The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

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God Ain’t Your Grandma (Making God an Idol) Feb 17, 2022

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What does God want from us? What does God deserve from us given that he's our creator?

Today, Fr. Mike shows how we can actually turn God into an idol—when we "choose our version of God." This is what happens when we pull God off the shelf when we want him or need him, but put him back on the shelf when we don't. Today, Fr. Mike invites us to ask God what he wants from us.

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Why Get Married If It Doesn't Exist in Heaven? Feb 10, 2022

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Why should you consider getting married, if as Jesus states in Matthew 22:30; "at the resurrection, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven?"

Today Fr. Mike continues his series dealing with questions related to the vocation of marriage.

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If God is Good, Why Do We Need to Pray? Feb 03, 2022

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Today, Fr. Mike delves into this age old question.

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What Makes Mary and Joseph's Marriage Different? Jan 27, 2022

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As we know, an essential part of the Sacrament of Marriage is entering into the sexual embrace. And yet, our Catholic faith teaches that Mary and Joseph remained lifelong virgins even after they were married. So, how does this make their marriage different?

Today, Fr. Mike unpacks this common question and helps us further understand the beauty and grace of the Sacrament of Marriage.

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Kids: A Right? A Curse? or a Gift? Jan 20, 2022

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For probably the first time in human history, the common perception of children as a gift has been under attack by our culture at large. More and more the world sees kids as an affront to our personal autonomy or the driver of a pending apocalyptic catastrophe.

Today, Fr. Mike weighs in on the "primary goods" of marriage and why we need to re-orient our mindset when it comes to children.

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What Can You Do When Another Won't Forgive? Jan 13, 2022

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You said an unkind word or reacted rashly. You feel terrible because it was directed at someone you love. When you ask for their forgiveness the wound they feel is too raw and they don't accept your apology. What can you do?

Today, Fr. Mike shares a word of challenge and encouragement on how to exercise the virtue of patience and show mercy as you wait to be forgiven.

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Forgiveness is Not the Same as Reconciliation Jan 06, 2022

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Have you ever heard the expression, ‘To err is human; to forgive, divine?’ Surprisingly this well-known phrase does not come from the Bible but a poem by the English poet Alexander Pope.

Today, Fr. Mike shares some great insights into the process of forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration and how God offers all three stages to us in the Sacrament of Confession.

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Surrendering the Past and Future to Jesus' Lordship and Dominion Dec 30, 2021

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Can you believe it's almost a new year!? Are you reflecting on both the suffering and gifts of the past year and also looking to the future and making resolutions for 2022?

Today, Fr. Mike gives us a word of encouragement and challenge to surrender our past brokenness and sin as well as the future blessings and difficulties to the lordship of Jesus Christ!

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What Did Jesus Actually Look Like? Dec 23, 2021

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Have you ever gone to a carnival or fair and had a caricature drawn of yourself? Did it seem to highlight some parts of you but fail to really create a complete picture of who you are?

Today, Fr. Mike explores the nature of Jesus’ true physical appearance, and the spiritual reasons he may appear so diverse in different works of art.

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What You Do with Your Body Matters (Ascension Cafe, WMF 2015) Dec 16, 2021

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In this throwback talk from the 2015 World Meeting of Families, Fr. Mike introduces us to the Theology of the Body and inspires us with a new vision of what it means to have a human form.

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