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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Episode 123137: 12/14/25 Waiting Well: Praise While We Wait
Homily from the Third Sunday of Advent
In seasons of waiting, do we complain or praise?
While we are waiting, it can feel like nothing is...
12/08/25 This Present Moment
Homily from the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
This feast day of the Immaculate Conception is not just a pri...
12/07/25 Waiting Well: Trust His Timing
Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.
We worry while we wait.
Advent teaches us not just to wait, but to trust while we wait. When we s...
11/30/25 Waiting Well: Engaged
Homily from the First Sunday of Advent.
The process is the point.
When we are waiting, we often want to be "done". We want to be "there"....
11/23/25 The Moment of Victory
Homily from The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
The moment of victory is the moment of vulnerability.
We often t...
11/16/25 In The Light
Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Would you rather be admired? Or loved?
The Day of the Lord is coming. When everythin...
11/09/25 Meant to Be
Homily from the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.
If you were what you were meant to be, you would set the world on fire....
11/2/25 After This
Homily from the Commemoration of All the Faithfully Departed (All Souls).
By the end of this Mass, some things will be changed forever.
Pu...
10/26/25 I Got Nothin'
Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Nothing to Offer. Nothing to Prove. Nothing to Hide.
When we stand before the gates of...
10/19/25 Moments of Consequence
Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Persist through severity.
There are big moments in our lives. We usually think of t...
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...