05/17/26 A Necessary Goodbye
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
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🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Homily from the Ascension of the Lord.
"It is better for you that I go...". Is that true?
Jesus told His apostles that it was better for them that He ascended to the Father; that it was better for them if He left them. But why?
Mass Readings from May 17, 2026: Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47:2-3, 6-9Ephesians 1:17-23Matthew 28:16-20
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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. |
| 0:30.1 | The Lord be with you. |
| 0:31.5 | A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew. |
| 0:35.8 | Lord to you Lord. |
| 0:39.6 | Chapter 28 verses 16 through 20. |
| 0:45.5 | The 11 disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. |
| 0:50.3 | When they saw him, they worshipped, but they doubted. |
| 0:56.1 | Then Jesus approached and said to them, all power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. |
| 0:59.3 | Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations, |
| 1:03.5 | baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, |
| 1:06.3 | and teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. |
| 1:11.0 | And behold, I am with you always until the end of the age. |
| 1:13.6 | The gospel of the Lord. |
| 1:17.4 | Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 1:18.1 | Let you have a seat. |
| 1:31.4 | So one, I would say this, one of the many gifts of the TV show The Chosen is I, I mean humanizing the apostles and that that sense of just the way in which the apostles at a moment like this at a moment like the ascension |
| 1:36.4 | would have just been so confused and just kind of utterly I imagine imagine me one of the apostles |
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