Family brings out the worst in you (so that God can heal it)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2020
- Fr. Mike explains how being at home with our family is one of God’s favorite ways to make us holy-if we are honest about the areas where we need to grow in our relationships with family members.
Fr. Mike has observed that college students often have a profound encounter with Jesus through their college’s Catholic community. They find that they are praying more, receiving the sacraments more, participating in more service opportunities, and so on. Then they get back home for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or-in the most recent cases-a lockdown. They realize, in their interactions with their family that they’re not as holy as they thought they were.
Why do we struggle to be loving toward those whom we claim to love the most? It’s harder to love family members sometimes because-Fr. Mike explains-you didn’t get to choose this group, and they can make demands on you.
It’s easy to be generous when it’s on your own terms.
Our relationships with our family can reveal the impatience and lack of generosity inside us-the unedited version of us.
Be honest with God and admit that the things you thought you defeated are still somewhere inside you. Surrender these things to Jesus. Don’t be afraid to be vulnerable with your family. They love you. Ask family members where they want you to grow this week.
Pursue holiness at home. Like St. Teresa of Calcutta said, find your own Calcutta.
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I’m just over my family. Narcissistic dad, emotionally unavailable mother, and brother who does whatever he wants. And I just needed love and support.
Yes exactly this, minus the dad. I need advice that fits this familial dynamic
I am not catholic but man his channel helps me deal with so much.
Consider coming to a Catholic Church. It can be a beautiful experience! ❤
He's pretty good with words. I wish I was better speaking
Jesus said in Matthew 5:48, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
How can the Catholic be perfect, HOLY when they hate the other sinners who call themselves the Baptist?
Or vise verses???
Perfect timing-just got frustrated at seeing a fault of mine at home that is no struggle when I’m not at home. Thank you Fr. Mike!
totally - Same here. I needed this at this moment!
I Ml v 6 ch FHA
Same here.. Kinda don't want to admit that i have to still work on my interactions with the folks.. Ugghh.. Alright, Fr. Mike.. I hear you.. Thank you..🤗
Perfect timing for me as well!
Thankyou Father for this eye opener. I realized that at home you have the greatest opportunity to be vuneruble and ask for forgiveness and forgive. My home becomes a channel of God's Mercy. Praise be God!
I was just frustrated because of the impatience i showed with my parents like 1h ago and now this 😭😭😭😭😭 thank you Jesus! Thank you fr Mike
Thank you for recognize that I'm really wish that my kids admit it if really want to feel even better Tell them how you feel sorry and they we will going feel even very good
All of my family is dead now.
But I reflect on the end of my elderly mothers life with sorrow because I wasn't nearly as patient with her as I NOW wish that I would have been.
Upon REFLECTION I can see how hard life was for her in her old age.
When we were together I thought MORE about how things felt for me than how they felt for her.
I say this in case anyone is caretaking an elderly parent. If your doing that now, I pray you do it better than I did. 😭
In the end, my mom showed so much forgiveness towards me it is truly humbling. I miss her very much.
I know, Me too!
May she rest in peace.
The same happened to me and Im so sorry now, that I didn't spend more time with her, that I wasn't as patient as I should have been. I can't forgive myself for that. Blessings from Argentina
@@silviae1000 if God forgave you, you can forgive yourself… trust God. His mercy wipes away your sins.
@@Hustin Thank you so much. It has always been easier for me to forgive others than myself. Blessings from BA
This is the first video that I vehemently disagree with. My college priest gave me similar advice whenever I told him about my struggles and he related it to everyone else's. But he didn't understand. It went deeper than that. And I remember thinking, "If I'm not holy at home, am I really holy/a Christian?" I beat myself up for years over being "selfish" and "unloving". I wrote so many prayers struggling about this and my relationships with my parents. A couple years after graduating, I learn that one of my parents suffers from narcissistic personality disorder and the other parent enables it and is distant from me. All of the concerns about being unloving, unholy and selfish were all lies that I had internalized from years of emotional abuse and emotional neglect.
Needless to say, the advice on this video needs a disclaimer. My time with family certainly revealed that I was broken. But so was my family. I thought that I needed to be more giving, more selfless, more loving, more holy, do more around the house. But what I really needed was to learn about boundaries, experience healthy relationships and remove the toxic relationships from my life.
I can't imagine what it would have been like to be sequestered at home with them in a time like this. By now, I would have been depressed, crushed in spirit and blaming myself for everything that was wrong. I thank God that I am free from this. I pray that others in similar situations may find the freedom that God is calling them to.
