Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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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.

Episode Date
03/24/24 He Leadeth Me: Enter the Story
Mar 23, 2024
03/17/24 He Leadeth Me: The Simple Secret
Mar 16, 2024
03/10/24 He Leadeth Me: Owned By the Past
Mar 09, 2024
03/03/24 He Leadeth Me: The Greatest Grace
Mar 02, 2024
02/25/24 He Leadeth Me: As Long As...
Feb 24, 2024
02/18/24 He Leadeth Me: Great Expectations
Feb 17, 2024
02/14/24 Ash Wednesday: Hope, Faith, Love in Lent
Feb 15, 2024
02/11/24 Holy Moments: His Moments
Feb 10, 2024
02/04/24 Holy Moments: Shared Moments
Feb 03, 2024
01/28/24 Holy Moments: Present Moment
Jan 27, 2024
01/21/24 Holy Moments: Ordinary Moments
Jan 20, 2024
01/14/24 Claimed and Called
Jan 13, 2024
01/07/24 Worship is the Only Proper Response
Jan 06, 2024
12/31/23 Family Life
Dec 30, 2023
12/25/23 The Amateur
Dec 25, 2023
12/24/23 Main Character: No Small Parts
Dec 23, 2023
12/17/23 Main Character: Don't Wait
Dec 16, 2023
12/10/23 Main Character: Perfect
Dec 09, 2023
12/8/23 The New Eve
Dec 08, 2023
12/3/23 Main Character: An Average Star
Dec 02, 2023
11/26/23 Based On a True Story: Unwritten
Nov 25, 2023
11/19/23 Based On a True Story: Otherwise
Nov 18, 2023
11/12/23 Based On a True Story: Kakangelion
Nov 11, 2023
11/5/23 Based On a True Story: The Gospel of God
Nov 04, 2023
11/1/23 "All of the Saints"
Nov 01, 2023
10/29/23 Lost: Love Is the Way
Oct 28, 2023
10/22/23 Lost: Every Step
Oct 21, 2023
10/15/23 Lost: You Are Here
Oct 14, 2023
10/8/23 Lost: Have No Anxiety At All
Oct 07, 2023
10/1/23 Tough Love: Because He Asked Me To
Sep 30, 2023
09/24/23 Tough Love: Receive and Rejoice
Sep 23, 2023
09/17/23 Tough Love: As We Forgive
Sep 16, 2023
9/10/23 Tough Love: Only the Good Things
Sep 09, 2023
9/3/23 Deny Yourself
Sep 02, 2023
8/27/23 The Question
Aug 26, 2023
8/20/23 More Knowledge or More Courage
Aug 19, 2023
8/15/23 The Assumption
Aug 15, 2023
8/13/23 The Enemy of Focus
Aug 12, 2023
8/6/23 Identity Precedes Mission
Aug 05, 2023
7/30/23 Parabellum: This Battle
Jul 29, 2023
7/23/23 Parabellum: An Enemy
Jul 22, 2023
7/16/23 Parabellum: Five Attacks
Jul 15, 2023
7/9/23 Hurry and Worry
Jul 08, 2023
7/2/23 Gift and Grief
Jul 01, 2023
6/25/23 The Fear of the Lord
Jun 24, 2023
6/18/23 The Need for Fathers
Jun 17, 2023
6/11/23 The Heart of the Matter
Jun 10, 2023
6/4/23 Blank Tablets
Jun 03, 2023
5/28/23 Come, Holy Spirit!
