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Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz — 413 episodes

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06/14/26 Precisely

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06/07/26 May They Be One

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05/31/26 Understanding...or Trust?

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05/24/26 Near Occasion of Grace

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05/17/26 A Necessary Goodbye

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05/10/26 A Reason to Hope

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05/03/26 The Next...: The Next Goodbye

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04/19/26 The Next...: The Next Mass

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04/12/26 The Next...: The Next Confession

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04/05/26 Easter Sunday: Everything is Restored

11

04/03/26 Good Friday: Everything is Taken

12

04/02/26 Holy Thursday: Everything is Given

13

03/29/26 Autobiography: Owning the Ending

14

3/22/26 Autobiography: Epilogue

15

Episode 123149: 3/15/26 Autobiography: Who Will You Be?

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Episode 123148: 3/8/26 Autobiography: The Middle

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3/1/26 Autobiography: Title

18

02/22/26 Autobiography: Co-Author

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02/15/26 Put Your Heart Into It

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2/8/26 Wasted Potential

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2/1/26 Counterfeit Happiness

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1/25/26 God Shows Up

23

1/18/26 Mistaken Identity

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Episode 123143: 1/11/26 Two Traps

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Episode 123142: 1/4/26 Proximity or Intimacy

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Episode 123141: 1/1/26 Taken For Granted

27

Episode 123140: 12/28/25 The Holy Family

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Episode 123139: 12/25/25 Waiting Well: Worth the Wait

29

Episode 123138: 12/21/25 Waiting Well: Unconditional Hope

30

12/14/25 Waiting Well: Praise While We Wait

31

12/08/25 This Present Moment

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12/07/25 Waiting Well: Trust His Timing

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11/30/25 Waiting Well: Engaged

34

11/23/25 The Moment of Victory

35

11/16/25 In The Light

36

11/09/25 Meant to Be

37

11/2/25 After This

38

10/26/25 I Got Nothin'

39

10/19/25 Moments of Consequence

40

10/12/25 Two Mule Loads

41

10/05/25 Inheritance

42

9/28/25 The god of Our Generation

43

9/21/25 Mini-Mediators

44

9/14/25 Words Fail

45

9/7/25 Two Questions

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8/31/25 Freedom and Joy

47

8/24/25 Begin. Or begin again.

48

8/17/25 Ordinary People

49

8/15/25 All In

50

08/10/25 More Faith

51

08/03/25 Memento Mori

52

07/27/25 Teach Us to Pray

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07/20/25 The Reason Why

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07/13/25 Doing

55

07/05/25 Signers

56

6/29/25 Pillar and Foundation: Upon this Rock

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6/22/25 Pillar and Foundation: Greatest Gift

58

06/15/25 Pillar and Foundation: Necessary Teacher

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06/08/25 Pillar and Foundation: Infallible Teacher

60

06/01/25 Pillar and Foundation: Canon of Scripture

61

5/25/25 Pillar and Foundation: Says Who?

62

05/18/25 Move On: Not Alone

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5/11/25 Move On: Boundaries

64

5/4/25 Move On: Charcoal Fire

65

4/27/25 Move On: Five Words

66

4/20/25 What Never Dies

67

4/18/25 Pause

68

4/17/25 The God Who Makes Himself Vulnerable

69

04/13/25 The Place of the Way: Here

70

04/06/25 The Place of the Way: Dead Ends

71

03/30/25 The Place of the Way: Home

72

03/23/25 The Place of the Way: The Valley

73

03/16/25 The Place of the Way: The Crossroads

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03/09/25 The Place of the Way: The Desert

75

03/02/25 The Place of the Way: What Reveals and What Trains

76

02/23/25 A New Commandment

77

02/16/25 How Do I Know if I Have Faith?

