Running Into Obstacles | Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Mike's Homily)
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- We may want to run, but things get in the way.
God provides the grace that we need to be able to grow as fully and freely as possible. But life is full of obstacles that make this growth a challenge. With God's grace, we can be prepared for these battles.
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Thanks!
A great sermon about facing and engaging in battle
❤ so insightful ❤
God bless Father Mike
Thank you Father
You're right on it Father!
May God continue to bless you Fr. Mike.
Thank you Father Mike for giving such great teachings with real life examples and also theological references. I truly love listening to your homilies and all of your teachings on-line. So grateful 🙏 to God calling you and your 'YES to serving as a priest. I am praying 🙏 for you. God bless you 🙏 ❤.
They with ears to hear, let them hear:
Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil's deceit!
Hear me when I say, ye that are Catholic have been deceived and know not God. Ye worship Mary, praying to her; when God tells his to worship none other than him. It is idolatry.
Catholicism has its own Bible and teachings, which are blasphemous to the word of God: the Holy Bible. As ye follow the teachings of man and not God; ye hear the pope, but not Jesus, yet ye claim to be his disciples!
These are but a few things I named ye dwell within; there are many more. I tell you now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father!
There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You're either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God's word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man's nor their own heart's. Unless you keep Jesus' commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you!
They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God...
Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask:
"Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus' name, amen."
Revelation 22:8-9 KJV
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Acts 2:38 KJV
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 11:13 KJV
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
John 14:21-24 KJV
21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.*
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.*
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.*
3 John 1:11 KJV
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. *He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.*
1 John 3:6-10 KJV
6 *Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.*
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: *he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.*
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 *Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.*
10 *In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,* neither he that loveth not his brother.
Thank you Fr Mike! That’s exactly what I need to hear!
Courage to seek the truth and to speak it… sorely missing in our country (Canada). This is what I have learned in the last three years. This does not bode well for our country. We don’t look to God for direction, all too often we look to our government. WRONG place. Please pray for us. Too many of us are sheep without our shepherd.
@Nicegram-SundayswithAscension 🙏 I prayer for your country as well. God bless
Father thank you for everything I listen to your podcast every day about catechism in the Bible and learn so much from you that I didn’t know I’m 75 years old with a lot of health issues but you give me a lot of inspiration in life and I thank you so much the gentleman that works with you Jeff I learned a lot from him thank you so much for coming into my life things happen for a reason and thank you father God bless your friend Albert
I love your videos
Thank you!
Tk yu Fr Mike
For all yu inspiring
Sermons
God Bless yu and
Everyone
🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 Amen
This was EXACTLY what I needed to hear today. Thank you, Fr. Mike, I pray for you daily. You are such a gift❤
Another wonderful homily! The whole world should listen
God is so good
I got out of my own way today and went to confession after 20 years. What I had to confess was huge, so I was crying the whole way thru. The priest was so kind "you said it's been 29 years for you- it's my 20 year anniversary as a priest. This was meant to be." There is still more to confess. I'm taking your advice, Father Mike, and keeping a list of confessions so I dont repeat myself and dont forget anything. Don't be afraid of tough. You can do this. If I can, anyone can
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Oh , prepare for battle alright! The closer I become and became to Christ the more the devil has wreaked havoc in my life with my family members. Not today Satan, not ever … peace Fr. Mike …
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
So so much to pray for and on.
I am so grateful that I was able to hear this homily today!! Thank you Fr. Mike and God bless you!!
I felt this homily was God speaking to me Himself. So moving. Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of Fr. Mike Schmitz. Help us not to be sceptic, help us to not be the seeds on rocky ground or in thorns. Help us to be the seeds in good soil
I felt Fr Muke was speaking to me and most American Catholics. We prefer to love & serve the Lord on our own terms. What a wake up call!
"The 666 man will come out of the church and announce he is a homosexual at a pageant." God and Jesus (see Daniel 11:37 in the Douay-Rheims Holy Bible; next closest KJV)
I like the way Father Mike preaches, he makes it entertaining and very clear...Blessings Father Mike!
