Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
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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 transfor...
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10/12/25 Two Mule Loads
Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Break the cycle and build your life on a relationship with the God who saved your life.
10/05/25 Inheritance
Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
You have already been given everything you need to be a saint.
Imagine finding out...
9/28/25 The god of Our Generation
Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
When comfort is our god, we end up underliving our lives.
Modern life has done a powe...
9/21/25 Mini-Mediators
Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Don't let what Jesus did for you end with you.
Jesus is the one Mediator between God...
9/14/25 Words Fail
Homily from the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The Cross of Jesus is God's answer to our guilt. The Cross of Jesus is God's a...
9/7/25 Two Questions
Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Whenever there is something of value that we desire, we have to ask these two questions.
8/31/25 Freedom and Joy
Homily from the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Humility is nothing other than acknowledging and living the truth.
Humility is not p...
8/24/25 Begin. Or begin again.
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...
8/17/25 Ordinary People
Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Villains and Heroes are made out of the same stuff.
We are not surrounded by villains an...
8/15/25 All In
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 re...
08/10/25 More Faith
Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Without obedience, there is no faith.
Followers of Jesus want to grow in faith, but do...
08/03/25 Memento Mori
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 w...
07/27/25 Teach Us to Pray
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...
07/20/25 The Reason Why
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...
07/13/25 Doing
Homily from the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Knowing is nice. Doing makes the difference.
We can know exactly what to do, but unless...
07/05/25 Signers
Homily from the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
There are some things worth risking everything for.
Those who signed the Declaration o...
6/29/25 Pillar and Foundation: Upon this Rock
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...
6/22/25 Pillar and Foundation: Greatest Gift
Homily from the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.
Jesus did not say "Read this in memory of Me." He said "Do this in memory of Me."
The greates...
06/15/25 Pillar and Foundation: Necessary Teacher
Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
Even when the Bible seems clear, earnest Christians can get it wrong. We need a Church to te...
06/08/25 Pillar and Foundation: Infallible Teacher
Homily from Pentecost Sunday.
Without an infallible Teacher, an infallible Book is a worthless book.
The Church is messy. But it is also h...
06/01/25 Pillar and Foundation: Canon of Scripture
Homily from the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord.
Jesus didn't give us the Bible. He gave us the Church. And the Church gave us the Bible....
5/25/25 Pillar and Foundation: Says Who?
Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
Do we rely on the Bible alone?
The Church is not optional. When there is a question that is not c...
05/18/25 Move On: Not Alone
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
Life is difficult. You don't have to move on alone.
In a difficult life and a difficult mission, P...
5/11/25 Move On: Boundaries
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.
We get the behavior we are willing to tolerate.
There are times when we need to establish boundar...
5/4/25 Move On: Charcoal Fire
Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter
To be restored, we must revisit the place of ruin.
When we are called to move on, we may need to re...
4/27/25 Move On: Five Words
Homily from the Second Sunday of Easter, Sunday of Divine Mercy
Five words that can change your life.
Life is filled with change and uncer...
4/20/25 What Never Dies
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...
4/18/25 Pause
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 o...
4/17/25 The God Who Makes Himself Vulnerable
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...
04/13/25 The Place of the Way: Here
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 p...
04/06/25 The Place of the Way: Dead Ends
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...
03/30/25 The Place of the Way: Home
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 r...
03/23/25 The Place of the Way: The Valley
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 goo...
03/16/25 The Place of the Way: The Crossroads
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 o...
03/09/25 The Place of the Way: The Desert
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 t...
03/02/25 The Place of the Way: What Reveals and What Trains
Homily from the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Silence reveals our hearts and silence trains our hearts.
As we enter into the place of tr...
02/23/25 A New Commandment
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...
02/16/25 How Do I Know if I Have Faith?
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 up...
02/9/25 On Purpose: The Next Step
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
There are two requirements: Be available and be willing to try.
There are times when the fu...
02/02/25 On Purpose: Your Destiny
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...