Howdy y’all 🤠 Happy day 178. I think I’ll share today’s message with my candidate. She was baptized in the Church of Christ & is now seeking conversion to the Catholic Church. So confession & confirmation are the 2 sacraments she’s preparing for, of course, communion too. Have a great day!🙏❤️
@@dianefrank3688 Oh thank you for letting me know! Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day! Do you have any plans? Prayers for good health & happiness!🙏😘🎉🎂🎈
For the intentions of the ENTIRE CIY community and all of our brothers and sisters in need of prayer, especially those who were unintentionally overlooked either on this site or elsewhere, worldwide(which, of course, includes those in need of purgatorial prayer: hang in there, you are almost over the finish line, you are in the final stretch and will be in the loving arms of Jesus and Mary in no time) This is for all who read this and for those who don't read this both now and in the future. My Jesus Mercy!!! He was finally going home. He was going home a changed man. This time he is not demanding that he get what he deserves, but willing to take whatever he could get. “Give me” has been replaced with “help me,” and his defiance has been replaced with repentance. He comes asking for everything with nothing to give in return. He has no money. He has no excuses. And he has no idea how much his father has missed him! He has no idea the number of times his father has paused between chores to look out the front gate for his son. The boy has no idea the number of times his father has awakened from restless sleep, gone into the son’s room, and sat on the boy’s bed. And the son would have never believed the hours the father has sat on the porch next to the empty rocking chair, looking, longing to see that familiar figure, that stride, that face. As the boy comes around the bend that led up to his house, he rehearses his speech one more time. “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.” He approaches the gate and places his hand on the latch. He begins to lift it, but he pauses. His plan to go home suddenly seema silly. “What’s the use?” he heard himself asking himself. “What chance do I have?” He ducked, turned around, and began to walk away. Then he heard the footsteps. He heard the slap, slap, slap of sandals. Someone was running. He didn’t turn to look. It’s probably a servant coming to chase me away or my big brother wanting to know what I’m doing back home. He began to leave. But the voice he heard was not the voice of a servant nor the voice of his brother; it was the voice of his father. “Son!” “Father?” He turned to open the gate, but the father already has. The son looked at his father standing at the entrance. Tears glistened on his cheeks as arms stretched from east to west inviting the son to come home. “Father, I have sinned.” The words were muffled as the boy buries his face in his father’s shoulder. The two wept. For a forever they stood at the gate intertwined as one. Words were unnecessary. Repentance has been made; forgiveness has been given. The boy was home. If there is a scene in this story that deserves to be framed, it’s the one of the father’s outstretched hands. His tears are moving. His smile is stirring. But his hands call us home. Imagine those hands. Strong fingers. Palms wrinkled with lifelines. Stretching open like a wide gate, leaving entrance as the only option. When Jesus told this parable of the loving father, I wonder, did he use his hands? When he got to this point in the story, did he open his arms to illustrate the point? Did he perceive the thoughts of those in the audience who were thinking, I could never go home. Not after my life? Did he see a housewife look at the ground and a businessman shake his head as if to say, “I can’t start over. I’ve made too big a mess”? And did he open his arms even wider as if to say, “Yes. Yes, you can. You can come home”? Whether he did that day or not, I don’t know. But I know that he did later. He later stretched his hands as open as he could. He forced his arms so wide apart that it hurt. And to prove that those arms would never fold and those hands would never close, he had them nailed open. They still are. Max Lucado My love to all ❤❤❤
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. 6/27/2023
06/2212024 Praying for Fr. Mike & all CIY.🙏🙏🙏 Everyone will be leaving the main house at the end of June for now at least. They will decern further on what to do about my deceased brother's wife who has moderate dementia and a drinking problem. I live in the garage apartment so what they decide will affect me. I am praying for the best decisions for all.🙏
May the dear Lord be blessed for he has blessed us with our beloved priest Father Mike Schmitz. We pray that all his efforts will not be put to waste as we listeners endeavor to be true Christians. Lord bless Fr Mike with all the necessary graces. Thank you.
Thank you all for praying for my dad. His surgery was successful for his age. May God bless you all and I'll continue praying for all. Thanks once again🙏❣️
"Lively familiarity with the Holy Spirit". I just love this! So beautiful! Praise the Lord for His abundant grace! I was confirmed 20 years ago but I'd say it's only in the past few years that I've come to know the Holy Spirit. I'll be praying that we can all reach this lively familiarity. God bless you all, and thank you again, Fr. Mike!
