Praise be to God, thank you God our Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I'm saving this video for helping people and help in dark moments, God be praised. 🙏
This was one of the most important homilies I have ever heard. May March 10th 2024 be a day we each individually remember as the day we heard this homily by Fr Mike Schmitz, inspired by the example of Fr. Walter Chizek, as the day we each individually surrender all control to Jesus Christ and do will of God without fear.
Amen. Thank you Father God for speaking to me through Fr. Mike. “To forget about my powerlessness and to look instead to the immediate needs of those around me and to look to Him. With God’s grace I am never really owned by my past.”
I am 16 months clean and sober thanks to our Lord, who saw fit to enter my heart so that I could be reborn. I was so haunted by my past today but this message helped me stay in today. Pray for me brothers and sisters. Praise God!!!
God used this video to answer my prayers. I was praying and crying in another room and walked in to the kitchen and this was playing. You spoke to the exact things I was praying about. Miraculous. I’m not a subscriber. I’ve never seen your videos. This was exactly what I was praying about. Pretty incredible he responded through your video. Thank you! 🙏
As an alcoholic/addict in recovery who's reverted HARD to my Catholic roots, this homily hit differently 🙏🏻❤️ Kintsugi is the story of this attempt at sobriety. I am put back together by God and my faith and health all around are stronger than ever before. Thank you Fr. Mike for this. God bless you always. And to all my brothers and sisters in recovery, we are the kind of people Jesus kept in his company. He loves us better than we can ever love ourselves. Stay strong and walk into His light 🙏🏻✨
I have a Kintsugi heart. Back in March of 2013 there were a series of deaths in my family that began with the discovery that my younger brother was found dead in his apartment in China & that he had been dead for a month. He most likely committed suicide. In July of that year, the day after her 33rd birthday, a niece was diagnosed with ALS which runs in her mother’s side of the family. She died 7 months later. 5 months after that my mother died from Alzheimer’s. My heart had been shattered into a million sharp, jagged pieces that poked me daily. I was driving to work one day, screaming at God that I was at the end of my rope with all the grief. By the time I reached the intersection where I needed to turn off the country road I was on & onto the highway that would take me to work, God had put my heart back together again into something more strong & more beautiful than it had been before my outburst. ❤
God has provided for me and my children even though I’ve been struggling for the past three years. I believe the devil is behind all these spiritual attacks! Trying to make me lose hope. As a single mom, things have been tough on me. Both of my sons are autistic and I struggle to pay bills and keep food on the table. But even as I struggle to support myself and my children my faith in GOD is strong!
I’ve rejected the church and lost myself cause of living for the world’s desires instead of living for Gods Grace and Divine Providence of Saint James my Apostle and king knows me well since I was first born and I believe God needs our love within my own strength against my only weakness from the time I was born. I must surrender myself to him and be with him forever. Amen. 🙏
Such a good homily today. To get out of myself, my self pity. Think of those suffering priests, Alexi Navalni, Jesus’s suffering on the Cross, and step out of the darkness and into the light. Accept God’s Grace.
Time and time again, we are told to pray, but not to take control of the conversation. Earlier, I prayed, "Dear God, I'm here, your humble servant. What is it that you want me to do for me to deserve your grace? Not that I need to deserve it still." And in the quiet of the dawn, God spoke to me and I finally knew what to do. In the quiet of the night, God speaks only when we allow Him the silence of our thoughts. Thank you, Fr. Mike, for this beautiful homily.
Thank you Father. Great message. Past unfavorable choices are very difficult to let go. But God reminds us of His love, grace, and faithfulness to help our weakness.
My daughter led me to your site Fr. Mike. She watches your site frequently. I listened today and enjoyed it greatly. I have subscribed to site. Thank you for today's sermon. Thank you for giving me something I am able to share with her. Bless you.
"We remember how you loved us to your death, and still we celebrate, for you are with us here." Thank you ❤Father. Indeed, accepting God's grace is a choice - I have to choose.
