Howdy y’all 👋🤠 Happy day 276. I forgot yesterday to mention that we had only 90 days left, approximately 3 months. I don’t want this to end because of the great group here.🙏❤️
When I got married and when baptized my children the priest refused payment. Instead I was told to make a donation to the Church if I desired. Now I know why.😊
Day 276 *When we conceal God's goodness and truth , we are responsible to atheism because we don't witness to God's love in the way we should* This hit me hard....
Love you all in this community. You have my prayers and my tears. Praying for catechism renewal for the Catholic Church in the heart of St. Pope John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation Catechesi Tradendae.
Father, may everything that I do this day, whether it be full of joy or pain, whether it be full of love or of grief, I ask that everything I go through today be offered to you just like Jesus offered everything to you. It is in his name we pray. Amen. 10/2/2024
I sometimes get caught up on what was read and miss out on how that impacted me and how my actions changed as a result. Please God help me to concentrate on my transformation after hearing you and how that touches others. It is not the transfer of information but how the information changes me ! I'm praying for all of us
Yes. haha Maybe yesterday's episode being uploaded later on in the day might have been the actual scheduled time, but we've been getting them early every day!
I've spoken with three ladies who were baptized Catholic but have converted to being Protestant "born again". I asked them why. Their reply is: there was no Bible study in their Parish. This is sad. I'm trying my best to help return to the Catholic Church because they are missing out on the sacraments that are being imparted by authority.
Thank you Fr. Mike and all at Ascension press. The catechism and Bible in a year podcasts are invaluable in educating and informing all Catholics. My experience as a catholic growing up and throughout my life even now in my late forties in Ireland is that religious education stopped when I finished school. A lot of the problem with Catholicism today is that the majority of Christians don't know enough about our faith to confidently speak up and offer counter arguments or insights when we are faced with issues relating to our world today. Ask the majority of church goers when they come out after Mass what was their understanding of what was contained in the scriptures and many might struggle to provide a concise response. Yes the abuse scandals have seriously damaged the church, but there is so many people in search of meaning in their lives. Catholics need to be educated to support our priests and religious to renew the church and go in search of the lost sheep. Wouldn't it be such a blessing if every pastoral area offered adult education classes on the Catechism and the Bible as an educational platform that could also then lead on to theology and scripture studies. Sorry about the long comment but I just love my Catholic faith and all we are being thought and I have just such a zeal to know and discover more, God bless you all.
Paul. I completely agree with you..Having growing up in Ireland and not taught the joy of the Faith was such a loss.. .Have lived in Canada for years.. The same problem there. Home now for a break and going to Medijugorge today with old.friends..I still see very little joy on people’s faces still at Mass here.,and very few genuflect anymore..What hurts me most is using sanitizer on the Consecrated body of Christ at Communion..Something just used for external purposes and turn we swallow it..😩🥺😢 God is charge and I believe things will improve again.Blessings on your day.☘️🙏☕️
Thank you for the early upload, Fr. Mike! For those not aware, in every description of every video there is a quick summary such as this one: "We continue our examination of the First Commandment, unpacking irreligion and atheism. Fr. Mike highlights the different elements of irreligion, namely tempting God in words or deeds, sacrilege, and simony. He emphasizes that the sin of tempting God is easy to fall into when we are deeply troubled or afraid. Fr. Mike also spends time unpacking the many different aspects of atheism, and its impact on our world today. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2118-2126." If you look right under the video where it says the number of views and when it was uploaded, there's a "...more". If you click that, you'll see it! Hope this is helpful for note takers or helpful for reading before watching/listening! Thanks again! Thank you so much Fr. Mike, Ascension Presents, and everyone here for your spiritual and financial support. Hope you and yours have a light-filled, joyful good day!
Makes me wonder how many Catholics here are hearing most of this for the very first time. One cannot teach the faith that has never been explained to them. Personally sometimes I feel like I’m in the crosshairs between thinking I am a good practicing Catholic and being a Catholic who simply does t know what the church actually teaches. I’m learning a lot that calls me out on how limited my knowledge really is. And I attended allCatholic schools, worked with CCD while bringing up my children in the faith yet so much never divulged until now. Thank you for this.
All of you people watching this please pray for a friend of mine her words exactly “I don't know if non-believer is the right word, I'm not affiliated with any particular religion, I'm probably agnostic right now, I do find value in the psychospiritual, maybe to say I'm questioning is more accurate.”
