I’m sitting alone, it’s 2AM and I’m in tears. A dear loved one of mine is so hurt, and so angry and lost at God and his ways. I tried my best to explain, but let my pride take over, and not my love. I’m praying my utter faith out for this loved one, they feel so alone and so wrong and guilty. Please pray for him, please ask your patron Saint, your guardian angel and Jesus Christ, to be with him. It’s never too late for prayer. Please pray for his sake. I don’t know what to do, all I know is prayer, I cannot make the step for him, and I never will. So please, please pray for him.
Has anyone else watched so many Fr. Mike videos that they feel like they know him personally? I bet a lot of people feel this way. He has helped so many of us!
Father Mike, when you said that God let’s broken hearts happen so that it can be healed by Him, man, I couldn’t take it and broke down. It hit home and I think this is God’s way of saying, “you’re on the right path.. chose Me” thank you so much Father. Honestly. 🙏
Father Mike, I've commented to most people I know that I've seen more families biking or walking together, Dad's playing with kids, kids playing outside, or just people walking their dogs than I have in the last 10 years combined. Also, the earth is cleaning itself up from our pollution. Yes, bad things are happening but there's a lot of good coming out of this crisis if we have eyes to see it
I do agree, good things will come out of this crisis. Although, The earth does not “Clean itself“, The earth is not a sentient being, it is not a god. I believe this is a chastisement that God is letting happen to us probably because of the indifference The human race has of him and his laws.
Please pray for us. I’m a widow and my son goes to Kennedy Catholic high school. ✝️ Please pray for Pam and my son, Gavin. ✝️🙏. My son wants to go to Saint Martins University. Please pray for us.
@@jansonmur4362 I hope that you will become interested in Church history, because it's important to God that we "be one, as He and the Father are One." And that He founded "His Church," not churches, and has only one Bride. Let the Holy Spirit guide you. God bless!🙏
@@wms72 I actually do believe that and have chosen to remain with my religion which believes God has restored His church and authority in this dispensation. But I dont want to get into the debate that almost inevitably follows when I state on a Christian page that I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Dat Saint
My son doesn't hate pizza, but it's never his preference (want to say there was a switching mix-up at the hospital when he was born). But I thoroughly enjoyed Father Mike's intro, because that scene he described was routinely us when we were out and looking for food. My son: I don't care, anything. My son's response to every suggestion: I don't want that.
I realized now a true heartbreak I had 2 years ago and took this long to recover from was Gods way of showing me how to get thru it the right way thru him and not thru drinking or going out with others to numb the pain ...thank you Lord🙏
There was an old TV show called "Father Knows Best" staring Robert Young as the father. The children always had questions and conflicts. The father (Robert Young) never gave a easy to follow answer. There was a process, his children had to learn by doing. I think that a common story line in many 1950's and 1960's TV shows. You made me realize about that process going on between God and my life. Part of the process is hearing from Father Mike.
Message from the Lord: "He is not a God that abandons his people. It is not his nature, it is not his nature. He is ever present, ever present. God is our ever present help in time of trouble. Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. The only name by which people are saved. He cannot look at his people and look away. God will answer his people. He is their God. God is always present, do not forget that, child of God. It is not his nature to look away." 🙇♂️
Father Mike, THANK YOU for this video! I’m a recent convert (2 years ago, 4/1 was my Catholic birthday!) and come from a secular family, so I’ve been kind of on my own with studying and practicing my religion in general. Your videos have been a great help to me all throughout the process. I turned this on to help me focus before saying my nightly prayer, something I’ve been struggling with recently, and what you said in this video just completely, specifically clicked with what I’m struggling with right now. This was exactly what I needed to here and just gave me a major break through in my relationship with God. Thank you for all you do! (:
Instead of "I don't care" say "I don't have any good ideas right now" or even better, if you realized the mood you were in, "I honestly don't know if I feel like anything right now."
I've had two awful, painful, brutal heartbreaks within the past year, but this process has brought me profoundly closer to God. Before, I would've said God hated me and was punishing me, but I've learned through the accidental discovery of Fr Mike's videos that's not the truth at all. God allowed me to suffer through these heartbreaks, so I could learn about His love for me and respond accordingly when He called me to Him. I no longer believe God hates me when I suffer; instead, I feel His love and try to understand what He is teaching me. Opening my heart this way has been life changing, and it makes this suffering less painful. It still hurts, but I feel I am loved throughout. And I know it's all in His plan, so I surrender over and over. Thank you Ascension and Father Mike! You are doing God's work!
I've never heard this perspective before and it is exactly what I needed to hear. In 2018 I lost my mom to cancer, in 2019 I had to walk away from my "dream job" amidst depression and a toxic work environment, in 2020 my child was diagnosed with special needs. I work to trust God every single day and I fail more than I succeed...but this perspective is so inspiring and is helping me cope with the why's. Thank you.
