Having Joy in Uncertainty
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The only things we can be certain about are the things that have already happened to us in the past, and we live in a perpetual state of uncertainty about the future. If we’re honest, we can all probably agree that it’s not really comfortable to be constantly wondering what your life will look like in a month, in six months, in a year. We are always worrying about the future-especially when we sense that some form of suffering looms ahead.
Father Mike walks us through the Five Joyful Mysteries: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity, the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, and the Finding of Jesus in the Temple. He reflects on the fact that each of these joyful mysteries is marked with a profound uncertainty and suffering. And yet, joy is present.
Think about what what Mary must have felt like when the Angel appeared to her and told her that the Holy Spirit would come upon her-that she was going to be the mother of the Messiah. The Angel didn’t reveal details to her. He didn’t assure her that Joseph wouldn’t divorce her, or that they would have to travel to Bethlehem but that they would make it in time for her to deliver. Yet, amidst the uncertainty of the moment, Mary gave a joyful Fiat.
Joy can be present, because Christ is present. You are able to have a Merry Christmas today...not because there is no suffering, and no uncertainty, but because God is with us. Even in our darkness, we have seen a great light.
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I just found this video today, August 20, 2024, and it still was relevant and spoke to me. God bless you Father Mike.
It's funny. I was so preoccupied by uncertainty earlier today. I've been Google-ing and reading articles and other sites concerning a multitude of my worries. Housing, income, relationships, etc. Then, this video comes along. I'm still anxious about the future and it's definitely uncertain, but those worries are a bit muted now. This is by far the best Christmas gift I've received today. Thank you, Fr. Mike. God bless you all in Ascension Presents and have an amazing Christmas!
@Christina Reynolds ha same I was in the same boat. Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
"In the darkest moments, bright flows the river of God."
-- St. John of the Cross
When I read this, I read after to think about a dark moment in my life, then to think of any glimpses of light in the midst of that. It helped me see that God works ALL THINGS for our good by his passion on the cross.
I don't know why but I thanked God today while I washed my face. This year was filled with regret and self pity for me. I increased my sins instead of praying more and trusting in God more. I thought I had it figured out but destiny came back biting harder and I lost. Even through all that mess I'm still following Christ and today has been an eye opener that God has blessed me with the fruit of my works and I'm going to enjoy my day and not worry about my stupid ugly thoughts. I'm gonna drink a cold beer and enjoy a nice tasty meal and buy myself some cookies. I even plan on going to confession and beginning again to a better life. I will love my God and I will worship God more than ever. Merry Christmas to anyone who is feeling like they lost the battle. Remember God is faithful if you confess and he hasn't abandoned us.
Blue Dreams this is everything I needed 😢
Beautiful
It's so true....i really wanted to be the same way..i too lost everything and overthinking has taken over my life....one day at a time is what I will do too..... thank you.
Thank you so much for this.....I also have fallen into sin recently and I'm really ashamed. I feel like I have let God down in not being a good gospel to the unbelievers. Planning to go on confession too God is merciful he will forgive me.
Amen! God blessed
God will be with you, it's all enough for our certainty. Amen. ❤
It helps me feel at ease to think God = Love. God is ultimately in control and so Love is ultimately in control. Merry Christmas everyone!
Thank you bro:)
I just absolutely love this Priest! He does not only transmit the joy of following Christ but also speaks with truth and wisdom. - a Catholic Nun
Thank you Fr Mike. I needed to hear this. Thank you Dearest Lord 🙏.
I know everybody comments on Ascension Presents' videos saying "I needed this today." But I rejoice in the fact that when I opened up my inbox this popped up. The moment I saw the thumbail I was denying the joy of Christmas because I was uncertain of my future and vocations. So thank God for speaking to us through our priests.
I will never pray the joyful mysteries the same. After listening to this, I'll keep in mind how in the midst of uncertainty God is still there with us as He was with our blessed Mother.
That's one of my favorite christmas albums, too! I love Barbra Streisand! She's one of my mom's favorites, and that's something that she has shared with me.
Gosh I am so letting my anxiety over a situation take my joy... the anxious thoughts I’m having are, have no foundation in my present circumstance... but it is the past relationship I had... and my pre wired anxiety, part of my adhd that I have allowed to steel my joy... thank you father Mike... you have soo helped me... by turning my heart and mind back to Jesus... thank you... x
What a sweet thing to say about your Mother's voice! 🌹
Im at a point in my life where this was exactly what i needed to hear & be reminded of. Thnk you Fr and peace be with you as well.