May 27, 2023
5/21/23 They Doubted
May 20, 2023
5/14/23 A Reason for Your Hope
May 13, 2023
5/7/23 Spiritual Houses
May 06, 2023
4/30/23 Homestretch: Love
Apr 29, 2023
4/23/23 Homestretch: Hope
Apr 22, 2023
4/16/23 Homestretch: Faith
Apr 15, 2023
4/9/23 The Body
Apr 08, 2023
4/7/23 Guilty
Apr 07, 2023
4/6/23 Priesthood
Apr 06, 2023
4/2/23 Prototype: Acceptance
Apr 01, 2023
3/26/23 Prototype: Tears
Mar 25, 2023
3/19/23 Prototype: Fault
Mar 18, 2023
3/12/23 Prototype: Vision
Mar 11, 2023
3/5/23 Prototype: Prayer
Mar 04, 2023
2/26/23 Prototype: Temptation
Feb 25, 2023
2/22/23 Prototype: Jesus is the Model
Feb 23, 2023
2/19/23 Homeless: Give Up or Surrender
Feb 18, 2023
2/12/23 Homeless: Freedom
Feb 11, 2023
2/5/23 Homeless: Different
Feb 04, 2023
1/29/23 Homeless: Perspective
Jan 28, 2023
1/22/23 Homeless: Resolution
Jan 21, 2023
1/15/23 Homeless: Homeless But Holy
Jan 14, 2023
1/8/23 Here to Give
Jan 07, 2023
1/1/23 Hold, Reflect, and Remember
Dec 31, 2022
12/25/22 Closer Than You Think: Small Enough to Ignore
Dec 24, 2022
12/18/22 Closer Than You Think: When He Reveals Himself
Dec 17, 2022
12/11/22 Closer Than You Think: Be Patient
Dec 10, 2022
12/8/22 Immaculate Conception: Receptivity
Dec 08, 2022
12/4/22 Closer Than You Think: One Step
Dec 03, 2022
11/27/22 Closer Than You Think: 29 Days
Nov 26, 2022
11/20/22 A God You Cannot Control
Nov 19, 2022
11/13/22 Something Other Than God
Nov 12, 2022
11/6/22 Carry the Fire
Nov 05, 2022
11/01/22 All Saints
Nov 01, 2022
10/30/22 Alteration or Transformation?
Oct 29, 2022
10/23/22 Growing Through the Motions: Busy or Productive?
Oct 22, 2022
10/16/22 Growing Through the Motions: Full Range of Motion
Oct 15, 2022
10/9/22 Growing Through the Motions: Start With Why
Oct 08, 2022
10/2/22 Growing Through the Motions: Passion or Duty?
Oct 01, 2022
09/25/22 Comfort Breeds Complacency
Sep 24, 2022
09/18/22 Eulogy Virtues: Integrity
Sep 17, 2022
09/11/22 Eulogy Virtues: Joy
Sep 10, 2022
09/04/22 Eulogy Virtues: Loyalty
Sep 03, 2022
08/28/22 Eulogy Virtues: Pay Attention
Aug 29, 2022
08/21/22 You, Strive
Aug 22, 2022
08/14/22 Finish the Race
Aug 15, 2022
08/07/22 Loosen the Roots
Aug 08, 2022
07/31/22 Then What?
Aug 01, 2022
07/24/22 Teach Us How
Jul 25, 2022
07/17/22 The Question
Jul 18, 2022
07/10/22 Simple Things First
Jul 11, 2022
07/03/22 Be A Saint
Jul 04, 2022
06/26/22 The Call
Jun 27, 2022
06/19/22 Corpus Christi
Jun 20, 2022
06/12/22 We Need Each Other
Jun 13, 2022
06/05/22 Given For Some Benefit
Jun 06, 2022
05/29/22 Ascension Gives Access
May 30, 2022
05/22/22 The Gift of the Church
May 23, 2022
05/15/22 Do Not Be Shocked
May 15, 2022
05/08/22 The Time of Great Distress
May 09, 2022
05/01/22 Wasted Potential
May 02, 2022
04/24/22 Be Mercy
Apr 25, 2022
04/17/22 Nothing
Apr 17, 2022
04/15/22 The Crown of Thorns
Apr 16, 2022
04/14/22 Last Words: The Final Last Word
Apr 15, 2022
04/10/22 Last Words: Tetelestai
Apr 10, 2022
04/03/22 Last Words: Use This.
