Not clarity....but trust. Your life is not your own...you are claimed and called by God Himself. God will meet us whereever we are in our circumstances. I was stuck in a snow bank yesterday, no idea how to get free. A young man who didn't speak my language stopped and got me out. God will meet us wherever we are in our circumstances.
I want to give up, but God won’t let me he has brought me this far. So I won’t quit. As a single mom I’m struggling to make ends meet. Both of my sons are autistic and require much from me. I want to give up. But I know that you Lord Jesus is always here for me. Jesus renew my faith. There are so many different obstacles that I face, and one of the biggest burdens is that I don’t have anyone to turn to for help. So Lord Jesus I turn to you as I struggle to buy groceries, and as I struggle to pay the rent every month. Heavenly Father you are my provider.❤
This set me free from agonizing over my own pivotal decisions years ago in my life. 😢 A line in Thomas Merton’s prayer, “the desire to please you, does in fact please you”, comes to mind
How is it every time I say “that’s the best Fr. Mike sermon ever and nothing can top that”, he then comes back and tops it. Like almost every week. My mind is blown. Thank you God. I trust in you. Fr. Mike - you’re the man. I love you. Big hug full of love.
God bless you father Mike. You always seem to say the right message at the right time. I really needed to hear this today. Hope you have a wonderful week. ❤
Great examples. Helps put things in perspective. Should be required viewing for students at Catholic colleges and/or Newman centers to help with decision making. Wish I had had access to this kind of knowledge back in the day. Changed my major so many times. Fr’s. message still helpful across all age spectrums though. TY!
Wonderful message, thank you! I love the door theory way of deciding things. Good door, check. Open door, check. Wise door, problem. Decisions I make feel right at the time, but too often get busted, and turned out to be unwise. Others, ok. I need to learn to hear God's voice and plan better I guess.
❤ I will come to you in the silence. I will lift you up from all your fears. You will hear My voice, I claim you as My choice. Be still and know that I am here. ❤ 🕊🕊🕊Lord, look kindly upon our prayers who's faith You have nourished through the preachings of Fr Mike Schmitz through Christ Our Lord. Amen. 🕊🕊🕊
LOVE IT! ANSWERED PRAYERS! Coming from a Non-Denominational Christian, I read those same "Choose Your Own Adventure" Books in the Library of my old K-8 Catholic School '90-96 in La Mirada, Calif. Wondered if they'd ever surface in my new walk. I think about the Catholic Church in relationship to Matthew Chapter 23! Right on! I can relate. Thank you Pastor!
For those who care, today marks 100 days since innocent children, old people, and ordinary women and men minding their own business were taken hostage by Hamas. Hamas members hate Catholics as much as they hate Jews Please pray for the hostages' well-being and return. Thank you. ♥
And pray for those in Hamas so that they might know a more peaceful path. I hope that compassion is something we can extend to everyone, especially when it is hard to so.
The Roman Catholic church used Muslims to exterminate jews before the crusades started. Its all history. They used Muslims to capture Jerusalem for the papacy. Then the Muslims turned on the Catholics and then crusades started. Catholicism did everything they could to confuse,eliminate and destroy true followers of God
We wear our own versions of fig leaves of various sorts. But, we should always don the garment of glory to God. Alleluiah. THANKSGIVING TO GOD: ❤ MEDITATION OF THE UPCOMING YEARS: Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you. Amen. We pray for the really good; who are mentally ill, those who ill-treat and persecute, the jobless, the orphans and the little children, the sick, , us, the whole world, those in most need of Thy mercy, departed souls, and the pregnant & unborn children. Amen. AMEN.
Mike- I am an anesthesia nurse. And what you are describing to people is a decision pathway. As a nurse, this set of steps helped me greatly. In life. 1) Define the problem 2)Gather as much data as possible 3)Form a plan 4)Implement the plan 5)Evaluate if the plan was successful to problem If not - then repeat. You might have to define the problem slightly differently or plan a different strategy for success. All good stuff- keep up the good work.
I received a notification about Fr., Mike homily before I went to mass. I heard an OK homily, but I was looking forward to an excellent one. Through Father Mike, God never lets anyone down!❤️
Good door, open door, wise door and do I want this door… i really needed this! Everyone needs to hear this! Thank you for the continuous knowledge and wisdom you provide Father Mike!
