Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
Religion & Spirituality Podcasts
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...
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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.
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English
Episodes
04/26/26 The Next...: The Next Road
4/25/2026
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.
There is no perfect road. There is only the next right road.
There are many things that we might end up regretting in the course of our lives. But the most important thing is to keep our eyes on Jesus and our ears attuned to the sound of His voice; to listen to Him, stay close to Him, and follow Him.
John 10:1-10
Duration:00:21:24
04/19/26 The Next...: The Next Mass
4/18/2026
Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.
The Enemy wants to steal your heart. The Lord wants to give you His.
It is possible to know the truth; the truth about the Resurrection, the truth about Christianity, the truth about Jesus...and still struggle. It is possible to know and wrestle to have the courage it requires to continue on. Courage is necessary. Heart is necessary...especially in the battle of discouragement.
Luke 24:13-35
Duration:00:17:26
04/12/26 The Next...: The Next Confession
4/11/2026
Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday.
It’s not about your first or last confession. It’s about your next one.
The Christian life doesn’t end with a first confession, baptism, or Easter moment, it continues through the next step. What keeps love alive is not looking back, but continually returning to Christ through confession, mercy, and grace. Each “next” encounter with Jesus strengthens faith and guards against a cold heart.
John 20:19-31
Duration:00:26:26
04/05/26 Easter Sunday: Everything is Restored
4/4/2026
Homily from Easter Sunday.
Everything given and taken is restored.
Jesus did not rise from the dead to merely prove a point. He rose so that all could be restored. Everything we give to Him...everything we allow Him to take...all of it can be restored.
John 20:1-9
Duration:00:16:45
04/03/26 Good Friday: Everything is Taken
4/3/2026
Homily from Good Friday.
A king without His armor.
At the end of our lives, there are no defenses. At the end of Christ's life, He clings to no defenses. He has poured it all out, and all is taken from Him. All that is left is the Man Himself. At the end of our lives, we will only be left with our heart...everything else is taken.
John 18:1—19:42
Duration:00:13:03
04/02/26 Holy Thursday: Everything is Given
4/2/2026
Homily from Holy Thursday.
Jesus knew. And He still gave everything.
At the end of Lent, we realize that we have been called to give. To give our time and attention to God in prayer. To give up things in fasting. To give help to those in need. Jesus gives at the Last Supper. He gives everything...fully knowing the truth of the people for whom He gives everything.
John 13:1-15
Duration:00:15:58
03/29/26 Autobiography: Owning the Ending
3/28/2026
Homily from Palm Sunday.
It is not my fault, but it is my responsibility.
When there is something that we like, we are quick to claim it. When there is something we don't like, we are quick to claim it is not our fault. But our story must end with our becoming like the Father...and the Father bears the marker of adulthood: The Cross.
Matthew 26:14—27:66
Duration:00:17:26
3/22/26 Autobiography: Epilogue
3/21/2026
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Life AFTER his life WITH.
Some great stories tell us an important piece of information: where are they now? In our autobiography, after we have experienced "the return"; after we have experienced grace, how do we live? What does our "bonus chapter" look like? What is in our Epilogue?
John 11:1-45
Duration:00:29:13
Episode 123149: 3/15/26 Autobiography: Who Will You Be?
3/14/2026
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent
At the end of the story, who will you be?
What you seek shapes what you see. Look for hope. Look for joy. Look for goodness. The things you train your eyes to notice will shape the person you become. At the end of the story, who will you be?
John 9:1-41
Duration:00:23:22
Episode 123148: 3/8/26 Autobiography: The Middle
3/7/2026
Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent
From the middle, you can't see the end.
From the middle, you can't see the end. But just know you're making progress, even if you don't feel it.
John 4:5-42
Duration:00:27:12
Episode 123147: 3/1/26 Autobiography: Title
2/28/2026
Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent
Every story has a title. Does one moment define the whole thing?
There is often a speech that lives inside each of us. That speech can become the title of our story. Is that title marked by resentment? Or is there a larger event that can define our lives?
Matthew 17:1-9
Duration:00:25:58
02/22/26 Autobiography: Co-Author
2/21/2026
Homily from the First Sunday of Lent.
Every story has a beginning.
As we begin Lent, we are faced with the question: If I live the next 25 years of my life the way I've lived the past seven days, where will I end up? Who will I become? We are writing our life story with every choice that we make. Are we writing in rebellion? Or with God as the Co-Author?
Matthew 4:1-11
Duration:00:22:15
02/15/26 Put Your Heart Into It
2/14/2026
Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Jesus didn't give us a new weight to carry, but a new way to carry the weight.
We all have things that we NEED to do. When we show up knowing that we are doing what God has asked, there is the necessity to also do what God has asked us to do the WAY God has asked us to do it…with love.
Matthew 5:17-37
Duration:00:23:47
2/8/26 Wasted Potential
2/7/2026
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus, do not let what You did for me end with me.
To have been given all that one needs...and then to not use it would be a tragedy. We are surrounded by the tragedy of wasted potential. But this doesn't have to be the end of our story.
Matthew 5:13-16
Duration:00:23:21
Episode 123146: 2/1/26 Counterfeit Happiness
1/31/2026
Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Do not give away what has real value for counterfeit happiness.
There are many idols in our lives that promise the happiness that only God can give. The counterfeits of Wealth, Power, Pleasure, and Fame have taken all that people have and left them with nothing. Jesus gives us a new way to live...that actually leads to authentic happiness.
Matthew 5:1-12a
Duration:00:24:52
Episode 123145: 1/25/26 God Shows Up
1/24/2026
Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
The question is not IF God will show up, but HOW will God show up.
There are times in our lives when it seems like there is no way forward. There are times when it seems like there is no way God can come through on His promises. There are times when it seems like God will not show up. But God always does in a way only He knows.
Matthew 4:12-23 or 4:12-17
Duration:00:23:32
Episode 123144: 1/18/26 Mistaken Identity
1/17/2026
Homily from the (week in Church year.)
Subtitle
Description
Gospel
Duration:00:22:08
Episode 123143: 1/11/26 Two Traps
1/10/2026
Homily from the The Baptism of the Lord
The traps of believing we are God's advisors...or His performers.
Baptism changes us. It begins an entirely new life in each one of us. And yet, when we approach the Lord, we can be tempted to act, not as God's adopted children, but as His counselors or his performers.
Matthew 3:13-17
Duration:00:09:33
Episode 123142: 1/4/25 Proximity or Intimacy
1/3/2026
Homily from the The Epiphany of the Lord
Indifference can turn into hostility.
Christ has come close. And yet, we all still have a choice: will we remain indifferent to His presence or will we seek Him out? If we choose indifference, we will not remain indifferent. When it comes to God, we either give Him our hearts or we remove Him from our lives.
Matthew 2:1-12
Duration:00:14:31
Episode 123141: 1/1/26 Taken For Granted
12/31/2025
Homily from the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Resolve: I will not take these things for granted.
We are surrounded by the amazing and miraculous every day. But we often miss it because our lives are too busy and too full. If we take a page out of Mary, the Mother of God's book, we would reflect on all these things...and no longer take them for granted.
Luke 2:16-21
Duration:00:09:36