78

02/9/25 On Purpose: The Next Step

79

02/02/25 On Purpose: Your Destiny

80

01/26/25 On Purpose: Off Purpose

81

01/19/25 On Purpose: Be Great

82

01/12/25 Claimed

83

01/05/25 Optimism

84

01/01/25 The Power of "Yes"

85

12/29/24 A Hidden Life

86

12/25/24 Face to Face: Two Words

87

12/22/24 Face to Face: Fear to Fiat

88

12/15/24 Face to Face: Til We Have Faces

89

12/8/24 Face to Face: Incomplete

90

12/1/24 Face to Face: Couch Cushions

91

11/24/24 Made for Worship: Glorifying the Lord by Your Life

92

11/17/24 Made for Worship: On the Field

93

11/10/24 Made for Worship: Kingdom Sacrifice

94

11/03/24 Made for Worship: Kingdom Priests

95

10/27/24 Made for Worship: Presence and Sacrifice

96

10/20/24 Made for Worship: Worth-ship

97

10/13/24 The Word of God

98

10/06/24 Marriage: A Catholic Vision

99

09/29/24 Desperate for Freedom

100

09/22/24 Ordinary Great Things

101

09/15/24 The Most Important Question

102

09/08/24 Nothing to Offer

103

09/01/24 The Floor

104

08/25/24 Your Turn

105

08/18/24 Praise First...and Last

106

08/15/24 Assumed Into Heaven

107

08/11/24 Winning?

108

08/04/24 The Most Important Sight

109

07/28/24 Give and Gather

110

07/21/24 Rest a While

111

07/14/24 Borrowed Time

112

07/07/24 A Thorn in the Side

113

06/30/24 Raincoats and Umbrellas

114

06/23/24 True Surrender

115

06/16/24 Always Courageous

116

06/09/24 Becoming Like Him

117

06/02/24 Gift and Mystery: His Very Self

118

5/26/24 Gift and Mystery: The Spirit of Adoption

119

5/19/24 Gift and Mystery: Use the Gift

120

05/12/24 Gift and Mystery: Build Up the Body

121

05/05/24 Nunc Coepi: Begin Again

122

04/28/24 Nunc Coepi: Time to Start

123

04/21/24 Nunc Coepi: Season of Discouragement

124

04/14/24 Nunc Coepi: Breaking Agreements

125

04/07/24 Justice or Mercy?

126

03/31/24 Necessary or Accessory

127

03/29/24 The Man of Sorrows

128

03/28/24 Three Sadnesses of Holy Thursday

129

03/24/24 He Leadeth Me: Enter the Story

130

03/17/24 He Leadeth Me: The Simple Secret

131

03/10/24 He Leadeth Me: Owned By the Past

132

03/03/24 He Leadeth Me: The Greatest Grace

133

02/25/24 He Leadeth Me: As Long As...

134

02/18/24 He Leadeth Me: Great Expectations

135

02/14/24 Ash Wednesday: Hope, Faith, Love in Lent

136

02/11/24 Holy Moments: His Moments

137

02/04/24 Holy Moments: Shared Moments

138

01/28/24 Holy Moments: Present Moment

139

01/21/24 Holy Moments: Ordinary Moments

140

01/14/24 Claimed and Called

141

01/07/24 Worship is the Only Proper Response

142

12/31/23 Family Life

143

12/25/23 The Amateur

144

12/24/23 Main Character: No Small Parts

145

12/17/23 Main Character: Don't Wait

146

12/10/23 Main Character: Perfect

147

12/8/23 The New Eve

148

12/3/23 Main Character: An Average Star

149

11/26/23 Based On a True Story: Unwritten

150

11/19/23 Based On a True Story: Otherwise

151

11/12/23 Based On a True Story: Kakangelion

152

11/5/23 Based On a True Story: The Gospel of God

153

11/1/23 "All of the Saints"