Such a beautiful message. Thank you. This holy season of God's birth, I reflect on the glorious blessings I received in the past when God gave me my husband, Gene, and his unconditional love. Now, Gene has died, and I am left here in a void. I pray for his soul and face an uncertain future. Yes, I have lost much, but now, I realize the certainty of God's love and I feel his presence more acutely. Mary's obedience is an example for me of how to live the rest of my life doing God's will. I have no need for certainty about future events here on earth when I have the promise of eternal salvation purchased by the blood of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
@JoyfulHeart thank you. I'm blessed. I'll pray for you too.
A great message, especially considering how many of us learned uncertainty of the future in 2020 more than ever.
Prayers please 🙏
Timeless message -- watching during covid days as well as world gone crazy days... God is still with us. Amen.
I feel so blessed to have come across the Ascension Presents channel. It never fails to assure me of God's love and presence in my life, to give me a nugget of wisdom or something to think about, to praise God for, or be thankful about... Thank you Fr Mike, and also to the Poco a Poco priests Fr. Mark-Mary and company... This youtube channel is such a gift. ❤
I am seeing this on a journey. My aunt just expired yesterday and my heart is filled with grief..
This video just helped me to stbailise the influx of thoughts I had all about the uncertainties of life.
Praise be to the Lord.
Thanks a lot Father Mike.
Divya Nazareth “Your heart knows in silence the secrets of the days and the nights”
- poet Khalil Gibran
Thank you Father Mike Schmitz, because through your words God is present. May our Lord bless you!
Father Mike, YOU ROCK!!!!!!!! May God keep you like that! Thank you fr everything!!!
Fr. Mike already said this in another video, and since then I can't stop thinking about it, Our Mother is such a great example, love that observation of uncertanty. love this videos, thanks a lot to all that make them possible and Merry Christmas.
Im an orthodox and a fan of Father Mike
Good to hear that!
@@mariab.774 i know
yes. joy. I've noticed that protestants are joyful. Catholics suffer and offer it up.. protestants suffer and while they are suffering, they PRAISE & WORSHIP the Lord..literally.. I gained my faith back thru my protestant friends and their services especially watching Brother Yun and reading his book HEANVENLY MAN BROTHER YUN. Protestants worship shouting psalm 91 or any bible // word of God. Yes, Jesus speaks thru uncertainty, imperfect people like us. Allelluia
What I love most about this particular video is that the discussion can be applied even beyond the seasons of Advent and Christmas. Thank you Ascension Presents
Thank you for your heart-moving guidance, Father Mike. Your timing is perfect, as always. You light up my life. Bless you and yours from the bottom of my heart, with much love.
Thank you, Father Mike! You have most certainly been a blessing this Christmas. Because of your these truths, I've been able to put my soul to rest from many of the worries about the future that have been clouding my head. Jesus is good and He is faithful.
Well said Father and thank God for giving you the gift of preaching the true meaning of Christmas!
I just watched this today and it couldn't be more fitting than now. Even though it was a year ago, the message hit home for this Christmas. Thank you for always knowing what I need to hear at the perfect time!
Many blessings on this day for you Fr. Mike!
Thank you and Merry Christmas Father Mike. It’s a difficult Christmas as my heart is broken because our daughter is estranged from us. I needed this beautiful reminder of the joy God brings ❤️
Kaz keep praying for her. My sister was estranged from my family and she finally reached out.
Șandra Đëë thank you 🙏🏻
Prayers for you... it's not easy ♡
@@Jade_902 how wonderful ❤
Thank you so much for this, Fr. Mike! This was very timely. I needed to hear this. God bless and keep you fruitful in His vineyard. Amen!
Merry Christmas!!!! May JESUS bless all !
Coping with uncertainty is one of my greatest struggles, especially during this pandemic. Yes, I remind myself that God is always with me and He knows the future! ....Therefore, I place my full trust in Him, knowing He always has my best interest at hand.
Thank you for this reminder Father Mike. I am living in uncertainties, and it is hard to remember joy. God is here. With me. Here. Sitting on this floor with me now. Thank you Lord.