I agree Father Mike; We tend be our worst enemies when we start judging ourselves for what we have done and allow the devil to feel us with unworthiness. I heard Bishop Barron mention the Pottery repair with Gold. It helped me look at my brokenness in a totally different way. GOD is the Glue/Gold that repairs us & makes us even better! 🥰I just need to remember this every time I fall...😇
Since we started the Lenten study of "He Leadeth Me" I've been reminded how "Man's Search for Meaning" changed my perspective on attitude & perspective. Thank you for mentioning Viktor Frankl in today's homily 🙏💜🙏
I know what you mean. Imagine “Haunted by your past” as a person, an evil spirit, it doesn’t matter what, but “haunted by your past” has control over your life, as long as you let him. Go to Adoration and leave this “person” behind. He’s luggage you don’t have to carry any longer. Listen to Fr. Mike podcast about why we don’t feel forgiven after leaving Confession. May God continue to bless you in this and every day. He has a plan for you. Listen to God, not “haunted by my past.”
Wow! What a powerful homily, Fr. Mike. You are SO right.we are all like sieves, and need to be reminded over and over. Thanks for reminding us of the book ‘He Leadeth me’ by Fr. Walter. I will order it now. We all have different circumstances, but we are all affected(BIG TIME) by our past. Your homily reminds us to NOT be paralyzed by the past, but to continue our journey with courage, not matter what.
What a wonderful homily... i watched it more than once. Poet Thomas Meyer has a book called Kintsugi, which is how i've come to know about this art. ...For super specific reasons, i start thinking about the scene in Happy Gilmore where Carl Weathers' character's hand is ... wayyy beyond Kintsugi; pulverization in a person's life seems to confound it! 🤭💙❣️ Bless u, Fr. Mike!!
Of ALL your videos ... this one felt the most important and filled me (a very confused person, full of questions about faith and is this real or delusion?) with a great sense of peace ... and love. Thank you so much. 💯🙏😊
Thank you Father Mike. That's exactly how I feel right now. I feel in a dry dessert and don't know what decision to make. I feel powerless. I want to surrender but don't know how. Thank you for the message. Please pray for me and my relationship with my daughter.
Dear Father and Ascension community That really blew me away , gave me hope to face the past and go fearless - forward giving my will over to God - this ends all doubt- he holds me - we are not alone I always doubt my way / it is now God’s way and I have been so blessed in infirmity Looking at it instead as God holding me up I can smile and say You know God -what you wish for- I will sing to the heavens thank you - wish they could hear this at the United Nations I wish we all could together go forward knowing this important message Thank you Will pray for you all!
I just finished reading Fr. Ciszek’s He Leadeth Me. I got it from the library but will buy copies for friends who’ll appreciate it. I’ll get a copy for myself as well. It’s a book I’ll read many times. It’d be a good book for a church book club.
Thank you Fr Mike for unpacking perhaps what might be considered the major point of the whole book. Inspiring to see how Fr Ciszek puts all this into action as he heads to the labor camps in Siberia - what should be a whole series of terrifying events - Fr. Ciszek meets all with full confidence - as it is happening - knowing that every detail is in fact God's will for him - as he said page 77 - Chapter - Four Years in Purgatory "...God's will was not hidden somewhere "out there" in the situation in which I found myself; the situations themselves were his will for me. What he wanted was for me to accept these situations as from his hands, to let go of the reins and place myself entirely at his disposal. He was asking of me an act of total trust, allowing for no interference or restless striving on my part, no reservations no expectations, no areas where I could set conditions or seem to hesitate. He was asking a complete gift of self, nothing held back"
That was me, trying to be strong, ready, and willing to address anything God sent my way - only to meet adversities i I thought were the wrong mission I was put here for.... now I see, I was actually prideful and self validating, not truly humble or obedient.. I'm hopefully the person needed to do God's will, my purpose, all to the glory 🙏🏾
I have a condition I accidentally induced by being drugged, hardly anyone's heard of it or knows how to treat it, it's called dpdr. It is hell on earth and takes away everything that not only made you you but that made you human. You lose emotions, memory, your past feels like someone else's. I know God could heal me of this but I fear he won't. I have surrendered to him but I think he will allow this suffering until I die. Idk what to realistically hope for anymore
Think of fear this way: F-false E-evidence A-appearing R-real. While your condition is real, your attitude toward it is yours to choose. Take each day at a time. Go to your parish’s Anointing of the Sick services. Our priest anoints anyone who comes forward every First Friday Mass. Perhaps the strength you gain from God’s Grace will help you conquer. Pls ave your under the care of our Blessed Mother Mary.
Why wasting time talking about past while the bible is saying this: 2 Corinthians 5 - 17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has❤❤ gone, the new has come!