Yup, that's basically what Eckhart Tolle said too, don't resist the experience, don't judge it but abandon yourself to it completely and you will be able to overcome it. God is with us. That's something I'm just learning super painfully in the midst of it all but I get kinda excited, seeing where I'm going and looking forward to getting into that trust. What a challenge but what an immeasurable gift in the end! 🙏🏼🌟💜
The moment that what is said is so accurate and so good that you actually ugh in frustration at your screen. Sometimes it is hard to do this, but more notably, I find it hard to do this joyfully and with a heart full of love. Mama Mary wrap us in your mantle and comfort us.
Wow just what I needed. I asked God make me love in the ways you do. Got my heart broken and now I'm growing in ways I've never loved myself or others before. At first it was hard, my hope and truth is that this has happened for me to grow and go to a place with God that I have never been to. Thank you for the reassurance and clarity Father Mike.
This applies to what is happening today, this way is God's works, he has shut the doors on everything because we have shut him out..we are on a time out!! until we go back to him!
We did that with our kids. We let them figure things our for themselves through trial and error because in life, they - now 19, 21, and 23 - are being rewarded with this ability. Great homily!
Amen. So appropriate.for me now. Pls God give me the strength to carry my cross and know you are there with me. It shall be done on your time and not mine. Lord have mercy on me your daughter a sinner. Amen
I prayed and asked God for wisdom, knowledge, and development of my talents, skills, and intelligence....then God through fate and circumstances made me decide to stop schooling, have depression and anxiety and stay at home for years of fears and worries and sadness...but I learned many things new that I didn't learn in school and can't learn from books in school from people around me, from other people through digital and virtual means, from other books I never read before, from undergoing life, by staying with my family, by discovering new things I can do and capable of doing, by understanding my self more than ever.... I asked and pray to God to make me strong, brave, and more confident....then God through my life's journey let me have depression and anxiety, fears, worries, sadness, insomnias, stress, nightmares, and pains... but I learned to try to find new ways to stay hopeful amidst all those, and for me that's a form.of strength, bravery, and endurance..I also learned to try to build my confidence again everyday as everyday it breaks, so then everyday I rebuild it over and over.... I asked and prayed to God to have temperance and patience.....then God through my life got me into this mental, emtional, psychological, and spiritual journey for more than 5 years already without much changes and improvements....but I learned to wait, to trust, and to stay hopeful even the things happening to me and my life seem not to change that much, and even I had moments of improvement but then afterwards I fall again, fail again, and get stuck again in this cycle of sadness, anger, fears, sleepless nights, pains, moments of hopelessness and restlessness, and lack of confidence. I prayed to God for abundance, prosperity, and wealth.....then God made me stayed at home with my family, not being able to have the confidence and grit to attend school again and do my life well which I am used to, and not having anymore the fame I had out of my schooling, talents, intelligence, and leadership...but I realized the wealth of my family and their love and support for me, the prosperity of isolation and taking good care of myself, the prosperity to have time to deal with my health, the abundance of important but commonly less noticed privileges and life that I have, the abundance of small and little things that sustains life and brings joy, and the wealth of having the ability to still use my talents, share my knowledge, inspire others, counsel others I can, lead some people, and learn new things even at home with less to no direct interpersonal contact to the public, other people, my community, and strangers. I asked and prayed to God for freedom to be myself, to achieve my dreams and ambitions in life, to do and live the life that I want....then God allowed me to fell, to fail, to have these issues and problems, to isolate, and undergo this totally new, different, sad, painful, and hope-breaking journery...but I realized how still free I am despite of these, how free I am compared to other people in past and present, and how I still can live what I desire in simple ways. I asked and prayed to God to allow His will to be done unto me if that's what it takes for me to live a better life, to glorify Him, and to be His instrument....then God sent me into this darkest path of my life and allowed me to undergo nightmares, doubts, fears, questions, denials, stress, isolation, hopelessness, weakness, restlessness, cowardice, limitations, mental and emotional health conditions, physical health conditions, thoughts of loosing hope, moments of discouraging my dreams and plans, moments of wanting to end my life, moments of fear of going to sleep because of nightmares and sleep paralysis but having moments too of not wanting to wake up and going on forever and in eternity deep in my goodnight sleep whenever I had one and not wanting to wake up to experience a routine of a cycle of my current situation over and over again...but I learned to still hope, rebuild my hope, to trust, and to rebuild my trust everyday and every time over and over again, and to keep myself and my existence despite all the physical, mental, emotional, psychological, moral, and spiritual challenges I am facing. I don't know what am I here for in life, in Earth, and in this year of 2020...I don't know what will happen later, tomorrow, the next day after it, and in the future tomorrows that will come....I don't know where I am going, what should I do, how should I do, where should I go, who I shall need the most, who will I meet or meet again, and what will happen to me...I don't know if this is still God's will and plans that I shpuld still trust and go through despite the hard times, or is it the tricks of the enemies wanting me to fail and go on into cycle of this difficult moments until I loose my faith and hope, or is this my punishment, the consequences I need to undergo because of my sins and wickedness, of my evils and wrongdoings, of my religious and spiritual struggles....or is this a curse that someon put me into, or a curse I got into unintentionally...or is this my fault after all, the fruits of my daily bad choices and poor decisions, the consequences of my mind, the products of my past, and the results of my complains, laziness, pride, and inactions.....I don't know exactly. Still, I undergo this path, this journey, these struggles, these challenges...and still trust and always try to keep a small flame of hope within me.
