Lent
Homily from Ash Wednesday.
We hope He sees. We have faith it matters to Him. We do it because He said so.
During Lent, we have the chance to make our lives an act of hope, faith, and love. More than …
02/11/24 Holy Moments: His Moments
Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The moments are holy when the moments are His...and the moments are His when the motive is Him.
When something is dedicated, it is transformed. It is el…
02/04/24 Holy Moments: Shared Moments
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
You can only share what you have.
Holy moments are shared moments. We share like Jesus (and make moments holy) when we are generous and honest.
- Mass Rea…
01/28/24 Holy Moments: Present Moment
Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The Holy Moment is the present moment.
When we live lives of distraction we cannot live lives of wonder or joy or holiness. Distraction steals life aw…
01/21/24 Holy Moments: Ordinary Moments
Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Holy moments are ordinary moments reconsidered.
An ordinary life is not an obstacle to a holy life. In fact, every extraordinary life is made up of ordi…
01/14/24 Claimed and Called
Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
God has a claim on your life...and God has a call for your life.
We can often be hesitant to make decisions in life. Not only because we do not want to…
01/07/24 Worship is the Only Proper Response
Homily from the Epiphany of the Lord.
We give God our best, our heart, and what He has asked for.
As we know, the heart of religion is worship. But we need to put our hearts into worship. We give G…
12/31/23 Family Life
Homily from the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
The Holy Family was holy, but not without struggles.
Jesus entered into this broken world by entering into the reality that all of …
12/25/23 The Amateur
Homily from the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas).
The reality is that God is not a professional. He is an amateur.
There are many things in life where we merely like the "idea" of that thing. The rea…
12/24/23 Main Character: No Small Parts
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent.
Whatever You ask of me, the answer is yes.
One of the more challenging reminders of this series is that God is the point of all of this. He is not only the M…