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Ascension

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.

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Discipline isn't the point, but it is the path.
 
God calls us to develop the potential He has given us by leaning into the discipline He is calling us to. Who is it you want to be? What do you want to be true about you?
 Mass Readings from August, 24, 2025:Isaiah 66:18-21 Psalm 117:1, 2Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 
Luke 13:22-30

8/24/25 Begin. Or begin again.

Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Villains and Heroes are made out of the same stuff.
 
We are not surrounded by villains and heroes, we are surrounded by ordinary people. And every one of us, by our daily choices, can become a villain or hero.
 Mass Readings from August 17, 2025: Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10Psalm 40:2, 3, 4, 18Hebrews 12:1-4 
Luke 12:49-53

8/17/25 Ordinary People

Homily from the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
 
God had no backup plan after Mary.
 
The Assumption of Mary is the reality that Our Lady was taken up entirely into Heaven. This is, in some ways, the fulfillment of her entire life. Since she belonged totally to God, she was brought totally to God.
 Mass Readings from August 15, 2025:Revelation 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB Psalm 45:10, 11, 12, 16 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 
Luke 1:39-56

8/15/25 All In

Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
Without obedience, there is no faith.
 
Followers of Jesus want to grow in faith, but do they understand what it is to live by faith?
 Mass Readings from August 10, 2025: Wisdom 18:6-9 Psalm 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 
Luke 12:32-48

08/10/25 More Faith

Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
Remember you will die. Remember you have died.
 
We are called to live a new life. But we cannot live a new life until we have allowed our old life to die. We need to remember that we will die in the future. Christians also have the chance to remember that we already have died.
 Mass Readings from August 3, 2025: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-14 and 17Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 
Luke 12:13-21

08/03/25 Memento Mori

Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
The battle of prayer.
 
Every one of us knows that we ought to pray. But not all of us know how. In addition, not all of us know that prayer can often be a challenge...it is a battle.
 Mass Readings from July 27, 2025: Genesis 18:20-32 Psalm 138:1-3, 6-8Colossians 2:12-14 
Luke 11:1-13

07/27/25 Teach Us to Pray

Homily from the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
Do it for the love of Jesus.
 
We all have a lot to do. We may even be tempted to resent all that we have to do. But if we do it for the right reason, even the most difficult tasks take on new power and new purpose.
 Mass Readings from July 20, 2025: Genesis 18:1-10 Psalm 15:2-5Colossians 1:24-28 
Luke 10:38-42

07/20/25 The Reason Why

Homily from the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
Knowing is nice. Doing makes the difference.
 
We can know exactly what to do, but unless we act on what we know, nothing will change.
 Mass Readings from July 13, 2025: Deuteronomy 30:10-14 Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37Colossians 1:15-20 
Luke 10:25-37

07/13/25 Doing

Homily from the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
There are some things worth risking everything for.
 
Those who signed the Declaration of Independance risked everything. Every Christian who follows Jesus is risking everything in order to have the Lord. 
 Mass Readings from July 5, 2025: Isaiah 66:10-14 Psalm 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20Galatians 6:14-18 
Luke 10:1-12, 17-20

07/05/25 Signers

Homily from the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.
 
Jesus came to establish a Church.
 
The Church is an essential part of God's Kingdom on earth. Jesus is the King. Peter (and his successors) are the stewards of the King. This role has the authority to teach, guide, and govern.
 Mass Readings from June 29, 2025: Acts 12:1-11 Psalm 34:2-92 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 
Matthew 16:13-19

6/29/25 Pillar and Foundation: Upon this Rock

Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
 
Christianity doesn’t offer comfort. It offers something else.
 
In our culture today, we are able to avoid thinking of death. But death is the inevitable reality of living. Still, the fact that we will all die is not the problem. The problem is that we pretend that we won’t.
 Mass Readings from March 28, 2021: Isaiah 50:4-7 Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24Phillipians 2:6-11 
Mark 14:1—15:47

03/28/21 The Truth and the Choice

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