It blows my mind how powerful this homily is. For the past six weeks i've been struggling is with the fact of being between protestant and catholic churches. I thought by learning everything from different churches that we could bring our is spiritual family together. So I started seriously studying the bible and the catechism with college level notes. In doing that I realized that I wasn't showing my true face to God. Then I understood why my ideas were actually Gnosticism and how catholicism is the only way and the one true church. And now my life and the bible is opening up in ways I never thought possible. I give my life completely to the catholic faith now. And i'm ready to wrestle with God like jacob did. I'm so blessed that god would have so much mercy and grace for me even though I have no reason to deserve it. I am unworthy and he still uses a welp like me.
May God continue to bless you on your journey. Although most faith traditions have some elements of truth, there is only one that has everything. That's the Catholic Church, founded by Jesus, Himself. He is still with us today in the Holy Eucharist. If we're truly looking for the truth, we'll find it in the Catholic Church.
Fr. Mike's homily on the Third Sunday of Advent is truly enlightening! The concept of ‘Face to Face’ reminds us of the intimate relationship we are called to have with Christ. Thank you for this powerful message. 🙏
What a strong homily!!! Once More!!! No words I have to thank enough our Lord for using Father Michael to pass on to us SO MUCH TO MEDITATE AND REFLECT ABOUT! GOD LOOK AFTER YOU ALWAYS !!!
Fr Mike! God bless you. We are desperate need of more Priests like you. Please continue to preach raw truth. We need it so bad. Know how much you are loved and appreciated.
No way...I picked up Till We Have Faces recently. Right before clicking this video I was feeling overwhelmed; I am a new revert and have been feeling a fear of "what if God isn't real." I prayed "I believe help my unbelief" and then put this video on as background noise. Our Lord is so Good and meets us where we are. Thank you, Fr.
God forgive me😔. We are half way through Advent and to be honest I am not preparing or doing anything, not even so much as listening to these beautiful homilies. I've been telling myself I'll wait for 2025 to go to confession, start listening etc. Decided to sit down and just start by listening to these Sunday Homilies for Advent, but really listen and think and pray and take notes to review daily and make connections across all 4 Sunday Advent Homilies. If i dont die on Christmas, to continue taking these lesons into 2025 and beyond. Figure I can't be the only one who feels this way. So starting today going to put forth effort to build community online and/or in person. This will build accountability to my plan to improve my spiritual life, and the consistency of this will bring about actual change instead of just going through the motions and letting homilies go in one ear and out the other, and continue in this as a community until we see You Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, Face to Face 🙏.
So true, I see the same faces at mass every Sunday. I "know" them and they "know" me but only on the surface, but they are suppose to be my second family. Sometimes my church has events and stuff that I think about going to but often don't. As the only practicing Catholic in my family, I go to mass every Sunday by myself. I need community and fellowship with other faithful believers. Not enough to just go to mass say hi and bye till next Sunday. We all need community to help one another stay accountable to our faith and stay consistent in our faith. To think if the world ended on Christmas, if I did see Christ Face to Face who would I bring along with me? Brings tears to my eyes to envision going to mass for all of eternity with my fellow parish members, the faces I see very Sunday, but really having know them and conversed with them here on Earth now. I will think of something this week and pick 1 or 2 people at mass next Sunday to start building fellowship with. Thank you Fr.Mike for these homilies. Maybe that can be the thing we just watch these homilies together and share what stood out to us or what our plan of action will be to put the teachings into action.
Yes, more than just me seeing Christ Face to Face, who am I bringing along with me, helping to prepare for life eternal? For we know not the day nor the hour (Matthew 24:36.) What a blessing it would be to see my whole parish in Heaven worshipping Christ together for all of eternity.🙏
If you need an advent buddy- let me know! I have the same guilt as you and love that you were honest and open about it. If you need someone to pray with please let me know!