You tube, podcasts, apps are all the gifts given to us by the Holy spirit! And .. and .. it is great that priests like fr. mike do not hesitate to use it. 😇🌹👍🙏🏻
Father Mike never worry about gushing over God and His Graces and Blessings, my new saying is I am God filled and if you want to feel what I do call on His Name and get to know Him personally
I am so grateful Father Mike discussed the lack of preparation before Confirmation and how we can still prepare ourselves afterwards. I didn't seem to get the full effects due to my lack of full participation and paying attention (that was many, many years ago). Now I know I can still benefit from these effects afterward and I can let go of the regret that I did so poorly the first time. Thank you, Father and Ascension Press!!
Father Mike, I wasn't able to go through the whole Bible with you, both times, and I am trying again this year, but I haven't missed a day of the Catechism in a Year. I have read the whole Bible in a year, the year before I had cancer, but somehow the CCC is a life-line for me. And I am so grateful. I do attend daily Mass and I do read the Bible, I just couldn't keep up with the daily Bible readings, but I am clinging with all of my heart to the CCC.
“But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand. It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.” Job 32:8-9
Thank you Father Mike, a true blessing just came through your words, my son who coincidentally heard your speech, made a promise to me to get confirmed!🙏🕊️🙏🥲
11:25. If you didn’t get that then, you’re getting it now…praise God that I’m getting it now. I was 11 when I was Confirmed. I remember nothing of the preparation or the actual Confirmation.
Although I received Confirmation in childhood, I don't remember what we were taught then. So, it's good to hear all about what Confirmation is, and how we should have approached it. I do pray to the Holy Spirit often. Praying for all, God Bless.
Thank you Fr. Mike for the lovely memory of my Confirmation. I was confirmed 60 years ago in England. In those days girls wore white dresses like making First Holy Communion. The Bishop also tapped our cheek for some reason? I took the name Veronica because I loved her for wiping the face of Jesus. Praying for our beloved friend Father Mike and for all our CIY community. ❤🙏🕊️
Thank you Fr Mike. My Grandchild will be making her Confirmation next year . Please pray for her anx the children in her class. It's a nondenomination school and other influences can sometimes get in the way.... praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Thank you, Father Mike, praying for you and everyone here! Grateful. Who was your Confirmation Saint? ... Bernadette, I believe her beautiful face saw the Blessed Virgin Mary....
Mine is St. Rita. She had the stigmata of the crown of thorns & God performed 2 particular miracles for her to show her prayers had rescued her husband & sons from purgatory.
@@elizabethcronin3074 Mary is mine; baptismal. My mother's name is Iris. The flag is the Iris; the Fleur de Lis in French. My priests birthday is on a day in Feb; the sainthood of Bernadette of Lourdes; which in her Mary visitations. My friend that taught me French; the nun her birthday is October the Day of the Sainthood of Her Holy Rosary. The priest was my catechist. I am a faithful member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. My cast was taken off on the day of the Holy name of Jesus. I am surrounded by you all; Jane is a special name to me. Dana sys; truly; the world is small. In Spanish the world is a doily.
I got confirmation when I was in my 30s and you learn so much and stick with it. I think longer when you're older. When you're younger, you get it and you just kind of fall away from it because my kids got it when they were young. I just think it's it. It's an individual thing but praise God that we all come back to him before it's too late. Thanks be to God
My son’s confirmation sponsor has totally rejected his Catholic faith in order to change his gender. Needless to say, we are heartbroken. Please pray for Joseph that God will give him the grace to come home and his eyes will be opened to the truth.
Only those already baptised can and should receive the sacrament of confirmation, which can be received only once. To receive confirmation efficaciously, the candidate must be in a state of grace. The original minister of confirmation is the bishop. In this way, the link between the confirmed and the Church in her apostolic dimension is made manifest. Let us open ourselves to the gifts of the Holy Spirit in understanding the sacrament of Confirmation.
Thank goodness for this podcast and for EWTN and Covenant Network for really preparing after my 1980 confirmation. Praying for you Father Schmitz! Praying for all CIY members. God bless you all! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you Father Mike❤️🙏 God bless you all!🙏❤️ Who Receives Confirmation? Anybody who has been baptized but has not received the sacrament of Confirmation.
