Episode 123148: 3/8/26 Autobiography: The Middle

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 7 March 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent

From the middle, you can't see the end.

From the middle, you can't see the end. But just know you're making progress, even if you don't feel it.

Mass Readings from March 8, 2026: Exodus 17:3-7 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9Romans 5:1-2, 5-8

John 4:5-42

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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.
0:31.5	And with your spirit.
0:32.7	A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.
0:35.5	Glory to you, Lord.
0:37.2	Chapter 4 verses 5 through
0:39.2	verse 52.
0:41.6	Jesus came to a town of
0:43.2	Samaria called Sychar.
0:44.9	Near a plot of land that Jacob had given to his son,
0:47.1	Joseph, Jacob's well was there.
0:49.5	Jesus tired from his journey, sat down
0:51.3	there at the well. It was about noon.
0:53.8	A woman of Samaria came to
0:55.0	draw water. Jesus said to her, give me a drink. His disciples had gone into town to buy food. The
1:01.9	Samaritan woman said to him, how can you, a Jew ask me a Samaritan woman for a drink? For Jews
1:07.1	use nothing in common with Samaritans. Jesus answered and said to her,
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