Merry Christmas.
I think you summed it up very well Father. When I meditate on the Joyful Mysteries I often think the err y are everything but joyful. Those two women had no idea what was in store for their baby boys. So sad.
Thank you Fr. Mike. This video was perfectly timed and meant a lot to me. The Holy Spirit is certainly guiding your every move. Thank you so much for posting on this topic at this time. Great content as always!
Thank you father Mike for everything you have done for us! God bless! Merry Christmas!
Beautiful message. Thank you Father Mike. Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, thank you for your videos. This one means alot to me. I loss a 7 month old Christmas eve 38 yrs ago. I trusted in the Lord then and still today. My life has been with Heartache after Heartache. But my Lord has kept me Strong.
BLESS YOU
Beautiful message, brought tears in my eyes🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻Ave Maria.
Great video, Father! Thanks a lot
You lifted me up. Thanks
Beautiful truth. Just beautiful!
Thank you. I have been reflecting on the joyful mysteries in this way myself recently. I have great uncertainty in my life at the moment filled with much depression so this spoke deeply to me :)
I love this!!! Thank you so much, Fr. Mike!
Merry Christmas!!
That was a great message fr.mike Thank you so much
God bless you Fr. Mike and Happy New Year 2020!
YOU’RE HILARIOUS!! LOVE YOUR EXPLANATIONS!! MERRY CHRISTMAS, FATHER!!❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Beautiful. God bless you, dear Father Mike. Merry Christmas to you and all the best from Croatia ✝️🙌❤️🇭🇷✌️😇😊
HAPPY HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMASS AND HAPPY BLESSED NEW. YEAR
This video came at the perfect time for me! God bless
Shared the video with friends and catechists to make them smile.
Dear fr. Mike, this video was just what I needed! Thank You for everything! Have a merry Christmas! 😃
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Love the Barbara Christmas Album. Great way to hook me in this morning & share this important message
Watching this the day after Christmas +8:00 GMT. This season was bland for me due to various reasons. Such missed opportunities and so much uncertainty. I do pray to be able to bounce back. Thank you for reminding me with this video today.
Maligayang Pasko po... 👼🕯🌟✝️♥️🔥🎄🎁
Wow this was amazing. Thank you
AMEN!
Amen. Merry Christmas father mike ❤️
Amen
Love the beard
0:00-> Now THAT is an intro!!!!!! Amen.......
Merry Christmas Father Mike!!! 😁♥️🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻♥️
My mom too had Barbra Streisand albums
Thank you Father yet again! Great channel and God bless you. Merry Christmas! We're from the Philippines, would love to have you come here and speak to our youth if given the chance :)
Father, but I wonder why so much uncertainty, so much pain and suffering... I feel that in the Old Testament God manifested Himself more.
Okay.
Apparently that’s all I needed to hear.
I’ll nut up and take the job.
love and miss the beard!
This is so cool!!
Yay Joy to the world!
For me, the holidays are not complete without the 1956 edition of Frank Sinatra Jolly Christmas. It had a arrangement of jingle bells that was not traditional, but very great. I have been listening to that album since I was born so when I wanted into second grade, and it was Christmas time in the lady came with her cart, she said we were going to sing jingle bells. And she hands out the papers and we start to sing and I have to have my hand up to say stop stop this is wrong. Where are the JINGLEBells I love those JINGLE bills. She looked at me probably on today’s standards. Like I just grown a third eye. I continue to protest that the song was not correct. When the classroom teacher came back and I can’t remember my second grade teacher‘s name, she’s the only one I can’t remember. Commented that I had become agitated in class over jingle bells and I was a distraction. And the teacher said she take care of it which she did. After dinner, the phone rang and it was my teacher who wanted to talk to my father and mother about jingle bells. Well, Mom started to laugh, and I’m sure the teacher was not thrilled with the fact she was being laughed at by a parent that she was calling the parent to call out the child. But my mom basically gave her the same story that I given her Frank Sinatra sings it this way. This is the only way that I would know it because I’ve been listening to it for eight years left it in my mother‘s hands to educate me the fact that different songs can be sung different ways, and the way that they were singing jingle bells in school was completely correct And I should not raise my hand or get upset about it. That was 58 years ago. Can you imagine a teacher calling a parent over the singing of jingle bells in the day and age? I love my life a great deal as I see what’s happening around the world and around me I am frightened for my children and my grandchildren, and my other assorted, nieces and nephews, and what they will face, 2030 4050 years in the future. I will be long gone but they will have to live with the world that we have and it’s going to be a whole lot harder for them than those holiday bells. Those holiday JINGLE bells.