Sining Tadhana impressive long journey of battle against the odds. May God listen to your cry of the heart & soon release you from the captivity of lies and deceit.
Dear sibling in Christ, never lose hope and know that God never fails to listen to His children. Just confide in Him, entrust Him everything in your life and let Him operate in you through His Holy Spirit. Don't despair, God ways are different from ours but definitely the Best! He is our Father so in an unmissable way He will provide all what our body and soul need. Be patient and learn from these ordeals . Never feel abandoned or loved less than others by Our Lord because He bestowes His Love and Mercy the Same way upon each and everyone , including those wicked and lost. You are loved dear sibling , God is allowing you to carry a part of His Holy Cross by permitting you to experience tough moments during your journey here on Earth. You are being purified this way and drawn closer to God each time you realize and accept with patience and submission the suffering you have experienced and the one you are to undergo . Amen!
I understand this all too well. The process is SO important, especially in discernment. I’m still experiencing the process and thanks be to God it has helped me be closer to God. He is truly present in the joys and sorrows. Despite how challenging the process is, I’m so grateful to God for it. Fr Mike, you have such a gift in communicating my own experience into words haha. I’m grateful for you! I am praying for you, all priests, deacons, and seminarians!
Love the broken heart part of the video ❤ not only does it speak to me because of the situation I am going thru but also because in general "He heals the brokenhearted..." is my favourite line of the Bible (Psalm 147:3). Thank you Fr. Mike.
@Ana I've been BEGGING God to help me. And all I get is more pain. God is driving me away from him. Maybe he wants me to blow my brains out, and then punish me for it
The Will from God is Mercy always is the Best for everyone of us but takes a time to understand for everyone of us and accept all things still happening. God bless all! Without Jesús Christ no body can understand his Will or without God.😇😇😇
Pure wisdom about a process that can be stressful but is an opportunity to exercise real trust in God's process which isn't our own. Thanks, Father Mike!
Perfect timing! Literally just did my last push to resist the process. I'm done resisting and giving it all to Him. I am ceasing trying to make it happen my own way and I feel scared yet free in a way. In prayer 💜🙏
Same😅 I was like bruh, why do you keep closing all these doors I try to walk into?🤔 Now I understood the assignment😂 He did finally open one door 🚪. I know! He opened it because He's closed every other single door😅 Freedom is not doing what I want, it's freedom from sin and from walking down the wrong paths; the freedom to do His divine Will. It's impossible to walk into His Will for our lives while we are still enslaved to sin. Therefore He transforms us in the process until we are shaped into what is needed to accomplish His Will for us; which His plan of goodness for us and of great fulfillment. So much wisdom I kept asking why a long time too until... He explained to me a thing or two about Wisdom...Thank you Lord for showing me the way you have planed for me, even though the process is difficult, you've proven to be along my side and that I just need to keep riding the ride. Thank you for being the good Sheppard. Indeed, He has a specific plan for each one of us. Glory be to God! Our tests will soon become our testimonies🙏🎁❤️😎💪
I could click that like button a million times more.. Thank you so much for that Fr.Mike. This was truly an eye opener...or rather a heart opener. God and his ways...👌🥰 I pray that the Lord give you all the strength you need in your mission for changing lives and good health to carry it out too. Much love from India.
This really hits home. As a catechumen, I got so upset that, after waiting for so long to get baptized, the Easter batch of baptism has to be postponed due to COVID-19 plague. I thought, God, if You really want me to get closer to You, why won't You let me get baptized soon? Why do I have to stay home and follow mass at home for a month and a few weeks? Today is my last day of novena. I pray so Easter wouldn't get cancelled (eventho it's already cancelled in my diocese) and then this video pops up. I guess this completes the answer to my prayer (which the answer is no). Now I understand. Maybe it's the final test of my three years of journey to be officially the daughter of God. Maybe it's the final part of the long process. And after looking back, you're right. It's a long rocky road to reach this point for me but He's always been with me... I mean, I would've not survived if He wasn't there. I feel so loved.
