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
12/8/22 Immaculate Conception: Receptivity
Homily from the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
God always gives what we need to accomplish His will.
Mary was preserved from all stain of original sin at the momen…
12/4/22 Closer Than You Think: One Step
Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.
"One day" could become "Day One".
So often, there are things that we would like to do "one day". Sometimes those dreams pass us by and we lose nothing. But o…
11/27/22 Closer Than You Think: 29 Days
Homily from the First Sunday of Advent.
You are made for more than a secondhand relationship with God.
We have 29 days until Christmas. And so much can change in that time. If we are willing to commi…
11/01/22 All Saints
Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints.
Live so that this day will one day be your feast day.
The Feast of All Saints is the day when all of those who are in Heaven are remembered and we ask them to…
10/30/22 Alteration or Transformation?
Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Zacchaeus knew that he was a bad man. What he didn't know was if he could be different.
Too many of us come to Jesus with the idea that He is wil…
10/23/22 Growing Through the Motions: Busy or Productive?
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Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Nothing is so worthless as working hard on the wr…
10/16/22 Growing Through the Motions: Full Range of Motion
Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The only way to be able to pray in all seasons is to pray in all seasons.
Growing through the motions involves commitment, consistency, and compa…
10/9/22 Growing Through the Motions: Start With Why
Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Our Why is a Who.
We can know exactly what to do and how to do it. So much of our lives can be spent doing more and more, but never knowing exac…
10/2/22 Growing Through the Motions: Passion or Duty?
Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Duty is not the enemy.
So much of life is doing our duty. Doing what we are supposed to do. And yet, there are times when this means that we on…
09/25/22 Comfort Breeds Complacency
Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Complacency is being satisfied with how things are and not being willing to change them.
We are insulated from discomfort in many ways. And our l…
09/18/22 Eulogy Virtues: Integrity
Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The connection between our values and our virtues.
We are nothing without the virtue of integrity. As one pastor noted, "If you have integrity, n…
09/11/22 Eulogy Virtues: Joy
Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Who you are now is who you are.
Joy is the abiding sense of well-being. It is a feeling, but it is also a choice. But we do not choose joy itsel…
09/04/22 Eulogy Virtues: Loyalty
Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Loyalty is a force that conquers time.
The essence of a eulogy virtue is character. Not merely who people think you are, but who you actually are…
08/28/22 Eulogy Virtues: Pay Attention
Homily from the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.
The Book of Sirach makes the claim that the humble person is loved m…
08/21/22 You, Strive
Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.
How are you fighting for Heaven?
Jesus makes it very clear that our call is to make our pursuit of Heaven exactly that: a pursuit. He is personal…
08/14/22 Finish the Race
Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Sometimes God gives the victory and sometimes God gives what we need to finish the race.
Every one of us is in the middle of the race of our lives. …
08/07/22 Loosen the Roots
Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
We sacrifice because we love and we love because we sacrifice.
The roots in our lives can be so beneficial. Family and friends, home and homeland. …