The Meaning of "I Love You"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.พ. 2019
- Fr. Mike breaks down the real definition of love, which is willing the good of the other for the other.
He goes further than that though, saying that if we truly believe in Christ, then the loving thing to do would be to share Christ with others by being his witness.
St. Valentine risked his life by being a witness for Christ and for love. In our calling as Christians, let’s be courageous and love others not just by doing good deeds for them, but by sharing Christ with them.
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On receiving the eucharist this morning-St Valentines day- I heard Jesus say 'No man on this earth could love you more than I do'. Thought of St Augustine and looked up his quote ' To fall in love with God is the greatest romance, to seek Him the greatest adventure, to find Him the greatest human achievement
Madeleine Jeremy Amen 🙏 ❤️
So edified by your postings! You make things crystal clear, a rare gift. Thank you God for Your servant.
ALLELUIA. Thanks for posting!
I once said "love isn't just a feeling it's a choice" in a group of about 5 other teens and they all looked at me like I had two heads. If people understood this, I think it would help save so many breaking relationships and marriages.
I completely agree... Too many people marry for romantic or sexual love alone, and that eventually fades or becomes moderated... To love another's soul and who they are as a person is what matters, and too many people don't see that. What ruins marriages is a lack of Valentine's love...
So how do I know if I love my significant other?!
I get it.
It’s painful to see how people have drifted away from Love. But still unknowingly seek love in everything because without love there’s nothing, it’s just emptiness(HEVEL), even wisdom is pale without love. Then, these are the same people who complain about boredom & even depression.
Love is what takes us far away from the shallow and we Love because The Lord loved us first.
Amen
Love is not even a choice as much as it is a Way.
You KNOW Love and you show it in the way you live your life.
God is Love.
God's love is meant to be shared, not to be hidden!
I read this in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: "God desires all men be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:4); that is of Christ Jesus (John 14:6). Christ must be proclaimed to all nations and individuals, so that this revelation may reach the ends of the earth." That's only part of it, but it says, ALL, not some, ALL. We need to think about that.
There were 10,000 people who saw moses part the red sea.
There were over 3000 people, maybe 5000 who saw moses conjure water out of the rock.
There were 5000 people there when Jesus fed the congregation with two dosen baskets.
I don't browbeat the people around me with the truth.
I'll happily state mundane things like food and money come from God.
I'll breifly mention spirituality is the last staircase of the many staircases on Mazlows staircase.
Irritated atheists I leave alone. They were irritated atheists yesterday and will be irritated atheists tomorrow.
I shut down petty arguments before they even start.
Christianity is meant to answer questions and bring peace. I dont engange the irritable atheist much further.
I always enjoy learning from you, Fr. Mike! Thanks for this!
I also enjoy your channel, blessings
I love your channel! You teach me so much as well. God bless 💕
Hey! Saw you at Steubenville NYC, St.Johns! I enjoy your channel so much and Ascension Presents!
Is that short for Father or Friar?
@@julianburr2750 Father
RIP Fr. Mike's gloriously majestic beard. 😢
😂
😭
I’m so glad it’s gone 😂
Hahahahahahah. He looks better without them
I didn't even notice 😂😂😂😂😂
But I hate beards.
This video hit me hard, because I was unsure whether or not to be a more 'public Catholic' on facebook. Was the very issue I prayed about during Adoration today. Boom.
I guess, I better get ready for those pitchforks.
Press on my friend. We are not called to mediocrity. We called to be Saints!
You don't have to be on Facebook...
mike74h that's the question. i had quit for 4 years. which was awesome, but if i can share Fr Mike, Hollowell and Goring... it might be worth the pain
Templar Rain Some things are worth losing friends over, nothing is worth losing your soul.
mike74h Good point. I have not had once since 2015.
Thanks for helping me to learn the differences between my desires and actual love. If God calls me to, I hope I am able to truly love some woman and help lead her to heaven.
I am waiting for a man with the same plan like u 😅
@Sam and @Iommie, you both might as well meet up! So you’ll know you’re meant to be lifetime partners and helping each other to go to heaven. 🙏🏻😉😃
@@maryclaudettevencio5419 yes sis i guess , if God will hehehe 😅😅😅
Pray for me.