I love to listen to you but i must be honest, i would rather you do not cover your beautiful face with a beard. Its just something i dont care for, it takes away your true total beauty. Maybe in the winter to keep your face warm but now its spring going into summer. Sorry but i had to tell you❣️
Praise be to God, thank you God our Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I'm saving this video for helping people and help in dark moments, God be praised. 🙏
This series is resonating with me so much... I'm not even Catholic...yet? But you are making things connect in a way it hasn't before.
Fr. Mike brings joy back to my heart.❤
This was one of the most important homilies I have ever heard. May March 10th 2024 be a day we each individually remember as the day we heard this homily by Fr Mike Schmitz, inspired by the example of Fr. Walter Chizek, as the day we each individually surrender all control to Jesus Christ and do will of God without fear.
Amen!
THIS!!
Truly God is good and He is in control.
Amen.
Thank you Father God for speaking to me through Fr. Mike.
“To forget about my powerlessness and to look instead to the immediate needs of those around me and to look to Him.
With God’s grace I am never really owned by my past.”
Amen! That our past doesn't own us, we can move from darkness to 🕯️ light .
I am 16 months clean and sober thanks to our Lord, who saw fit to enter my heart so that I could be reborn. I was so haunted by my past today but this message helped me stay in today. Pray for me brothers and sisters. Praise God!!!
🙏 🤲 🙏 🤲
I luv John 17. ❤
Dear Lord, open my heart that I may trust you. Give me the grace of hope, courage, and perseverance. I don't want to feel this despair!
God used this video to answer my prayers. I was praying and crying in another room and walked in to the kitchen and this was playing. You spoke to the exact things I was praying about. Miraculous. I’m not a subscriber. I’ve never seen your videos. This was exactly what I was praying about. Pretty incredible he responded through your video. Thank you! 🙏
As an alcoholic/addict in recovery who's reverted HARD to my Catholic roots, this homily hit differently 🙏🏻❤️ Kintsugi is the story of this attempt at sobriety. I am put back together by God and my faith and health all around are stronger than ever before. Thank you Fr. Mike for this. God bless you always. And to all my brothers and sisters in recovery, we are the kind of people Jesus kept in his company. He loves us better than we can ever love ourselves. Stay strong and walk into His light 🙏🏻✨
I have a Kintsugi heart. Back in March of 2013 there were a series of deaths in my family that began with the discovery that my younger brother was found dead in his apartment in China & that he had been dead for a month. He most likely committed suicide. In July of that year, the day after her 33rd birthday, a niece was diagnosed with ALS which runs in her mother’s side of the family. She died 7 months later. 5 months after that my mother died from Alzheimer’s. My heart had been shattered into a million sharp, jagged pieces that poked me daily. I was driving to work one day, screaming at God that I was at the end of my rope with all the grief. By the time I reached the intersection where I needed to turn off the country road I was on & onto the highway that would take me to work, God had put my heart back together again into something more strong & more beautiful than it had been before my outburst. ❤
God has provided for me and my children even though I’ve been struggling for the past three years. I believe the devil is behind all these spiritual attacks! Trying to make me lose hope. As a single mom, things have been tough on me. Both of my sons are autistic and I struggle to pay bills and keep food on the table. But even as I struggle to support myself and my children my faith in GOD is strong!
Praying for you ❤🙏🏽 you can do this and are an incredible mother!
God bless ❤
Keep you eyes on Jesus.
One of the best homilies I have ever heard. Ever. God spoke through you Father Mike Schmitz.
What a feeding of us, what a smart and passionate person, this homilies are simply heart-felt. you're a great and wonderful priest fr. Mike
I’ve rejected the church and lost myself cause of living for the world’s desires instead of living for Gods Grace and Divine Providence of Saint James my Apostle and king knows me well since I was first born and I believe God needs our love within my own strength against my only weakness from the time I was born. I must surrender myself to him and be with him forever. Amen. 🙏
Stepping into the light and out of darkness thank you heavenly Father for your grace
Thank you Fr. Mike and my prayers are with you always.
Such a good homily today. To get out of myself, my self pity. Think of those suffering priests, Alexi Navalni, Jesus’s suffering on the Cross, and step out of the darkness and into the light. Accept God’s Grace.
Thank You for your Goodness Father Mike and sharing this Spiritual message to us through God and Jesus’ Gospel of Truth.
