2/19/23 Homeless: Give Up or Surrender

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 18 February 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.

The difference between giving up and surrender is one word: trust.

There are so many circumstances in life that are beyond our control. We can easily feel powerless as we realize that we cannot control all outcomes. Christ's words in the Gospel might look like giving up, but they are something vastly different...and far more hopeful.

Mass Readings from February 19, 2023:
Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18
Psalm 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13
1 Corinthians 3:16-23

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sunday Homelies with me, Father Mike Schmitz.
0:04.6	I hope today's homelie inspires and motivates you, and I also hope that it leaves you hungry
0:09.4	for the one who gave everything to feed you.
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0:28.3	God bless.
0:30.4	The Lord be with you.
0:33.0	And reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
0:37.6	Chapter 5 verses 38 through 48.
0:41.4	Jesus said to his disciples,
0:43.5	You have heard that it was said in eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
0:47.7	But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.
0:51.2	When someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other one as well.
0:55.3	If anyone goes to law with you over your tunic and over your cloak as well,
1:00.2	should anyone press you into service for one mile?
1:02.8	Go for two miles.
1:04.8	Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow.
1:10.5	You have heard that it was said you should love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
1:14.6	But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
1:19.0	that you may be children of your heavenly Father, who makes his son rise on the just
1:24.0	and on the unjust, and causes rain to fall on the good and on the bad.
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