It is a process and it is useful and us a good process. Families are spending time together finally. What could be better? I am alone but I have so many projects going right now. I am trusting God with what He is doing. Amen
Fr Mike - This is awesome. But I admit it can be a bit challenging to wrap our heads around this approach. As a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd catechist, I'm struck by how similar this is to the Montessori-based approach we have found to be most successful for helping our children grow in faith. Just giving a child the answer might feel helpful to them in the moment, but being willing to go on the journey and guide them on the journey of discovering the answer is when we see the child really grow. This frequently means you have to watch the child try something you know will fail to help really teach them a better way. Hope this helps people who wonder why God would choose such a frustrating process for us to learn. I'm convinced it's because He is our loving Father and this really is the best way for us to learn. HTH. Be well and God bless!
Father Mike is amazing and speaks to my soul...... He is earning his Sainthood right now. He is an amazing, holy man. I pray my 2 sons will follow in his steps and become priests!
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I’m sitting alone, it’s 2AM and I’m in tears. A dear loved one of mine is so hurt, and so angry and lost at God and his ways. I tried my best to explain, but let my pride take over, and not my love. I’m praying my utter faith out for this loved one, they feel so alone and so wrong and guilty. Please pray for him, please ask your patron Saint, your guardian angel and Jesus Christ, to be with him. It’s never too late for prayer. Please pray for his sake. I don’t know what to do, all I know is prayer, I cannot make the step for him, and I never will. So please, please pray for him.
Has anyone else watched so many Fr. Mike videos that they feel like they know him personally? I bet a lot of people feel this way. He has helped so many of us!
Yes 😁
Father Mike, when you said that God let’s broken hearts happen so that it can be healed by Him, man, I couldn’t take it and broke down. It hit home and I think this is God’s way of saying, “you’re on the right path.. chose Me” thank you so much Father. Honestly. 🙏
Father Mike, I've commented to most people I know that I've seen more families biking or walking together, Dad's playing with kids, kids playing outside, or just people walking their dogs than I have in the last 10 years combined. Also, the earth is cleaning itself up from our pollution. Yes, bad things are happening but there's a lot of good coming out of this crisis if we have eyes to see it
I do agree, good things will come out of this crisis. Although, The earth does not “Clean itself“, The earth is not a sentient being, it is not a god. I believe this is a chastisement that God is letting happen to us probably because of the indifference The human race has of him and his laws.
@@timDOGcrane555 Your reading way too much into the earth cleaning itself up. Its nature. Rivers are cleaner, smog is down, things are better.
There is. And in Illinois the crime has gone down 👍🏻🙏
Family is where people learn to get along with others of different ages and learn to think outside themselves.
Joseph Balinski
ok you saw a few people out for a walk. That's nice.
Please pray for us. I’m a widow and my son goes to Kennedy Catholic high school. ✝️ Please pray for Pam and my son, Gavin. ✝️🙏. My son wants to go to Saint Martins University. Please pray for us.
Yes prayers! My daughter is a freshman at St Martin’s. I am also a widow. God bless you through these dark, profound, and precious times.
I attended St. Martin's when it was still a college. It's where I met the man I married.
Where is this? I think I missed something..!
Maristella Olympia, WA (Lacey area).
Did he get in?
God always finds a way to answer those doubts and questions through those who allow him to work through them. Thank you!!!
Amen
Laurie Alfaro
Oh right that's nice
Do you preach or something ?
That's true.
I'm not catholic but am very religious in my own denomination and I love that the Lord inspires Fr. Mike to have a message that I most always needed
hey, have you ever considered becoming Catholic?
@@freddysime5853 I'm quite content with my denomination, but thanks
@@jansonmur4362 I hope that you will become interested in Church history, because it's important to God that we "be one, as He and the Father are One." And that He founded "His Church," not churches, and has only one Bride. Let the Holy Spirit guide you. God bless!🙏
@@wms72 I actually do believe that and have chosen to remain with my religion which believes God has restored His church and authority in this dispensation. But I dont want to get into the debate that almost inevitably follows when I state on a Christian page that I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Dat Saint
janson mur regardless of your denomination, thanks for taking an interest in watching this. We welcome you back
FATHER!!!!!...........NOBODY HATES PIZZA 😂😤
Love ur vids father God bless u and everyone have a great day y'all😂❤
Seriously!
I was thinking that too, I was like "what did he just say?"
My brother does!! Refuses to eat it ever.