❤❤❤ Thank you, Fr Mike, for this beautiful teaching. May the Holy Spirit help us to live our faith. I personally consider "giving" to our priests as a token of appreciation and gratitude for the work they do. What is the Catholic Church without priests? Thank you Jesus for our priests, please bless each one of them with more grace and strength. Amen. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
This is powerful! Lord bless this your servant & each one of us. May we be converted , we have big responsibilities here, may we never waste the sufficient grace you have given us🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Glory and Praise be to God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit❣️ much appreciation and thanks to you Fr. Mike and Ascension. my continued prayers for all, God Bless 🙏🏻
I believe I have done this. I was sick for a while with heart issues and that might have came out of my mouth and the moment of distress. Please God forgive me. I didn't know that that was putting you to a test. I'm so sorry. Forgive me Lord for I have sinned against you alone
We can test God when suffering from a serious illness too! I have seen it happen! Why a good and loving God allowed this, that is how the thought process goes…
Pray that I will not yield to temptations against faith and against purity, which arise out of my fear, anger, resentment when reading the confusing and ambiguous responses of the Pope to the dubia regarding the blessing of same sex couples. May the evil one not succeed in causing anyone with Same Sex Attraction fall into sin based on the Pope's and other Bishop 's statements re people with SSA. Thank God for Fr Mike's clear teaching.
It’s so wonderful waking up and listening to Father Mike first thing in the morning. Moving in a few days….& so much more work to do. Please pray all goes well for us. Thank you so very much & God bless you all for your much needed thoughts & prayers. Hearing Fr Mike each day brings peace & comfort to my otherwise “upside down” world. He makes such a wonderful moderator & blesses us w/ his kind & sincere words. I listened to Jeff Cavins yesterday on “Pints With Aquinas” w/Matt Fradd. He has such a great admiration & love for Father Mike. They’re such great spiritual leaders. I love them both. Have a wonderful day, everyone, & may ur time w/BIAY & Fr Mike bring u all as much joy & blessings to ur days, as it does to mine. God bless each & every one one of u! 🙏👍💕
You are part of God’s delivery system of hope. You are a courier of his covenant. Yet you have your share of foibles and flaws. So “God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 RSV). We are the bent timber; he’s the carpenter. Rather than grumble about the people who irritate you, see them for what they are-God’s training tool. He is teaching you to trust him. At some point someone, somewhere is going to boil your blood. He or she may not be a true scoundrel, but even those closest to you will let an insult fly now and again. The temptation is to retaliate. Don’t give in. Don’t fight the scoundrel on scoundrel terms. Respond to the scoundrel with faith in God. Remember, God never gives up on you. ❤❤❤
Thank you for exploring these important and difficult things that put believers against the world. Humans believe that they did all and it's up to them to do it all alone. Both are like children or a life partner wanting to do things alone despite the other person willing to help. We indeed need to give permission to God to love us. He is always there for us but the atheists refuse to recognize Him and also ignore all the evidence presented to them about God and Jesus. Simony as buying and selling of salvation or blessings is indeed bad and diminishes the image of the Church as well as it's like putting a price on God's grace and also making it look like you need money to get God's grace. Who are we to do it? Like Fr. Mike said- freely we get from God and freely shall we give. Pop culture has indeed made sacrilege look as a non serious sin but it is indeed worthy of studying to not do it. I agree with Fr. Mike. We must be mindful of priests and others who depend on charity and the gifts, thus, we must give to them as if we are giving to the Church's sustenance and their livelihood. We must detach from the feeling of pride after giving to Church or being religious. The final part hits hard! We must live in God and not just believe. We must not be fearful and we must profess our faith by saying thanks to God and not doubting Him at times. Not putting Him to the test. Instead of a practical atheist, we must live as true followers of Christ. Thank you for your work, Fr Mike and Team Ascension. I'm praying for you and for the fellow listeners. God bless
Amen Father! I have witnessed this (offerings for the Sacraments) go both ways. The one whose pastor professed that nobody will ever be charged for a baptism, wedding, or a funeral flourished. In our former parish (a very large and well-to-do parish), ne of the first things the new pastor did was increase the FEE - not donation - for wedding (from $350 to $500). Sadly, but not surprisingly, that once healthy and vibrant parish is falling apart.