Please go to confession. Don't make excuses. The reconciliation is always tough, no matter how often u do it, because pride and shame we feel are from the evil one. We all are wretched souls, that's why He gave up His life for us. 😇
"Just start." I just ended terms with my on and off LDR situationship a few hours ago. After I sent him a long message saying my apologies for my shortcomings and offering him to reconcile if we will put God in the center of our relationship, he replied that we should not make things harder and just move on. I was so sad that I am the only one who wanted to reconcile so I went to TH-cam and found Fr. Mike's homily for Gaudete Sunday. While watching, I realize that the narrative I'm telling myself, him, and God is that I'm deeply sorry for being human and wanting to be loved, but God's narrative may be that I should just show up during these difficult times of longing and he will fill me with His love. Lord Jesus Christ, heal both of us and others who are going through tough times. May we be reminded that one day we will see you face to face.
I've been through similar situations, and it's tough. I'm sorry you're going through that, but God answers our prayers if we make Him the Lord of our lives as you have. He removed someone that you weren't meant to marry. No offense intended I know it's still very fresh and tender, but God will provide a lamb for Abraham, and so God will provide you with a spouse on His terms. God be with you, wait on the Lord. Stay strong.
Happy Birthday Fr.Mike. Thank you for teach me to be honest to God and to learn from HIM what true love is and how we should share God's love and blesses to others. May's your love to God's and Mother Mary always be protected and save lots of lost souls.
Father Mike, you are an inspiration. Your homilies fill me with hope, love and humility. By listening to you, I hope I can show my face to the Lord and that he is happy with what he sees. Happy Birthday!
This is definitely a great homily Father Mike, on so many levels. I'll be thinking of this in the coming days and peeling the layers like an onion, delving into it deeper, and will likely watch it again. Thank you, thank you, thank you! The Holy Spirit is working through you, to open our eyes
Happy Birthday, Father Mike! Thank you for your truly inspiring homilies. I look forward to them every Sunday. Even when I attend Mass elsewhere, I always come back to listen to your homilies. I deeply appreciate the effort and heart you pour into preparing them for us each week. I’m also really enjoying, ‘Face to Face’, on the app. You have a way of making us see things in a completely new light, awakening our awareness. Your words never fail to nudge my conscience or bring back truths I once knew and felt but had forgotten. Please know that I’m keeping you in my prayers. God bless you! ✨🩵✨🙏🏻✨🎁🍰🎉
Thank you Father Mike. You are such a gift to all of us. Thank you for answering God's call to be a priest. We are all blessed for it. !!!!Happy birthday!!!! ❤❤❤
Happy birthday Fr Mike! Thank you for using your God given talents for the betterment of all us who wish to live more like Christ. You’re a wonderful & amazing human being. God bless you always. 🙏🏼
Great homily Father Mike, going to Mass is the best thing I have done today, when one is alone after Mass, later in the gloom of our day I can tune you in on you tube, listen to your message of Hope and pray for Joy, Thank you , many of our great Priests on You Tube, i pray for all Priests,with gratefulness. Peace and Love…to you Father Mike
Through your homily today, the Lord spoke to my heart. He knew that all you said, was everything I needed to hear. Thank you, Fr Mike for being an instrument for the Lord to do so much good in the lives of many.
Fr Mike, what a powerful homily. It is so thought-provoking. We are so fortunate to have you and to be able to listen to your words, which ( I believe) are Holy Spirit inspired. May God continue to bless you. Thank you so much for your wisdom. And a very happy birthday to you.
A Wonderful Life is an amazing movie and has really changed my life! It really makes you TRULY look at your life and count your blessing and see how truly blessed you are!
Amén! Your homily describes exactly how I've been feeling sometimes. I want to be truthful to my Heavenly Father, but I'm afraid I'm not even close. Today's readings have the key, so I can start being a better child of God. I should REJOICE as GOD ❤ me with all my imperfections (even the ones I don't want to acknowledge or aware of them), but I must also be the face of Christ for others by doing my job the righteous way.
Not even maybe less pride involved, or more service to help those who want to celebrate advent too, but infirmity won’t allow? When I hear how satisfied you are, I realize I am thankful to be wishing I’d done more at every chance.
