03/29/26 Autobiography: Owning the Ending

Mike Schmitz· Host0:00

[gentle music] Welcome to Sunday Homilies with me, Father Mike Schmitz. I hope today's homily inspires and motivates you, and I also hope that it leaves you hungry for the one who gave everything to feed you. If you want to get this and other Sunday Mass resources sent straight to your inbox, sign up at ascensionpress.com/sunday or by texting "Sunday" to 33777. You can also follow or subscribe in your podcast app for weekly notifications. God bless. So, um, Jesus on his cross, um, or Jesus on, um, on the cross. It, there's a ... It's kind of interesting just the question of Jesus on his cross. Like, the, the question of whose cross is it? That Jesus is on the cross, but, uh, that question keeps m- coming back to me again and again is like, "Who, whose, whose is it? Who d- who does it belong to?" 'Cause it's Jesus. It's his cross. You know, I think it's so funny when, um, when there's something we like or something we want, I think a lot of us are quick to claim it. It's like, "That's my place in line. That's my parking spot." Whatever the thing is, I want that thing. But when we don't want a thing, I think we're quick to do something else. I, uh ... There was a comic strip back in the day, um, my mom really liked it. It was a, it was a comic strip about a family and, and the mom would always complain that there's three extra kids in the house. I don't know, nobody, and not me. My mom really liked it. She's like,