My son doesn't hate pizza, but it's never his preference (want to say there was a switching mix-up at the hospital when he was born). But I thoroughly enjoyed Father Mike's intro, because that scene he described was routinely us when we were out and looking for food. My son: I don't care, anything. My son's response to every suggestion: I don't want that.
Scented Farmer 🤣😂
Father Mike you have so much positive energy,I enjoy watching your videos,I get Inspiration for life from your videos.God bless you
I realized now a true heartbreak I had 2 years ago and took this long to recover from was Gods way of showing me how to get thru it the right way thru him and not thru drinking or going out with others to numb the pain ...thank you Lord🙏
You're such a blessing, Father Mike! 🙏🙏🙏
Yesterday I sent my small biography to a religious community that I want to join. This was perfect timing. Thanks Father.
Crocco1998
Did they let you join ?
Hope so as you are keen to join them.
So exciting!
Praying for you. And praying that I accepted you can join y their entrance day. When is their entrance day?
@Ellen C Thanks for your prayers.
@@Onlinesully It has been less than a week since I sent it. I am just peacefully waiting.
There was an old TV show called "Father Knows Best" staring Robert Young as the father. The children always had questions and conflicts. The father (Robert Young) never gave a easy to follow answer. There was a process, his children had to learn by doing. I think that a common story line in many 1950's and 1960's TV shows. You made me realize about that process going on between God and my life. Part of the process is hearing from Father Mike.
Also Ozzie and Harriet! Really wholesome lessons!
WOW! You hit the nail on the head. Yikes. Poor wording...🙏🏻❤️
Message from the Lord: "He is not a God that abandons his people. It is not his nature, it is not his nature. He is ever present, ever present. God is our ever present help in time of trouble. Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. The only name by which people are saved. He cannot look at his people and look away. God will answer his people. He is their God. God is always present, do not forget that, child of God. It is not his nature to look away." 🙇♂️
Oh he definitely abandons people constantly, especially children caught up in sex trafficking around the world. religion is such bone cancer.
@Chosen Generation try having lived my life for the past twenty years and see if you feel the same way
@@Unclenate1000 Why are you here?
this is so spot on Fr. Mike. thank you for the message
Father Mike, THANK YOU for this video! I’m a recent convert (2 years ago, 4/1 was my Catholic birthday!) and come from a secular family, so I’ve been kind of on my own with studying and practicing my religion in general. Your videos have been a great help to me all throughout the process. I turned this on to help me focus before saying my nightly prayer, something I’ve been struggling with recently, and what you said in this video just completely, specifically clicked with what I’m struggling with right now. This was exactly what I needed to here and just gave me a major break through in my relationship with God. Thank you for all you do! (:
Thank you Father 😘
Instead of "I don't care" say "I don't have any good ideas right now" or even better, if you realized the mood you were in, "I honestly don't know if I feel like anything right now."
I've had two awful, painful, brutal heartbreaks within the past year, but this process has brought me profoundly closer to God. Before, I would've said God hated me and was punishing me, but I've learned through the accidental discovery of Fr Mike's videos that's not the truth at all. God allowed me to suffer through these heartbreaks, so I could learn about His love for me and respond accordingly when He called me to Him. I no longer believe God hates me when I suffer; instead, I feel His love and try to understand what He is teaching me. Opening my heart this way has been life changing, and it makes this suffering less painful. It still hurts, but I feel I am loved throughout. And I know it's all in His plan, so I surrender over and over.
Thank you Ascension and Father Mike! You are doing God's work!
I like this man , he knows how to explain the faith
Father I just finished day 281 please take your days of rest so you can do your work for a lot longer❤
Great message. It all begins with accepting where we are and figuring out how we can use that to draw closer to God.
Wow, I feel like you described the video just perfectly in words! 🙌👏
What a wonderful teaching! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Thank you, Father Mike! God bless you enormously!
I've never heard this perspective before and it is exactly what I needed to hear. In 2018 I lost my mom to cancer, in 2019 I had to walk away from my "dream job" amidst depression and a toxic work environment, in 2020 my child was diagnosed with special needs. I work to trust God every single day and I fail more than I succeed...but this perspective is so inspiring and is helping me cope with the why's. Thank you.
Praise God
"The relationship people!?" Too funny! God Bless you, Fr. Mike.
Father Mike. The Lord has blessed you with such wisdom. Thank you for these insightful videos!
Yup, that's basically what Eckhart Tolle said too, don't resist the experience, don't judge it but abandon yourself to it completely and you will be able to overcome it.