For the first time ever the prodigal son story is explained to a quite godly sense. I always see injustice toward the good son 🥹🥹🥹, now I see God’s love ❤🔥Love you Father Mike! 💗 Il y a Dieu en toi!👌🏿
Oh gosh, that sure gets me thinking. This will be in my heart, and I will ponder what is in the center of my soul. "Standing before God as I am NOT as I think I am. " Thank you!
Praise to you Lord Jesus ❤I also loved what you said about te older son in the parable of the prodigal son which I realized last week as I read,he valued his friends more than his father
I’m getting to live this adventure in real life. It’s depressing to find out how much my pain from surgery is making me want to just be comfortable when it might be my last Christmas.
So good! As always, thank you for such a great Homily, Fr. Mike. I so look forward to hearing these each Sunday. Finished BIY last December, finishing CIY on 12/31. Planning on continuing next year with another round. May God bless and keep you and yours. Enjoy the rest of Advent and a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year.
I highly recommend everyone to read book Your Life Your Game by Keezano. I’ve read it, and it truly changed my life. It beautifully shows how connecting with God and your inner self can lead to spiritual growth and financial success. A must-read. God bless, Amen🙏💟
"Just start." I just ended terms with my on and off LDR situationship a few hours ago. After I sent him a long message apologizing for my shortcomings and offered him to reconcile if we will put God first in our relationship, he replied that we should not make things harder and just move on. After watching Fr. Mike's homily, I realize his reply was synonymous to "just start" or something like "let's do the bare minimum to move on from something that is not working anymore." This may be where faith starts. The narrative I was telling myself, him, and God is that I'm sorry for being human and wanting to be loved, but God's narrative may be that I should show up in these times of difficulties of longing so I can see His love. Lord Jesus Christ, heal both of us and others who are going through tough times. May we be reminded of being in Face to Face with you one day.
Okay I can't take it anymore first of all happy belated birthday Father Mike, you are a huge part of my life... However every time I see this I get really sad because George Michael died on Christmas and so did his sister... Wham is a huge part of my life and if it wasn't for their Choose Life t-shirts when I was 12 years old that went right along with my confirmation and pro-life values
My mother and grandmother both passed away in 2023 one in March and the other in April. So, waking up dead at first appears great to see them again but knowing that I'm not worthied to see the light is curious to see what his reaction would be what he created has changed so much lol
I so enjoy ur homilies :) however, this one left me puzzled. I need to relisten to same🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤. Rosemarie Your Rose colored vestment is different this year! Ty for the Gift of Your Priesthood in Christ Jesus ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉. Rosemarie 😊
Our Lord told us to pray for our enemies! In this fragile situation, Judas wanted Him to raise a military army to conquer their Roman oppressors, and/or, if he didn't, he was going to hand Him over to the High Priests to face criminal charges of inciting a rebellion against Rome and thus face crucifixion. Yes, I would definitely label Judas an enemy.
Fr Mike! Fr Chris Alar’s mother just died a few days ago! Her name was Rosalie Alar!!! Please keep him in prayer along w his Dad and sister, Pam🎉🎉🎉. For u hss as be experienced ur mom dying:(. Rosemarie ❤❤❤💕💕💕🙏
What if I am aware of both stories - what I FEEL in my heart the story of my life is & what I think God’s view of the story of my life is. Both are equally disappointing. I just can’t get past it. I took care of my Mom when I was 20 until she died. My courage failed me once & I took an afternoon off from it, even though she begged me not to go. I cannot get past the guilt of having let her down for those few hours. Can God forgive me for that weakness? I cannot.
Something I thought in regards to the prodigal son, the wayward son squandered his half of the property on a destitute life. When he returns, and the fattened calf is slain, the eldest brother's complaint is it was from his share of the inheritance. It could be restated "Father, he wasted his half of our property on a life of sin and disowned us. Now you're taking what's left for me, that I earned by being a good son, just waste on him again." The older brother feels betrayed like he's working for no pay (like a slave). The father reiterates that all the property left belongs to the eldest, but the greater treasure than material wealth is reconciling with family; that mercy/charity triumphs over legalism. This Christmas season, this message speaks loudly. God might be taking what's "your's" to show mercy/charity to someone who is lost.
