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.
Episodes
Homily from the The Resurrection of the Lord, The Mass of Easter Day
Get up and do what you can.
We know that darkness is real. And death is real. But darkness and death are not the end. There are some things that never die...Faith...Love...the Promise of eternal life.
- Mass Readings from April, 20, 2025:
- Acts 10:34a, 37-43<...
Homily from Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
This is not the end of the Story, but it had to happen for the Story to go on.
The Passion of Christ is not the end of the Story, but we must pause and reflect on it. It is the lens through which we see: What love looks like when it costs everything, what sin looks like when we can see the wounds, and what mercy looks like when it refuses to give up.
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Homily from Holy Thursday, Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
He loved them to the end.
One of the characteristics that marks modern man is that we find ourselves angry at God. In fact, we are so angry that we would be willing to hurt God if we could. Yet, God is invulnerable. He cannot be hurt. Still, God chose to step into this world and love us...while making Himself vulnerable.
Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
Thank God ahead of time.
We often put off joy and praise and peace. We are tempted to be preoccupied with wanting to be "there" or wanting to be "done" with whatever we are working on or whatever we are doing. Yet, as Catholics, we are called to be "here". We can best live "on the way" when we don't wait to thank God; when we thank God before we are "there". We can thank God right ...
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Lent.
We run out of all hope...and then Jesus.
The Dead End is a necessary place of the way. The location where we run out of our own skill and our own strength and find ourselves completely unable to move forward on our own. In the midst of the dead end...and then Jesus.
- Mass Readings from April 6, 2025:
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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
To look like Jesus, we must learn how to live in the Presence of the Father.
When it comes to our relationship with the Father, too often it is marked by hiding our hearts or avoiding His gaze. But we must learn how to live like Jesus, who remained in the Father's Presence at all times and with profound trust.
- Mass Reading...
Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent.
We all want peak moments, but growth happens in the Valley.
Why do we walk through valleys? What good is life in the valley? Is it only a negative? Is it always a punishment from God? Or could the valley be necessary?
- Mass Readings from March 23, 2025:
- Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15
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Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent.
A big life is a series of small crossroads.
Life happens at the crossroads. Life is also a series of small crossroads that might seem insignificant, but add up to a life of beauty and meaning...or a life potentially wasted.
- Mass Readings from March 16, 2025:
- Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18
Homily from the First Sunday of Lent.
The only way out is through.
As we enter into the desert, the desert takes away the things we tend to trust in...the things we use as comforts and crutches...and we are led through the "training place" to the place of being able to live like Christ.
- Mass Readings from March 9, 2025:
- Deute...
Homily from the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Silence reveals our hearts and silence trains our hearts.
As we enter into the place of training, we realize that there are certain things that reveal the condition of our hearts...trial, tribulation, speech, and silence. But we need to consciously enter into these if we are going to know ourselves and be trained in the way of Christ.
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Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Love those who deserve it. And those who don’t.
Jesus gives us a commandment that existed from the beginning: we are to love those who deserve it. This is justice. Jesus goes on to teach us and even greater love: mercy.
- Mass Readings from February 23, 2025:
- 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, ...
Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
We live in this life, but we live for the next life.
Jesus turns our fears and our hopes upside down...because through the Resurrection, Jesus has turned the world upside down.
- Mass Readings from February 16, 2025:
- Jeremiah 17:5-8
- Psalms 1:1-4...
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
There are two requirements: Be available and be willing to try.
There are times when the future is so uncertain and so unknown that we hesitate to move. But since we know that God is with us, He has a call on our lives, and His grace is active...we can take the next step without fear.
- Mass Readings from February 9, ...
Homily from the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.
Do what you know, where you are.
What is the Greatest Thing you will ever do? What if the Greatest Thing is not something you accomplish, but who you become?
- Mass Readings from February 2, 2025:
- Malachi 3:1-4
- Psalms 24:7-10
Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
You've been given a great work, and must not come down.
Since you have been made on purpose, there are two ways to live: on purpose and off purpose. But if a person has been made to be great and set apart for a purpose, why would they ever choose to live off purpose? The common culprits are distraction, forgetting, comparison, and living a shadow mission.
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Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Why be great?
A powerful goal in life is to be great. To be able to say, "I am good at this" regardless of comparison, but with an eye towards real excellence. At the same time, even when we have a goal and have a plan, we all need to be motivated by WHY.
- Mass Readings from January 19, 2025:
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Homily from the Baptism of the Lord.
You've been claimed at the lowest point.
The Baptism of the Lord is a mystery. The mystery of how Christ comes into contact with the water...and it does not change Him; He changes it. This is the pattern from this moment on: Christ comes into contact with us, claims us, and changes us.
- Mass Readings from January 12, 2025:
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:
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 Readin...
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
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