154

10/29/23 Lost: Love Is the Way

155

10/22/23 Lost: Every Step

156

10/15/23 Lost: You Are Here

157

10/8/23 Lost: Have No Anxiety At All

158

10/1/23 Tough Love: Because He Asked Me To

159

09/24/23 Tough Love: Receive and Rejoice

160

09/17/23 Tough Love: As We Forgive

161

9/10/23 Tough Love: Only the Good Things

162

9/3/23 Deny Yourself

163

8/27/23 The Question

164

8/20/23 More Knowledge or More Courage

165

8/15/23 The Assumption

166

8/13/23 The Enemy of Focus

167

8/6/23 Identity Precedes Mission

168

7/30/23 Parabellum: This Battle

169

7/23/23 Parabellum: An Enemy

170

7/16/23 Parabellum: Five Attacks

171

7/9/23 Hurry and Worry

172

7/2/23 Gift and Grief

173

6/25/23 The Fear of the Lord

174

6/18/23 The Need for Fathers

175

6/11/23 The Heart of the Matter

176

6/4/23 Blank Tablets

177

5/28/23 Come, Holy Spirit!

178

5/21/23 They Doubted

179

5/14/23 A Reason for Your Hope

180

5/7/23 Spiritual Houses

181

4/30/23 Homestretch: Love

182

4/23/23 Homestretch: Hope

183

4/16/23 Homestretch: Faith

184

4/9/23 The Body

185

4/7/23 Guilty

186

4/6/23 Priesthood

187

4/2/23 Prototype: Acceptance

188

3/26/23 Prototype: Tears

189

3/19/23 Prototype: Fault

190

3/12/23 Prototype: Vision

191

3/5/23 Prototype: Prayer

192

2/26/23 Prototype: Temptation

193

2/22/23 Prototype: Jesus is the Model

194

2/19/23 Homeless: Give Up or Surrender

195

2/12/23 Homeless: Freedom

196

2/5/23 Homeless: Different

197

1/29/23 Homeless: Perspective

198

1/22/23 Homeless: Resolution

199

1/15/23 Homeless: Homeless But Holy

200

1/8/23 Here to Give

201

1/1/23 Hold, Reflect, and Remember

202

12/25/22 Closer Than You Think: Small Enough to Ignore

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12/18/22 Closer Than You Think: When He Reveals Himself

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12/11/22 Closer Than You Think: Be Patient

205

12/8/22 Immaculate Conception: Receptivity

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12/4/22 Closer Than You Think: One Step

207

11/27/22 Closer Than You Think: 29 Days

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11/20/22 A God You Cannot Control

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11/13/22 Something Other Than God

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11/6/22 Carry the Fire

211

11/01/22 All Saints

212

10/30/22 Alteration or Transformation?

213

10/23/22 Growing Through the Motions: Busy or Productive?

214

10/16/22 Growing Through the Motions: Full Range of Motion

215

10/9/22 Growing Through the Motions: Start With Why

216

10/2/22 Growing Through the Motions: Passion or Duty?

217

09/25/22 Comfort Breeds Complacency

218

09/18/22 Eulogy Virtues: Integrity

219

09/11/22 Eulogy Virtues: Joy

220

09/04/22 Eulogy Virtues: Loyalty

221

08/28/22 Eulogy Virtues: Pay Attention

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08/21/22 You, Strive

223

08/14/22 Finish the Race

224

08/07/22 Loosen the Roots

225

07/31/22 Then What?

226

07/24/22 Teach Us How

227

07/17/22 The Question

228

07/10/22 Simple Things First

229

07/03/22 Be A Saint

230

06/26/22 The Call

231

06/19/22 Corpus Christi

232

06/12/22 We Need Each Other

233

06/05/22 Given For Some Benefit

234

05/29/22 Ascension Gives Access

235

05/22/22 The Gift of the Church

236

05/15/22 Do Not Be Shocked

237

05/08/22 The Time of Great Distress

238

05/01/22 Wasted Potential

239

04/24/22 Be Mercy

240

04/17/22 Nothing

241

04/15/22 The Crown of Thorns

242

04/14/22 Last Words: The Final Last Word

243

04/10/22 Last Words: Tetelestai

244

04/03/22 Last Words: Use This.