Thank you Father Mike for being such an inspiration! I am part of an amazing Catholic Church and regarding weddings and other Sacraments, they always state whatever you can give. This is how I thought it went at every Catholic Church. Why is it that some Catholic churches that I personally know of are charging $3,000.00 to hold a wedding there??? Honestly what average person can afford that and how can a church do that?
Greetings Father Mike, Thoughts :- -> Message reflect with, "Atheism is One's Own way of Self Worshipping and Self-adoration ignoring The Holy Truth of Lord Jesus Christ in every sense in every aspects of Life." -> Thanks Father, Team Ascension Press for Valuable Insights. With regards and Prayers, Ranjith Joseph (R.J)
Irreligion is evidenced in tempting God by word or deed; in sacrilege, which profanes sacred persons or sacred things, above all the Eucharist; and in simony which involves the buying or selling of spiritual things. Atheism rejects the existence of God, founded on a false conception of human autonomy The commandment "You shall not have other gods before me" forbids Irreligion and Atheism.
We cannot put God to the test even when we're desperate, as it is a sin. We receive spiritual gifts from God who is the Giver, so we must not buy them. Stipends are necessary to provide for the needs of the clergy and not for the sacraments they offer on our behalf. There are atheists maybe because we have not witnessed to the love of God in the way we should. This is so humbling as it is my fault😢. So we have to keep learning about our Faith, God and religion to be able to reveal, proclaim and live it in the world. Let us not be 'practical atheists'.
October 3, 2023 Have you ever considered listening to Saint Faustina’s Diary in a year and/or EWTN Mother Angelica’s Classics to add to your Catholic learning? Oh my goodness so much life guidance in conjunction with Father Mike’s Bible and Catechism in a Year!
I appreciated the warning thst these are not someone else's sins. Maybe not today, but under dire circumstances, they could become ours. I knew a woman who lose her beloved daughter to drugs and her granddaughter in gin violence and she rejected God from that point on. It can happen.
“For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” Romans 2:24- ouch! Oh Lord help us to always point to the Cross, not by words, but by bearing the fruit of your Spirit before others. ♥️
🙏🙏 Q: What would the difference be between church teaching & Bible teaching. I have heard many non catholics say this. They think the church makes up these rules we follow & it's not really from Jesus' teaching. What is a good way to respond to this. It's frustrating. It may be off topic but, when Father says church teachings I always think about this. Thanks to anyone ❤
17:51 Separate the Sheep from the Goats. Matthew 25:31-46 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.’ Then they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’ He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Have you ever considered listening to Saint Faustina’s Diary in a year and/or EWTN Mother Angelica’s Classics to add to your Catholic learning? Oh my goodness so much life guidance in conjunction with Father Mike’s Bible and Catechism in a Year!
October 3, 2023 Please pray with me. According to tradition, St. Gertrude the Great was told by Our Lord that each time she piously recited the following prayer, it would release 1,000 souls (or a vast number) from their suffering in purgatory: Eternal Father, I offer You the most precious blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, for those in my own home, and in my family. Amen. In her account of another vision, St. Faustina describes Purgatory as a "great crowd of suffering souls" undergoing purification. Further, she says that the souls are "praying fervently, but to no avail, for themselves; only we can come to their aid" (Diary, 20) Father I need your grace again because I am not the witness I want to be.
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion - inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your Holy Will, which is Love and Mercy itself. Amen.
October 3, 2023 Please pray with me. According to tradition, St. Gertrude the Great was told by Our Lord that each time she piously recited the following prayer, it would release 1,000 souls (or a vast number) from their suffering in purgatory: Eternal Father, I offer You the most precious blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, for those in my own home, and in my family. Amen. In her account of another vision, St. Faustina describes Purgatory as a "great crowd of suffering souls" undergoing purification. Further, she says that the souls are "praying fervently, but to no avail, for themselves; only we can come to their aid" (Diary, 20)
James 2:19 ...You say you believe, you do well. The devils also believe and tremble...(paraphrase). The difference? A faith that results in a new heart and a new life, renewed by the power of His Sprit, and that is apparent in our behavior. How can one know Christ and not be changed? 🙏💖
@cynthia Fr Mike starts his prayer spontaneously. You can make the sign of the cross yourself as he starts.... For me, I'm just too grateful for what Fr Mike does every day to suggest any "improvements."
I have a real problem with people having to pay for Masses. At our Parish it costs double to have a Mass said for someone on a Sunday, the day of a regular weekly Mass.
