Podcast Episodes

Reminder: God Loves You

Father Mike Schmitz forgot to say one thing in his video “We’re Not Just Cosmic Accidents” – God loves you. In his previous video Fr. Mike made comme…

7 years, 5 months ago

Building Healthy Relationships

Fr. Mike shares three things that will help you build healthy relationships.

If a couple wants to get married, that’s something we should celebrate. …

7 years, 6 months ago

Farmer, Priest, and Martyr

Blessed Father Stanley Rother was a farmer, priest, and martyr from Oklahoma who found a way to give everything to the Lord, even his greatest strugg…

7 years, 6 months ago

We Are Not Cosmic Accidents

Without our dignity that comes from God, we are just cosmic accidents. This is a humbling realization, but one that can also be empowering. Fr. Mike …

7 years, 6 months ago

Why Joy is More Christian Than Happiness

Happiness is circumstantial. In fact, the word has the same root as the word “happenstance”. And yet, despite how fickle it is, many of us base our l…

7 years, 6 months ago

When Mass Feels like Going Through the Motions

The Karate Kid didn’t know waxing a car would teach him karate, but Miyagi knew. In a similar way the Church, in her wisdom, teaches us certain motio…

7 years, 7 months ago

Do Catholics Have to Respect Everyone?

Sometimes it can be hard to respect the character of a person you really don’t like. That’s no problem, says Fr. Mike, because you can still respect …

7 years, 7 months ago

Faith is Not Something You Can Lose

Sure, there are times when it’s just hard to believe what the Catholic Faith tells us, but when someone says “I’m losing my faith,” or “I lost my fai…

7 years, 7 months ago

Repentance and Church Reform

Anyone can and should condemn the sins of the priests and cardinals that have been all over the news. The real challenge is to ask God what he is exp…

7 years, 7 months ago

The Pennsylvania Sex Abuse Scandal

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7 years, 8 months ago