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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

Want to walk through Advent with Fr. Mike?
 
Join us for daily video Advent reflections in the Ascension App: https://ascensionpress.com/pages/frmikeadvent

Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.
 
God will bring the work He has begun to completion.
 
We can do so many things in the Christian life that are important. But if we miss the most important aspect of following Christ, our lives will be incomplete. We are called to love...and yet we do not have it in us to be able to love the way we need to. Thankfully, God meets us in our need and our lack and supplies us with all we need.
 Mass Readings from December 8, 2024: Baruch 5:1-9 Ps 126:1-6Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11 
Luke 3:1-6

12/8/24 Face to Face: Incomplete

Want to walk through Advent with Fr. Mike?
 
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Homily from the Third Sunday of Advent.
 
How can we see the Lord face to face til we have faces?
 
We tell ourselves so many stories. Some of these stories are true and some of them are not. One challenge we have is to tell true stories...about ourselves and about the Lord. In order to be able to see the Lord face to face, we will need to know ourselves and some before God as our true selves.
 Mass Readings from December 15, 2024: Zephaniah 3:14-18 Isaiah 12:2-6Philippians 4:4-7 
Luke 3:10-18

12/15/24 Face to Face: Til We Have Faces

Want to walk through Advent with Fr. Mike?
 
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent.
 
I'm not going to fear what I don't know, I am going to trust who I do know.
 
We can wait in excitement and joy...we can also wait in fear. We fear the dark and might fear death for the same reason: the unknown. We can fear the unknown in the afterlife and we can fear the unknown of our own inner life. God's mercy leads us to a place of trust.
 Mass Readings from December 22, 2024: Micah 5:1-4 Psalms 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19Hebrews 10:5-10 
Luke 1:39-45

12/22/24 Face to Face: Fear to Fiat

Homily from the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas).
 
The one who has gratitude has enough.
 
At the moment we get to stand before the Lord face to face, what will the automatic and overwhelming response be? Will it be a word of love? Of contrition? Or will it be two words that summarize everything that could be said to the God who has used everything to get us ready to stand before Him? 
 Mass Readings from December 25, 2024: Isaiah 52:7-10 Psalms 98:1-6.Hebrews 1:1-6 
John 1:1-18

12/25/24 Face to Face: Two Words

Homily from the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
 
Make it your ambition to live a quiet life.
 
In a world where so many people live their lives "on display," the Holy Family shows us what it is to live a quiet (and meaningful) life.
 Mass Readings from December 29, 2024: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 Psalms 128:1-5Colossians 3:12-21 
Luke 2:41-52

12/29/24 A Hidden Life

Homily from the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.
 
When we know God's will, we must respond with "yes".
 
There are truly horrible and troubling things that can happen in each one of our lives. And yet, at every moment, we have the opportunity to respond in faith and love. Our response of trust can be summed up in one word: "Yes".
 Mass Readings from January 1, 2025: Numbers 6:22-27 Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8Galatians 4:4-7 
Luke 2:16-21

01/01/25 The Power of "Yes"

Homily from the Epiphany of the Lord.
 
There is something powerful about optimism.
 
Optimistic people are more likely to be risk takers and more likely to have a positive view of life. But optimistic people also have to have something stronger than mere "wishful thinking" to lean on when their own strength runs out.
 Mass Readings from January 5, 2025: Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalms 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13.Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 
Matthew 2:1-12

01/05/25 Optimism

Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
There are some relationships that do not tolerate rivals.
 
There are only two kinds of relationships that get to a point where it is “all…or nothing”: Romantic relationships and our relationship with Jesus. If we say “all”, that carries with it some consequences. Namely, all of our heart must belong to the other.
 Mass Readings from October 7, 2018: Genesis 2:18-24 Psalms 128:1-6Hebrews 2:9-11 
Mark 10:2-16
 
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10/07/18 Rivals: All or Nothing

Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
God has an absolute claim on your heart. What is the reason you won't give it to Him?
 
There is a clear difference between a reason and an excuse. Excuses are not acceptable answers, but there are times when even “good reasons” fail to be “good enough”.
 Mass Readings from October 14, 2018: Wisdom 7:7-11 Psalms 90:12-17Hebrews 4:12-13 
Mark 10:17-30
 
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10/14/18 Rivals: The Reason is the Rival

Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
What do I have to do to get what I want?
 
So much of our lives can be marked by the desire to control…or the fear of losing control. The rival of control can dominate. And the trust of praise and surrender can liberate.
 Mass Readings from October 21, 2018: Isaiah 53:10-11 Psalms 33:4-5, 18-20, 22Hebrews 4:14-16 
Mark 10:35-45
 
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12/29/24 A Hidden Life

12/29/24 A Hidden Life

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