Hi brother/sister in Christ. We do have the same childhood to a tee, but all I can say is that there is an ending to all the evil in our life. There will come for time and healing. The pain and suffering you've been through will never go unrewarded if you offer it to Jesus Christ our Lord. Remember, he never came for the good and "healthy" ones. He came for sick and the unhealthy. That's why He died on the cross to reassure us that we are not alone. And just like how he died and ressurected on the third day, the time will come when all our pain and hurt and sin will die together with Him, and on His time, He will raise us from the death from trauma and will live with Him in love, light and happiness. And I am a living witness of this❤
-Praying for you, daughter of a narcissistic mom and a sociopath father and now happy thru Christ and Mary
Best Catholic Channel ever!
I think it's harder for people who live with abusive parents. Because you're not only dealing with their behavior, you're also dealing with your trauma.
The parents are the reason for the trauma and it becomes impossible to heal, because the trauma is being caused over and over again.
There are only two possibilities - to distance yourself completely (and heal), or stay (and continue to experience trauma while not healing)
There’s no shortcut to holiness. : )
Doing things FAST FAST FAST is the epidemic of our times.
Well, one of them.
But it should also be said that if you're not asking God to change you and cooperating with His grace, you shouldn't expect to become holy "eventually".
"Jesus, wanna come with me?"... into these new places.
....powerful!!!
God is sooo gracious....I'm kinda having problems with my family. This video came just at the right time.
Father has our lord been whispering in your ear. This definitely what we needed.
God bless you.
Even Jesus had to get away. There is a lesson in that too. Too much togetherness is not a good thing. Yes, be loving and kind but don’t get smothered by other people in families that are not healthy. It is not always your own lack of growth - it may be someone else’s deficit. Acknowledge that too. Don’t blame yourself for other people’s problems.
I agree 100% We need solitude for our own wellbeing 💗 Family is challenging especially when stuck with each other during this pandemic. God bless you & all striving to grow in virtue 🙏✝️👼💗
Thank you. That is why we have to create healthy boundaries. ❤
I always felt like a horrible person because I couldn't be that good person while at home. And for the longest time, I hated myself for it. I felt like a misfit..
In light of this, I hope to work through my short comings. I'll be intentional to be kind, patient and loving to my family.
I've felt that too. This book helped me a lot to realize that God doesn't want me to lose peace because of my sins! - scepterpublishers.org/products/searching-for-and-maintaining-peace
Just got into an argument with my dad and then one thing lead to another and my whole family started arguing. Thank you god for the perfect timing
I’m still in high school so I live with my family anyway but some really good advice I got recently was that our parents are going to ask us to do things that we don’t want to do. Instead of thinking of that task as just a task that you dislike, think of it as an act of love and respect to your parents.
Immaculate heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.
Amen
This is so true. I admitted it to myself during lockdown and it was a game changer.
Yep, I realized the same, hard stuff
@@soutyz1211 Doesn't have to be hard. All it means is one knows what mistakes one has been making, and can finally try more than before to stop doing them. With God's grace all things are possible - even if we have to stumble to get there.
One more thing I want to mention, maybe as encouragement (though you may take this with a grain of salt, as these are just some thoughts of mine I wanted to get off my chest). Your sins aren't your identity, and they don't define you - you are a child of God through it all, so finding out you're doing something wrong (especially if it's a venial vice or venial bad habit) shouldn't overly discourage you or make you hate yourself.
Mistakes are pointers that teach us what to avoid, and we don't have to go through this alone - we know God wants to help us with His grace - we have both the Eucharist and Confession which blot out our venial sins. In other words, we can indeed look at the bright side, since it's a bright side that shines from God out of love for us!
Some of us need more lock-down for reals. It might be quite helpful.
OH MY GOD I was just thinking about this! I'd had a fight with my Dad recently and I've been struggling to pray ever since. It's affected my spirituality so badly I've fallen down into this deep pit of hopelessness. Seriously, forgiving without getting an apology is the HARDERST Cross I've ever had to carry! Then Fr Mike had to hit me in the face with this video, I'm done!
I wish I was as patient as Jesus. He is simply amazing.