This was crazzzzzyyyyyy
Thank you, Father Mike. I am rebeginning my Catholic journey to God after many years of tribulation and agnosticism and very much appreciate watching your youtube videos. I use them for guidance in that journey. I was very much struck by your words today as if you'll forgive the term, prothetic in not only the way we should live our lives as God wants us to but as a way for us to prepare for future challenges. I couldn't help to identify with your observations of our political world and immediately knew the two countries you spoke about before you spoke. Your console made me feel less alarmist in my mistrust of our government and elected officials. I hope and pray for our world as our Mother Mary of Fatima wants us to and ask to be given the strength and courage to face whatever obstacles come my way.
BEST preaching of this gospel I’ve ever heard. WOW. Respect for your courage to speak this truth. Thank you, Father!
Fire homily! “The Gulag Archipelago” should be required reading in all high schools in the US.
Should be but won't be. Those in charge of our schools are more interested in books about "anti"- racism and pronouns that they can't be bothered with literature.
I used to substitute teach and knew there was a problem when teachers used poor grammar, dressed slovenly, and had never heard of Nicholas Nickleby. Having low expectations of our teachers translates into even lower expectations for students. An even bigger red flag were teachers' complaints about completing continuing education credits. As an educator, one should be a life long learner.
This message was so timely that it brought me to tears. 🙏🏼
Great sermon Father Mike ! You are spot on regarding the last 3 years. Feels like they are working in warp speed to achieve their goals. We just keep praying. I actually took early retirement because I refused to take the medical treatment. Im a Cardiac Critical care RN and absolutely loved my job - it was a calling not a job. God bless you ❤
Ouch. Father you teach true Catholic doctrine, but wow. I admire YOUR courage. This homily is 🔥🔥🔥. “To hear, but to choose what I want”. Im going to praying on this for awhile. Thank you. Im praying for you Father Mike. Please pray for us! ❤️🙏🏼
Be it known: Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil's deceit!
Hear me when I say, ye that are Catholic have been deceived and know not God. Ye worship Mary, praying to her; when God tells his to worship none other than him. It is idolatry.
Catholicism has its own Bible and teachings, which are blasphemous to the word of God: the Holy Bible. As ye follow the teachings of man and not God; ye hear the pope, but not Jesus, yet ye claim to be his disciples!
These are but a few things I named ye dwell within; there are many more. I tell you now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father!
There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You're either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God's word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man's nor their own heart's. Unless you keep Jesus' commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you!
They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God...
Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask:
"Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus' name, amen."
Revelation 22:8-9 KJV
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Acts 2:38 KJV
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 11:13 KJV
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
John 14:21-24 KJV
21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.*
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.*
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.*
3 John 1:11 KJV
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. *He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.*
1 John 3:6-10 KJV
6 *Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.*
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: *he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.*
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 *Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.*
10 *In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,* neither he that loveth not his brother.
@@Call_Upon_YAH I'm praying for you. I suspect you are drawn to the truth of the Catholic faith. I suggest you follow Father Mike Schmitz's podcast, Catechism in a Year so you can truly learn what the Catholic Church teaches. Peace.
Father, I have been pursuing my faith for a while and have started to feel skeptical even when I know the truth that the Catholic Church holds. This is what I needed to hear.
That is why we are the Church Militant! We need to fight for our Lord and our Salvation.
Thank you Father Mike 🤍 I really connected to this homily, I’ve been struggling with guilt feeling like a failure in Gods eyes. This is the message I’ve needed to hear, thank you
Thank you so much, Father Mike. May God Bless you always.
Thank you Father Mike! God bless you! 🥰🙏🏼🥰
Father Mike, you are therapy for me 😅 Thanks GOD for your life
Thank you Father i am so refreshed 🤍💜❤️🔥🔥
Great Sermon !!! This is a BIG problem throughout the entire CHURCH as a whole & it all changed dramatically after Covid imo & the falling away of the CHURCH through persecution in particular of the scandals of the CHURCH !!!
Felicidades por el programa .! Muy bien amiguito 👍
thank you, Fr. Mike - may Our Lord prepare us for a battle and to win it.
Peace be. 13:36 I have been viewing & commenting on videos of a psychologist helping himself & others live on believing in Jesus Christ after narcissistic encounter. It is a parableum. Mother Mary pray for us.