Help Lord to love you always and accept your will.❤️🙏 Atheism, or the willful rejection of God’s existence, is a sin against the virtue of religion since God has adequately revealed himself in nature (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2125,
We all believe in a God in utero. IAMWHOIAM some think only of Self. No One see’s God unless they see Christ incarnate a real flesh and blood presence . Some walk from Jesus never to return.( John 6:66
Yes it is fine to have statues of Jesus and our blessed mother in your cabinet. Jesus is who we pray to and saved us from our sins and his blessed mother intercedes on his behalf. It's lovely that they are there as a reminder of your faith 🙏🙏🙏
Although protestant and mormon communion is only a 'symbol' of the body and blood of Jesus Christ, it is still blessed and sanctified (setting it apart for a special purpose). Then the 'left over' bread and water or grape juice, representing Jesus, is unceremoniously thrown into the trash or poured down the drain after the Sunday service ends. Seems like that is profaning or treating unworthily the sacraments.
If that occurred in a Catholic church, I would agree. However, since the Protestant pastor is not of the line reaching back to the apostles, the bread and wine (grape juice) HASN'T gone through consubstantiation, and therefore is NOT the body, soul nor divinity of our Lord. I agree, though - it seems wrong to treat something that was "blessed" with such disrespect.
@@loubee8503 My point exactly. After something, anything, is blessed and sanctified, it should be treated with more respect. This is especially true in regard to Mormons, who carefully remove the 'freemason' symbols from their sacred garments (underwear) before disposal.
Irreligion is not synonymous with atheism, because it just means that you don't belong to any particular religion. However, an irreligious person can still be a "theist". That's it.
Hello everyone & Happy Day 276!🙏😊
🙋♀Elizabeth & All 😊Day 276 ❤🙏
Hello dear sister!
Howdy y’all 👋🤠 Happy day 276. I forgot yesterday to mention that we had only 90 days left, approximately 3 months. I don’t want this to end because of the great group here.🙏❤️
@@TrixRN I feel the same way. I do plan to do the CIY again next year, as I probably missed a lot this first year.🥰🙏
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Praise you Jesus Christ ❤❤❤❤ prayers Father Mike amen 🙏
Thsnk you once again Fr Mike. Praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Hi everyone! It’s so great hearing Father Mike. God bless you Father and everyone here!❤️🙏❤️
God bless you too dear sister! Ruth is an amazing person in the Bible, what a namesake.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world. Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary pray for us sinners ✝️♥️🙏
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Thank you Father.
When I got married and when baptized my children the priest refused payment. Instead I was told to make a donation to the Church if I desired. Now I know why.😊
Wow! There was so much in this and so well explained.....Thank you Fr Mike. Praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏❤️🙏
Amen
“God, Let me never conceal your truth” Amen 🙏🏽 Prayers Fr. Mike 🛐
Day 276
*When we conceal God's goodness and truth , we are responsible to atheism because we don't witness to God's love in the way we should*
This hit me hard....
Love you all in this community. You have my prayers and my tears. Praying for catechism renewal for the Catholic Church in the heart of St. Pope John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation Catechesi Tradendae.
Amen!🙏❤️
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Thank you Father Mike. Lord convert my heart and give me the graces I need to live it
Father, may everything that I do this day, whether it be full of joy or pain, whether it be full of love or of grief, I ask that everything I go through today be offered to you just like Jesus offered everything to you. It is in his name we pray. Amen. 10/2/2024
I sometimes get caught up on what was read and miss out on how that impacted me and how my actions changed as a result.
Please God help me to concentrate on my transformation after hearing you and how that touches others.
It is not the transfer of information but how the information changes me !
I'm praying for all of us
Today's episode is punctual again as (almost) always! 🎉
As is tradition ❤
Yes. haha Maybe yesterday's episode being uploaded later on in the day might have been the actual scheduled time, but we've been getting them early every day!
I've spoken with three ladies who were baptized Catholic but have converted to being Protestant "born again". I asked them why. Their reply is: there was no Bible study in their Parish. This is sad. I'm trying my best to help return to the Catholic Church because they are missing out on the sacraments that are being imparted by authority.