Hmmm… gifts…it is Jesus‘s birthday. Why aren’t we talking about the gift we are giving Jesus for his birthday? Why do we say, “I’ give you a gift because Jesus was born, I have a lust if demand and just give me cash so I don’t have to return the gift I reject? So messed up and not wwjd
With all do respect too much talking. 4-5 irrelevant stories mixed together for nothing. I got lost, looks like even you got lost talking. I even forgot what reading was about. Not good 😮Very disappointing.😢
The moral of the story is about getting past the fear of revealing what is actually in our hearts and not being afraid of sharing that with others and most importantly being honest with God when we are face to face. The story of not knowing what he wants for Christmas is about being afraid to actually reveal to his family what he really wants, but it's afraid that they may view him as less than or he truly doesn't know what he wants. The story about the couple is about be worried about being honest about what they wanted, but afraid others would think of them wanting an expensive gift. The story of CS Lewis is about being honest before God about your truth, but having a fear of being completely and fully honest in His presence, face to face.
@ in seminary they teach that homily should be 15 min. max to keep people attention. Also homily is not a TH-cam video 😏😕 it’s a part of the holy mass 🤔
@@sunnyone22 yeah great story for TH-cam video and I don’t need explanation of the story. My point is homily is homily not a bunch of stories that makes me forget of Sunday scripture 🤔
He did a great job with his homily, today and every day. This priest is on fire for the Lord! He had a main topic, supporting topics, and tied it all together very well. Bravo, Fr Mike! And Happy Birthday to you today! 🥳
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Amazing narrative therapy technique father. So cool to see how much biblical teaching and therapy overlap.
It blows my mind how powerful this homily is. For the past six weeks i've been struggling is with the fact of being between protestant and catholic churches. I thought by learning everything from different churches that we could bring our is spiritual family together. So I started seriously studying the bible and the catechism with college level notes. In doing that I realized that I wasn't showing my true face to God. Then I understood why my ideas were actually Gnosticism and how catholicism is the only way and the one true church. And now my life and the bible is opening up in ways I never thought possible. I give my life completely to the catholic faith now. And i'm ready to wrestle with God like jacob did. I'm so blessed that god would have so much mercy and grace for me even though I have no reason to deserve it. I am unworthy and he still uses a welp like me.
Welcome Home!
May God continue to bless you on your journey.
Although most faith traditions have some elements of truth, there is only one that has everything. That's the Catholic Church, founded by Jesus, Himself. He is still with us today in the Holy Eucharist. If we're truly looking for the truth, we'll find it in the Catholic Church.
Welcome home! ❤🙏
Thank you for your heart ❤️ feel sharing. The true God is in your heart.
YOUR JUST AS WORTHY AS US OLD
CATHOLICS !! GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS ❤
Fr. Mike's homily on the Third Sunday of Advent is truly enlightening! The concept of ‘Face to Face’ reminds us of the intimate relationship we are called to have with Christ. Thank you for this powerful message. 🙏
Fr Mike!!!! Happy Birthday! Thank you so much for loving God. You have led so many of us to love God as well.
Happy birthday Father Mike and may God bless you always.
God knows my true grateful comments on this video! Thank you Father Mike for expanding on the homily. 👍👍
God said, "Ask in prayer," and He will answer. Trust Him, and breakthrough is on the horizon.
Happy Birthday Father. May you be blessed. You have made the world better.
What a strong homily!!! Once More!!!
No words I have to thank enough our Lord for using Father Michael to pass on to us SO MUCH TO MEDITATE AND REFLECT ABOUT!
GOD LOOK AFTER YOU ALWAYS !!!
Fr Mike! God bless you. We are desperate need of more Priests like you. Please continue to preach raw truth. We need it so bad. Know how much you are loved and appreciated.