245

03/27/22 Last Words: The Central Last Word

246

03/20/22 Last Words: Behold, Your Mother

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03/13/22 Last Words: The Missing Last Word

248

03/06/22 Last Words: The First Last Words

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02/27/22 Words Disclose

250

02/20/22 Nothing to Fear: Vulnerability

251

02/13/22 Nothing to Fear: The Future

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02/06/22 Nothing to Fear: Inadequacy

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01/30/22 Nothing to Fear: Rejection

254

01/23/22 Know Why

255

01/16/22 Jesus Changes Things

256

01/09/22 Children of the Father

257

01/02/22 It's Not About You

258

12/26/21 Be Careful

259

12/25/21 Look Up

260

12/19/21 Abounding Love: Love Commits

261

12/12/21 Abounding Love: Large Hearted

262

12/08/21 Immaculate Conception

263

12/05/21 Abounding Love: What is Worth Your Heart?

264

11/28/21 Abounding Love: No Room

265

11/21/21 All Over the Place

266

11/14/21 Always Forward. Never Back.

267

11/07/21 Learning to Lose: Practice Dying

268

11/01/21 Your Feast Day

269

10/31/21 Learning to Lose: All is Lost

270

10/24/21 Learning to Lose: Get Up

271

10/17/21 Learning to Lose: Winner or Witness?

272

10/10/21 Holding On: Holding On to You

273

10/03/21 Holding On: The Power of a Promise

274

09/26/21 Holding On: Patient and Ruthless

275

09/19/21 Desperate

276

09/12/21 Not Mine

277

09/05/21 Seen. Known. Loved.

278

08/29/21 Living in Later?

279

08/22/21 Consumer Catholic: The Church of Me

280

08/15/21 Consumer Catholic: The Body

281

08/08/21 Consumer Catholic: Farther to Go

282

08/01/21 Consumer Catholic: Choose God.

283

07/25/21 Consumer Catholic: Everything Given. Nothing Wasted.

284

07/18/21 The Poison of Indifference

285

07/11/21 Chosen and Consecrated

286

07/04/21 "Ruined"

287

06/27/21 Everyday Courage: Plan B

288

06/20/21 Everyday Courage: Into the Storm

289

06/13/21 Everyday Courage

290

06/06/21 The Crisis of Love

291

05/30/21 Secret Identity

292

05/23/21 Kingdom Gifts

293

05/16/21 You Will Be Martyrs

294

05/09/21 Spark Joy

295

05/02/21 Love Limits You

296

04/25/21 Inclusive Love/Exclusive Claim

297

04/18/21 To Be A Witness

298

04/11/21 Scar Stories

299

04/04/21 Ellipsis

300

04/02/21 Gallicantu

301

04/01/21 Context Matters

302

03/28/21 The Truth and the Choice

303

03/21/21 To The Heart: Vulnerable and Able

304

03/14/21 To The Heart: Hidden Heart

305

03/07/21 To The Heart: My Treacherous Heart

306

02/28/21 To The Heart: The Adventure of Obedience

307

02/21/21 To The Heart: Untamed and Untamable

308

02/17/21 To The Heart: Escape or Embrace

309

02/14/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Cost

310

02/07/21 Hindsight 20/20: In Good Times and In Bad

311

01/31/21 Hindsight 20/20: Worthless Knowledge

312

01/24/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Whole Story

313

01/17/21 Hindsight 20/20: The Moment Before the Moment

314

01/10/21 You Are My Son

315

12/27/20 Holy Families

316

12/25/20 Taken

317

12/20/20 Silent Waiting

318

12/13/20 "I Am Not"

319

12/06/20 Legacy

320

11/29/20 Be Here

321

11/22/20 Roadmap: Expect Delays

322

11/15/20 Roadmap: Checkpoints

323

11/08/20 Roadmap: Accident or Excellent

324

11/01/20 Roadmap: Guardrails

325

10/25/20 Roadmap: Reclaimed and Repurposed

326

10/18/20 Roadmap: Be A Saint

327

10/11/20 No Difference

328

10/04/20 It's Not Your Vineyard

329

09/27/20 How Do I Look? Change Your Mind

330

09/20/20 How Do I Look? Highlighter

331

09/13/20 How Do I Look? The Cost of Forgiveness

332

09/06/20 How Do I Look? Fighting For

333

08/30/20 How Do I Look? "Lucky"

334

08/23/20 Influencer

335

08/16/20 Great Faith

336

08/09/20 Why Did You Stop?