Thank you, Fr. Mike for pulling in references from literature to describe our strange and dangerous times. I've made references to some of these works too over the past few years. Fortunately, I see people finally standing up to the thought police. Sadly, I am one of those who needs more courage as I live and work in an environment that routinely tears down tradition within our Western civilization and threatens our culture by violating God's word.
Your deceirnment is spot on with the draconian movement in Canada. I live here, and the Country is going to hell in a hamdbasket . The core of the population is aware of this, though.
Share this Homily my faithful friends to everyone ❤
Father Mike 🙏🏼 Holy Homily 🔥
You said it!!!
When I was young, someone told me that in faith, if I'm not rowing the boat, I'm going backward, floating away from God bcuz thats how the current works. It seems like the battle will continue til the moment we get into Heaven. Just gotta try to stay awake spiritually and prepare for the war.. It's not easy but so worth it. Thank you so much, Fr Mike!
Sending lot’s of love in Christ to Fr Mike, Ascension Team, & all my brothers & sisters 💙 I needed to hear this!!!! 🙏🏻
Amen, Amen, Amen. Thank you Fr. Mike.
Thank you 🙏❤️
Thank you father.. God bless ❤️🙏🏻
A lot to pray about there. Thank you Fr.
I just bought the book Live Not By Lies and am intrigued to learning about the subject. I enjoy your sermons and thank you for enlightening us through our journey of prayer, faith and knowledge. God bless you!
Well said Fr. Mike💥
I am with you Father Mike
If you want peace, stay in your lane. Perfect!
that was awesome!!❤❤
Thank you Father Mike. God has blessed you with so much talent 🙏🏼Keep it up ❤
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Thank you Fr.Mike and God bless you 🙏🏻 I feel God was guided me, He knows everything about me, to let me reading all the comments, which usually I hardly read the comments. Also thank you @EvelynNoraAddison to share the information with all of us, may God bless you 🙏🏻✝️
Thanks
Wow... just wow. This really hit home for me. Thank you Father Mike.
Father, I strongly dislike board games too.
God bless you.
Thank you, Fr. mike ❤
God Is Absolutely Good All of the Time and God Is Always on Time No Matter What Our Obstacles and Problems May Be Your Message Brought Me to Tears I Really Needed to Hear This Message Today. Thank You Father Mike Schmidt for this Beautiful Homily God Bless You and Your Ministry.
God bless you and your family
Blessing and peace to Fr Mike and staff!
Yes, we are meant to compete with ourselves to be our best only. Love you Fr. Mike, never stop.
Great sermon Fr. Mike God bless you.
Thank you, Fr. Mike. I feel the trials, need to choose and build muscles in courage. Your words help.
I took notes on this sermon. It is not easy to follow God's teachings, but the reward will be so beautiful, spending eternity with our Savior. 🙏 ❤
You need a coop game!! My husband and I love board games but I love the coop ones the best! Like 5 min dungeon!
BEST yet!👏
God’s Game plan He wants our hearts 💯% Ty Fr Mike for everything you do GBYM🙏🏼🕊♥️
I pray the rapture is soon. Jesus save me. I will never stop praying. Lord please change my life for the better. Thank you Jesus for never leaving my side, because everyone else has! Jesus! I PRAISE you! Even as I’m struggling providing for my children. I feel like a failure but I will keep faith because faith is all I have left! Since covid I can’t seem to get back on my feet. I lost my job for declining the vaccine. I declined due to my health conditions. I suffer from lupus, and heart disease. I’m now waitressing and so thankful to be working but I’m not making nearly enough to get by. I have two beautiful boys both are autistic. I’m overwhelmed because they require so much from me. Every month is a struggle to not end up on the streets with my boys. I’m struggling buying groceries I’m so discouraged. Jesus hear my cries I’m so tired. But I have faith! Jesus hear my prayers. ❤
Do not be afraid, and surrender it to Jesus!
Listen to “The Rescue Project” and ACTS XXIX.
Will be praying 🙏🏻 for You!!!
