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Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 20 September 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Don't let what Jesus did for you end with you.

Jesus is the one Mediator between God and humanity. He has saved us. But God wills that all humans are saved. Because of this, He calls those who have been saved by Him to brings His salvation to everyone else.

Mass Readings from September 21, 2025:
Amos 8:4-7
Psalm 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8
1 Timothy 2:1-8

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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.
0:12.6	If you want to get this and other Sunday mass resources sent straight to your inbox,
0:16.9	sign up at ascensionpress.com slash Sunday or by texting Sunday to 33777.
0:24.0	You can also follow or subscribe on your podcast app for weekly notifications.
0:28.3	God bless.
0:30.0	The Lord be with you.
0:31.4	And with your spirit.
0:32.7	A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.
0:35.3	Glory to Lord.
0:37.1	Chapter 16 verses 1 through 13.
0:40.2	Jesus said to his disciples, a rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering
0:45.2	his property. He summoned him and said, What is this I hear about you?
0:49.8	Prepare a full account of your stewardship because you can no longer be my steward.
1:11.4	The steward said to himself, what shall I do? Now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me, I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed it to beg. I know what I shall do, so that when I'm removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes. He called in his master's debtors one by one, and to the first he said,
1:17.8	How much do you owe my master? He replied, 100 measures of olive oil. He said to him, here's your promise re-note. Sit down and quickly write one for 50. Then to another, the steward said, and you,
1:23.7	how much do you owe? He replied, 100 cores of wheat. The steward said to him,
1:29.5	Here's your promise re-note. Write one for 80. And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting
1:35.6	prudently, for the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
1:39.9	than are the children of light. I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth,
1:45.7	so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. The person who is trustworthy
1:51.0	in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones, and the person who is dishonest in very small
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