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

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 12 April 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

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 preoccupied with wanting to be "there" or wanting to be "done" with whatever we are working on or whatever we are doing. Yet, as Catholics, we are called to be "here". We can best live "on the way" when we don't wait to thank God; when we thank God before we are "there". We can thank God right here.

Mass Readings from April 13, 2025:
Isaiah 50:4-7
Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24.
Philippians 2:6-11

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz. I am so excited to be joining the Courage Under Fire
0:04.8	Gala on May 23rd in Nashville, Tennessee, and I would love for you to be there too. I believe that
0:11.6	this world needs people of faith, who are willing to live with clarity, conviction, and compassion.
0:16.8	That's what this night is all about, standing in truth, rooted in Christ and unshaken by the storms around us.
0:23.4	You know this.
0:24.4	We weren't made for comfort.
0:26.2	We were made for courage.
0:28.5	So go to the Courage Underfire Gala by grabbing your ticket at courage underfiregala.
0:33.3	That's courage underfiregala.org.
0:38.2	And God bless.
0:42.8	So, I would say this.
0:48.0	I would say that for the most part, when it comes to just life, when it comes to how,
0:49.4	what kind of person?
0:51.6	You know, sometimes you have those two kinds of people in this world.
0:56.7	I'm a person who, I'm someone who likes, who kind of lives for done.
1:03.6	What I mean by that is, is that when it comes to, I talk to me before I'm done and I'm the worst person to talk to.
1:04.4	Like before I get to the gate in an airport, like I'm the worst.
1:06.8	Before the talk, I'm no, I'm not helpful to be around.
1:15.6	Before I get an answer, if I'm struggling with a question, before that, I'm unpleasant before the meeting, before the conversation, before the thing, I'm kind of internally
1:20.9	mess because I live for done.
1:22.6	I really like done.
1:23.8	And the reason is because I think before the meeting, I get nervous.
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