03/16/25 The Place of the Way: The Crossroads
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
Ascension
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🗓️ 15 March 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent.
A big life is a series of small crossroads.
Life happens at the crossroads. Life is also a series of small crossroads that might seem insignificant, but add up to a life of beauty and meaning...or a life potentially wasted.
- Mass Readings from March 16, 2025:
- Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18
- Psalms 27:1, 7-9, 13-14
- Philippians 3:17—4:1
Luke 9:28b-36
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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. |
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| 0:28.3 | God bless. |
| 0:30.2 | The Lord be with you. |
| 0:31.6 | And with your spirit. |
| 0:32.9 | He reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. |
| 0:35.8 | Glory to Lord. |
| 0:37.3 | Chapter 9 verses 28 through 36. |
| 0:40.6 | Jesus took Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray. |
| 0:45.6 | While he was praying, his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. |
| 0:50.7 | And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. |
| 0:59.4 | Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, and but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. |
| 1:08.3 | As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, |
| 1:12.1 | Master, it is good that we are here. |
| 1:14.1 | Let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. |
| 1:18.0 | But he did not know what he was saying. |
| 1:20.6 | While he was still speaking, a cloud came and cast a shadow over them. |
| 1:24.8 | And they became frightened when they entered the cloud. |
| 1:28.6 | Then from the cloud came a voice that said, This is my chosen son. Listen to him. After the voice had spoken, |
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