Great video
This is some good stuff.
Merry Christmas 🎄☃️❄️
That's the one we listened to also. And sang along....jinglebelljinglebelljingleallthewayOwhatfunitistorideinaonehorseopensleigheyheyheyhey. Fastest jingle bells we'd ever heard. Haha
Amen ...
I have a question. When you die are you able to then see the war in heaven between the angles and demons or will we be shielded from that .
Just two add my two cents. COVID happened after this! But not one ounce of worry would have stopped it!
Pre Covid19 videos always seem so strange
The other thing which is certain is death.
I hope jesus comes to earth before I die, because i fear death
Death & taxes, they say. Between the two, I think taxes is more certain 😝😆
I'm trusting the message is good but it's very difficult to listen to with such an adolescent delivery.
Unless the vids are intended for pre-teens.
Cc his primary ministry is on a college campus
@@Sid110293sia So the video is geared toward college aged adults. Why the adolescent cadence? If I were in college I would have tune him out.
St. Teresa's Bookmark.
Let nothing disturb you.
Let nothing frighten you.
All thjngs are passing
God alone never changes.
Patience obtains all things
He who has God has everything
God alone suffices.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not towards your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5
Which is why you cant be apart of the Roman church. They have changed their doctrines over 1000 years.
@soulight77 So needed that, thank you
R u a carmelite? By any chance?
Thank you.🕊
No Teresa, I am not a Carmelite. I am a mother, Grandmother, widow, who has no option but to be very dependant and rest in/on our Beloved Eternal Father. Blessings in this Octave of Christmas
This Christmas was hard without my husband, he passed away. My kids and I made the best of it. I know Jesus and Mary and Saint Joseph have been holding us. Amen!
You & family, never lose your faith. Keep growing it and advancing in sanctity every day, and keep praying for your husband. I prayed for him and family.
Met your husband rest in eternal peace in God's arms and may God give you and your kids and your whole family strength and courage and comfort you all in these hard times sending to you all all of my love and prayers I love you in JESUS mighty and precious name Amen🙏🏽🤲🏽❤️☝🏽✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️
Oh, your comment made me cry. :( I hope your family is doing well.
Thank you for this video. This is literally the saddest day of the year for me for the last six years of my life. I appreciate the encouragement because I have no one to share it with and to celebrate with. And this year is one of the most uncertain years of my life approaching. In fact last night at 1 in the morning after Mass I asked the priest about rcia classes for the first time in my. Not sure where this going to lead but I know that things in my life have to change and I know that that scares me because the future is uncertain. And I have no one in my life I can walk with through this. Again thank you for this video unless very lonely day of where I have a family who does not want anything to do it has disowned me and I can't go home. Thank you God bless you and your team over an assention presents
Alan R. Burt 🙏🏼
Alan, I have read your message. My heart goes out to you. I, too, have no one to celebrate with. My hubby and daughter just recently passed away, weeks from each other. No one called me today. No one came to visit. I took some flowers to my next door neighbor, but noticed that they are gone for the week. I cannot go home, either, since there is no one there anymore. Please, please join with me to place your heart at the foot of the cross, and offer to Jesus. That very act takes the grief off your shoulders. Give it a try, please, and let me know how it works. Uncertainty can be rewarding,
@@barbaragontarek1970 Dear Barbara I'm so sorry for your loss.. I can't even imagine your sorrow.. Please don't give up, you are not alone. The holy father is guarding you with all his angels, because he loves you very much!
Julia Rolle Thank you. Your kind words mean a lot to me.
Alan take courage for the Lord is with you therefore nothing can be against you.
If God is with us who can be against us!!!!! 🎉🎊😇
Evutey xoxo indeed!!
God is with your enemies too
@@elevatedgaming2885 if he is with them, then they are not my enemies.
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“Today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord.”
Merry Christmas, y’all.
Merry Christmas to you too..praise the lord!
This message was such a GIFT that I *needed* to hear today!