It was great to hear about choosing Godparents and Sponsors who can help teach us and not just relatives for the sake of being relatives. My husband wanted his sister to be a Godparent, however I couldn't in conscience choose her as I had seen her publicly be pro abortion. When I said I wanted to choose an alternative Godparent, it went down like a lead balloon. It was an awful time of friction with my husband and his family, a friction I had never experienced before. Thankfully we are on the same page now. Praying for you Fr Mike and everyone doing CIAY ❤🙏
I agree 100%. So many any of my relatives react(ed) the same way but, frankly, it is not about stature. Godparents and Sponsors have a tremendous but honorable responsibility. It should not be taken lightly. 🙏❤🙏
An interesting thought came to me - the 3 sacraments of initiation (baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist), somehow mirrors the Trinity. Baptism is the act of the Father, for it makes us adopted children of the father. The Eucharist mirrors the act of the son for it is the Jesus body and blood. Confirmation is the act of the Holy Spirit for it empower us with grace of the spirit. These 3 sacraments seems to emphasize each person of the Trinity in a special way though all 3 persons are fully involved in the sacrament... Just my thoughts.
Thank You! This is such a blessing 🙏🙏 I will never forget the day I was confirmed it was November 17. St. Elizabeth of Hungary's feast day. I chose her as my Saint. Thank you Lord 🙏🙏
Thank you god for my gains. you made me workout and offer my bizeps, triceps and chest muscles up for you. Please God help me to be muscular without steroids, testoseron and proteinshakes.
The app has a gold background with a trinity- triangle symbol on it. Make sure you read the author’s name, Ascension press, because there are MANY ascension apps and I found it almost at the bottom of the page of apps. Hope that helps! 😊
Greetings Father Mike, Thoughts :- -> Message reflect with, "The Sacramental Confirmation helps in Abstinence from Sins with Holy Faith through Sacraments, Prayers, Sacred Scriptures, Doctrines and Stay in The Path of Lord Jesus Christ in every sense in every aspects of One's Own Life." -> Thanks Father, Team Ascension Press for Valuable Insights. With regards and Prayers, Ranjith Joseph (R.J)
June 27, 2023 Please pray for Souls in Purgatory. Go ahead, just take about 30 seconds to help save a soul that maybe is your family member or friend! Go forth and help save! Here is the prayer: (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.) The Prayer of St. Gertrude Eternal Father, I offer Thee 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, those in my own home and within my family. Amen. God would reply to St. Gertrude that He would use whatever was offered to Him for the faithful departed, according to His inclination to show pardon & mercy.
I would have preferred choosing a certain upstanding Protestant woman as my daughter's sponsor. I had to "settle" on a family member simply because she was Catholic.
My son's confirmation should have occurred when he was 16 years old but he refused and unfortunately I did not insist. Now he is 24 years old and he still doesn't want to do it
Day 178 Preparation for Confirmation should aim at leading the Christian toward a more intimate union with Christ and a lively familiarity with the Holy Spirit - his actions, his gifts and his biddings - in order to be capable of assuming the apostolic responsibility What is the apostolic responsibility? "Go forth and spread the Gospel and the Holy Spirit we have recieved" If we did not do back when we recieved Confirmation, then we do it now. Let us go for Confession and as Fr. said *Unleash the graces of Confirmation*
Day 178 takeaways: Every Baptized person can and should receive Confirmation for without it Christian initiation remains incomplete. The Latin custom is to separate the 3 Sacraments, with the Holy Eucharist given at the age of reason and Confirmation given at the age of discretion.There is preparation needed to be confirmed. To receive Confirmation one must be in a State of Grace to more intensely receive the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. The person being confirmed should have a fitting spiritual sponsor that can help them move forward. The Ordinary Minister of Confirmation is the Bishop. Bishops are successors to the Apostles and therefore can unite the Confirmands more closely to the Church’s evangelical role. The Bishop, if the need arises, can delegate this role to a priest. The. Church desires that no one is deprived of the graces of God’s Sacraments in the hour of need.
Day 178 Thank you Father Mike Schmitz. Please, please pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland. I really, really wish Bishop Strickland was my Bishop....instead of Milton Gregory. My Confirmation was July 3rd of 1992 I was a teenager, unfortunately I was not teach the whole truth about my beloved faith such as having sex without being married by the church, abortion is the killing of an unborn innocent baby. Those are huge, huge issues that should be cover constantly with the formation of the young teenagers seeking to be followers of Christ. Thank God that now I finally know the RAW UNFILTERED TRUTH. Unfortunately there are a lot of Catholics who still think that abortion and adultery, fornication are okay and go to received the Eucharist. I know some Catholics who do this. When I tell them that is wrong they say their Priest has not say such thing.
