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
8/15/23 The Assumption
Homily from the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary is the New Ark of the New Covenant.
It is fitting that Mary was assumed into Heaven since she is the fulfillment of the Ark…
8/13/23 The Enemy of Focus
Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
A distraction issue or a decision issue?
In order to achieve any worthwhile goal, we need to focus. Yet, distractions abound in our world and in our…
8/6/23 Identity Precedes Mission
Homily from the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Claimed. Respected. Trusted.
Jesus Transfigured on the top of Mount Tabor precedes His journey to Mount Calvary. On Tabor, He is not merely tr…
7/30/23 Parabellum: This Battle
Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Observe. Orient. Decide. Act.
When we are faced with the challenges and obstacles of following Christ, it is easy to become overwhelmed. But we do …
7/23/23 Parabellum: An Enemy
Homily from the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The enemy can't win, he just wants you to lose.
The Church has been established by Jesus Christ Himself. And yet, the Church has sinners and sin with…
7/16/23 Parabellum: Five Attacks
Homily from the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We may want to run, but things get in the way.
God provides the grace that we need to be able to grow as fully and freely as possible. But life is fu…
7/9/23 Hurry and Worry
Homily from the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Hurry is the greatest threat to the spiritual life and the way of Jesus."
We constantly experience the temptation to "max out" our lives by racing …
7/2/23 Gift and Grief
Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Just one more thing that could go wrong.
To protect one's heart is the safest way to live. But since we are made in God's image and likeness, we are…
6/25/23 The Fear of the Lord
Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
We must cultivate the fear of the Lord in our lives. If we do not, then we will have only a partial vi…
6/18/23 The Need for Fathers
Homily from the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Competent generosity is the key for healthy masculinity.
Jesus prays that His Church is never without shepherds. This world and His Church is in need …
6/11/23 The Heart of the Matter
Homily from the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Feast of Corpus Christi)
Love is the best thing in this world.
We are made for love. God is love. We are therefore made for God. And God com…
6/4/23 Blank Tablets
Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
God, you get to tell me who You are.
We have been made in the image of God. The common temptation that we all face is to re-make God in our own imag…
5/28/23 Come, Holy Spirit!
Homily from Pentecost Sunday
I do not want what Jesus has done in me to stop with me.
Jesus has accomplished the Father's will in offering Himself on the Cross. He has further sent the Holy Spirit fo…
5/21/23 They Doubted
Homily from the The Ascension of the Lord
Approach the Lord with open hearts.
It has been said that "10,000 difficulties do not make one single doubt". When we approach God, we can be tempted to hesi…
5/14/23 A Reason for Your Hope
Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter
Jesus is the Lord. Is He my Lord?
Saint Peter tells us to be prepared to give a reason for our hope. We need to be ready to give an explanation for the truth th…
5/7/23 Spiritual Houses
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter
The Temple is the place of sacrifice.
Peter notes that we are built into a spiritual house. We know what kind of building it is based on the purpose of the buil…
4/30/23 Homestretch: Love
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter
Sometimes love is just showing up.
At the twilight of our lives, we will be judged on love alone. And to love is to give. Love almost always involves sacrifice…
4/23/23 Homestretch: Hope
Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter
Christian hope does not trust that all will be well if I get what I want, but that all will be well even when I don't.
Sometimes the hardest part of the race is…
4/16/23 Homestretch: Faith
Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday
It is of no use to say "I believe in Jesus" and then go back to life as usual.
Faith is at the heart of our relationship with God. But our faith cannot simply be what …
4/9/23 The Body
Homily from The Resurrection of the Lord
I believe in the resurrection of the flesh.
Just as Jesus Christ conquered death by dying and gave us life by rising from the dead, every person will get thei…