God is with us. That's something I'm just learning super painfully in the midst of it all but I get kinda excited, seeing where I'm going and looking forward to getting into that trust. What a challenge but what an immeasurable gift in the end! 🙏🏼🌟💜
WOW. Thank you 🙏🏻
The moment that what is said is so accurate and so good that you actually ugh in frustration at your screen. Sometimes it is hard to do this, but more notably, I find it hard to do this joyfully and with a heart full of love. Mama Mary wrap us in your mantle and comfort us.
Wow just what I needed. I asked God make me love in the ways you do. Got my heart broken and now I'm growing in ways I've never loved myself or others before. At first it was hard, my hope and truth is that this has happened for me to grow and go to a place with God that I have never been to. Thank you for the reassurance and clarity Father Mike.
Thanks. You've explained a lot 🙏
Nice. Thank you so much for this
I needed to hear that!!!!!!
God doing directly in life is his process and changes the observation of everything.
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you
God has the most perfect timing!! I needed to hear this today 🙏🏼
Oh this hard! Not just in negotiating with family but also the process of growth with God.
Good morning Fr. Mike
This applies to what is happening today, this way is God's works, he has shut the doors on everything because we have shut him out..we are on a time out!! until we go back to him!
Loved the analogy!!! I resonated with this message!!! Blessed .
Pray the Rosary!
Thanks so much Father for my journey of faith.
We did that with our kids. We let them figure things our for themselves through trial and error because in life, they - now 19, 21, and 23 - are being rewarded with this ability. Great homily!
Very interesting point Father Mike. I have understood and appreciated it.
We do need it! But it huuuuurts! I'm like those disciples who screamed for help during the storm. Jesus, we're drowning, save us!!!
This is shocking how suitable this message was for me to hear today. God Bless.
Amen. So appropriate.for me now. Pls God give me the strength to carry my cross and know you are there with me. It shall be done on your time and not mine. Lord have mercy on me your daughter a sinner. Amen
I prayed and asked God for wisdom, knowledge, and development of my talents, skills, and intelligence....then God through fate and circumstances made me decide to stop schooling, have depression and anxiety and stay at home for years of fears and worries and sadness...but I learned many things new that I didn't learn in school and can't learn from books in school from people around me, from other people through digital and virtual means, from other books I never read before, from undergoing life, by staying with my family, by discovering new things I can do and capable of doing, by understanding my self more than ever....
I asked and pray to God to make me strong, brave, and more confident....then God through my life's journey let me have depression and anxiety, fears, worries, sadness, insomnias, stress, nightmares, and pains... but I learned to try to find new ways to stay hopeful amidst all those, and for me that's a form.of strength, bravery, and endurance..I also learned to try to build my confidence again everyday as everyday it breaks, so then everyday I rebuild it over and over....
I asked and prayed to God to have temperance and patience.....then God through my life got me into this mental, emtional, psychological, and spiritual journey for more than 5 years already without much changes and improvements....but I learned to wait, to trust, and to stay hopeful even the things happening to me and my life seem not to change that much, and even I had moments of improvement but then afterwards I fall again, fail again, and get stuck again in this cycle of sadness, anger, fears, sleepless nights, pains, moments of hopelessness and restlessness, and lack of confidence.
I prayed to God for abundance, prosperity, and wealth.....then God made me stayed at home with my family, not being able to have the confidence and grit to attend school again and do my life well which I am used to, and not having anymore the fame I had out of my schooling, talents, intelligence, and leadership...but I realized the wealth of my family and their love and support for me, the prosperity of isolation and taking good care of myself, the prosperity to have time to deal with my health, the abundance of important but commonly less noticed privileges and life that I have, the abundance of small and little things that sustains life and brings joy, and the wealth of having the ability to still use my talents, share my knowledge, inspire others, counsel others I can, lead some people, and learn new things even at home with less to no direct interpersonal contact to the public, other people, my community, and strangers.
I asked and prayed to God for freedom to be myself, to achieve my dreams and ambitions in life, to do and live the life that I want....then God allowed me to fell, to fail, to have these issues and problems, to isolate, and undergo this totally new, different, sad, painful, and hope-breaking journery...but I realized how still free I am despite of these, how free I am compared to other people in past and present, and how I still can live what I desire in simple ways.
I asked and prayed to God to allow His will to be done unto me if that's what it takes for me to live a better life, to glorify Him, and to be His instrument....then God sent me into this darkest path of my life and allowed me to undergo nightmares, doubts, fears, questions, denials, stress, isolation, hopelessness, weakness, restlessness, cowardice, limitations, mental and emotional health conditions, physical health conditions, thoughts of loosing hope, moments of discouraging my dreams and plans, moments of wanting to end my life, moments of fear of going to sleep because of nightmares and sleep paralysis but having moments too of not wanting to wake up and going on forever and in eternity deep in my goodnight sleep whenever I had one and not wanting to wake up to experience a routine of a cycle of my current situation over and over again...but I learned to still hope, rebuild my hope, to trust, and to rebuild my trust everyday and every time over and over again, and to keep myself and my existence despite all the physical, mental, emotional, psychological, moral, and spiritual challenges I am facing.