Happy Birthday, Fr. Mike Schmitz! Thank You for all you do!!!
No way...I picked up Till We Have Faces recently. Right before clicking this video I was feeling overwhelmed; I am a new revert and have been feeling a fear of "what if God isn't real." I prayed "I believe help my unbelief" and then put this video on as background noise. Our Lord is so Good and meets us where we are.
Thank you, Fr.
Please show me my face, face to face...
God forgive me😔. We are half way through Advent and to be honest I am not preparing or doing anything, not even so much as listening to these beautiful homilies. I've been telling myself I'll wait for 2025 to go to confession, start listening etc.
Decided to sit down and just start by listening to these Sunday Homilies for Advent, but really listen and think and pray and take notes to review daily and make connections across all 4 Sunday Advent Homilies. If i dont die on Christmas, to continue taking these lesons into 2025 and beyond. Figure I can't be the only one who feels this way. So starting today going to put forth effort to build community online and/or in person. This will build accountability to my plan to improve my spiritual life, and the consistency of this will bring about actual change instead of just going through the motions and letting homilies go in one ear and out the other, and continue in this as a community until we see You Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, Face to Face 🙏.
So true, I see the same faces at mass every Sunday. I "know" them and they "know" me but only on the surface, but they are suppose to be my second family. Sometimes my church has events and stuff that I think about going to but often don't. As the only practicing Catholic in my family, I go to mass every Sunday by myself. I need community and fellowship with other faithful believers. Not enough to just go to mass say hi and bye till next Sunday. We all need community to help one another stay accountable to our faith and stay consistent in our faith. To think if the world ended on Christmas, if I did see Christ Face to Face who would I bring along with me? Brings tears to my eyes to envision going to mass for all of eternity with my fellow parish members, the faces I see very Sunday, but really having know them and conversed with them here on Earth now.
I will think of something this week and pick 1 or 2 people at mass next Sunday to start building fellowship with. Thank you Fr.Mike for these homilies. Maybe that can be the thing we just watch these homilies together and share what stood out to us or what our plan of action will be to put the teachings into action.
Yes, more than just me seeing Christ Face to Face, who am I bringing along with me, helping to prepare for life eternal? For we know not the day nor the hour (Matthew 24:36.) What a blessing it would be to see my whole parish in Heaven worshipping Christ together for all of eternity.🙏
If you need an advent buddy- let me know! I have the same guilt as you and love that you were honest and open about it. If you need someone to pray with please let me know!
Please go to confession. Don't make excuses. The reconciliation is always tough, no matter how often u do it, because pride and shame we feel are from the evil one. We all are wretched souls, that's why He gave up His life for us. 😇
"Just start." I just ended terms with my on and off LDR situationship a few hours ago. After I sent him a long message saying my apologies for my shortcomings and offering him to reconcile if we will put God in the center of our relationship, he replied that we should not make things harder and just move on. I was so sad that I am the only one who wanted to reconcile so I went to TH-cam and found Fr. Mike's homily for Gaudete Sunday. While watching, I realize that the narrative I'm telling myself, him, and God is that I'm deeply sorry for being human and wanting to be loved, but God's narrative may be that I should just show up during these difficult times of longing and he will fill me with His love. Lord Jesus Christ, heal both of us and others who are going through tough times. May we be reminded that one day we will see you face to face.
I've been through similar situations, and it's tough. I'm sorry you're going through that, but God answers our prayers if we make Him the Lord of our lives as you have. He removed someone that you weren't meant to marry. No offense intended I know it's still very fresh and tender, but God will provide a lamb for Abraham, and so God will provide you with a spouse on His terms. God be with you, wait on the Lord. Stay strong.
Fr. Mike you are blessed. ❤
Happy birthday Fr. Mike🎂
Happy Birthday Fr.Mike. Thank you for teach me to be honest to God and to learn from HIM what true love is and how we should share God's love and blesses to others. May's your love to God's and Mother Mary always be protected and save lots of lost souls.
