05/18/25 Move On: Not Alone
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
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🗓️ 17 May 2025
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Summary
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
Life is difficult. You don't have to move on alone.
In a difficult life and a difficult mission, Paul had someone with him who helped him continue to do the work he was called to do. Paul had someone who helped him move on.
- Mass Readings from May 18, 2025:
- Acts 14:21-27
- Psalm 145:8-13
- Revelation 21:1-5
John 13:31-33a, 34-35
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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 Gala on May 23rd |
| 0:06.6 | in Nashville, Tennessee, and I would love for you to be there too. I believe that this world needs |
| 0:12.2 | people of faith, who are willing to live with clarity, conviction, and compassion. That's what this night |
| 0:17.6 | is all about, standing in truth, rooted in Christ and unshaken by the storms |
| 0:22.1 | around us. You know this. We weren't made for comfort. We were made for courage. |
| 0:28.5 | So go to the Courage Under Fire Gala by grabbing your ticket at courage underfiregala.org. |
| 0:34.2 | That's courage underfiregala.org. And God bless. The Lord be with you. |
| 0:41.1 | And what is true. Are you reading from the Holy Gospel according to John? |
| 0:45.2 | Lord is Lord. Chapter 13, verses 31 through 33 and verses 34 and 35. When Judas had left them, Jesus said, |
| 0:57.4 | Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified with Him. |
| 1:02.1 | If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and God will glorify Him |
| 1:08.2 | at once. |
| 1:10.2 | My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. |
| 1:14.5 | I give you a new commandment. |
| 1:16.6 | Love one another. |
| 1:18.6 | As I have loved you, you are also to love one another. |
| 1:23.1 | This is how all will know that you are my disciples |
| 1:25.0 | if you love one another. |
| 1:29.1 | The Gospel of the Lord. |
| 1:31.5 | Praise you, Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 1:33.8 | I should have a seat. |
| 1:36.8 | So when I was in high school, I found this book that my parents had. |
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