Thank you Father. You’ll never see this message I’m sure but I thank God for this reminder and will cling to it when life is so hard.
I wish you all a blessed Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
I hope you come out of the harlot before it's too late. Your soul is too precious to follow that church to destruction.
josh portie I’m sorry you’re hurting so deeply that you thought the day after *Christmas* was a good time to troll Fr. Mike’s channel.
I pray that Our Lord will heal what ever brokenness you have that would possess you to lash out and show who 🖤you really are.
I love the Lord and *I believe EVERY word He said*.
Unlike Protestants, I don’t pick and choose what I like and don’t to accommodate *my own interpretation* of what He meant.
If you truly believed ALL that He said you wouldn’t be a heretic and you’d be pointing people in the right direction.
I pray that you will eventually learn the truth and stop attempting to use hate to claim you’re a disciple of Christ Jesus.
I follow Jesus Christ and because of my profound love of Him ...I will wish you peace. See that’s how it’s done.
🖤Romans 16:17-18
Pax Christi,
Deena
Roger
This was such a sobering perspective. Sobering and encouraging for me. God gets " it ". Good, bad, ugly... He really does. Thank you Fr. Mike. Thank you Ascension. Merry Christmas and God bless you too.
I totally agree !!
God gets it? It's you that dont get it.
God can not be outdone by evil, God is my strength. We are Easter people! Hope . The devil does not take a break on Christmas Day. He tried to rob us if the glory of God. But no matter what happens I choose to trust in God .
😍 Kinda teared up too when Fr. said his mom's voice is nicer. 💖
With me leaving a very stable job to pursue my dreams, my wife giving birth to our first child, and moving to a new location to start new, all events happening within a few months of each other, this is definitely the message I needed to hear. Thank you Fr. Mike for the great reminder of God's faithfulness! Jesus, I trust in You.
Hope God blesses you in your future Raphy!
How'd it go?
I was thinking at midnight mass during the reading about Mary placing Jesus in the manger, and what she felt about Joseph and the stable she was in and it dawned on me.. that structure over her head and the decrepit cradle for her child probably didn't bother her so much, because that place was not her shelter, ..Joseph was.
@@paulgerard4503 don't be a dickhead.. he did marry her.
@@paulgerard4503 They were married when betrothed and later Joseph took Mary into his house when the angel told him it was fine in a dream. But same question backatcha - source from Sacred Scripture that tells you: "Joseph, the bloke who would not marry her, and caused her to live in scorn."
@@paulgerard4503 Betrothed is married, in that culture. But I noticed you didn't answer your own challenge - where in Sacred Scripture does it say anything you have asserted here?
@@paulgerard4503 And if you can't answer that, then are we to take from that inability you are just some blowhard, full of arrogance and condescension?
Paul glandy Matthew 1:19. Joseph can’t divorce someone he is merely engaged to, only someone he is married to. What Bible source or translation are you using? Have a merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas from Poland!! :)
A great Catholic country! 👍
You have no idea how much I needed this video! My pillow was soaked in tears from crying so much the other night over the worry and fear I've been consumed with about the future. My husband was hit by a drunk driver back in October and thank God he's alive but he's been out of work and has neck, and back pain. Plus my 23 yr old son suffers from a rare, painful vascular malformation in his left leg. I'm worried about his future, I don't know if he'll be able to work, have a family and have a normal full life. I don't understand why he was born with this. It's been so hard seeing any joy or hope. God led me to this video. Thank you for this gift. God bless you Fr Mike!
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Merry Christmas!
3 youtubers have had a strong effect on me this 2019. One of them is you, sir. I enjoy your videos, and I spend a good deal of time thinking about what you discuss about. So, thanks for them. I just got interested in Christianity, Bible and religion this year, I find it very intetesting. Just reading the Bible on my own, a few pages everyday, started on summer with an app, and bought my first paper one yesterday (an interconfessional one, fruit of a common ground agreed between catholics and protestants, it seemed a good first approach for a first timer like I). I enjoy it along watching videos like yours. I wanna say thanks.
P.S.: for anyone wondering, the other 2 youtubers are Jordan Peterson (professor) and The Beat (that is a protestant channel)
This is not a case.
This. Is. Not. A. Case.
Whenever i think about something happening in my life, you guys post a video about it.