Bless you... I do think the priests are going to take the brunt of the responsibility for excusing those actions and lack of teaching. I also learned the truth late and on my own. God leads his children in all truth.
May I ask how I do a post-confirmation Confirmation? I was not properly prepared, when I was confirmed more than 40 years ago. I don't even remember if I had chosen a patron saint. Thank you for all you do, Fr. Mike, and thank you to all the Ascension Team. :D
You can only be confirmed once. Your confirmation name should be on the document you received when you were confirmed. The parish where you were confirmed should have a copy.
@@wms72 Thank you for the reply! I no longer have the document, nor do I have any way of reaching the parish, as it is in another country. How I wish I had paid more attention back then, and not been so far from God.
@@StAlphonsusHasAPosse So wait...just by us listening to the Catechism on Confirmation, then it is solved? I thought that is what Fr. Mike meant but I needed to be sure; my mental abilities are a bit faulty. 😅 THANK YOU LORD!
When I was confirmed at the age of 15 yrs in the Catholic Church (UK) we were told to choose a saints name for our confirmation, which we all did. As we have now reached the final part of Confirmation today, I am a little confused that there has been no mention of this in the Catechism? I wonder why?
Pope Pius X lowered the age of reception of Holy Communion to 7 from 12, l think because of the life of Little Nellie of Holy God and he paid tribute to her. She died at the age of 4 ,having received the sacraments of initiation by special permission. She chatted to the infant of Prague who came alive for her , offering him her new shoes in return for his ball (the world ). I translated her life story into Irish but the saintly Brother Seán embarrassed me with all the grammatical errors on proof reading it. There are only small pockets of Native speakers here now.
Thank you Father
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us 🫀🔥✝️
Amen! ❤🙏❤🙏
I'm so glad you post this!
Amen ❤
Hello everyone & Happy Day 178!🙏😊
Hello Elizabeth and to all!!! Happy 178!!!😮
Howdy y’all 🤠 Happy day 178. I think I’ll share today’s message with my candidate. She was baptized in the Church of Christ & is now seeking conversion to the Catholic Church. So confession & confirmation are the 2 sacraments she’s preparing for, of course, communion too.
Have a great day!🙏❤️
@@TrixRN I think your candidate would love you sharing this with her.❤🙏
🙋Elizabeth 😊Day178 ❤🙏 Today June 27 is my birthday.
@@dianefrank3688 Oh thank you for letting me know! Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day! Do you have any plans? Prayers for good health & happiness!🙏😘🎉🎂🎈
Can never get tired of hearing that guy. Father Mike's passion and enthusiasm for his faith is inspiring and contagious!
Thank you Father Mike
For the intentions of the ENTIRE CIY community and all of our brothers and sisters in need of prayer, especially those who were unintentionally overlooked either on this site or elsewhere, worldwide(which, of course, includes those in need of purgatorial prayer: hang in there, you are almost over the finish line, you are in the final stretch and will be in the loving arms of Jesus and Mary in no time) This is for all who read this and for those who don't read this both now and in the future. My Jesus Mercy!!!
He was finally going home. He was going home a changed man. This time he is not demanding that he get what he deserves, but willing to take whatever he could get. “Give me” has been replaced with “help me,” and his defiance has been replaced with repentance.
He comes asking for everything with nothing to give in return. He has no money. He has no excuses.
And he has no idea how much his father has missed him!
He has no idea the number of times his father has paused between chores to look out the front gate for his son. The boy has no idea the number of times his father has awakened from restless sleep, gone into the son’s room, and sat on the boy’s bed. And the son would have never believed the hours the father has sat on the porch next to the empty rocking chair, looking, longing to see that familiar figure, that stride, that face.
As the boy comes around the bend that led up to his house, he rehearses his speech one more time.
“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.”
He approaches the gate and places his hand on the latch. He begins to lift it, but he pauses. His plan to go home suddenly seema silly. “What’s the use?” he heard himself asking himself. “What chance do I have?” He ducked, turned around, and began to walk away.
Then he heard the footsteps. He heard the slap, slap, slap of sandals. Someone was running. He didn’t turn to look. It’s probably a servant coming to chase me away or my big brother wanting to know what I’m doing back home. He began to leave.
But the voice he heard was not the voice of a servant nor the voice of his brother; it was the voice of his father.
“Son!”
“Father?”