Thanks Fr. Mike. I've always felt like "I blew it" but you brought new light to this question I've had for many years now. Did I ruin everything for myself because of the choices I made and is it all over? Now I have hope that God will lead me when I put my complete trust in Him. God bless you!
I struggle with this! It’s like I am getting overwhelmed with the choices. Thank you for helping me to understand better which door to walk through. ♥️
Thank you! As always, a very helpful and inspiring homily. This one especially hits home with the issue of trust...so hard to do some times. Thank you!
❤❤🎉by the logic of things God is like a google map, target is heaven, he can lead you there from wherever you are if you start listening, it may not be the optimal route that coukd have been but it will end in happines. Cause nothing fills our hearts that is less than we are, it must be greater than we are❤❤ thank you father Mike
This REALLY spoke to me, solved an internal conflict I've struggled with for 20+ years. Thanks so much.and God bless you. And take a day off here and there, I'm sure you're way too busy.
Thank you Father Mike,always appreciate your homily’s so much truth in all your words love your animation and your love for God ,the Gospel,and the faithful…..
Thank you Fr. Mike. I believe the plan for optimal happiness for me is choosing to do Gods will in all things and at all times. I may not always be able to make that choice, but I know I can be forgiven.
7:38 you still can do what ever you want. But, God still says I love you, name. God still calls you to see how you are? God Never rejects you, especially if you reject Him. That love is hard for some to understand and accept.
Thankyou Fr.Mike...Indeed am so touched by the reflection..including all the many that you present to us..I pray 🙏 the Lord bless you in your priestly ministry...Thankyou Lord for the amazing gift of Fr.Mike...
Thank you for this Homily, Fr. Mike. You mentioned many things I could have benefited from knowing and understanding when I was younger, but I’m glad to have heard it now as I’ve often regretted my so called ‘missed vocation’. But what you’ve said today encourages me to trust that God can still do something meaningful with my life. Thank you for the work that you do, and for having trusted your life to God. Many of us are benefiting from the fruits of His work through you. God bless.
This was just for me. I was so confused but ultimately God is calling me AGAIN to do his work. So i have to set everything aside and follow his calling.
Father Mike mentions comedian Shayne Smith’s conversation with Pints with Aquinas. I really enjoyed this conversation. This is an example of why I listen to Father Mike’s mass/homily after I go to mass on Sunday. It always inspires me in some way. 🙏 Bonus I feel better about my son and daughter’s tattoos. It’s a reminder to not judge people by their cover or by their education. Shayne is surprisingly well read.
This opens up a can of questions Fr. Mike. I was doing really well understanding the homily, thinking - oh, Good this is exactly what’s been on my mind - till you got to the point 2-that there is no plan-so of course I thought of Jeremiah and God saying I know the plans I have for you, etc. But I’d like to know what is the plan for me- that’s the clarity I want I think. Then I think if I’m doing God‘s will why isn’t there more happiness or joy or sense of satisfaction or awareness of love going out for me or coming to me for doing what’s right? Then I think Jesus did everything right and he ended up crucified. Mary did what’s right and she was pretty sad I would imagine as things unfolded for Jesus, but she had that trust. As I said, you opened up a can of questions.
And I believe that’s the point. All I know is that I don’t know. But one day I will know. I think that’s what faith is. Believing and knowing certain things but not knowing everything. But once we start to see things that have happened in our past or are happening now, then we can see and understand God’s plan for us.
1. Is it a good door? If bad - no discerning needed. If neutral /good - 2. Open door for me? If not open: Temporarily shut or permanently shut? 3. Wise door? Knowing my past, who I am now, whom I want to be - is it wise? 4. Do I want ???
Blind trust, then, and the threat of eternal torment if you can't manage to trust someone that you cannot see, hear, or touch, and whom you only know of by the witness and testimony of others long dead. Somehow, that's supposed to be a reasonable way to live. Neutral choices? We're commanded to be perfect. Make an imperfect choice and you've failed Him.
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I come back and back to this homily. Praying for you Father Mike.
Thank you 😊
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Thank you for guiding me to a point where I want and have to receive ashes today.
