"Main Character: Don't Wait" | The Third Sunday of Advent (Fr. Mike's Homily)
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- We won't be able to rejoice, pray, or give thanks always unless we rejoice, pray, and give thanks now.
Main Character syndrome can lead us to believe that we are in control. But there are many circumstances that are out of our control. We can often only control how we respond to our circumstances. As Christians, we choose to rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and give thanks in all circumstances.
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"If I could just have that one thing..." Oh, how well I remember begging God for that 'one thing' for years, in tears and prayer. Until, I looked around and saw all the many blessings I already had and suddenly it occurred to me that I was like a child crying for the moon. And in that moment, I surrendered my will to God's will and truly, for that one time in my life, I experienced the peace that passes all understanding. And as I look back across the years, I see so clearly that God's ways truly were far greater than the ways I desired.
Amen
There was no joy before Jesus…..so true. I am a Catholic convert. I never knew I could feel so joyful. I didn’t even know joy like this existed. Receiving Jesus in the Eucharist almost daily has me basking in the joy of His love! I never knew this as a Protestant
I am so very thankful for Father Mike and the possibility to hear his sermons. He speaks to my heart and soul. Thank God; May you be blessed for all the Good you do in this world.
Happy Sunday everyone, God Bless ❤
Happy Sunday!!
Living life with the Lord is a fun adventure, and it takes lots of imagination, communication, praying, sharing, and giving thanks each day. The Lord knows exactly how many hairs that we have on our heads. That thought alone made me feel so special and so loved by the Lord. "Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows." -- Luke 12:7
Father Mike just gave us the key to joy and happiness.
Holding you and your family in my heart as you celebrate Christmas. I know what it’s like to miss your mother. Hang on to all the love… it’s all around. My mom’s deathbed words… “this life is about love “. She is right , hold onto it … God bless you always. I hope your dad is as well as he can be , my amazing husband died five years ago … excruciating pain .
Bless you
@@Braingrandchild thank you
God bless you Fr Mike 🙏🏻 Thinking of your Mom… Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace.
Pray without ceasing… the words were just brought into focus. Pray, to ask, to trust, to depend on God constantly on every thing. Come to Him without losing heart over our Heavenly King being invested in us incessantly.
Bon Dimanche Gaudete à tous 🤗
What a lovely homily for 3rd Sunday of Advent, so grateful I can listen from the UK. Thank you Fr Mike.
Thank you 🙏
Thank you Fr Mike, this was perfect. May God bless you always
I know many happy and very ethical/more caring persons who are atheist vs religious. They are very joyful. They care about what happens to their fellow humans and the earth a heck of a lot more than any Christians I've come across.
OF COURSE YOU, AND ME HERE, THIS IS THE WORLD, THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE I GIVE IN TO YOUR IDEAS,
BOTH YOU AND ME CAN'T SWAP OUR WORLDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE,
Thank you!! That was exactly what I needed to hear for my circumstance.
Without God nothing makes sense!
GOD is here ❤ rejoice now.
God Bless you ,God Bless you, over and over again you are so wonderful,After all God made you wonderful!!🎉🎉❤
Thanks for this. 💯😊 Great reminder.
Perfect homily ❤❤❤
Happy Sunday 🙏✝️🎄
I love that Fr. Mike brought up Tim Keller, his preaching brought me to Christianity
Thx
Thank you so much Fr Mike
Thank you so much Lord Jesus Christ ❤
Love the Homely Father Mike ❤❤
Praise God! And thank you Father Mike 💚
I'm so thankful God found a way to bring you into my life.
❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wonderful father!! God bless you always
❤❤❤ Fr. Mike thank you for this enlightening🎉
Wow he got so much energy :)
Good one Padre!
What a phenomenal homily!
Happy Birthday Fr Mike!
Thanking God now. 💙💙💙
From experience, I know this is true.❤❤🙏🙏
Thank you! Excellent reminder-"Don't wait" . So easy to let things slide.
God bless Father Mike.
