8/15/25 All In
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
Ascension
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🗓️ 15 August 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Homily from the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
God had no backup plan after Mary.
The Assumption of Mary is the reality that Our Lady was taken up entirely into Heaven. This is, in some ways, the fulfillment of her entire life. Since she belonged totally to God, she was brought totally to God.
- Mass Readings from August 15, 2025:
- Revelation 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB
- Psalm 45:10, 11, 12, 16
- 1 Corinthians 15:20-27
Luke 1:39-56
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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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| 0:28.3 | God bless. |
| 0:29.9 | The Lord be with you. |
| 0:32.3 | A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. |
| 0:36.9 | Chapter 1, verse 39 to 56. Glory to you, Lord. Chapter 1, verses 39 through 56. |
| 0:40.7 | Mary sat out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah where she entered |
| 0:45.0 | the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. |
| 0:48.3 | When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb. |
| 0:52.2 | And Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice |
| 0:55.3 | and said, Blessed are you among women? And blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me? |
| 1:02.6 | That the mother of my Lord should come to me. For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, |
| 1:07.9 | the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you, who have believed |
| 1:13.1 | what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled. And Mary said, My soul proclaims the |
| 1:18.9 | greatness of the Lord. My spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. For he has looked upon his lowly |
| 1:24.7 | servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed. |
| 1:28.3 | The Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his name. He has mercy on those who fear |
| 1:33.2 | him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm. He has scattered the proud |
| 1:37.9 | in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones and has lifted up the lowly. |
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