My wife lost her job and because of lack of income we were forced to move in with my parents and leave our life behind. It has been extremely difficult as I joined the military to get away from the toxicity that still remains. I know I’m not the only one in this situation right now and thank God we have a roof for our family but the constant negativity that I’m forced to be around day after day is truly exhausting. I’ve prayed the rosary so many times and lift all my worries to God but the moment I’m surrounded by people that do nothing but complain about the world and the things they can’t change, breaks me and I’m flooded with thoughts of permanence that “this is my life now.” I will continue to bring all these things to God, but at the moment I feel lost.
Wow. Just coming across this video as I so desperately am praying for patience and so much understanding with my children and husband. This hit me like a ton of bricks. I had just asked the Lord to help me with my anger and selfishness. This is Him answering my prayers. Thank you so much for this. I really needed to hear this today.
I'm Serbian Orthodox from Belgrade. My paternal grandmother is Catholic, but this is not the reason why I love Father Mike Schmitz, he's such a great person, a true servant of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
I cracked up at one of the last lines, Fr Mike. We have to love the people we are living with AND THAT IS HOW GOD WILL SANCTIFY US. I've been hearing a quote from one saint in my head---Jose Maria Ecriva. Don't say someone annoys you; say instead, they sanctify you. He is so right. Boy, my mom sanctifying me! When you look at it that way, it makes sense and in a way, it's a little easier and purposeful. It's God answering our prayer to be holier.
As a convert, and the only Catholic in my family (much to the dismay of some members of my family), this was a great teaching and blessing. Thank you!
Thank you, Father Mike. We all need to grow in humility!
Heal me, Lord Holy spirit from doings of my own.
Wash away my iniquity through thy divine presence. Thanks, Fr. Mike
This is a very helpful video. I’ve been struggling in my relationship with my parents. I’m in college and failed all my classes this past semester. This is not the first time I failed a semester. I’ve been avoiding talking to my parents too much because I don’t want to tell them that I failed yet again. I’m really scared that they will get angry at me and I’m very terrified to tell them. I want to live a holy life, but I cannot when I can keep isolating myself from my parents and lying to them about my grades. I would really appreciate prayers from all of you, as I’m very distressed and feel stuck. God bless you all.
It is unfair of them to tie up all their happiness in your success. They should know that they're taking a risk funding your college. If you do bad, they might be mad because they love you, and dont want to see you waste your time.
I hope it went okay
Prayed for you. But also get some counselling for the right degree. It might be a bad fit. Then it's a waste of $$$, too. Ask God!
How did it go? 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Adrian, You will have to discuss this with parents if they are paying your tuition to college. If not now, when? When college kicks you out?
I really wish I can talk to fr. Mike regarding to my family issues 😔
Talk to Jesus! :) He knows every single struggles we face, ask him to take your burden away, he's full of compassion.
Write to Umd Newman bulldogcatholic.org/about-contact-us/ where he is working explaining the situation they might put you in contact with him or forward your email to him.
Maurice Herbrata Gods the one you should be speaking to about your problems. Father Mikes just a representative/disciple of Christ encouraging us to seek Christ but we are the only ones who can do it. So I’ll pray for you, I know it will get better for you just keep faith and know that your not alone!
Pray that Holy Spirit to help you with whatever you're going through. I'll pray for you too.
@@ServolusMariae or pray for a stronger back to carry the cross.
Personally I'm not a catholic anymore but I first saw fathers videos through my confirmation class. They interested me and I completely forgot about them until now haha. Now looking back and watching his videos it gives me some comfort to have advice even if I'm not really with this religion anymore. I still try to uphold some values that I learned through the Catholic church and it can be tough sometimes but I'm still going to try.
Excellent message. It always does come down to the "Holy Family". Before you go out to march in the streets against injustice - how about helping Mom and Dad take care of the house?
I love this. God bless you!
People can do both you know.
@@EuropeanQoheleth I don't really believe that anymore - like Jordan Peterson said - clean up your room first :)
@@meanoldbag aka take the plank out of your own eye before pointing out the splinter in another's eye.
First to comment love you father mike
I've had a whole fallout from my family. My mother is involved in the cult of MDM.. and my parents were provoking leading up to my wedding, wanting to cancel it, and my mother and my sister in law hated my future wife to be. Unfortunately I don't see my family anymore ever since my wedding day. And it's definitely sad. Our wedding Catholic Counselor said it's the worst case scenario she's ever heard leading up to a wedding. Her advice was that we need to stay away from the family because it's too toxic. My parents were narcissistic and abusive, mentally and emotionally. My wife and I at the time tried our best to resolve everything numerous times, but it fell through each and every time. Even to the point in my Father trying to financially ruin me so that the wedding wouldn't go ahead. It brought me to tears many times, and I've given it up to God numerous times as well.
