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Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

11/23/25 The Moment of Victory

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Homily from The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.

The moment of victory is the moment of vulnerability.

We often think that we win by being strong, or beautiful, or clever, or powerful. But Christ wins by another means. Christ the King, Lord of the Universe wins by choosing to empty Himself of all that we think we need to win.

Mass Readings from November 23, 2025:
2 Samuel 5:1-3
Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5
Colossians 1:12-20

Luke 23:35-43

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0:00.0

Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz. Thank you again for listening to this podcast.

0:03.2

Thank you for listening to these homilies. Thank you for your prayerful support of what we're doing up here at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. As you probably know, this last week, we had our Minnesota Give to the Max Day or our Newman Day of Thanks. I used to be able to say, it's the one day of the year that we ask people for support. but of course, as you know, we have our Seeds of Faith campaign,

0:22.2

which is our capital campaign to raise money to build a church and the one day of the year that we ask people for support. But of course, as you know, we have our Seeds

0:21.3

of Faith campaign, which is our capital campaign to raise money to build a church and a student

0:25.3

center. And so I can't can no longer say it's the one day of the year that we ask for support,

0:30.4

but it is the one day of the year that we ask for support for our current students. The Seeds

0:35.1

of Faith campaign is for students for generations to come. This particular

0:39.0

month, this November, this day of thanks is the day we ask for support for the current generation

0:44.8

of students. It's our operating expenses. And people, man, man, oh man, people responded so

0:51.3

generously. Thank you so much for all of you who contributed, who participated in the live stream we had on

0:56.9

Essential Presents Channel.

0:58.2

I was just so grateful.

0:59.0

Thank you so much for your prayerful support.

1:00.8

Thank you for your financial support.

1:02.6

If you're still interested in supporting this ministry, either through the Seeds of Faith

1:06.6

campaign or for that day of thanks in that sense of our ongoing operational ministry budget.

1:13.1

You can just go to bulldog Catholic.org slash donate.

1:16.2

You can either choose the Seeds of Faith campaign or operational budget.

1:19.3

But this is meant to be a thanks, not an appeal.

1:22.2

This is a thanks.

1:23.0

Thank you again for your prayers.

1:24.7

Thank you for your support.

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