He turned to open the gate, but the father already has. The son looked at his father standing at the entrance. Tears glistened on his cheeks as arms stretched from east to west inviting the son to come home.
“Father, I have sinned.” The words were muffled as the boy buries his face in his father’s shoulder.
The two wept. For a forever they stood at the gate intertwined as one. Words were unnecessary. Repentance has been made; forgiveness has been given.
The boy was home.
If there is a scene in this story that deserves to be framed, it’s the one of the father’s outstretched hands. His tears are moving. His smile is stirring. But his hands call us home. Imagine those hands. Strong fingers. Palms wrinkled with lifelines. Stretching open like a wide gate, leaving entrance as the only option.
When Jesus told this parable of the loving father, I wonder, did he use his hands? When he got to this point in the story, did he open his arms to illustrate the point?
Did he perceive the thoughts of those in the audience who were thinking, I could never go home. Not after my life? Did he see a housewife look at the ground and a businessman shake his head as if to say, “I can’t start over. I’ve made too big a mess”? And did he open his arms even wider as if to say, “Yes. Yes, you can. You can come home”?
Whether he did that day or not, I don’t know. But I know that he did later. He later stretched his hands as open as he could. He forced his arms so wide apart that it hurt. And to prove that those arms would never fold and those hands would never close, he had them nailed open.
They still are.
Max Lucado
My love to all ❤❤❤
KB, that’s so moving. Thanks for this meditation.🙏❤️
Amen! Your posting is a beautiful meditation. Thank you! ❤🙏
@@TrixRN 2🙏❤🙏
@@dianefrank3688 🙏❤🙏
KB That meditation of yours is very moving, stunning.
Thank you Father Mike
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. 6/27/2023
Amen
06/2212024 Praying for Fr. Mike & all CIY.🙏🙏🙏 Everyone will be leaving the main house at the end of June for now at least. They will decern further on what to do about my deceased brother's wife who has moderate dementia and a drinking problem. I live in the garage apartment so what they decide will affect me. I am praying for the best decisions for all.🙏
Thanks!
May the dear Lord be blessed for he has blessed us with our beloved priest Father Mike Schmitz. We pray that all his efforts will not be put to waste as we listeners endeavor to be true Christians. Lord bless Fr Mike with all the necessary graces. Thank you.
So beautifully presented, thank you Fr Mike. I’m praying for you, and this Community. Always.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼to continue blessings on Fr. Mike. Keep his focus intact and growing.
Blessings to all who are participating in the CIY and the BIY today 🙏🏻🕊✝️🕊🙏🏻
❤🙏Thank you
Thank you all for praying for my dad. His surgery was successful for his age. May God bless you all and I'll continue praying for all. Thanks once again🙏❣️
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My Confirmation saint:St. Philip Neri
"Lively familiarity with the Holy Spirit". I just love this! So beautiful! Praise the Lord for His abundant grace! I was confirmed 20 years ago but I'd say it's only in the past few years that I've come to know the Holy Spirit. I'll be praying that we can all reach this lively familiarity. God bless you all, and thank you again, Fr. Mike!
Thank you Father.
You tube, podcasts, apps are all the gifts given to us by the Holy spirit! And .. and .. it is great that priests like fr. mike do not hesitate to use it. 😇🌹👍🙏🏻
God bless Father Mike
Thank you, Fr Mike and CIY staff, for transforming my faith.. God Bless all of us!! 🙏🙏🙏
What a lovely prayer today. God bless Father Mike and everyone on the CIY journey.
Thank you for this Confirmation lesson. I'm empowered to share.
Praise and Glory be to God❣️
Thank you so much Fr. Mike and Ascension. My continued prayers for all, God Bless 🙏🏻
Thank you Irene! I will be praying for you and all.❤🙏
Amen❤
@@dianefrank3688 you're welcome, and thanks as well. ❤️🙏🏻
Fr. Thank you ❤. Praying for you and for all my CIY brothers and sisters. God bless. Lord, I love you too ❤🙏
Thank you! ❤🙏
Thank you Fr Mike. Congratulations for 555 million downloads of CIY!🎂🎂🍪🍪🍩🍨🍨🍕🍕🌭🌭🌮🌮🍔🍔🥩🥩🍗🍗🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆
Congrats Padre!!! I look forward to seeing 5 million more ❤❤❤
Nice spread!😋
Beautiful tribute ❤🙏
@@dianefrank3688 YIPPY!