Luke 12:51 Jesus tells us that He also comes to divide, not simply bring peace, where Father is against the son and the mother against daughter in law.. etc.
How am I now watching this?...... I really agree with you Fr. Mike. God bless you
This was something I struggled with so much as well while in college - I thought I was the only one but WOW I'm not! 😲🤯 Thank you for clarifying this matter Father! 🙌🏼
A *warning* should be given about this advice; not to be observed if your parents/family are abusive, narcissistic, alcoholic or drug addicted etc. Since the above mentioned advice is predicated upon a general "average norm" of a healthy relationship. When any of the familial dysfunctions are present, anger, frustration and irritation from you may actually be a healthy response to an injustice perceived. And another approach is necessary.
As an older non college student who just had his mother, who I've prayed with every night since she got cancer last fall, express in her own way the other night that I should be doing more to go out and meet someone so as to not be single.
It's especially hurtful given the fact that I just moved out of her house after being kicked out by my atheist step dad for irritating him with our faith, and the fact that the only reason I was there at all is because I gave up most of what I owned over two years ago before going to Australia to get married and then breaking off the engagement months after I arrived.
In other words, I'm no spring chicken who hasn't gone to great lengths throughout my life to find the one the Lord wants me to be one with and she knows that. And now, even though she means well and wants to encourage me (not that I need it), it's like she doesn't understand and appreciate that I'm months into a new area and living amidst a global pandemic while not working since my job is closed.
So as much as I understand and appreciate what Father Mike is saying to his main audience and experiences with traditional college age students, it is no longer that simple for everyone.
Yes, the Lord gives me multitudes of opportunities to grow in virtue with my family over the years but when the same disrespect, lack of belief and trust in me and my judgement, and the fact that they do not need to keep parenting me like a child anymore at all keeps coming into play it is very disheartening and discouraging, and at times soul crushing.
It's like I will never really be accepted until I fit the mold they want in every way they think is best. That's why I no longer try and, instead, do all I can to follow the Lord's guidance first, last, and always.
I would also say that it is nice when parents and those older than us consider that we can help them grow in virtue and holiness as well. Sorry for the book report, but this video was painful to hear given that it's true in part but not nearly in the whole. In Christ, Andrew
I think the point here is not about the other but about you. It’s not about their struggle, their addiction, their unlove. It’s about you; it what area can you grow; it what ways can you be vulnerable. Ultimately this message isn’t even about your relationship with your family. This is about your relationship with God. Love should ALWAYS be observed and maybe especially for those you mention in your message. And maybe that love is just prayer. Pray for them. Commit to fervent, unceasing prayer to the Lord on their behalf.
Andrew I guess Father’s point is that it is family who bring out the things in us that are in need of healing. The examples he gave are just simple examples to illustrate what he is saying. What I got from this was that families help us to see what we need to be working on in ourselves. Perhaps in your own situation it looks more like you adjusting your thinking and coming to terms with the fact that your mother may not come to fully understand your sacrifices. In this way you get to imitate Jesus, who died for each of us with no vindication or recognition from those He created. Your situation may also be telling you to love your step-father by bringing him with you in your heart at the offertory and asking the Lord to come to him through your reception of Holy Communion. You can do this to help him and your mother and no one will know except for you and the Lord. You can have peace without them changing (though you can still hope to see their changes) because it is primarily about you adjusting the way you see your life and others through the Lord’s eyes. You sound very hurt and I am sorry about that, but the Lord is with you, I promise.
That is a very valid point!
Thank you Fr. Mike for the advices as I have heard what I needed at the needed moment! I have been struggling a lot to be sane around my dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and manipulating mother, who out of her life-long hurt and unforgiveness to my father, manipulates and controls us in doing whatever she wants - not what we want, but what she sees is good for us, when it actually is not. It is hard to be obedient when you feel almost like a slave to your mother - endless list of things to do due to her obsessive need of everything to be done ideally, on time and perfectly, that she can do by herself, but finds reasons not to or due to constant overworking for no reason since we have more than enough financially; if you don't comply, then she makes you feel so bad for not complying with her orders with endless arguments and a tone in voice that makes you want to run further than you can see and never come back. You can do things so many times before you just feel being used up as a slave. Praying novena and fasting for God to show a way how to be and what to do as I have no clarity - as long as I know God is with me in whichever way he wants me to go or continue staying, that will be enough for me.
