Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
Every week, 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.
LENT SERIES:
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The goal of the Christian is the Imitation of Christ.
Too often, Lent is seen as a season where we simply try to “do something hard” or “be better people”. While those are noteworthy goals, the true goal of Lent is the same as the goal of the Christian life: to become more and more like Christ.
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.
3/26/23 Prototype: Tears
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Why does Jesus weep?
Jesus wept. Why does Jesus weep in the face of the death of Lazarus? He weeps to silence the Great Lie. He weeps because He loves. He weeps in order to teach us to weep.
- Mass Readings from March 26, 2023:
- Ezra 37:12-14
- Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
- Romans 8:8-11
John 11:1-45
March 25, 2023
March 18, 2023
March 11, 2023
March 4, 2023
February 25, 2023
February 23, 2023
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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 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.
3/26/23 Prototype: Tears
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Why does Jesus weep?
Jesus wept. Why does Jesus weep in the face of the death of Lazarus? He weeps to silence the Great Lie. He weeps because He loves. He weeps in order to teach us to weep.
- Mass Readings from March 26, 2023:
- Ezra 37:12-14
- Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
- Romans 8:8-11
John 11:1-45
March 25, 2023
March 18, 2023
March 11, 2023
March 4, 2023
February 25, 2023
February 23, 2023
February 18, 2023
February 11, 2023
February 4, 2023
January 28, 2023
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Meet the Host
Father Mike Schmitz
Fr. Mike Schmitz serves as Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Duluth and as Chaplain for the Newman Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
He is well known for his popular YouTube videos, released weekly on the Ascension Presents YouTube channel, and he also streams Sunday Mass to a worldwide audience. In addition to hosting the first complete Catholic Bible in a Year podcast, he is also a presenter in Ascension’s Chosen, Altaration, and The 99 programs, as well as a contributing author to Pray, Decide, and Don’t Worry: Five Steps for Discerning God’s Will.