Apr 04, 2022
03/27/22 Last Words: The Central Last Word
Mar 28, 2022
03/20/22 Last Words: Behold, Your Mother
Mar 21, 2022
03/13/22 Last Words: The Missing Last Word
Mar 14, 2022
03/06/22 Last Words: The First Last Words
Mar 07, 2022
02/27/22 Words Disclose
Feb 28, 2022
02/20/22 Nothing to Fear: Vulnerability
Feb 21, 2022
02/13/22 Nothing to Fear: The Future
Feb 15, 2022
02/06/22 Nothing to Fear: Inadequacy
Feb 07, 2022
01/30/22 Nothing to Fear: Rejection
Jan 31, 2022
01/23/22 Know Why
Jan 24, 2022
01/16/22 Jesus Changes Things
Jan 17, 2022
01/09/22 Children of the Father
Jan 09, 2022
01/02/22 It's Not About You
Jan 02, 2022
12/26/21 Be Careful
Dec 26, 2021
12/25/21 Look Up
Dec 25, 2021
12/19/21 Abounding Love: Love Commits
Dec 21, 2021
12/12/21 Abounding Love: Large Hearted
Dec 13, 2021
12/08/21 Immaculate Conception
Dec 09, 2021
12/05/21 Abounding Love: What is Worth Your Heart?
Dec 07, 2021
11/28/21 Abounding Love: No Room
Nov 30, 2021
11/21/21 All Over the Place
Nov 22, 2021
11/14/21 Always Forward. Never Back.
Nov 16, 2021
11/07/21 Learning to Lose: Practice Dying
Nov 08, 2021
11/01/21 Your Feast Day
Nov 01, 2021
10/31/21 Learning to Lose: All is Lost
Nov 01, 2021
10/24/21 Learning to Lose: Get Up
Oct 25, 2021
10/17/21 Learning to Lose: Winner or Witness?
Oct 18, 2021
10/10/21 Holding On: Holding On to You
Oct 11, 2021
10/03/21 Holding On: The Power of a Promise
Oct 04, 2021
09/26/21 Holding On: Patient and Ruthless
Sep 27, 2021
09/19/21 Desperate
Sep 21, 2021
09/12/21 Not Mine
Sep 13, 2021
09/05/21 Seen. Known. Loved.
Sep 06, 2021
08/29/21 Living in Later?
Aug 30, 2021
08/22/21 Consumer Catholic: The Church of Me
Aug 23, 2021
08/15/21 Consumer Catholic: The Body
Aug 16, 2021
08/08/21 Consumer Catholic: Farther to Go
Aug 09, 2021
08/01/21 Consumer Catholic: Choose God.
Aug 02, 2021
07/25/21 Consumer Catholic: Everything Given. Nothing Wasted.