Job 1:20-22
Then Job arose and tore his cloak and cut off his hair. He fell to the ground and worshiped.
He said,
“Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb,
and naked shall I go back there.
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;
blessed be the name of the LORD!”
In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with wrong.
Your homilies are so relatable. Thank you! Praise be to God!
God Bless you Father !! I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy NewYear 🎉❤🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you Father Mike. You always give us great gems of great theologians, saints and holy people to help and enrich our spiritual journey. God bless you 🙏
"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy." -Nightbirde
In this moment I give thanks, in this moment I rejoice, in this moment I pray. 🙏🏽
Blessings to everybody on this Gaudate Sunday! Memorare prayed!
Joy means the abiding sense of well-being! Thank God in circumstances not for the circumstances, correct?
Sunday, December 17, 2023 Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us especially to give thanks God in the presence of Him-don't wait-ok to be impatient?
Thank You Father please pray for my family 🙏🙏
My love never dies but my bills need to be paid.
Excellent homily, very meaty, lots of good teachings here. One aspect of the faith I would like to add is that in giving thanks, practicing the presence, and rejoicing always, we do so with confidence that God is GOING TO ACT in our troubling circumstances. No, he's not going to give us the perfect husband, the perfect job etc but he is going to do something good to help us. He is not going to leave us orphaned. Knowing this and experiencing it brings the faith alive. The all-powerful God loves me and is going to help me. This is joy.
Hola bendiciones
Thank you Fr. Mike for always inspiring and teaching us! I really enjoyed this episode. God bless you! 🎄
Thank you Father! I appreciate you!
This 3rd Sunday of Advent this speaks to me in my household and my friends around who's under the weather. ( missed Sunday service). It is indeed, we have no hold to certain circumstances- but of our response to such. Missed last Sunday due to under the weather.. but still Give thanks in such circumstances and still prayed to get better. Am still find joy because God is with me and able to watch this homily, and giving strength to take care my love ones in spite, and will go through this variants that's going on- a choice to stay home and get some rest- abiding the sense of well being. Amen to that.🙏🙏🙏. Thank You Fr. Mike.
Rejoice in the lord always and again i say rejoice🙌
Amen. Thank God ahead of time. Profound.
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Thank you Father Mike. Such a meaningful homily. Bless you.
Thank you so much Father Mike, your positive impact is so truly appreciated!
Giving thanks and rejoicing always
Loving you father Mike ❤❤❤
Thank you! Everything you said was so true.The Holy Spirit spoke through you truly.
Thank you for this powerful message! 🙏🙏🙏💗💗💗
🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹Per Te Maminna
Thank you, Fr Mike. God bless you.
Not being in control of my life has brought me so much depression and anxiety. I can’t figure out how to make enough money to survive on my own even though I work full time. As a mom, this is so hard. Please pray for me! I can’t stand the circumstances I am in. I pray to God to help me, but I’m convinced I asked for these exact circumstances before I was born, and this is a test of faith. Please help me not lose hope.
I am praying for you. Let go and let God
😢Mom, sending out loving prayers for perseverance in your painful circumstance. May you be ever blessed for not losing heart ❤
Thank you, Father Mike ❤🙏 and Merry Christmas .
A Must Share THANK YOU Father Mike💝
Thank you for this message Father Mike ❤️
So, let you live then how you want to live,
It doesn't matter the others,
Can I give 10 thumbs up?
This was perfect!
Thank you Father Mike.
Thanks!
Prepare Ya the way of the Lord. Happy Advent. ♥️
Father mike god is testing you too follow goodness follow good not evil
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Thank you God 🙌
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Gostaria de fizessem um livro com as homilias de padre Mike.
Seria um grande livro. Talvez por tópico ou de acordo com os livros da Bíblia. 🤔
❤🙏
The two of us have some serious vocal fry. Probably why I like when you read to me 😂
So, judgement seat drops quite a few levels,
You should keep the gospel reading before the homily in my opinion. Thank you for your work. God bless
@Joseph
Weeeell, Joseph, you could attend the actual... Mass? And get both readings in as well as the Gospel? And experience the Mass said with true reverence?