Happy birthday Father Mike 🎁🎊🎂🎈🧁❣️🙏🙏❤️
I agree happy birthday father mike. Looking forward to another year of hearing your wisdom.
Fr Mike, you have a gift of presenting the depth of a soul, in such beautiful language for todays understanding. Christmas Blessings thank you
Great Father Mike SHMITZ.. 🎂🥳😊 REJOICE AGAIN I SAY REJOICE.. THANKS FOR GREAT HARD WORK IN PREPARING HOMILY SO POWERFUL AND SPIRITUAL
Father Mike, you are an inspiration. Your homilies fill me with hope, love and humility. By listening to you, I hope I can show my face to the Lord and that he is happy with what he sees. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Father Mike 🎉
His BEST sermon to date! Thank you Fr Mike❤️❤️❤️
I knoow
Thank you and Happy birthday Father Mike ❤
This homily message was critical for me today. Thank you.
This is definitely a great homily Father Mike, on so many levels. I'll be thinking of this in the coming days and peeling the layers like an onion, delving into it deeper, and will likely watch it again. Thank you, thank you, thank you! The Holy Spirit is working through you, to open our eyes
Happy Birthday, Father Mike!
Thank you for your truly inspiring homilies. I look forward to them every Sunday. Even when I attend Mass elsewhere, I always come back to listen to your homilies. I deeply appreciate the effort and heart you pour into preparing them for us each week.
I’m also really enjoying, ‘Face to Face’, on the app. You have a way of making us see things in a completely new light, awakening our awareness. Your words never fail to nudge my conscience or bring back truths I once knew and felt but had forgotten.
Please know that I’m keeping you in my prayers. God bless you!
✨🩵✨🙏🏻✨🎁🍰🎉
One of my favorite quotes from teen years: Who you think you are--Be Really.
Happiest Birthday Father God Bless you in Abundance.
Magnificent!
Thank you, Father. God bless!
We shouldn’t want anything but peace, love and our Heavenly Father in our lives
Happy Birthday Father Mike! May God bless you and keep you close to him always and shower you with his Love, Grace, and Mercy.
Thank you Father Mike. You are such a gift to all of us. Thank you for answering God's call to be a priest. We are all blessed for it. !!!!Happy birthday!!!! ❤❤❤
Happy birthday Father Mike!🎉 May God the Father grant you another 50 yrs and may I be there to celebrate it with you😊
Happy birthday Fr Mike! Thank you for using your God given talents for the betterment of all us who wish to live more like Christ. You’re a wonderful & amazing human being. God bless you always. 🙏🏼
WOW. Just WOW.
I know God knows my true heart he is the only one I can be honest with.
FR MIKE HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
Great homily Father Mike, going to Mass is the best thing I have done today, when one is alone after Mass, later in the gloom of our day I can tune you in on you tube, listen to your message of Hope and pray for Joy, Thank you , many of our great Priests on You Tube, i pray for all Priests,with gratefulness. Peace and Love…to you Father Mike
Through your homily today, the Lord spoke to my heart. He knew that all you said, was everything I needed to hear. Thank you, Fr Mike for being an instrument for the Lord to do so much good in the lives of many.
Amen!
Thank you! A much appreciated homily!
Fr Mike, what a powerful homily. It is so thought-provoking. We are so fortunate to have you and to be able to listen to your words, which ( I believe) are Holy Spirit inspired. May God continue to bless you. Thank you so much for your wisdom. And a very happy birthday to you.
A Wonderful Life is an amazing movie and has really changed my life! It really makes you TRULY look at your life and count your blessing and see how truly blessed you are!
Lord Jesus Christ son of the living God have mercy on me a sinner 🙏🙏🙏
Amén! Your homily describes exactly how I've been feeling sometimes. I want to be truthful to my Heavenly Father, but I'm afraid I'm not even close. Today's readings have the key, so I can start being a better child of God. I should REJOICE as GOD ❤ me with all my imperfections (even the ones I don't want to acknowledge or aware of them), but I must also be the face of Christ for others by doing my job the righteous way.
