{"podcast":{"title":"Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz","slug":"sunday-homilies-with-fr-mike-schmitz-614176","podcast_index_feed_id":614176,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fireside.fm/fathermikehomilies/rss","website_url":"https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm","image_url":"https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/1/1b1273a3-3711-4e9f-b187-36a4f8791359/cover.jpg?v=2","author":"Ascension","episode_count":420,"summary":"Every week, Catholic priest Fr. Mike Schmitz delivers powerful homilies based on the Sunday Mass Scripture readings, inviting you to live more fully as the person God created you to be. Engaging and motivating, these 20-30 minute homilies will help ground your faith, fortify your heart, and transform your life. Fr. Mike Schmitz preaches from Duluth Minnesota, where he serves as the Newman chaplain for University Minnesota Duluth’s Bulldog Catholic campus ministry.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T16:18:17.339342+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sunday-homilies-with-fr-mike-schmitz-614176"},"episode":{"title":"2/8/26 Wasted Potential","slug":"2-8-26-wasted-potential","published_at":"2026-02-07T17:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sunday-homilies-with-fr-mike-schmitz-614176/2-8-26-wasted-potential","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sunday-homilies-with-fr-mike-schmitz-614176","url":"https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/2826","audio_url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1b1273a3-3711-4e9f-b187-36a4f8791359/2c567fe4-ad5a-4e40-bb33-108c3616e7a7.mp3","summary":"Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus, do not let what You did for me end with me. To have been given all that one needs...and then to not use it would be a tragedy. We are surrounded by the tragedy of wasted potential. But this doesn't have to be the end of our story. Mass Readings from February 8, 2026: Isaiah 58:7-10 Psalm 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-91 Corinthians 2:1-5 Matthew 5:13-16","meta_description":"Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus, do not let what You did for me end with me. To have been given all that one needs...and then to not u…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1351,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sunday-homilies-with-fr-mike-schmitz-614176/episodes/2-8-26-wasted-potential/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sunday-homilies-with-fr-mike-schmitz-614176/2-8-26-wasted-potential.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}