Jul 26, 2021
07/18/21 The Poison of Indifference
Jul 19, 2021
07/11/21 Chosen and Consecrated
Jul 12, 2021
07/04/21 "Ruined"
Jul 05, 2021
06/27/21 Everyday Courage: Plan B
Jun 28, 2021
06/20/21 Everyday Courage: Into the Storm
Jun 21, 2021
06/13/21 Everyday Courage
Jun 14, 2021
06/06/21 The Crisis of Love
Jun 07, 2021
05/30/21 Secret Identity
Jun 01, 2021
05/23/21 Kingdom Gifts
May 23, 2021
05/16/21 You Will Be Martyrs
May 17, 2021
05/09/21 Spark Joy
May 10, 2021
05/02/21 Love Limits You
May 03, 2021
04/25/21 Inclusive Love/Exclusive Claim
Apr 26, 2021
04/18/21 To Be A Witness
Apr 19, 2021
04/11/21 Scar Stories
Apr 12, 2021
04/04/21 Ellipsis
Apr 04, 2021
04/02/21 Gallicantu
Apr 03, 2021
04/01/21 Context Matters
Apr 02, 2021
03/28/21 The Truth and the Choice
Mar 29, 2021
03/21/21 To The Heart: Vulnerable and Able
Mar 22, 2021
03/14/21 To The Heart: Hidden Heart
Mar 15, 2021
03/07/21 To The Heart: My Treacherous Heart
Mar 08, 2021
02/28/21 To The Heart: The Adventure of Obedience
Mar 02, 2021
02/21/21 To The Heart: Untamed and Untamable
Feb 22, 2021
02/17/21 To The Heart: Escape or Embrace
Feb 18, 2021
02/14/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Cost
Feb 15, 2021
02/07/21 Hindsight 20/20: In Good Times and In Bad
Feb 08, 2021
01/31/21 Hindsight 20/20: Worthless Knowledge
Feb 02, 2021
01/24/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Whole Story
Jan 25, 2021
01/17/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Moment Before the Moment
Jan 18, 2021
01/10/21 You Are My Son
Jan 11, 2021
12/27/20 Holy Families
Dec 27, 2020
12/25/20 Taken
Dec 25, 2020
12/20/20 Silent Waiting
Dec 20, 2020
12/13/20 "I Am Not"
Dec 14, 2020
12/06/20 Legacy
Dec 07, 2020
11/29/20 Be Here
Nov 30, 2020
11/22/20 Roadmap: Expect Delays
Nov 23, 2020
11/15/20 Roadmap: Checkpoints
Nov 16, 2020
11/08/20 Roadmap: Accident or Excellent
Nov 10, 2020
11/01/20 Roadmap: Guardrails
Nov 02, 2020
10/25/20 Roadmap: Reclaimed and Repurposed
Oct 26, 2020
10/18/20 Roadmap: Be A Saint
Oct 20, 2020
10/11/20 No Difference
Oct 12, 2020
10/04/20 It's Not Your Vineyard
Oct 05, 2020
09/27/20 How Do I Look? Change Your Mind
Sep 28, 2020
09/20/20 How Do I Look? Highlighter
Sep 21, 2020
09/13/20 How Do I Look? The Cost of Forgiveness
Sep 14, 2020
09/06/20 How Do I Look? Fighting For
Sep 06, 2020
08/30/20 How Do I Look? "Lucky"
Aug 31, 2020
08/23/20 Influencer
Aug 24, 2020
08/16/20 Great Faith
Aug 17, 2020
08/09/20 Why Did You Stop?
Aug 09, 2020
08/02/20 All We Have
Aug 03, 2020
07/05/20 Lead Yourself First
Jul 06, 2020
06/28/20 Something to Lose
Jun 28, 2020
06/21/20 Fear No One
Jun 21, 2020
06/14/20 No Longer Optional
Jun 15, 2020
06/07/20 In His Image and Likeness
Jun 08, 2020
05/31/20 Exiles: The First Gift
Jun 02, 2020
05/24/20 Exiles: Restoration
May 25, 2020
05/17/20 Exiles: Why Go Back?
May 18, 2020
05/10/20 Insecure: Uncertain Plans
May 11, 2020
05/03/20 Insecure: Untroubled by the Unknown
May 04, 2020
04/26/20 Insecure: Not Home
Apr 27, 2020
04/19/20 Insecure: The Source of Security
Apr 20, 2020
04/11/20 Witnesses
Apr 13, 2020
04/10/20 Prepared But Not Ready
Apr 11, 2020
04/09/20 Re-Claimed and Re-Named
Apr 10, 2020
04/05/20 Un-Done: Unfinished
Apr 05, 2020
03/29/20 Un-Done: Broken, Not Lost
Mar 29, 2020
03/22/20 Un-Done: God Shows Up
Mar 23, 2020
03/15/20 Un-Done: Not Fine
Mar 16, 2020
03/01/20 Un-Done: We've Come Undone
Mar 01, 2020
02/26/20 He Sees. He Cares.