Time and time again, we are told to pray, but not to take control of the conversation. Earlier, I prayed, "Dear God, I'm here, your humble servant. What is it that you want me to do for me to deserve your grace? Not that I need to deserve it still." And in the quiet of the dawn, God spoke to me and I finally knew what to do. In the quiet of the night, God speaks only when we allow Him the silence of our thoughts. Thank you, Fr. Mike, for this beautiful homily.
So powerful. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Thank you, Father Mike.
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When you have lost so many relatives in such a short amount of time, it makes it hard to smile. But I still have God.❤
Thank you Father. Great message. Past unfavorable choices are very difficult to let go. But God reminds us of His love, grace, and faithfulness to help our weakness.
“See? I make all things new again.” Rev. 21:5
🙏🏾❤️
Oh, glory to Jesus!
I would pray for forgiveness. God Loves us. By our Faith, we are saved
God grace is more powerful than our weakness. 🙏🙏🙏
A great quote I read somewhere, wish I could remember the source: “Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.”
My daughter led me to your site Fr. Mike. She watches your site frequently. I listened today and enjoyed it greatly. I have subscribed to site. Thank you for today's sermon. Thank you for giving me something I am able to share with her. Bless you.
"We remember how you loved us to your death, and still we celebrate, for you are with us here." Thank you ❤Father. Indeed, accepting God's grace is a choice - I have to choose.
I agree Father Mike; We tend be our worst enemies when we start judging ourselves for what we have done and allow the devil to feel us with unworthiness. I heard Bishop Barron mention the Pottery repair with Gold. It helped me look at my brokenness in a totally different way. GOD is the Glue/Gold that repairs us & makes us even better! 🥰I just need to remember this every time I fall...😇
Do you know him?:)
John 3 : 16
Since we started the Lenten study of "He Leadeth Me" I've been reminded how "Man's Search for Meaning" changed my perspective on attitude & perspective. Thank you for mentioning Viktor Frankl in today's homily 🙏💜🙏
Do you know Fr Michael?:)
God’s will be done
Thanks!
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Hey you look great in pink!
The kintsugi comparison was beautiful ❤️ thank you, Fr Mike!
This is so powerful. Thank you Fr. Mike. Thank you for your priesthood. 🙏🙏🙏🙏 God bless you.
What a homily
Amazing sermon
Praise God
Padre, I just have this sudden thought that you're gonna be a saint. God bless!
I feel the same ❤
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Bless you father.
best homily!!!!!
Thank you 🙏❤🕊....
God bless you Father Mike.
Wow! How beautiful and just what I needed. May God bless you abundantly for saying yes to Him
I am haunted by my past. Even though I know God forgives me.
I know what you mean. Imagine “Haunted by your past” as a person, an evil spirit, it doesn’t matter what, but “haunted by your past” has control over your life, as long as you let him. Go to Adoration and leave this “person” behind. He’s luggage you don’t have to carry any longer. Listen to Fr. Mike podcast about why we don’t feel forgiven after leaving Confession. May God continue to bless you in this and every day. He has a plan for you. Listen to God, not “haunted by my past.”
Father! Very, very powerful! Thank you!
Beautiful message.
Wow! What a powerful homily, Fr. Mike. You are SO right.we are all like sieves, and need to be reminded over and over. Thanks for reminding us of the book ‘He Leadeth me’ by Fr. Walter. I will order it now. We all have different circumstances, but we are all affected(BIG TIME) by our past. Your homily reminds us to NOT be paralyzed by the past, but to continue our journey with courage, not matter what.
Thank you for this excellent homily! There is so much to reflect on!
What a wonderful homily... i watched it more than once. Poet Thomas Meyer has a book called Kintsugi, which is how i've come to know about this art. ...For super specific reasons, i start thinking about the scene in Happy Gilmore where Carl Weathers' character's hand is ... wayyy beyond Kintsugi; pulverization in a person's life seems to confound it! 🤭💙❣️ Bless u, Fr. Mike!!
Of ALL your videos ... this one felt the most important and filled me (a very confused person, full of questions about faith and is this real or delusion?) with a great sense of peace ... and love. Thank you so much. 💯🙏😊
Thank you Father Mike. I needed this one today!
🕯💞💖✨️🙏
Thank you Father Mike. That's exactly how I feel right now. I feel in a dry dessert and don't know what decision to make. I feel powerless. I want to surrender but don't know how. Thank you for the message. Please pray for me and my relationship with my daughter.