I can feel your pain ..Our God is faithful and he provides and heals you at a perfect time...Pray without ceasing ❤❤hold on to hope...because he will never let your r family in streets..I know he will do wonders for you🙏🏻🙏🏻
PLEASE write Matthew Kelly and ask him for help
PLEASE ask your parish for help
PLEASE go to your bishop and ask him for help
The words Fr Mike utters are Spirit filled and exudes wisdom. My writing tablet is just by my side. They need to be jotted down. God help us with the courage to face these obstacles and win the war. Amen!🙏. Thank you Fr Mike, always.
first time I've watched Fr. Mike in a vestment. I pray for him daily because I know the evil one will be dogging him, Bishops Barron, Strickland, Cordeleone, et al. please, LORD, keep them safe.
Love this Homily, Though I think that Tribulation are external and cab be internal. I have a lot of people making my life Hell with now, and also it's it's not internal.
“Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.”
Luke 10:19
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified or dismayed (intimidated), for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.””
Joshua 1:9
THANK YOU FOR ENTERING MY LIFE. DENNIS CAETON
Praise the LORD
That was a pretty good homily. Took notes, seriously, really good..I'll memorize its main points..seriously really good homily.
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That was so good! Wow! Thank you, Father Mike!
good one😇
Amen, 🙏🙏🙏
Back to boundaries, Fr Mike!
Fr Mike, another wonderful homily with much to think about. However, you are so wrong about Ticket to Ride! HAHA We love it so much we play it every week and keep a running score. Most of the time if you get blocked, it is because that person also has a route to complete that runs into your route, it isn't on purpose. It forces you to come up with another plan as to how to reach your city. Isn't that just like real life ? - Obstacles are thrown your way and you have to change your plan to figure out how to meet your goal? Sounds like a good life skill. When life throws you lemons, trust God and make lemonade! Oh yeah, and sometimes, there are mean people who try to make you lose. Just like in real life. Trust God, keep playing, and enjoy every moment!
Amen. 🙏
Thank you
Thank you
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Saint Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me."
Hey neighbour!!!!! Yeah father it’s war , it’s been war since the beginning… we are caught in the most tragic love story of them all. I was studying demonology for a bit but it was getting really dark … we should never take our eyes off the Lord even if our eyes get blurry .
In traffic someone darts by ya. Hahaha that's aggravating. Take it easy father Mike have a great day, God bless
😮 o h m y g o s h fr mike! this is really trippy, well, it is for me anyway and i wanted to share. i follow the sensus fidelium channel on here. i was scrolling youtube today sensus fidelium came up and it was a video but it also showed some t-shirts right below (that they sell) first time i'd seen that. well this one shirt jumped out at me. it's a t-shirt that had a picture of a rosary with this written on it..drumroll...
SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM! i had to google what it meant. i thought, how cool, i want to buy that!
a little background..our church has a 5:30pm Mass on Sundays with Adoration starting after Mass. i went last week for the first time not for the Mass, but for Adoration. awkward..lol didn't really know what to say to Jesus, i mean, a ton of things i could say! i just wasn't sure what or how.
ff to 5:30pm Mass and Adoration tonight. i found some beautiful Adoration prayers online. tonight i poured my heart out to Jesus bc my life is basically a mess..lol i said Jesus, i can't figure out what's wrong or how to discern. i'm just giving you myself and all my problems and you do with what you will.
came home. sat down to eat dinner and watch your homilies as i do every week.
i hear you mention a latin phrase, i thought about it, then heard u say what it means and i literally looked up and said to Jesus..NO WAY! this is just..WOW Jesus!
i had no clue re that saying until today. and then to hear you talk about it..blew my mind. i got the feeling that was what Jesus wanted me to know. i felt this intense joy and connection to Jesus.
sorry so long. just felt it was interesting to share.
i'm doing bible in a year and catechism in a year.
thank you so much!! i am learning so much. YOU are a gift! you explain things so well! i pray for you and all participating everyday!
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@Nicegram-SundayswithAscension thank you! 🕊️❤️🙏🌹📿
Thank you, I don't like board games for the same reason 😊
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Love Is War - Hillsong United
I’m right there with you about games like that … I don’t need anymore conflict in my life lol games should be just fun
You and Fr. Schmitz may like games like Pandemic where all the players work together to accomplish an objective or fail together.
So. the persecution is closer to us than we thought.
Father Mike.... thank you for touching on the speech police. There are too many preachers avoiding the topic.