@@KB_2161 NO. ITS 555 MILLION DOWNLOADS; THEN IF DOUBLED=1 BILLION!
I'm learning so much from today's episode.
Your prayer today, Father Mike made me cry! ❤️🙏🏻
😊❤😊Thank you😊❤😊
Father Mike never worry about gushing over God and His Graces and Blessings, my new saying is I am God filled and if you want to feel what I do call on His Name and get to know Him personally
I am so grateful Father Mike discussed the lack of preparation before Confirmation and how we can still prepare ourselves afterwards. I didn't seem to get the full effects due to my lack of full participation and paying attention (that was many, many years ago). Now I know I can still benefit from these effects afterward and I can let go of the regret that I did so poorly the first time. Thank you, Father and Ascension Press!!
A sentiment I share as well. 🙏🏻
Father Mike, I wasn't able to go through the whole Bible with you, both times, and I am trying again this year, but I haven't missed a day of the Catechism in a Year. I have read the whole Bible in a year, the year before I had cancer, but somehow the CCC is a life-line for me. And I am so grateful. I do attend daily Mass and I do read the Bible, I just couldn't keep up with the daily Bible readings, but I am clinging with all of my heart to the CCC.
“But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand. It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.”
Job 32:8-9
Thank you Father Mike, a true blessing just came through your words, my son who coincidentally heard your speech, made a promise to me to get confirmed!🙏🕊️🙏🥲
You are the best Fathrr Mike so
Love this teaching 🙏😘❤️
Thank you Fr Mike. Praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏❤️🙏
Amen❤
Thank you Father Mike and Community when I say good night have a good evening and sleep well God bless
May God bless you always 🙏
Thank you.. praying for you all, God Bless ..❤️🙏🏻
Thank you! ❤🙏
11:25. If you didn’t get that then, you’re getting it now…praise God that I’m getting it now. I was 11 when I was Confirmed. I remember nothing of the preparation or the actual Confirmation.
I was so happy and grateful to God when Fr. Mike said this.
Praying for everyone 🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻
Thank you Fr.Mike Schmitz 🛐
Thank you Fr. Mike! Blessings everyone! 🙏
Although I received Confirmation in childhood, I don't remember what we were taught then. So, it's good to hear all about what Confirmation is, and how we should have approached it. I do pray to the Holy Spirit often. Praying for all, God Bless.
“Confirmation is for others”
Bishop Richard Lennon, deceased
Thank you Fr. Mike for the lovely memory of my Confirmation. I was confirmed 60 years ago in England. In those days girls wore white dresses like making First Holy Communion. The Bishop also tapped our cheek for some reason? I took the name Veronica because I loved her for wiping the face of Jesus. Praying for our beloved friend Father Mike and for all our CIY community. ❤🙏🕊️
Beautiful!
If I'm not mistaken, I think the tapping of the cheek is symbolic that you are willing to suffer/ die for the faith. 💘
Praise to you God and Jesus Christ❤🙏🕊😇
Amen❤
His actions, his bidding
Thank you Fr Mike. My Grandchild will be making her Confirmation next year . Please pray for her anx the children in her class. It's a nondenomination school and other influences can sometimes get in the way....
praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
I find when attending a Baptism, Confirmation or Wedding, those Sacramental graces seem stirred up in my soul.
Thank you, Father Mike, praying for you and everyone here! Grateful. Who was your Confirmation Saint? ... Bernadette, I believe her beautiful face saw the Blessed Virgin Mary....
Amen
Mine is St. Rita. She had the stigmata of the crown of thorns & God performed 2 particular miracles for her to show her prayers had rescued her husband & sons from purgatory.
@@TrixRN My mother's middle name is Rita. I chose Jane as I had just been given a little book on her life. My mother's first name is Jane.
Ann.
@@elizabethcronin3074 Mary is mine; baptismal. My mother's name is Iris. The flag is the Iris; the Fleur de Lis in French. My priests birthday is on a day in Feb; the sainthood of Bernadette of Lourdes; which in her Mary visitations. My friend that taught me French; the nun her birthday is October the Day of the Sainthood of Her Holy Rosary. The priest was my catechist. I am a faithful member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. My cast was taken off on the day of the Holy name of Jesus. I am surrounded by you all; Jane is a special name to me. Dana sys; truly; the world is small. In Spanish the world is a doily.
Thank you Fr Mike. God bless you and bless us all. Getting confirmed again.
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Awesome app!