Beautiful Homily Fr. Mike God Bless you!
I ❤you very much. Please never forget that!. Thank you
Amen 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Dear Father and Ascension community
That really blew me away , gave me hope to face the past and go fearless - forward giving my will over to God - this ends all doubt- he holds me - we are not alone
I always doubt my way / it is now God’s way and I have been so blessed in infirmity
Looking at it instead as God holding me up
I can smile and say
You know God -what you wish for- I will sing to the heavens thank you - wish they could hear this at the United Nations
I wish we all could together go forward knowing this important message
Thank you
Will pray for you all!
Wow!
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻pray for us
This was powerful. Thank you.
Father Mike, Thank You!
This is POWERFUL a homily. Thankyou Fr.Mike..May God bless you abundantly. PTL ❤🎉🎉🎉
I just finished reading Fr. Ciszek’s He Leadeth Me. I got it from the library but will buy copies for friends who’ll appreciate it. I’ll get a copy for myself as well. It’s a book I’ll read many times. It’d be a good book for a church book club.
Powerful life giving sermon. TY, Father.
Thank you Fr Mike for unpacking perhaps what might be considered the major point of the whole book. Inspiring to see how Fr Ciszek puts all this into action as he heads to the labor camps in Siberia - what should be a whole series of terrifying events - Fr. Ciszek meets all with full confidence - as it is happening - knowing that every detail is in fact God's will for him - as he said page 77 - Chapter - Four Years in Purgatory "...God's will was not hidden somewhere "out there" in the situation in which I found myself; the situations themselves were his will for me. What he wanted was for me to accept these situations as from his hands, to let go of the reins and place myself entirely at his disposal. He was asking of me an act of total trust, allowing for no interference or restless striving on my part, no reservations no expectations, no areas where I could set conditions or seem to hesitate. He was asking a complete gift of self, nothing held back"
Just beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
God bless you, Fr. Mike!
That was me, trying to be strong, ready, and willing to address anything God sent my way - only to meet adversities i I thought were the wrong mission I was put here for.... now I see, I was actually prideful and self validating, not truly humble or obedient.. I'm hopefully the person needed to do God's will, my purpose, all to the glory 🙏🏾
Thank 🙏
🥺😖😭🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Amen. 🙏
Thank you Father ❤
Thank you Fr Mike 🙏
These is amazing ❤Thank you Father
So powerful! Thank you Father Mike.
Amen 🙌🏼🙏🏻. God makes everything NEW ❤.
Glory to Jesus Christ.
Oh wow, that is the best sermon I have ever heard. Thankyou Fr Mike!!!!!
Thank you.
❤❤❤
Thank you
Thank you Father
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Yeah inclined to think, why promise somebody an eternity, when, oh c'mon people are struggling to contribute,
There's no funds for eternity.
I have a condition I accidentally induced by being drugged, hardly anyone's heard of it or knows how to treat it, it's called dpdr. It is hell on earth and takes away everything that not only made you you but that made you human. You lose emotions, memory, your past feels like someone else's. I know God could heal me of this but I fear he won't. I have surrendered to him but I think he will allow this suffering until I die. Idk what to realistically hope for anymore
Think of fear this way: F-false
E-evidence A-appearing R-real.
While your condition is real, your attitude toward it is yours to choose. Take each day at a time. Go to your parish’s Anointing of the Sick services. Our priest anoints anyone who comes forward every First Friday Mass. Perhaps the strength you gain from God’s Grace will help you conquer. Pls ave your under the care of our Blessed Mother Mary.
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I really need a paper copy of this sermon to send to my friend in prison. Is there one available?
How long can a human being listen to it up there?
hello Sir, do you prey on people who ask for you help, instead of pray on people? years and then years later?
Thanks!
Why wasting time talking about past while the bible is saying this:
2 Corinthians 5 -
17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has❤❤ gone, the new has come!
I love to listen to you but i must be honest, i would rather you do not cover your beautiful face with a beard. Its just something i dont care for, it takes away your true total beauty. Maybe in the winter to keep your face warm but now its spring going into summer. Sorry but i had to tell you❣️
Amen❤
Praise God for you father Mike, powerful homily 🌷
Thank you
Thank you Fr Mike
Thank you Father