337

08/02/20 All We Have

338

07/05/20 Lead Yourself First

339

06/28/20 Something to Lose

340

06/21/20 Fear No One

341

06/14/20 No Longer Optional

342

06/07/20 In His Image and Likeness

343

05/31/20 Exiles: The First Gift

344

05/24/20 Exiles: Restoration

345

05/17/20 Exiles: Why Go Back?

346

05/10/20 Insecure: Uncertain Plans

347

05/03/20 Insecure: Untroubled by the Unknown

348

04/26/20 Insecure: Not Home

349

04/19/20 Insecure: The Source of Security

350

04/11/20 Witnesses

351

04/10/20 Prepared But Not Ready

352

04/09/20 Re-Claimed and Re-Named

353

04/05/20 Un-Done: Unfinished

354

03/29/20 Un-Done: Broken, Not Lost

355

03/22/20 Un-Done: God Shows Up

356

03/15/20 Un-Done: Not Fine

357

03/01/20 Un-Done: We've Come Undone

358

02/26/20 He Sees. He Cares.

359

02/23/20 Defiant Love

360

02/16/20 More Than A Criminal Heart

361

02/09/20 Good...For Nothing?

362

02/02/20 Underestimated: Unimpressive

363

01/26/20 Underestimated: Silence is Not Absence

364

01/19/20 Underestimated: Single Unifying Principle

365

12/25/19 One Star

366

12/22/19 Available and Capable

367

12/08/19 The Gift That Changes Everything

368

12/01/19 Before Goodbye

369

11/24/19 A King Who Remembers

370

11/17/19 CompariSIN: Stealing Joy

371

11/10/19 CompariSIN: Incomparable

372

11/03/19 CompariSIN: Infinitely Preferred

373

10/27/19 CompariSIN: The Way of Comparison

374

10/20/19 The Hardest Step: The Next Step

375

10/13/19 The Hardest Step: The First Step

376

10/06/19 Are You Saved? From What: Lovelessness

377

09/29/19 Are You Saved? From What: Lifelessness

378

09/22/19 Are You Saved? From What: Hopelessness

379

09/15/19 Are You Saved? From What: Fatherlessness

380

09/08/19 First Thing First

381

09/01/19 Oh, Vanity

382

08/25/19 Hope and Discipline

383

08/11/19 Living By Faith

384

07/07/19 Declaration

385

06/30/19 We'll See

386

06/09/19 The Peace of Christ

387

05/12/19 #Fail: Failure is Feedback

388

05/05/19 #Fail: The Only Way to Fail

389

04/28/19 #Fail: Free to Fail

390

04/14/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Stand

391

04/07/19 Behind Enemy Lines: The Father of Lies

392

03/31/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Let Go...and Come Inside

393

03/24/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Trust God...and Fight

394

03/17/19 Behind Enemy Lines: My Own Worst Enemy

395

03/06/19 Behind Enemy Lines: Isolated and Disoriented

396

03/03/19 Talking and Trials

397

02/24/19 Love Yourself

398

02/17/19 The Fighting Virtue

399

02/10/19 Disqualified: Unfit

400

02/03/19 Disqualified: Remarkably Average

401

01/27/19 Disqualified: Prevented or Prepared?

402

01/20/19 Insufficient and Insignificant

403

12/25/18 But Why?

404

12/09/18 The End?

405

12/02/18 Be Ready, Get Ready

406

11/25/18 Come to the Altar: Kingdom Priesthood

407

11/18/18 Come to the Altar: Learning to Worship

408

11/11/18 Come to the Altar: Hollow Worship

409

11/04/18 Come to the Altar: Where's Your Altar?

410

10/28/18 Rivals: Rival Voices

411

10/21/18 Rivals: The Rival of Control

412

10/14/18 Rivals: The Reason is the Rival

413

10/07/18 Rivals: All or Nothing