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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 Third Sunday of Lent
 
From the middle, you can't see the end.
 
From the middle, you can't see the end. But just know you're making progress, even if you don't feel it. 
 Mass Readings from March 8, 2026: Exodus 17:3-7 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 
John 4:5-42

Episode 123148: 3/8/26 Autobiography: The Middle

Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent
 
Every story has a title. Does one moment define the whole thing?
 
There is often a speech that lives inside each of us. That speech can become the title of our story. Is that title marked by resentment? Or is there a larger event that can define our lives?
 Mass Readings from March 1, 2026: Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 222 Timothy 1:8b-10 
Matthew 17:1-9

Episode 123147: 3/1/26 Autobiography: Title

Homily from the First Sunday of Lent.
 
Every story has a beginning.
 
As we begin Lent, we are faced with the question: If I live the next 25 years of my life the way I've lived the past seven days, where will I end up? Who will I become? We are writing our life story with every choice that we make. Are we writing in rebellion? Or with God as the Co-Author?
 Mass Readings from February 22, 2026: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17Romans 5:12-19 
Matthew 4:1-11

02/22/26 Autobiography: Co-Author

Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
 
Jesus didn't give us a new weight to carry, but a new way to carry the weight.
 
We all have things that we NEED to do. When we show up knowing that we are doing what God has asked, there is the necessity to also do what God has asked us to do the WAY God has asked us to do it…with love.
 Mass Readings from February 15, 2026: Sirach 15:15-20 Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-341 Corinthians 2:6-10 
Matthew 5:17-37

02/15/26 Put Your Heart Into It

Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Jesus, do not let what You did for me end with me.
 
To have been given all that one needs...and then to not use it would be a tragedy. We are surrounded by the tragedy of wasted potential. But this doesn't have to be the end of our story.
 Mass Readings from February 8, 2026: Isaiah 58:7-10 Psalm 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-91 Corinthians 2:1-5 
Matthew 5:13-16

2/8/26 Wasted Potential

Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Do not give away what has real value for counterfeit happiness.
 
There are many idols in our lives that promise the happiness that only God can give. The counterfeits of Wealth, Power, Pleasure, and Fame have taken all that people have and left them with nothing. Jesus gives us a new way to live...that actually leads to authentic happiness.
 Mass Readings from February 1, 2026: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-101 Corinthians 1:26-31 
Matthew 5:1-12a

Episode 123146: 2/1/26 Counterfeit Happiness

Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
The question is not IF God will show up, but HOW will God show up.
 
There are times in our lives when it seems like there is no way forward. There are times when it seems like there is no way God can come through on His promises. There are times when it seems like God will not show up. But God always does in a way only He knows.
 Mass Readings from January 25, 2026: Isaiah 8:23—9:3 Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-141 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 
Matthew 4:12-23 or 4:12-17

Episode 123145: 1/25/26 God Shows Up

Homily from the (week in Church year.)
 
Subtitle
 
Description
 Mass Readings from {Month} {Date}, {Year}: First Reading PsalmSecond Reading 
Gospel

Episode 123144: 1/18/26 Mistaken Identity

Homily from the The Baptism of the Lord
 
The traps of believing we are God's advisors...or His performers.
 
Baptism changes us. It begins an entirely new life in each one of us. And yet, when we approach the Lord, we can be tempted to act, not as God's adopted children, but as His counselors or his performers.
 Mass Readings from January 11, 2026:Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 Psalm 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10Acts 10:34-38 
Matthew 3:13-17

Episode 123143: 1/11/26 Two Traps

Homily from the The Epiphany of the Lord
 
Indifference can turn into hostility.
 
Christ has come close. And yet, we all still have a choice: will we remain indifferent to His presence or will we seek Him out? If we choose indifference, we will not remain indifferent. When it comes to God, we either give Him our hearts or we remove Him from our lives.
 Mass Readings from January 4, 2026:Isaiah 60:1-6Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 
Matthew 2:1-12

Episode 123142: 1/4/26 Proximity or Intimacy

Homily from the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
 
The "trad family" goes back farther than the 1950's...
 
Men and women need to be authentically masculine and feminine for their marriages and families to thrive. But what IS authentic masculinity? What IS authentic femininity?
 Mass Readings from December 28, 2025: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5Colossians 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 
Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23

Episode 123140: 12/28/25 The Holy Family

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