What about if your immediate family has rejected you? It is hard when you have no one -- I have literally been on my own since I was 14!
Yes 👍, I can be more generous out to the world, than I can be @ home
This is so true, but family sure knows how to get to you
Easy to understand but may be difficult to implement. God first and this too shall pass. Thank you
The True test of virtue is Doing Good without cohersion or Promise of Reward
I used to say, I'd have a first-class ticket to heaven if it wasn't for my sister 😩😩. IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW! I always felt like a better Christian around non-family members.
I love this one Father Mike! And you know what's allowed for the greatest "self selecting groups?" Social Media. Here is where we find the ultimate cliques. The ultimate in tribalism. The ultimate echo-chambers. I wonder if this lack of exposure to others, via these online worlds, is helping to drive the schism that we see all around us, even wider and wider? Chesterton has a great quote re: the clique - which this reminds me of:
“The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world. He knows much more of the fierce variety and uncompromising divergences of men…In a large community, we can choose our companions. In a small community, our companions are chosen for us. Thus in all extensive and highly civilized society groups come into existence founded upon sympathy, and shut out the real world more sharply than the gates of a monastery. There is nothing really narrow about the clan; the thing which is really narrow is the clique.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Heretics
Fantasy land is better than reality for most of these folks who live online. I take 6months off Facebook every year just to prove that I control it - it doesn't control me. Apparently addiction specialists say that if you can't last 3months off Facebook/twitter etc then you have a problem.
Well, a hard-to-swallow pill for me this time. I usually see this comment below each video of Fr Mike and for once it's my turn to admit I am broken. This is exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thank you!
Dude, I think that happened to me when I started working last week, my new job, but still, I have hearing or language problems with my mom when I went home. I was trying to hide my tears at home. At work, they were nice, generous, hard-working, I enjoyed the peace there by working. I was trying to grow spiritually still, in the process. Guess God heard my tears or sorrows, even though I tried to hold it in, in my room. God always knows the right time perfectly. God bless you, Fr. Mike. 👍🙏.
Thank you for your videos, they're all appreciated! God bless
Wow God’s timing sure is something
I have a total crush on Father Mike and it's God's way of bringing me to be a catholic :-)
I’m a mom with a college daughter and it actually helped ME and enlightened me as to what I need to do. God bless you father
I feel like Fr. Mike is talking about me in this whole video LOL.
Thank you Fr. Mike :)
During this lockdown,i was away from my family living in other town. But God helped to grow very much in spiritual life.
And yes,I m thinking, when i ll go home, will I be the same, will I pray as much as now,will I recite daily Rosary?
Thank your for practic steps.
This video just...read my soul.
Found this at the perfect time. :') perfect timing
I was looking for some guidance this morning, I didn't expect that this particular video would be the answer I was looking for, but I feel that God has spoken to me through this. Thank you.
Ouch ouch ouch!
I'm way past college & have kids of my own, and I've been perplexed by this apparent dichotomy. Thanks for structuring the problem for me.
I expect clergy and other religious certainly face the same problem, only with more self-doubt in light of their vocation.
This is a very worthwhile lesson!
I so needed this :)
Thank you, Fr, for slowing down. Now I can understand everything you say 🎉
Oh my gosh you just answered the one thing that's been bothering me for quite some time-Thank you
I wish I thought about this more when quarantine started 😅
Fr. Michael, you are so awesome, thank you always! God Bless
Wow thank you very much. I needed this. I have a younger brother who drives my nerves. We have argued and now when I see him I tend to ignore him to avoid more fights. I don't know what else to do. I have tried talking for him. I am trying to understand him, but his lack of responsibility for his actions and the way he treats my parents just get under my skin. About two weeks ago I told myself I can't I'm done with him. I felt very bad, but I don't know what else to do. I have been praying for him to change for the past 12 years. The hardest part is his addiction. it has hurt our family. I get mad with my self because I have been able to help those around me, but I cant help my own brother.
Praying for you, your family and your brother. 🙏🏽❤️
I was just praying to God about this, and here you are! Thanks be to God for His perfect timing! :)
Wow this is is just what I needed to watch today, this is exactly what I have been struggling with home in quarantine is being a good and obedient and loving and selfless son to my parents. Especially because my main goal is to be a witness of the Catholic and Christian faith to them through my love, its really hard when I constantly fail. I loved your points about not embracing shame and about humbly asking your family members what they need from you.
Yes that’s true! But thankfully we are growing up with the time and then it’s easier and in fact even very funny and nice to be around once family.