Thanks Fr
This is something else thank you for the logic of all thus
Bless you Father and thank you 🙌🙌
Thank You, Fr Mike. I now finally decided to Leave my job. The homily has resonated to me in so many ways.
Once again you knocked it out of the park! This should be a required video for all confirmandi at the beginning of the year.
Thank you Father, God bless your ministry sir
Not clarity....but trust. Your life is not your own...you are claimed and called by God Himself. God will meet us whereever we are in our circumstances.
I was stuck in a snow bank yesterday, no idea how to get free. A young man who didn't speak my language stopped and got me out.
God will meet us wherever we are in our circumstances.
Excellent homily father!
Beautiful homily as always.
Very Good! ❤❤❤
“I’ve NEVER had clarity… what I’ve always had is TRUST…” Mother Theresa… That is SO Powerful!!! ❤️
I want to give up, but God won’t let me he has brought me this far. So I won’t quit. As a single mom I’m struggling to make ends meet. Both of my sons are autistic and require much from me. I want to give up. But I know that you Lord Jesus is always here for me. Jesus renew my faith. There are so many different obstacles that I face, and one of the biggest burdens is that I don’t have anyone to turn to for help. So Lord Jesus I turn to you as I struggle to buy groceries, and as I struggle to pay the rent every month. Heavenly Father you are my provider.❤
God bless and keep you, Father Mike and all of you there
Thank you Father, I needed to hear this.
Thank you Fr Mike. You are such an inspiration to me. Love and prayers 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽✝️
This set me free from agonizing over my own pivotal decisions years ago in my life. 😢
A line in Thomas Merton’s prayer, “the desire to please you, does in fact please you”, comes to mind
How is it every time I say “that’s the best Fr. Mike sermon ever and nothing can top that”, he then comes back and tops it. Like almost every week. My mind is blown. Thank you God. I trust in you. Fr. Mike - you’re the man. I love you. Big hug full of love.
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God bless you father Mike. You always seem to say the right message at the right time. I really needed to hear this today. Hope you have a wonderful week. ❤
Trust…
This is so beautiful Fr Mike, thank you..
God bless us.
Watching this after attending Mass. I took lots of notes! God bless you Father Mike!
Sure. God is from them.
Great examples. Helps put things in perspective. Should be required viewing for students at Catholic colleges and/or Newman centers to help with decision making. Wish I had had access to this kind of knowledge back in the day. Changed my major so many times. Fr’s. message still helpful across all age spectrums though. TY!
WOW!!! So good!!! Really great stuff!! You know, Fr. Mike, I got tears in my eyes at the end.....
But everything was great 👍
All the info. Thank you
Wonderful message, thank you! I love the door theory way of deciding things. Good door, check. Open door, check. Wise door, problem. Decisions I make feel right at the time, but too often get busted, and turned out to be unwise. Others, ok. I need to learn to hear God's voice and plan better I guess.
Thanks!
Thank you father Mike, you just gave me clarity to have trust 🙈😇🤗 God bless you 💙❤️
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I will come to you in the silence. I will lift you up from all your fears. You will hear My voice, I claim you as My choice. Be still and know that I am here. ❤
🕊🕊🕊Lord, look kindly upon our prayers who's faith You have nourished through the preachings of Fr Mike Schmitz through Christ Our Lord. Amen. 🕊🕊🕊
LOVE IT! ANSWERED PRAYERS! Coming from a Non-Denominational Christian, I read those same "Choose Your Own Adventure" Books in the Library of my old K-8 Catholic School '90-96 in La Mirada, Calif. Wondered if they'd ever surface in my new walk.
I think about the Catholic Church in relationship to Matthew Chapter 23! Right on! I can relate. Thank you Pastor!
Thanks be to God for Fr. Mike! Thank you Lord for calling us to trust in You and believe in the call we received
Incredible homily Fr. Mike. God Bless
For those who care, today marks 100 days since innocent children, old people, and ordinary women and men minding their own business were taken hostage by Hamas. Hamas members hate Catholics as much as they hate Jews Please pray for the hostages' well-being and return. Thank you. ♥
And pray for those in Hamas so that they might know a more peaceful path. I hope that compassion is something we can extend to everyone, especially when it is hard to so.
