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
4/7/23 Guilty
Homily from Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
I am guilty. And I am loved.
When we are falsely accused, we can often be tempted to defend ourselves or justify ourselves. This makes sense, since we wa…
4/6/23 Priesthood
Homily from Holy Thursday
The only gifts the first priests had to offer the world was what God had given them.
Holy Thursday marks the beginning of the final stages of Christ's Passion. But it also m…
4/2/23 Prototype: Acceptance
Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
Jesus' secret is voluntary and radical acceptance.
In His final moments on earth, our Rabbi teaches us one of the greatest lessons of Bet Midrash: how d…
3/26/23 Prototype: Tears
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Why does Jesus weep?
Jesus wept. Why does Jesus weep in the face of the death of Lazarus? He weeps to silence the Great Lie. He weeps because He loves. He weep…
3/19/23 Prototype: Fault
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
We need to stop asking "who is to blame?" and start asking "What can God do with this?"
The disciples ask Jesus whose fault it is that the man was born blind. S…
3/12/23 Prototype: Vision
Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent.
Jesus taught the world how to see the person.
We are constantly facing the temptation to define people by their group or by their shame. Jesus reveals that, whil…
3/5/23 Prototype: Prayer
Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent.
In teaching about prayer, Jesus offered something no other rabbi could give.
Jesus, the Prototype, reveals His prayer to the Apostles. Every rabbi would teach h…
2/26/23 Prototype: Temptation
Homily from the First Sunday of Lent.
Expect the Trial. Eliminate the Option. Re-Write the Script. Focus on the Word.
We will face trials and temptations throughout our lives. When we follow and stu…
2/22/23 Prototype: Jesus is the Model
Homily from Ash Wednesday.
The goal of the Christian life is to become like Christ.
As we begin Lent, we often mistakenly choose arbitrary things to give up or arbitrary ways to pray. But the goal of…
2/19/23 Homeless: Give Up or Surrender
Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The difference between giving up and surrender is one word: trust.
There are so many circumstances in life that are beyond our control. We can easily …
2/12/23 Homeless: Freedom
Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Our hearts are enslaved...exile can be the cure.
There are so many circumstances that are beyond our control. But no matter the situation, one thing tha…
2/5/23 Homeless: Different
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Do what you would do even if no one is watching.
So many of us have a fear of being different. We would prefer to be like everyone else. But we cannot a…
1/29/23 Homeless: Perspective
Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Do not wait to live. God is using this here and now.
There is real suffering. There is real good and evil. But sometimes, the difference between someth…
1/22/23 Homeless: Resolution
Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Our identity is at the heart of our resolution.
One of the greatest things that is lost while in exile is a true sense of identity. Too quickly, we forg…
1/15/23 Homeless: Homeless But Holy
Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
What is the difference between a "good person" and a "saint"?
"A good society is one that makes it easy to be good." But what if you don't live in a go…
1/8/23 Here to Give
Homily from the Mass of the Epiphany of the Lord.
The best thing we can do.
While we are certainly human "beings", we are also meant to "do". The most important thing we can do is LOVE. And the most …
1/1/23 Hold, Reflect, and Remember
Homily from the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.
Mary, the Mother of God is the model for how to live well.
Mary is the Mother of God because the baby in her womb was the Seco…
12/25/22 Closer Than You Think: Small Enough to Ignore
Homily from the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Mass).
At Christmas, in our lives, and in the Mass...God becomes small enough to ignore.
God is closer than we think. But the ways that He draws close…
12/18/22 Closer Than You Think: When He Reveals Himself
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent.
What is our response when God does reveal Himself?
We've been showing up and placing ourselves in God's Presence for the past 22 days. Sometimes we merely exp…
12/11/22 Closer Than You Think: Be Patient
Homily from the Third Sunday of Advent.
Be patient with the Lord, the process, and yourself.
We often find it difficult to wait for things to come to us. During this season of Advent, we can also str…