04/26/26 The Next...: The Next Road

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

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.

Mass Readings from April 26, 2026: Acts 2:14, 36-41 Psalm 23: 1-3, 3-61 Peter 2:20-25

John 10:1-10

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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.
0:29.9	The Lord be with you.
0:31.5	And with your spirit.
0:32.7	A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.
0:35.5	Glory to you, O Lord.
0:37.3	Chapter 10 verses 1 through 10.
0:40.2	Jesus said, amen, amen.
0:42.8	I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over
0:47.3	elsewhere is a thief and a robber.
0:50.7	But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
0:54.6	The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice.
0:58.3	As the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out,
1:01.6	when he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them,
1:04.9	and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.
1:08.2	But they will not follow a stranger.
1:11.9	They will run away from him because they do not recognize the voice. But they will not follow a stranger. They will run away from him,
1:17.2	because they do not recognize the voice of strangers. Although Jesus used this figure of speech,
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