The Roman Catholic church used Muslims to exterminate jews before the crusades started. Its all history. They used Muslims to capture Jerusalem for the papacy. Then the Muslims turned on the Catholics and then crusades started. Catholicism did everything they could to confuse,eliminate and destroy true followers of God
Watching this before church. Hope you guys have a blessed day. 🙌
I wish you a blessed day as well
@@KathleenBanfield 😁
The point is not to be happy … the point is to do God’s will! Help us, Lord, to do your will 🙏❤️
We wear our own versions of fig leaves of various sorts. But, we should always don the garment of glory to God. Alleluiah.
THANKSGIVING TO GOD:
❤ MEDITATION OF THE UPCOMING YEARS: Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you. Amen. We pray for the really good; who are mentally ill, those who ill-treat and persecute, the jobless, the orphans and the little children, the sick, , us, the whole world, those in most need of Thy mercy, departed souls, and the pregnant & unborn children. Amen.
AMEN.
Thank you Father Mike
A huge relief to know God meets me
And with me
I rest in him
Good sermon!
Thank you Fr. Mike!
Mike- I am an anesthesia nurse. And what you are describing to people is a decision pathway.
As a nurse, this set of steps helped me greatly. In life.
1) Define the problem
2)Gather as much data as possible
3)Form a plan
4)Implement the plan
5)Evaluate if the plan was successful to problem
If not - then repeat. You might have to define the problem slightly differently or plan a different strategy for success.
All good stuff- keep up the good work.
Thank you Father Mike. Your message was so beautiful that it brought tears to my eyes.
I received a notification about Fr., Mike homily before I went to mass. I heard an OK homily, but I was looking forward to an excellent one. Through Father Mike, God never lets anyone down!❤️
Good door, open door, wise door and do I want this door… i really needed this! Everyone needs to hear this! Thank you for the continuous knowledge and wisdom you provide Father Mike!
Are there any people who fear the truth about themselves or the idea that God knows you more than you know yourself?
Thank you Fr. Mike, this homily really touched my heart. Just what I needed to hear. God bless you.
As always, I am blessed by Fr. Mike’s incredibly inspirational homilies and by the prayers of our VFP. God Bless you all. 🙏🙏🙏
Here we go. This video might have just gotten the ball rolling for me.
No video games growing up other than "Choose Your Own Adventure Books." Truly Grateful :)
Thanks Fr. Mike. I've always felt like "I blew it" but you brought new light to this question I've had for many years now. Did I ruin everything for myself because of the choices I made and is it all over? Now I have hope that God will lead me when I put my complete trust in Him. God bless you!
"Trust, not clarity" I needed this today. Thanks Fr. Mike
I struggle with this! It’s like I am getting overwhelmed with the choices. Thank you for helping me to understand better which door to walk through. ♥️
Same. I have no problem with the good and open doors. It's the wise door that gets me stuck. It's a struggle.
Thank you! As always, a very helpful and inspiring homily. This one especially hits home with the issue of trust...so hard to do some times. Thank you!
❤❤🎉by the logic of things God is like a google map, target is heaven, he can lead you there from wherever you are if you start listening, it may not be the optimal route that coukd have been but it will end in happines. Cause nothing fills our hearts that is less than we are, it must be greater than we are❤❤ thank you father Mike
This REALLY spoke to me, solved an internal conflict I've struggled with for 20+ years. Thanks so much.and God bless you. And take a day off here and there, I'm sure you're way too busy.
Thanks to you, Father Mike, and all who have followed Jesus's calling to serve others through the inspiration of the holy spirit ❤❤❤
Amen. There is SO much freedom in this message. God is so Good. I love Fr Mike!!!!
Sure.
Yeah, I can clearly relate, kept marking pages while playing these books in the eighties !
Thank you Father Mike for all you do. Your life examples have really helped me
Thank you, Lord for Father Mike Schmitz. This was beautiful and much needed. Thank you
Amazing video Fr. Mike…thank you and God bless you!!✨🙏✨✝️✨
Action will. Amen!
Thank you Father
Thank you, Fr Mike. A beautiful homily.
This priest is so anointed! Totally gifted. Amazing shepherd!