One colleague of me once told me years ago a sentence he got from his father in law as a young man: „You are grown up when you forgave your parents that they are only human beings that make mistakes.“ I realized I always wanted my parents to be perfect but now I see their struggles and it’s good.
Now in the lockdown I spent more time with them and it was a very nice time. We played a lot walked a lot talked a lot and prayed together. I think holiness in once family has a lot to do with growing up and understanding the struggles of once parents but also from the siblings. That helps a lot.
this man has a lovely simple existence.
you can tell by the examples of the problems he has to deal with.
Thank you very much. 😘💓
Blessings . 🌷🌷🌷
thanks father mike
I know Father Mike is in my head! Every week when I’m going through something, the discussion I need to hear is exactly what is being discussed. Thank you Fr. Mike once again.
Hehehe, that's new to me to realize that, Father. I find it sooo truue and funny. No wonder you became a priest, you discovered the humor of God. And you exude that!!! Why take life so seriously when it is so easy to surf life when God really is the one who determines most of what happens to us, that is if we live within His statutes!!! Outside God, life is hell of course...thank you, Father Mike.
Wow, so informative. Thanks Father Mike
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ 🙏 Mother Mary Pray For Us 🙏Abba Father Bless us and we Adore You 🙏
Thank you Fr. Mike
It is everybit so true. Thanks for this video. It has helped me a lot. Love from Jamaica.
Thank you, I needed that 😊🙏❤️
Living with anyone 24/7 is difficult. Everyone has there own little quirks that are different.
“I came to not bring peace, but a sword, to divide father from son, mother from daughter”. “A mans enemies will be those of his own household”. “Those who will follow Me must hate their own father and mother”
Oh man, Did you hit me where I live. Nothing brings out my inner demon than family interactions. Thank You!!
Father Mike!!!! When i went back home in December, this was the same exact feeling i had!!! it was incredible, i felt so ashamed of myself for not feeling pure or holy. Thank you so much for this video. We need constant renewal. God bless you Fr!
Perfect timing!
Wow, this is super specific to what I've been wondering lately.
I relate to this so much - when I'm with my parents, my mom orders me around like I'm still a kid (I've been out of college for several years) and threatens punishments if I don't do what she tells me to, and it drives me absolutely crazy.
I think it’s a fine line between what he was saying and parents actually making things worse. I know with my dad he’s not very religious and I feel like he has this cloud of hate and negativity surrounding him.
Wow, my family is SO dysfunctional and I've always wondered and now I get it!
So true Father Mike. I just thought of my children ages 29 and 34. I feel sometimes this generation is so much about themselves. A sense of entitlement. It might be the lack of faith. I sent this to them. My husband and I
Through God are growing in patience. We are older and realize that my my mother in law is old and keeps repeating herself so we have learned just to listen, be patient and laugh. Soon that will be us. Our parents have given so much for us. Through God and time we learn and understand these things. God Bless you
4th comment!!! Fr Mike rocks!
God bless you Father Mike. This is exactly what I needed to hear. I have moved home and realize I am here to help my elderly Father, yet it feels like I am a given the opportunity to start over again after 30 years. But I will say being looked at as ‘the kid’ again in the house. I am attempting growth daily. As I realize I do not feel free enough under my Father’s roof to be myself. Very intriguing times.
This is absolutely true! When you’re around your family, you are you, the good and the bad.
JESUS CHRIST bless!!!
I needed this! Thank you do much!
Noticing this especially during quarantine
Thank you Fr Mike.
Yes, go home and love the people in our home!
Man this really hits home
Sooo Good!!!🙏✝️🙏Thank You Father Mike💜
This video couldn't have come in a more perfect time. The other night i was talking to my mom on the phone and i was impatient and a bit aginated. And i thought that my mom was making me impatient and she to blame. But because of this video i realize that i havent been loving my mom as much as i should. And i should let jesus be the center of my relationship with family. Thank you father mike
Thank you so much Father Mike!
you re the BEST! Fr. Mike
Thank you Fr. Mike.
GOD is SO good! Perfect words in the perfect time. Thank you Father for this message!
I am mad at my bosses and some of my co-workers. For months the work that I am doing is not good enough for my bosses. Some of my co-workers are cutting corners and not doing their jobs correctly. I have to correct others work, and this slows me down, but my work is done correctly. I have asked for God to soften my heart because I am mad and back biting. It has helped asking for assistance from God. Ask and God answers.
Beautiful! Spot on. ❤️