Thank you Fr. Mike and all at Ascension press. The catechism and Bible in a year podcasts are invaluable in educating and informing all Catholics. My experience as a catholic growing up and throughout my life even now in my late forties in Ireland is that religious education stopped when I finished school. A lot of the problem with Catholicism today is that the majority of Christians don't know enough about our faith to confidently speak up and offer counter arguments or insights when we are faced with issues relating to our world today. Ask the majority of church goers when they come out after Mass what was their understanding of what was contained in the scriptures and many might struggle to provide a concise response. Yes the abuse scandals have seriously damaged the church, but there is so many people in search of meaning in their lives. Catholics need to be educated to support our priests and religious to renew the church and go in search of the lost sheep. Wouldn't it be such a blessing if every pastoral area offered adult education classes on the Catechism and the Bible as an educational platform that could also then lead on to theology and scripture studies. Sorry about the long comment but I just love my Catholic faith and all we are being thought and I have just such a zeal to know and discover more, God bless you all.
Amen
I agree with you. The Bible and the Catechism should be taught beyond school-age education. 🙏
Paul.
I completely agree with you..Having growing up in Ireland and not taught the joy of the Faith was such a loss..
.Have lived in Canada for years.. The same problem there.
Home now for a break and going to Medijugorge today with old.friends..I still see very little joy on people’s faces still at Mass here.,and very few genuflect anymore..What hurts me most is using sanitizer on the Consecrated body of Christ at Communion..Something just used for external purposes and turn we swallow it..😩🥺😢
God is charge and I believe things will improve again.Blessings on your day.☘️🙏☕️
Oops meant to write then.
Fr Mike...Each and every day I push play I understand more and more just how short I fall. Humbling!!!! Bless You.
Thank you for the early upload, Fr. Mike! For those not aware, in every description of every video there is a quick summary such as this one:
"We continue our examination of the First Commandment, unpacking irreligion and atheism. Fr. Mike highlights the different elements of irreligion, namely tempting God in words or deeds, sacrilege, and simony. He emphasizes that the sin of tempting God is easy to fall into when we are deeply troubled or afraid. Fr. Mike also spends time unpacking the many different aspects of atheism, and its impact on our world today. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2118-2126."
If you look right under the video where it says the number of views and when it was uploaded, there's a "...more". If you click that, you'll see it!
Hope this is helpful for note takers or helpful for reading before watching/listening! Thanks again!
Thank you so much Fr. Mike, Ascension Presents, and everyone here for your spiritual and financial support. Hope you and yours have a light-filled, joyful good day!
Greetings! Brothers and Sisters in Christ in the BIY COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS.
Praise to you God and Jesus Christ🙏❤🕊😇
Lord I pray for the conversion of all sinners especially those in my family, church, and country.
Blessing to all especially Fr. Mike.
Very well explained. Especially the bit obout the gifts we give to The Church.
Makes me wonder how many Catholics here are hearing most of this for the very first time. One cannot teach the faith that has never been explained to them. Personally sometimes I feel like I’m in the crosshairs between thinking I am a good practicing Catholic and being a Catholic who simply does t know what the church actually teaches. I’m learning a lot that calls me out on how limited my knowledge really is. And I attended allCatholic schools, worked with CCD while bringing up my children in the faith yet so much never divulged until now. Thank you for this.
You and me both!❤️❤️✝️🙏
God’s blessings to you Father Mike ❤🙏🙏🙏🙏
Let’s live our faith! Be kind and respectful of everyone, I love you ❤
Thank you .. praying for you and everyone here.. God bless .. ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Day 276 ( Today Tuesday October 3rd of 2023 ). It is 89 days left of the Catechism in a year podcast.
Second comment of the day 🎉🎉😂😅😊❤
Wow, almost there!!!
Only 89 days left?
All of you people watching this please pray for a friend of mine her words exactly “I don't know if non-believer is the right word, I'm not affiliated with any particular religion, I'm probably agnostic right now, I do find value in the psychospiritual, maybe to say I'm questioning is more accurate.”
Will keep your friend in my prayers🙏🙏
Fr. Thank you ❤. Praying for you and for all my CIY brothers and sisters. God bless ❤🙏
Blessings to all who are participating in the CIY & BIY today🙏🏻🕊✝️🕊🙏🏻
Prayers for everyone and Father Mike 😇💞🙏🙏🙏😘
❤❤❤ Thank you, Fr Mike, for this beautiful teaching. May the Holy Spirit help us to live our faith.
I personally consider "giving" to our priests as a token of appreciation and gratitude for the work they do. What is the Catholic Church without priests?