@@jamesmcgrath3841 I do. I'm a lector. Then I come home and listen to Father Mike as well. Any other snarky comments?
Now now boys...kiss and make up!❤
I agree with you Joseph. I like to share Fr. Mike’s homily with my relatives, and it would be nice for them to hear the Gospel reading as well as the homily.
@@diannepirrone6957 Thank you. That is my same reason. I send to family and it's better to have the full context. 🙏✨
I am asking currently what this homily means for my life🤔
Where shouldn't I wait?
Thak God . Is Virgin Mary is Jesus Christ in love. ( Thomas de Aquino, Tomaz de Aquino, e Severo Duarte Family José Severo Duarte, Isabel Martins, Elisângela Cristina Duarte, Henrique José Duarte, Bruna Patrícia Silva Penharol Duarte, Noah LIMA Duarte,Lucas LIMA Duarte Obrigado pelas bênçãos recebidas Padre Fr Mike Schmitz Thank Peace. Bady Bassitt SP Brazil Obrigada ❤️❤️🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹😊
What's wrong with ceasing to exist? I feel like I've been trying to achieve this my entire damn life. Nothing. No one.
You may have depression. You don't have to live in that state. There is a physical/chemical component and a spiritual component. The spiritual component Bishop Fulton Sheen discusses can be the result of our internal life being out of step with God. The physical/chemical component is in the realm of the psychiatrists. Come join us in the land of the living, and share in the good news.
Of course they're looking to enjoy life, have you seen them attack,
If not now, WHEN?
I love Fr Mike! Please stop zooming in and out! It’s very distracting! Had to stop looking at the video so I can focus on what Fr Mike was saying! Thank you!
The saddest thing to the world to me is when people are indoctrinated into a religion at a young age and never make their way out. So sad.
To me the saddest thing is to be indoctrinated to the secular, pagan gods, and never realize it until it's too late.
Dreary
Why not promote conversion of homosexuality through the intercession of Mary (purity) and Archangel Raphael (healing)? Homosexuality is a spiritual sickness. Confession and prayer can convert these people, but we decide to bless them? If I commit sin then I would be advised to go to Confession and pray to turn that vice into a virtue. Please answer that Father Mike? Thank you 🙏
You seem to think, that everything is what you see it is,
Meaning, if certain people aren't there, none of this looks like this.
Can you explain celibacy when
1 Timothy says this: ???
1 Timothy 3:2-5
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; (1Tim 3:2, KJV)
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (1Tim 3:4, KJV)
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) (1Tim 3:5, KJV)
So why turn up to the judgement seat when you've got the wrong motives,
And you think, it's a great idea people leave for you.
Hey look at this fancy frock. I'm in the book of Judges 😂
No, I'm just being who I am when they weren't like this before.
Sorry.
Wrong person.
I'm not waiting for any of you I don't do any contacting anyone,
Figure it out for yourself.
Editor: could you stop adding in constant zoom in and outs? It's distracting.
@thejacenxpress
Happy Christmas to you too! 😁
I agree. Just never wanted to say anything...
What did Fr. Mike just remind us to do?
In ALL things, give thanks.
Maybe just don't WATCH, only LISTEN. Would that help? Ask God to take these distractions and make them good. See Fr. Mike's podcast on distractions as it is very good. I've watched it several times. The devil is trying to take your attention away from Fr. Mike and his message. Don't allow it.
@@lorrainecox7728 well said , the devil is everywhere.. ain’t he .. God bless
@@lorrainecox7728
Superb response. 😇
I CAN'T SWAP THEIR THREATS, FOR SOMETHING ELSE,
I walked out, I show you pictures of these people, that don't work they don't pay for anything, they don't do service they're not part of this place,
I have the rights,
I give up, and replace the things I have to offer, with here have your rubbish, I deserved better.