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Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Homily from Ash Wednesday.

The goal of the Christian life is to become like Christ.

As we begin Lent, we often mistakenly choose arbitrary things to give up or arbitrary ways to pray. But the goal of Lent is more than "doing something difficult" or "getting better". The goal of lent is the imitation of Christ.

Mass Readings from February 22, 2023:
Joel 2:12-18
Psalms 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-14 and 17
2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2

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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.
0:30.3	The Lord be with you.
0:32.3	A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
0:36.3	Chapter 6 verses 1 through 6 and verses 16 through 18.
0:42.1	Jesus said to his disciples,
0:44.3	take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that others may see them.
0:48.2	Otherwise, you will have no recompense from your Heavenly Father.
0:51.6	When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you,
0:54.4	as the hypocrites do in the citigogs and in the streets,
0:57.2	to win the praise of others.
0:59.2	Amen, I say to you, they have already received the reward.
1:02.8	But when you give alms, do not let your left hand
1:05.3	to know what your right hand is doing,
1:07.2	so that your alms giving may be secret,
1:09.1	and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
1:12.4	When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites,
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