I don't know what am I here for in life, in Earth, and in this year of 2020...I don't know what will happen later, tomorrow, the next day after it, and in the future tomorrows that will come....I don't know where I am going, what should I do, how should I do, where should I go, who I shall need the most, who will I meet or meet again, and what will happen to me...I don't know if this is still God's will and plans that I shpuld still trust and go through despite the hard times, or is it the tricks of the enemies wanting me to fail and go on into cycle of this difficult moments until I loose my faith and hope, or is this my punishment, the consequences I need to undergo because of my sins and wickedness, of my evils and wrongdoings, of my religious and spiritual struggles....or is this a curse that someon put me into, or a curse I got into unintentionally...or is this my fault after all, the fruits of my daily bad choices and poor decisions, the consequences of my mind, the products of my past, and the results of my complains, laziness, pride, and inactions.....I don't know exactly.
Still, I undergo this path, this journey, these struggles, these challenges...and still trust and always try to keep a small flame of hope within me.
Sining Tadhana impressive long journey of battle against the odds.
May God listen to your cry of the heart & soon release you from the captivity of lies and deceit.
Dear sibling in Christ, never lose hope and know that God never fails to listen to His children. Just confide in Him, entrust Him everything in your life and let Him operate in you through His Holy Spirit. Don't despair, God ways are different from ours but definitely the Best! He is our Father so in an unmissable way He will provide all what our body and soul need. Be patient and learn from these ordeals . Never feel abandoned or loved less than others by Our Lord because He bestowes His Love and Mercy the Same way upon each and everyone , including those wicked and lost.
You are loved dear sibling , God is allowing you to carry a part of His Holy Cross by permitting you to experience tough moments during your journey here on Earth. You are being purified this way and drawn closer to God each time you realize and accept with patience and submission the suffering you have experienced and the one you are to undergo . Amen!
Praise God. May God bless you and keep on blessing you. In Jesus name.
God does not make bad things in your life to punish you. That is basically what the book of Job is about. I hope you get better man.
drServitis I will pray for you!
That back and forth attitude could go on all day.process I think is a good thing.
Father Mike...you have just described me down to a tee...Merci Father...Ave Maria ...⚜️🥀🙏
I accept God, I’m engaging on the process.. I hadn’t seen it from that perspective Father.. thanks ☺️☺️
Very Very helpful. Thank you.
Ladd
Thanks, Fr. Mike, I needed this.
I needed this so much today. I still don't understand but I need to trust
Thank you so much Fr.Mike for your time, efforts, message in this video ^^ God bless all of humanity.
Thank you Father for your wonderful Heart !!!
I understand this all too well. The process is SO important, especially in discernment. I’m still experiencing the process and thanks be to God it has helped me be closer to God. He is truly present in the joys and sorrows. Despite how challenging the process is, I’m so grateful to God for it. Fr Mike, you have such a gift in communicating my own experience into words haha. I’m grateful for you! I am praying for you, all priests, deacons, and seminarians!
Love the broken heart part of the video ❤ not only does it speak to me because of the situation I am going thru but also because in general "He heals the brokenhearted..." is my favourite line of the Bible (Psalm 147:3).
Thank you Fr. Mike.
@Ana I've been BEGGING God to help me. And all I get is more pain. God is driving me away from him. Maybe he wants me to blow my brains out, and then punish me for it
Gracias padre Mike por sus palabras de sabiduría. Dios lo siga bendiciendo mucho!
Wow! So true! No one likes To suffer thats why.! True need To surender it makes life easier thats for sure.
Praise Him in the process!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Will from God is Mercy always is the Best for everyone of us but takes a time to understand for everyone of us and accept all things still happening. God bless all! Without Jesús Christ no body can understand his Will or without God.😇😇😇
Boy, but have I ever learned that this is SO true.
Pure wisdom about a process that can be stressful but is an opportunity to exercise real trust in God's process which isn't our own. Thanks, Father Mike!
Perfect timing! Literally just did my last push to resist the process. I'm done resisting and giving it all to Him. I am ceasing trying to make it happen my own way and I feel scared yet free in a way. In prayer 💜🙏
Great video on free will.
Thank you, Father for keeping it real and for sharing your insights and wisdom. Keep up the great work! 👏🏼
Thank you Father Mike. I just needed to hear this...
Am I the only one crying right now?
Alanna _C0
What are you crying about ?
Alanna _C0
What are you crying about ?