Feb 27, 2020
02/23/20 Defiant Love
Feb 24, 2020
02/16/20 More Than A Criminal Heart
Feb 17, 2020
02/09/20 Good...For Nothing?
Feb 10, 2020
02/02/20 Underestimated: Unimpressive
Feb 02, 2020
01/26/20 Underestimated: Silence is Not Absence
Jan 26, 2020
01/19/20 Underestimated: Single Unifying Principle
Jan 20, 2020
12/25/19 One Star
Dec 25, 2019
12/22/19 Available and Capable
Dec 22, 2019
12/08/19 The Gift That Changes Everything
Dec 08, 2019
12/01/19 Before Goodbye
Dec 01, 2019
11/24/19 A King Who Remembers
Nov 24, 2019
11/17/19 CompariSIN: Stealing Joy
Nov 18, 2019
11/10/19 CompariSIN: Incomparable
Nov 10, 2019
11/03/19 CompariSIN: Infinitely Preferred
Nov 04, 2019
10/27/19 CompariSIN: The Way of Comparison
Oct 27, 2019
10/20/19 The Hardest Step: The Next Step
Oct 21, 2019
10/13/19 The Hardest Step: The First Step
Oct 14, 2019
10/06/19 Are You Saved? From What: Lovelessness
Oct 07, 2019
09/29/19 Are You Saved? From What: Lifelessness
Sep 29, 2019
09/22/19 Are You Saved? From What: Hopelessness
Sep 22, 2019
09/15/19 Are You Saved? From What: Fatherlessness
Sep 16, 2019
09/08/19 First Thing First
Sep 09, 2019
09/01/19 Oh, Vanity
Sep 01, 2019
08/25/19 Hope and Discipline
Aug 26, 2019
08/11/19 Living By Faith
Aug 12, 2019
07/07/19 Declaration
Jul 08, 2019
06/30/19 We'll See
Jun 30, 2019
06/09/19 The Peace of Christ
Jun 10, 2019
05/12/19 #Fail: Failure is Feedback
May 13, 2019
05/05/19 #Fail: The Only Way to Fail
May 06, 2019
04/28/19 #Fail: Free to Fail
Apr 29, 2019
04/14/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Stand
Apr 14, 2019
04/07/19 Behind Enemy Lines: The Father of Lies
Apr 07, 2019
03/31/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Let Go...and Come Inside
Apr 01, 2019
03/24/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Trust God...and Fight
Mar 25, 2019
03/17/19 Behind Enemy Lines: My Own Worst Enemy
Mar 18, 2019
03/06/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Isolated and Disoriented
Mar 07, 2019
03/03/19 Talking and Trials
Mar 04, 2019
02/24/19 Love Yourself
Feb 25, 2019
02/17/19 The Fighting Virtue
Feb 18, 2019
02/10/19 Disqualified: Unfit
Feb 11, 2019
02/03/19 Disqualified: Remarkably Average
Feb 04, 2019
01/27/19 Disqualified: Prevented or Prepared?
Jan 28, 2019
01/20/19 Insufficient and Insignificant
Jan 21, 2019
12/25/18 But Why?
Dec 25, 2018
12/09/18 The End?
Dec 10, 2018
12/02/18 Be Ready, Get Ready
Dec 03, 2018
11/25/18 Come to the Altar: Kingdom Priesthood
Nov 26, 2018
11/18/18 Come to the Altar: Learning to Worship
Nov 19, 2018
11/11/18 Come to the Altar: Hollow Worship
Nov 12, 2018
11/04/18 Come to the Altar: Where's Your Altar?
Nov 05, 2018
10/28/18 Rivals: Rival Voices
Oct 28, 2018
10/21/18 Rivals: The Rival of Control
Oct 22, 2018
10/14/18 Rivals: The Reason is the Rival
Oct 16, 2018
10/07/18 Rivals: All or Nothing
Oct 09, 2018