Our happiness needs to come from knowing we, by the life we live, are making God happy.
Thank you Father Mike,always appreciate your homily’s so much truth in all your words love your animation and your love for God ,the Gospel,and the faithful…..
Amen
Thank you Father Mike.
Incredibly inspired! God bless
Great as always
The only clarity I need from this point on☺️…Thank you, Father Mike!☺️❤️🙏✝️
Thank you!!!!
Amen ❤️ 🕊
Great homily and thank you, Fr. Mike.
Thank you Fr. Mike. I believe the plan for optimal happiness for me is choosing to do Gods will in all things and at all times. I may not always be able to make that choice, but I know I can be forgiven.
Lived and needed to hear this homily. Thank you, Fr. Mike!!
Amen ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Just when you think he can't top his last homily he does ! What a gift he is to all of us. Praise God for his vocation.
Thank you, you're the BEST Fr Mike.
7:38 you still can do what ever you want. But, God still says I love you, name. God still calls you to see how you are? God Never rejects you, especially if you reject Him. That love is hard for some to understand and accept.
God knows you better and loves you better than you know and love yourself. 💗🙏
😭😭😭
10:45 choose to welcome God into your life. choose to speak and listen with God. Choose to build a relationship with Him.
beautiful...
Thankyou Fr.Mike...Indeed am so touched by the reflection..including all the many that you present to us..I pray 🙏 the Lord bless you in your priestly ministry...Thankyou Lord for the amazing gift of Fr.Mike...
Thank you for this Homily, Fr. Mike. You mentioned many things I could have benefited from knowing and understanding when I was younger, but I’m glad to have heard it now as I’ve often regretted my so called ‘missed vocation’. But what you’ve said today encourages me to trust that God can still do something meaningful with my life. Thank you for the work that you do, and for having trusted your life to God. Many of us are benefiting from the fruits of His work through you. God bless.
This was just for me. I was so confused but ultimately God is calling me AGAIN to do his work. So i have to set everything aside and follow his calling.
Beautiful, thanks! 🙏
All these decisions are really giving me a terrible stomach ache. You described me when I was young. I'm an old lady now.
Father Mike mentions comedian Shayne Smith’s conversation with Pints with Aquinas. I really enjoyed this conversation. This is an example of why I listen to Father Mike’s mass/homily after I go to mass on Sunday. It always inspires me in some way. 🙏 Bonus I feel better about my son and daughter’s tattoos. It’s a reminder to not judge people by their cover or by their education. Shayne is surprisingly well read.
Jesus loves you
This opens up a can of questions Fr. Mike. I was doing really well understanding the homily, thinking - oh, Good this is exactly what’s been on my mind - till you got to the point 2-that there is no plan-so of course I thought of Jeremiah and God saying I know the plans I have for you, etc. But I’d like to know what is the plan for me- that’s the clarity I want I think. Then I think if I’m doing God‘s will why isn’t there more happiness or joy or sense of satisfaction or awareness of love going out for me or coming to me for doing what’s right? Then I think Jesus did everything right and he ended up crucified. Mary did what’s right and she was pretty sad I would imagine as things unfolded for Jesus, but she had that trust. As I said, you opened up a can of questions.
And I believe that’s the point. All I know is that I don’t know. But one day I will know.
I think that’s what faith is. Believing and knowing certain things but not knowing everything. But once we start to see things that have happened in our past or are happening now, then we can see and understand God’s plan for us.
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He’s reminds of John Cena… on speed
1. Is it a good door?
If bad - no discerning needed.
If neutral /good - 2. Open door for me? If not open: Temporarily shut or permanently shut? 3. Wise door? Knowing my past, who I am now, whom I want to be - is it wise? 4. Do I want ???
It is still technically medical um send the dea my way so we can trial and test subject
I just heard that hunting bit on the dry creek wrangler channel
Blind trust, then, and the threat of eternal torment if you can't manage to trust someone that you cannot see, hear, or touch, and whom you only know of by the witness and testimony of others long dead. Somehow, that's supposed to be a reasonable way to live. Neutral choices? We're commanded to be perfect. Make an imperfect choice and you've failed Him.
'If I admit that God exists then I can't do whatever I want' Yes you can. It's called protestantism.