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Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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.© 2025 Ascension Christianity Spirituality
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  • 11/2/25 After This

    11/2/25 After This
    Nov 1 2025

    Homily from the Commemoration of All the Faithfully Departed (All Souls).

    By the end of this Mass, some things will be changed forever.

    Purgatory is an essential teaching of Christianity. It highlights that salvation is both an event and a process. Purgatory is God's gift on continuing the process of making our hearts like His that He began in this life.

    Mass Readings from November 2, 2025: Wisdom 3:1-9 Psalm 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6Romans 5:5-11

    John 6:37-40
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    27 mins
  • 10/26/25 I Got Nothin'

    10/26/25 I Got Nothin'
    Oct 25 2025

    Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    Nothing to Offer. Nothing to Prove. Nothing to Hide.

    When we stand before the gates of Heaven and we are asked why we should be let in...what is our answer? How would we approach Heaven? How do we approach God now? We might approach God with our resume, or as an audition, or with perfection...but we need to approach in a different way.

    Mass Readings from October 26, 2025: Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 Psalm 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 232 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

    Luke 18:9-14
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    20 mins
  • 10/19/25 Moments of Consequence

    10/19/25 Moments of Consequence
    Oct 18 2025

    Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    Persist through severity.

    There are big moments in our lives. We usually think of the beginning or the end of something as the moments of consequence. But the middle often holds the most impactful moments of consequence; times when we are called to persevere...to "remain faithful" to the decisions we have made.

    Mass Readings from October 19, 2025: Exodus 17:8-13 Psalm 121:1-82 Timothy 3:14-4:2

    Luke 18:1-8
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    28 mins
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