Thank you Jesus for our priests, please bless each one of them with more grace and strength. Amen. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Amen 🙏
Yes! Totally I agree. Amen
This is powerful! Lord bless this your servant & each one of us. May we be converted , we have big responsibilities here, may we never waste the sufficient grace you have given us🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thank you Fr. Mike! Blessings everyone! 🙏
Thankyou Fr.Mike...blessings..
abundant blessings...praying for you.. Amen 🙏 PTL
Glory and Praise be to God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit❣️
much appreciation and thanks to you Fr. Mike and Ascension. my continued prayers for all, God Bless 🙏🏻
I believe I have done this. I was sick for a while with heart issues and that might have came out of my mouth and the moment of distress. Please God forgive me. I didn't know that that was putting you to a test. I'm so sorry. Forgive me Lord for I have sinned against you alone
Thank you Father Mike
We can test God when suffering from a serious illness too! I have seen it happen! Why a good and loving God allowed this, that is how the thought process goes…
Pray that I will not yield to temptations against faith and against purity, which arise out of my fear, anger, resentment when reading the confusing and ambiguous responses of the Pope to the dubia regarding the blessing of same sex couples. May the evil one not succeed in causing anyone with Same Sex Attraction fall into sin based on the Pope's and other Bishop 's statements re people with SSA. Thank God for Fr Mike's clear teaching.
Thank you Fr Mike for pointing out that all of us are very susceptible to all these irreligious ways. Praying for all of us.
Trist you feel & experience the continued Love of God from all our prayers Fr Mike!!!🙏❤️🙏🤗
Trust!!
Thank you, Fr. Mike. This cleared up some things for me. God bless you and each member of this loving group.
Thank you Father Mike thanks be to God .our Father
Amen 🙏.
Thank you Fr Mike for enriching my faith with your words of wisdom . Praise the LORD .
Thank you Father Mike and ascension Blessings to all
Thank you Father Mike. The way you explained this is so understandable..God bless you and everyone following the Catechism in a year.
Interesting topics👍
Thanks Fr Mike S. God bless always🙏❤️
It’s so wonderful waking up and listening to Father Mike first thing in the morning.
Moving in a few days….& so much more work to do.
Please pray all goes well for us. Thank you so very much & God bless you all for your much needed thoughts & prayers.
Hearing Fr Mike each day brings peace & comfort to my otherwise “upside down” world. He makes such a wonderful moderator & blesses us w/ his kind & sincere words.
I listened to Jeff Cavins yesterday on “Pints With Aquinas” w/Matt Fradd. He has such a great admiration & love for Father Mike. They’re such great spiritual leaders. I love them both.
Have a wonderful day, everyone, & may ur time w/BIAY & Fr Mike bring u all as much joy & blessings to ur days, as it does to mine. God bless each & every one one of u! 🙏👍💕
You are part of God’s delivery system of hope. You are a courier of his covenant. Yet you have your share of foibles and flaws. So “God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 RSV). We are the bent timber; he’s the carpenter.
Rather than grumble about the people who irritate you, see them for what they are-God’s training tool. He is teaching you to trust him. At some point someone, somewhere is going to boil your blood. He or she may not be a true scoundrel, but even those closest to you will let an insult fly now and again. The temptation is to retaliate. Don’t give in. Don’t fight the scoundrel on scoundrel terms. Respond to the scoundrel with faith in God. Remember, God never gives up on you.
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Prayer to never conceal my faith but reveal.
Thank you Father Mike! Praying for you and everyone 🙏
“For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 1:8
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Wow what a great teaching on paying priests, a sensitive subject I've never heard discussed before.
God bless you Father Mike 🙏🙏🙏
Day 276. 🙏❤🙏
We’ve come so far. I might start from the beginning.
Amen. God Bless. Claire.
DaY 276 happy I am to have journeyed this f a r
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Simony - I didn't even know that was a thing. Whoa.
