07/20/25 The Reason Why
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
Ascension
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🗓️ 19 July 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Homily from the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Do it for the love of Jesus.
We all have a lot to do. We may even be tempted to resent all that we have to do. But if we do it for the right reason, even the most difficult tasks take on new power and new purpose.
- Mass Readings from July 20, 2025:
- Genesis 18:1-10
- Psalm 15:2-5
- Colossians 1:24-28
Luke 10:38-42
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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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| 0:25.0 | subscribe on your podcast app for weekly notifications. God bless. The Lord be with you. |
| 0:31.5 | A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. |
| 0:35.5 | Glory to your Lord. Chapter 10 verses 38 through 42. |
| 0:40.8 | Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. |
| 0:44.8 | She had a sister named Mary, who sat beside the Lord at his feet, listening to him speak. |
| 0:50.5 | Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, |
| 0:54.5 | Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? |
| 0:58.7 | Tell her to help me. |
| 1:00.5 | The Lord said to her and replied, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. |
| 1:06.6 | There is need of only one thing. |
| 1:09.0 | Mary has chosen the better part, and it will not be taken from her. |
| 1:13.8 | The gospel of the Lord. |
| 1:16.4 | Praise to you, Lord, Jesus Christ. |
| 1:18.6 | Wait you to have a seat. |
| 1:21.6 | So a number of years ago, I had that chance to bring some students to Israel. |
| 1:25.6 | This was like so many, like 10 or so years ago. |
| 1:29.1 | And it was a great trip. It was a great trip. My first trip ever just getting to bring |
| 1:32.5 | our college students, young adults, by myself, to Israel. Amazing. We went to the upper room. So the |
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