I would love to wake up in the Presence of God in 2024. Also, if I knew I was going, I would not do Advent any differently.
Not even maybe less pride involved, or more service to help those who want to celebrate advent too, but infirmity won’t allow? When I hear how satisfied you are, I realize I am thankful to be wishing I’d done more at every chance.
Happy. Birthday! So grateful to the Lord for you, your family, your students and your ministry.
For the first time ever the prodigal son story is explained to a quite godly sense. I always see injustice toward the good son 🥹🥹🥹, now I see God’s love ❤🔥Love you Father Mike! 💗 Il y a Dieu en toi!👌🏿
Amen
Oh gosh, that sure gets me thinking. This will be in my heart, and I will ponder what is in the center of my soul. "Standing before God as I am NOT as I think I am. " Thank you!
Thanks
Oh my gosh, I loove the book called Till We Have Faces by CS Lewis! Awesome Homily today, Fr. Mike!
It’s a Wonderful Life is one of my favorite movies also. ❤
Thank you. Powerful message from God
Feliz Cumpleaños, I watched the Virgencita de Guadalupe video, it was fantastic! As well this one. Have a wonderful. Happy birthday 🎉
Wow this was epically good. Peace be with you, everyone!
Happy Born Day Father! HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH
Praise to you Lord Jesus ❤I also loved what you said about te older son in the parable of the prodigal son which I realized last week as I read,he valued his friends more than his father
"Til We Have Faces" is also my favorite book.
I’m getting to live this adventure in real life. It’s depressing to find out how much my pain from surgery is making me want to just be comfortable when it might be my last Christmas.
If I could send one message to everyone I know, that they would truly hear.... it would be this one. This rattled me in the best of ways.
Needed❤
As you’ve been talking about this topic recently, “Till we have faces” kept coming to mind. I need to reread this book!
So good! As always, thank you for such a great Homily, Fr. Mike. I so look forward to hearing these each Sunday. Finished BIY last December, finishing CIY on 12/31. Planning on continuing next year with another round. May God bless and keep you and yours. Enjoy the rest of Advent and a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year.
WHEN I C THE LORD I CANT WAIT TO TELL HIM HE MESSED UP MAKING MAN AMEN !!!
Rejoice and Again I say Rejoice.
I highly recommend everyone to read book Your Life Your Game by Keezano. I’ve read it, and it truly changed my life. It beautifully shows how connecting with God and your inner self can lead to spiritual growth and financial success. A must-read. God bless, Amen🙏💟
great book
scam not Catholic
@@mrs.marydonahue5236 Devil one, don't judge. I read it last year and it's perfect, it mostly quotes the Bible and draws lessons from the stories
"Just start." I just ended terms with my on and off LDR situationship a few hours ago. After I sent him a long message apologizing for my shortcomings and offered him to reconcile if we will put God first in our relationship, he replied that we should not make things harder and just move on. After watching Fr. Mike's homily, I realize his reply was synonymous to "just start" or something like "let's do the bare minimum to move on from something that is not working anymore." This may be where faith starts. The narrative I was telling myself, him, and God is that I'm sorry for being human and wanting to be loved, but God's narrative may be that I should show up in these times of difficulties of longing so I can see His love. Lord Jesus Christ, heal both of us and others who are going through tough times. May we be reminded of being in Face to Face with you one day.
Amen!
Well this is the best place for him he ran to the table first.
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Okay I can't take it anymore first of all happy belated birthday Father Mike, you are a huge part of my life... However every time I see this I get really sad because George Michael died on Christmas and so did his sister... Wham is a huge part of my life and if it wasn't for their Choose Life t-shirts when I was 12 years old that went right along with my confirmation and pro-life values
My mother and grandmother both passed away in 2023 one in March and the other in April. So, waking up dead at first appears great to see them again but knowing that I'm not worthied to see the light is curious to see what his reaction would be what he created has changed so much lol
I so enjoy ur homilies :) however, this one left me puzzled. I need to relisten to same🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤. Rosemarie
Your Rose colored vestment is different this year! Ty for the Gift of Your Priesthood in Christ Jesus ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉. Rosemarie 😊
Le creuset enameled cast iron Dutch ovens are around $480 but will be passed down to the great great great grandchildren.
