11/19/23 Based On a True Story: Otherwise
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
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🗓️ 18 November 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
It could have been otherwise.
We have been created good by the good God. But we have been captured by sin, death, and slavery. In Jesus, God has rescued us and transferred us into His Kingdom…His family.
- Mass Readings from November 19, 2023:
- Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
- Psalms 128:1-5
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6
Matthew 25:14-30
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Father Mike Schmitz. Before we get started, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you so much. |
| 0:04.1 | This last November 16th, we had our annual give to the Max Day. That's the day that up here at the University of Minnesota |
| 0:10.0 | Duluth, our Newman Center, the Bulldog Catholic Newman Center, that we take the opportunity |
| 0:14.4 | to ask all of those who have been blessed by our mission up here, those who want to be part of our |
| 0:19.2 | mission to participate in this mission to reach the hearts, the souls souls the minds of college students on campus up here in Duluth |
| 0:26.2 | Minnesota. We ask them to support us and so thank you so much for this last November |
| 0:30.9 | 16th. Thank you for supporting us. I want to thank all of those, all of you who have said, you know, you care about college students who care about handing on the faith to the next generation. You've been praying for us. You've been praying for our ministry, been praying for our students, praying for everything we do on campus. |
| 0:44.6 | Also, thank you so much for those who tuned into the Q&A session. |
| 0:47.8 | We have a live stream this last November 16th. |
| 0:50.6 | Thanks to Ascension, it was so grateful for them to host that live stream for us. |
| 0:54.5 | Thank you so much for tuning in and having questions. |
| 0:56.5 | I'm sorry if we didn't get to your questions. |
| 0:57.8 | And lastly, I want to thank all of those who supported us financially |
| 1:01.1 | this last November 16th, in order to reach college students in order to keep this ministry going |
| 1:06.4 | We could not do it without the help of people like you. So thank you so very much in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Of course the spirit of Thanksgiving just thank you, thank the Lord and I hope that this |
| 1:16.6 | ministry continues to bless you as you have blessed us. |
| 1:21.0 | The Lord be with you. In reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew. |
| 1:27.0 | Chapter 25 verses 14 through 30. Jesus told his disciples this parable. A man going on a journey called in his servants and |
| 1:36.3 | entrusted his possessions to them to what he gave five talents to another two to a |
| 1:41.7 | third one to each according to his ability. |
| 1:45.1 | Then he went away. Immediately the one who had received five talents went and traded with them |
| 1:49.9 | and made another five. Likewise, the one who received two made another two, but the man who had received |
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