May God bless you always 🙏
Thank you Fr Mike❤
Thank you for exploring these important and difficult things that put believers against the world. Humans believe that they did all and it's up to them to do it all alone. Both are like children or a life partner wanting to do things alone despite the other person willing to help. We indeed need to give permission to God to love us. He is always there for us but the atheists refuse to recognize Him and also ignore all the evidence presented to them about God and Jesus. Simony as buying and selling of salvation or blessings is indeed bad and diminishes the image of the Church as well as it's like putting a price on God's grace and also making it look like you need money to get God's grace. Who are we to do it? Like Fr. Mike said- freely we get from God and freely shall we give. Pop culture has indeed made sacrilege look as a non serious sin but it is indeed worthy of studying to not do it. I agree with Fr. Mike. We must be mindful of priests and others who depend on charity and the gifts, thus, we must give to them as if we are giving to the Church's sustenance and their livelihood. We must detach from the feeling of pride after giving to Church or being religious. The final part hits hard! We must live in God and not just believe. We must not be fearful and we must profess our faith by saying thanks to God and not doubting Him at times. Not putting Him to the test. Instead of a practical atheist, we must live as true followers of Christ. Thank you for your work, Fr Mike and Team Ascension. I'm praying for you and for the fellow listeners. God bless
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Amen Father! I have witnessed this (offerings for the Sacraments) go both ways. The one whose pastor professed that nobody will ever be charged for a baptism, wedding, or a funeral flourished. In our former parish (a very large and well-to-do parish), ne of the first things the new pastor did was increase the FEE - not donation - for wedding (from $350 to $500). Sadly, but not surprisingly, that once healthy and vibrant parish is falling apart.
If we lived as true Christians we would live 100% for Christ 100% of the time including martyrdom if presented
Thank you Father Mike for being such an inspiration! I am part of an amazing Catholic Church and regarding weddings and other Sacraments, they always state whatever you can give. This is how I thought it went at every Catholic Church. Why is it that some Catholic churches that I personally know of are charging $3,000.00 to hold a wedding there??? Honestly what average person can afford that and how can a church do that?
HaPpy spring Equinox 04-01-2024, happy Monday
Greetings Father Mike,
Thoughts :-
-> Message reflect with, "Atheism is One's Own way of Self Worshipping and Self-adoration ignoring The Holy Truth of Lord Jesus Christ in every sense in every aspects of Life."
-> Thanks Father, Team Ascension Press for Valuable Insights.
With regards and Prayers,
Ranjith Joseph (R.J)
Irreligion is evidenced in tempting God by word or deed; in sacrilege, which profanes sacred persons or sacred things, above all the Eucharist; and in simony which involves the buying or selling of spiritual things.
Atheism rejects the existence of God, founded on a false conception of human autonomy
The commandment "You shall not have other gods before me" forbids Irreligion and Atheism.
Let us witness Christ in our lives and reveal the true nature of God with grace and humility 🙏
We cannot put God to the test even when we're desperate, as it is a sin. We receive spiritual gifts from God who is the Giver, so we must not buy them. Stipends are necessary to provide for the needs of the clergy and not for the sacraments they offer on our behalf.
There are atheists maybe because we have not witnessed to the love of God in the way we should. This is so humbling as it is my fault😢. So we have to keep learning about our Faith, God and religion to be able to reveal, proclaim and live it in the world. Let us not be 'practical atheists'.
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October 3, 2023
Have you ever considered listening to Saint Faustina’s Diary in a year and/or EWTN Mother Angelica’s Classics to add to your Catholic learning?
Oh my goodness so much life guidance in conjunction with Father Mike’s Bible and Catechism in a Year!
I appreciated the warning thst these are not someone else's sins. Maybe not today, but under dire circumstances, they could become ours. I knew a woman who lose her beloved daughter to drugs and her granddaughter in gin violence and she rejected God from that point on. It can happen.
“For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Romans 2:24- ouch!
Oh Lord help us to always point to the Cross, not by words, but by bearing the fruit of your Spirit before others. ♥️
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Q:
What would the difference be between church teaching & Bible teaching.
I have heard many non catholics say this. They think the church makes up these rules we follow & it's not really from Jesus' teaching. What is a good way to respond to this. It's frustrating.
It may be off topic but, when Father says church teachings I always think about this.
Thanks to anyone ❤
Church teaching is based on Bible teaching. Church teaching can be based on tradition. They are not contradictory.
17:51 Separate the Sheep from the Goats.
Matthew 25:31-46 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’
Then the righteous will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?
When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’
And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’
Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.’
Then they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’
He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
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Have you ever considered listening to Saint Faustina’s Diary in a year and/or EWTN Mother Angelica’s Classics to add to your Catholic learning?
Oh my goodness so much life guidance in conjunction with Father Mike’s Bible and Catechism in a Year!
❤😢Faith makes all things possible
Love makes all things easy
Hope makes all things work
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October 3, 2023
Please pray with me.