Alanna _C0
what's the matter with you ?
a fast talking priest saying the process works
why would this be upsetting you
THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE! It happens to me all the time 😅. Thank you Father.
Same😅 I was like bruh, why do you keep closing all these doors I try to walk into?🤔 Now I understood the assignment😂 He did finally open one door 🚪. I know! He opened it because He's closed every other single door😅 Freedom is not doing what I want, it's freedom from sin and from walking down the wrong paths; the freedom to do His divine Will. It's impossible to walk into His Will for our lives while we are still enslaved to sin. Therefore He transforms us in the process until we are shaped into what is needed to accomplish His Will for us; which His plan of goodness for us and of great fulfillment. So much wisdom I kept asking why a long time too until... He explained to me a thing or two about Wisdom...Thank you Lord for showing me the way you have planed for me, even though the process is difficult, you've proven to be along my side and that I just need to keep riding the ride. Thank you for being the good Sheppard. Indeed, He has a specific plan for each one of us. Glory be to God! Our tests will soon become our testimonies🙏🎁❤️😎💪
Absolutly Providence Divine!
IT'S BECAUSE GOD GAVE US FREE WILL. SO WE CAN CHOOSE TO LOVE HIM & IT'S NOT FORCED ON US.
Dear Father, despite of World healh crisis.. i trust your process! Praise you Jesus Christ. Our only Savior! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much Fr. Schmitz for this video!!
This helped me rekindle perseverence in my work and studies ;))
I could click that like button a million times more.. Thank you so much for that Fr.Mike. This was truly an eye opener...or rather a heart opener. God and his ways...👌🥰 I pray that the Lord give you all the strength you need in your mission for changing lives and good health to carry it out too. Much love from India.
This really hits home. As a catechumen, I got so upset that, after waiting for so long to get baptized, the Easter batch of baptism has to be postponed due to COVID-19 plague. I thought, God, if You really want me to get closer to You, why won't You let me get baptized soon? Why do I have to stay home and follow mass at home for a month and a few weeks?
Today is my last day of novena. I pray so Easter wouldn't get cancelled (eventho it's already cancelled in my diocese) and then this video pops up. I guess this completes the answer to my prayer (which the answer is no). Now I understand. Maybe it's the final test of my three years of journey to be officially the daughter of God. Maybe it's the final part of the long process. And after looking back, you're right. It's a long rocky road to reach this point for me but He's always been with me... I mean, I would've not survived if He wasn't there. I feel so loved.
Anisa Indira beautiful testimony, thanks for sharing. God bless ❤️
Father you are the best!☺️
Thank you Fr. Mike for answering the question I’ve been struggling with. Thank you. May God bless you. ❤
God the Lord Jesus Christ bless you in abundance! I really needed this. I believe all of us needs this.
It is a process and it is useful and us a good process. Families are spending time together finally. What could be better? I am alone but I have so many projects going right now. I am trusting God with what He is doing. Amen
😪💔💖🌅🕊️I understand THANK YOU Father Mike!!!!!
Yes, I absolutely agree.
Very good. Experiencing a broken heart is a painful process but leads us back to the Lord through a healing process.Thank you.
3:52-4:19 **Mind BLOWN**
Powerful message! Thank you father mike. This is exactly what I needed to hear during these times. ❤️
Fr Mike - This is awesome. But I admit it can be a bit challenging to wrap our heads around this approach. As a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd catechist, I'm struck by how similar this is to the Montessori-based approach we have found to be most successful for helping our children grow in faith. Just giving a child the answer might feel helpful to them in the moment, but being willing to go on the journey and guide them on the journey of discovering the answer is when we see the child really grow. This frequently means you have to watch the child try something you know will fail to help really teach them a better way. Hope this helps people who wonder why God would choose such a frustrating process for us to learn. I'm convinced it's because He is our loving Father and this really is the best way for us to learn. HTH. Be well and God bless!
this is beautiful and so well said, thank you and god bless you 💕 keep on doing what you do Father Mike 🙌
We only have one Father and He Is God Almighty who created the heaven and earth
Catholics know this. Only One Priest, Only Onr Teacher in the Church
It’s like humanity is been shaken to its core out of a stupor
Touched me
I loved this thank you!
very good, thanks
I so needed to hear this right now. Thank you Father. 🙏
Father Mike is amazing and speaks to my soul...... He is earning his Sainthood right now. He is an amazing, holy man. I pray my 2 sons will follow in his steps and become priests!
Extremely difficult to accept when the life turn upside down
Amazing video as always! Now I understand better the process.
I needed this message tonight 💙 thank you Father Mike
Love you father mike!! Greetings from Indiana 😇
Needed this today. Thank you Father Mike