05/01/22 Wasted Potential

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.

Use your potential.

Jesus called Peter to sacrifice his potential so that his life and his death might glorify God. You are I are called to pick our spot, to pour ourselves out in such a way that God would be known, loved, and glorified.

Mass Readings from May 1, 2022:
Acts 5:27-32, 40-41
Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-13
Revelation 5:11-14

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0:00.0	So as I mentioned, this is the last mass with all of us.
0:06.0	And we were going to have mass next weekend for all the CSS people and anyone who is like
0:10.1	stragglers.
0:12.5	But this is the last mass with all of us.
0:19.4	Which is kind of bittersweet.
0:23.2	It's bitter because it is hard to see you go.
0:28.4	But it's sweet because that's just what has to happen.
0:35.7	That there's an element and I think you probably have experienced those of you who realize
0:39.9	here's what's coming.
0:40.9	Like this is what has to happen.
0:44.3	You have to go.
0:48.5	It's hard.
0:49.5	It's bitter.
0:50.5	But it's also sweet because it's what has to have.
0:52.5	Yeah.
0:53.5	You know it's incredible.
0:56.1	To be able to be here, to be able to be on campus, to be able to be with you, it's one
1:02.1	of those incredible things where I get to every single year, every single weekend,
1:05.6	every single day basically.
1:06.6	I get to see just a church right now, even full of potential, that every single one of
1:11.5	you has so much, so much potential.
1:13.5	I just look out right now, honestly and see like all the potential opportunities, all
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