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Our Lord told us to pray for our enemies!
In this fragile situation, Judas wanted Him to raise a military army to conquer their Roman oppressors, and/or, if he didn't, he was going to hand Him over to the High Priests to face criminal charges of inciting a rebellion against Rome and thus face crucifixion.
Yes, I would definitely label Judas an enemy.
No masquerade ball. 😊
Fr Mike! Fr Chris Alar’s mother just died a few days ago! Her name was Rosalie Alar!!! Please keep him in prayer along w his Dad and sister, Pam🎉🎉🎉. For u hss as be experienced ur mom dying:(. Rosemarie ❤❤❤💕💕💕🙏
Of course, we never know when we will come before the Lord's Face, it is important not to deliberately approach or set that date :)
"We have to stand before God as we are. Not as we think we are, not as we wish we were.
We have to stand before God with the true story."
What if I am aware of both stories - what I FEEL in my heart the story of my life is & what I think God’s view of the story of my life is. Both are equally disappointing. I just can’t get past it. I took care of my Mom when I was 20 until she died. My courage failed me once & I took an afternoon off from it, even though she begged me not to go. I cannot get past the guilt of having let her down for those few hours. Can God forgive me for that weakness? I cannot.
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Something I thought in regards to the prodigal son, the wayward son squandered his half of the property on a destitute life. When he returns, and the fattened calf is slain, the eldest brother's complaint is it was from his share of the inheritance.
It could be restated "Father, he wasted his half of our property on a life of sin and disowned us. Now you're taking what's left for me, that I earned by being a good son, just waste on him again."
The older brother feels betrayed like he's working for no pay (like a slave). The father reiterates that all the property left belongs to the eldest, but the greater treasure than material wealth is reconciling with family; that mercy/charity triumphs over legalism.
This Christmas season, this message speaks loudly. God might be taking what's "your's" to show mercy/charity to someone who is lost.
What's with the cloak, shouldn't it be purple?
It's Gaudete Sunday, pink/rose candle is lit on the advent wreath. Pink Vestments may be worn.
Christ was not born on Christmas
Hmmm… gifts…it is Jesus‘s birthday. Why aren’t we talking about the gift we are giving Jesus for his birthday? Why do we say, “I’ give you a gift because Jesus was born, I have a lust if demand and just give me cash so I don’t have to return the gift I reject? So messed up and not wwjd
With all do respect too much talking. 4-5 irrelevant stories mixed together for nothing. I got lost, looks like even you got lost talking. I even forgot what reading was about. Not good 😮Very disappointing.😢
The moral of the story is about getting past the fear of revealing what is actually in our hearts and not being afraid of sharing that with others and most importantly being honest with God when we are face to face. The story of not knowing what he wants for Christmas is about being afraid to actually reveal to his family what he really wants, but it's afraid that they may view him as less than or he truly doesn't know what he wants. The story about the couple is about be worried about being honest about what they wanted, but afraid others would think of them wanting an expensive gift. The story of CS Lewis is about being honest before God about your truth, but having a fear of being completely and fully honest in His presence, face to face.
@ in seminary they teach that homily should be 15 min. max to keep people attention. Also homily is not a TH-cam video 😏😕 it’s a part of the holy mass 🤔
@@sunnyone22 yeah great story for TH-cam video and I don’t need explanation of the story. My point is homily is homily not a bunch of stories that makes me forget of Sunday scripture 🤔
He did a great job with his homily, today and every day. This priest is on fire for the Lord!
He had a main topic, supporting topics, and tied it all together very well.
Bravo, Fr Mike! And Happy Birthday to you today! 🥳
Jesus never insulted another person the way you just did on this platform.
Happy birthday Father Mike
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