I got confirmation when I was in my 30s and you learn so much and stick with it. I think longer when you're older. When you're younger, you get it and you just kind of fall away from it because my kids got it when they were young. I just think it's it. It's an individual thing but praise God that we all come back to him before it's too late. Thanks be to God
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I'm loving the app Fr. Mike, thank you! I don't know what but I started again from the very beginning and can't quit hitting play ❤
My son’s confirmation sponsor has totally rejected his Catholic faith in order to change his gender. Needless to say, we are heartbroken. Please pray for Joseph that God will give him the grace to come home and his eyes will be opened to the truth.
Only those already baptised can and should receive the sacrament of confirmation, which can be received only once. To receive confirmation efficaciously, the candidate must be in a state of grace. The original minister of confirmation is the bishop. In this way, the link between the confirmed and the Church in her apostolic dimension is made manifest. Let us open ourselves to the gifts of the Holy Spirit in understanding the sacrament of Confirmation.
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Thankyou for helping me understand 😅🎉🎉
Thank goodness for this podcast and for EWTN and Covenant Network for really preparing after my 1980 confirmation. Praying for you Father Schmitz! Praying for all CIY members. God bless you all! ❤❤❤❤❤
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Who Receives Confirmation?
Anybody who has been baptized but has not received the sacrament of Confirmation.
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It was great to hear about choosing Godparents and Sponsors who can help teach us and not just relatives for the sake of being relatives. My husband wanted his sister to be a Godparent, however I couldn't in conscience choose her as I had seen her publicly be pro abortion. When I said I wanted to choose an alternative Godparent, it went down like a lead balloon. It was an awful time of friction with my husband and his family, a friction I had never experienced before. Thankfully we are on the same page now. Praying for you Fr Mike and everyone doing CIAY ❤🙏
I agree 100%. So many any of my relatives react(ed) the same way but, frankly, it is not about stature. Godparents and Sponsors have a tremendous but honorable responsibility. It should not be taken lightly. 🙏❤🙏
You did the right thing 🙂
An interesting thought came to me - the 3 sacraments of initiation (baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist), somehow mirrors the Trinity. Baptism is the act of the Father, for it makes us adopted children of the father. The Eucharist mirrors the act of the son for it is the Jesus body and blood. Confirmation is the act of the Holy Spirit for it empower us with grace of the spirit.
These 3 sacraments seems to emphasize each person of the Trinity in a special way though all 3 persons are fully involved in the sacrament... Just my thoughts.
I love this! I had never thought of the sacraments of initiation in this way. Thank you for posting this!
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Thank You! This is such a blessing 🙏🙏 I will never forget the day I was confirmed it was November 17. St. Elizabeth of Hungary's feast day. I chose her as my Saint. Thank you Lord 🙏🙏
My take is confirmation brings you closer to God and the church. So awesome
Yeah have it now for Mike 🙌
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Your Song of the Day: “Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid”- by Rabanus Maury’s.🎶 th-cam.com/video/iKYHiWurBIQ/w-d-xo.html
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June 27, 2023
Have you ever listened or read Saint Faustina’s Diary in a Year? Jesus I trust in You. #DivineMercy
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Thank you god for my gains. you made me workout and offer my bizeps, triceps and chest muscles up for you. Please God help me to be muscular without steroids, testoseron and proteinshakes.
I don't remember who my sponsor was. I'd like to be a Confirmation sponsor for someone to be sure they understand the Sacrament.
The app has a gold background with a trinity- triangle symbol on it. Make sure you read the author’s name, Ascension press, because there are MANY ascension apps and I found it almost at the bottom of the page of apps. Hope that helps! 😊
Greetings Father Mike,
Thoughts :-
-> Message reflect with, "The Sacramental Confirmation helps in Abstinence from Sins with Holy Faith through Sacraments, Prayers, Sacred Scriptures, Doctrines and Stay in The Path of Lord Jesus Christ in every sense in every aspects of One's Own Life."
-> Thanks Father, Team Ascension Press for Valuable Insights.
With regards and Prayers,
Ranjith Joseph (R.J)
To find the app I had to type in Ascension Fr Mike. The title came up as: Ascension | Bible and Catechism
June 27, 2023
Please pray for Souls in Purgatory. Go ahead, just take about 30 seconds to help save a soul that maybe is your family member or friend! Go forth and help save! Here is the prayer:
(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.)
The Prayer of St. Gertrude
Eternal Father, I offer Thee 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, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.
