02/9/25 On Purpose: The Next Step

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

There are two requirements: Be available and be willing to try.

There are times when the future is so uncertain and so unknown that we hesitate to move. But since we know that God is with us, He has a call on our lives, and His grace is active...we can take the next step without fear.

Mass Readings from February 9, 2025:
Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8
Psalms 138:1-5, 7-8
1 Corinthians 15:1-11

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sunday homilies with me, Father Mike Schmitz. I hope today's homily inspires and motivates you,
0:07.6	and I also hope that it leaves you hungry for the one who gave everything to feed you.
0:12.4	If you want to get this in other Sunday mass resources sent straight to your inbox,
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0:25.0	subscribe on your podcast app for weekly notifications. God bless. The Lord be with you.
0:32.4	He reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. Chapter 5 versus 1 through 11. While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus
0:41.9	and listening to the Word of God, he was standing beside the Lake of Ganeserate. He saw two boats there
0:47.4	alongside the lake. The fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the
0:52.1	boats, the one belonging to Simon. He asked him to put out
0:55.2	a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. After he had
1:00.5	finished speaking, he said to Simon, put out into deep water, and lower your nets for a catch.
1:06.8	Simon said in reply, Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing.
1:13.2	But at your command, I will lower the nets.
1:17.2	When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing.
1:20.4	They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them.
1:24.1	They came and filled both boats so that the boats were in danger of sinking.
1:29.1	When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, Depart from me, Lord, for I'm a sinful man. For astonishment that the catch of fish they had
1:35.0	made seized him and all those with him, and likewise James and John, the son of Zebedee,
1:39.9	who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, do not be afraid. From now on, you will be catching men.
1:48.8	When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him. The
1:55.2	gospel of the Lord. Why do you have a seat.
2:07.6	So I don't know if you heard about, there was a Netflix series that came out in 2021 called Squid Game. You ever see Squid Game?
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