According to tradition, St. Gertrude the Great was told by Our Lord that each time she piously recited the following prayer, it would release 1,000 souls (or a vast number) from their suffering in purgatory:
Eternal Father,
I offer You the most precious blood
of thy Divine Son, Jesus,
in union with the Masses said
throughout the world today,
for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory,
for sinners everywhere,
for sinners in the universal Church,
for those in my own home,
and in my family. Amen.
In her account of another vision, St. Faustina describes Purgatory as a "great crowd of suffering souls" undergoing purification. Further, she says that the souls are "praying fervently, but to no avail, for themselves; only we can come to their aid" (Diary, 20)
Father I need your grace again because I am not the witness I want to be.
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion - inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your Holy Will, which is Love and Mercy itself. Amen.
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October 3, 2023
Please pray with me.
According to tradition, St. Gertrude the Great was told by Our Lord that each time she piously recited the following prayer, it would release 1,000 souls (or a vast number) from their suffering in purgatory:
Eternal Father,
I offer You the most precious blood
of thy Divine Son, Jesus,
in union with the Masses said
throughout the world today,
for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory,
for sinners everywhere,
for sinners in the universal Church,
for those in my own home,
and in my family. Amen.
In her account of another vision, St. Faustina describes Purgatory as a "great crowd of suffering souls" undergoing purification. Further, she says that the souls are "praying fervently, but to no avail, for themselves; only we can come to their aid" (Diary, 20)
James 2:19 ...You say you believe, you do well. The devils also believe and tremble...(paraphrase). The difference? A faith that results in a new heart and a new life, renewed by the power of His Sprit, and that is apparent in our behavior. How can one know Christ and not be changed? 🙏💖
Lord, h e l p me never to conceal your love
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Father Schmit said heck! 🤯
This was hard to hear at times. We tend to get quiet when the church is attacked or criticized.😢
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Wow…that very last part! Have I been complicit in the rise of atheism because I have failed to witness??
Father Mike, may I please request that we start our daily catechism prayer with the Sign of the Cross, just as we end it with it.?
@cynthia Fr Mike starts his prayer spontaneously. You can make the sign of the cross yourself as he starts.... For me, I'm just too grateful for what Fr Mike does every day to suggest any "improvements."
You are correct sir. I guess I was being a little presumptuous ... fogive me Lord.
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Not at all, Cynthia. Your point may well be the right one!
I have a real problem with people having to pay for Masses. At our Parish it costs double to have a Mass said for someone on a Sunday, the day of a regular weekly Mass.
I assume they don’t charge a lot and they don’t require every one to pay?
Help Lord to love you always and accept your will.❤️🙏
Atheism, or the willful rejection of God’s existence, is a sin against the virtue of religion since God has adequately revealed himself in nature (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2125,
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Amen ❤ I was a militant atheist for 30 years before my radical conversion to Christ 6 years ago. Praise be to the Lord Jesus Christ.
@@JasonoftheCross Welcome! ❤🙏
@@JasonoftheCross That’s awesome, Jason.🙏❤️
We all believe in a God in utero. IAMWHOIAM some think only of Self. No One see’s God unless they see Christ incarnate a real flesh and blood presence . Some walk from Jesus never to return.( John 6:66
I heard it was not right to have spiritual items. I have statutes of Christ and our Blessed Mother sitting on my cabinet. Are they ok to have?
Yes it is fine to have statues of Jesus and our blessed mother in your cabinet. Jesus is who we pray to and saved us from our sins and his blessed mother intercedes on his behalf. It's lovely that they are there as a reminder of your faith 🙏🙏🙏
Although protestant and mormon communion is only a 'symbol' of the body and blood of Jesus Christ, it is still blessed and sanctified (setting it apart for a special purpose).
Then the 'left over' bread and water or grape juice, representing Jesus, is unceremoniously thrown into the trash or poured down the drain after the Sunday service ends. Seems like that is profaning or treating unworthily the sacraments.
If that occurred in a Catholic church, I would agree. However, since the Protestant pastor is not of the line reaching back to the apostles, the bread and wine (grape juice) HASN'T gone through consubstantiation, and therefore is NOT the body, soul nor divinity of our Lord.
I agree, though - it seems wrong to treat something that was "blessed" with such disrespect.
@@loubee8503 My point exactly. After something, anything, is blessed and sanctified, it should be treated with more respect. This is especially true in regard to Mormons, who carefully remove the 'freemason' symbols from their sacred garments (underwear) before disposal.
Irreligion is not synonymous with atheism, because it just means that you don't belong to any particular religion. However, an irreligious person can still be a "theist". That's it.