God would reply to St. Gertrude that He would use whatever was offered to Him for the faithful departed, according to His inclination to show pardon & mercy.
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I would have preferred choosing a certain upstanding Protestant woman as my daughter's sponsor. I had to "settle" on a family member simply because she was Catholic.
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My son's confirmation should have occurred when he was 16 years old but he refused and unfortunately I did not insist. Now he is 24 years old and he still doesn't want to do it
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Day 178
Preparation for Confirmation should aim at leading the Christian toward a more intimate union with Christ and a lively familiarity with the Holy Spirit - his actions, his gifts and his biddings - in order to be capable of assuming the apostolic responsibility
What is the apostolic responsibility? "Go forth and spread the Gospel and the Holy Spirit we have recieved"
If we did not do back when we recieved Confirmation, then we do it now. Let us go for Confession and as Fr. said *Unleash the graces of Confirmation*
Day 178 takeaways: Every Baptized person can and should receive Confirmation for without it Christian initiation remains incomplete. The Latin custom is to separate the 3 Sacraments, with the Holy Eucharist given at the age of reason and Confirmation given at the age of discretion.There is preparation needed to be confirmed. To receive Confirmation one must be in a State of Grace to more intensely receive the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. The person being confirmed should have a fitting spiritual sponsor that can help them move forward. The Ordinary Minister of Confirmation is the Bishop. Bishops are successors to the Apostles and therefore can unite the Confirmands more closely to the Church’s evangelical role. The Bishop, if the need arises, can delegate this role to a priest. The. Church desires that no one is deprived of the graces of God’s Sacraments in the hour of need.
The age of discretion is a new phrase for me...
@@sharonmiller9100 Me too. I think that some people never reach it. 😀
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Day 178 Thank you Father Mike Schmitz. Please, please pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland. I really, really wish Bishop Strickland was my Bishop....instead of Milton Gregory.
My Confirmation was July 3rd of 1992 I was a teenager, unfortunately I was not teach the whole truth about my beloved faith such as having sex without being married by the church, abortion is the killing of an unborn innocent baby. Those are huge, huge issues that should be cover constantly with the formation of the young teenagers seeking to be followers of Christ. Thank God that now I finally know the RAW UNFILTERED TRUTH. Unfortunately there are a lot of Catholics who still think that abortion and adultery, fornication are okay and go to received the Eucharist. I know some Catholics who do this. When I tell them that is wrong they say their Priest has not say such thing.
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Bless you... I do think the priests are going to take the brunt of the responsibility for excusing those actions and lack of teaching. I also learned the truth late and on my own. God leads his children in all truth.
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May I ask how I do a post-confirmation Confirmation? I was not properly prepared, when I was confirmed more than 40 years ago. I don't even remember if I had chosen a patron saint.
Thank you for all you do, Fr. Mike, and thank you to all the Ascension Team. :D
You can only be confirmed once. Your confirmation name should be on the document you received when you were confirmed. The parish where you were confirmed should have a copy.
Fr. Mike said, at 11.29, if you didn't get the full experience of Confirmation then, you are getting it now. That relieved me so much. Thank you Lord
@@wms72 Thank you for the reply! I no longer have the document, nor do I have any way of reaching the parish, as it is in another country. How I wish I had paid more attention back then, and not been so far from God.
@@StAlphonsusHasAPosse So wait...just by us listening to the Catechism on Confirmation, then it is solved? I thought that is what Fr. Mike meant but I needed to be sure; my mental abilities are a bit faulty. 😅
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I think so, but don’t quote me on it.
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When I was confirmed at the age of 15 yrs in the Catholic Church (UK) we were told to choose a saints name for our confirmation, which we all did. As we have now reached the final part of Confirmation today, I am a little confused that there has been no mention of this in the Catechism? I wonder why?
can i baptize someone dying in my care as a RN-- with their permission...
Yes - hospitals have a policy and procedure for baptism. I worked as an RN in OB/GYN and baptized a dying baby.
Pope Pius X lowered the age of reception of Holy Communion to 7 from 12, l think because of the life of Little Nellie of Holy God and he paid tribute to her. She died at the age of 4 ,having received the sacraments of initiation by special permission. She chatted to the infant of Prague who came alive for her , offering him her new shoes in return for his ball (the world ).
I translated her life story into Irish but the saintly Brother Seán embarrassed me with all the grammatical errors on proof reading it.
There are only small pockets of Native speakers here now.
I tried the app but it downloaded some else.