Thank you for everyone's thoughts and prayers. Didn't expect this at all.
Guat 20 Consider yourself prayed for.
amen...
will do
Will do too
May the Sacred heart of Jesus comfort you, and give you peace. May Mary our mother cover you with her holy mantle and pray for you :)
I had a discussion about love yesterday with my boyfriend. He says that love is our involuntary response to virtue. I used to agree with him and stand by the same definition. He says he doesn't love me anymore, because I stopped being virtuous. How did I do that? I simply started believing in GOD recently and he, a convinced atheist, believes that I have renounced Reason and Logic and that I no longer have Truth as my highest value. Therefore he can no longer admire me or have feelings for me. By his definition, love is just a selfish enjoyment in the virtue of someone else (and he thinks atheism is a virtue). But I realized that I care about him and about other people even though they are not (particularly) virtuous. I want to help them, I want them to see what is bad for them and change course.
I am extremely grateful for finding again my faith in God! Even if it means losing this relationship.
A little bit of Father Mike before sleep 👌🏻 (Hi from Spain 🇪🇸)
Hi from Gran Canaria!! 🇪🇸
Hi from England
Hi Spain and Canada from Hamilton, Ohio (near Cincinnati )
@@Bosleys741 me too
Hi! From Melbourne, Australia! 🇦🇺
I talked about choosing love in marriage in my video on Divorce. This video shares what i was trying to explain! You are awesome Father keep up the good work!
A Catholic Mom's Life and you are awesome. I watch all your videos. Super inspiring
@@AGirlWithoutAName Awe Thank you! I am so glad you are enjoying the videos!!
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Theodore McCarrick sure did alot of loving.
Please stop using Father Mike to get people to watch your channel. This is the 3rd time you’ve done this. Take a cue from Emily Wilson.
Seriously tho who is hitting that dislike? Like reveal yourself.
These vids are very decent 👌🏻
Exactly !!!
Thank you father Mike, I'm a truck driver always on the road, I enjoy learning from you, I have a 13 year old son and have shared this specific video, he an altar server. So being on the road I share with him how the scripture for Sunday Mass was my daily bread. I'm greatful that at least my wife, son and I can be together in unity and the Holy Spirit. Even though I'm away thru the whole week away from them, I make sure to stay involved, especially thru your videos. God bless you father Mike and the whole world. Thank you🙏❤
PS: I hope I made sense 😕
The 👏🏼 whole 👏🏼 world 👏🏼 needs 👏🏼 to 👏🏼 watch 👏🏼 this!!!!
Our culture has such a confused vision of what love is and how to live it. Wonderful explanation!
It is August 4 years later and that made me laugh to hear you say that at the start of this video😅 Thank you Fr. Mike for all the time and love you put into these videos.
Here in this world love is confusing . Thank you Fr. Mike for clarifying .
I knew a priest who taught math and just before he started teaching the course on statistics, he would say
"There are lies............damned lies.............and statistics!"
Thank you Fr. Mike for the encouragement to continue to share my faith.
I pray that God continues to Bless your work and the work of everyone at Ascension Presents.
Great video! Also Fr Mike looks 10 years younger with out that beard!
Lol! You crack me up😆
Every time when i am sad, these videos help me. Thx Father Mike
Love in a nutshell is placing others before oneself. It's about being there for the person in good times but more importantly the bad times.
If a person says they love Christ but abandoned their faith one could argue if that person truly loved Christ at all.
The same applies with marriage and divorce one could argue if that person loved their spouse at all. Once a person puts themselves before another person it's not love.
Please pray for me, I’ve been in a deep depression lately 😞 love your videos father Mike!
The more I learn about Catholicism the more my faith grows.. And I know it is true and because it is I try it share it with EVERYONE because it is the most important thing!
Happy Valentine Day... :)
Amen!
True love is beautiful. The desire to lay down your life for another is the greatest love. To want to spend your life with another - not for your own benefit - but for their own is such a beautiful thing... That love is such a beautiful and underrated feeling in this world.
Two days ago, God Our Father Almighty saved me from a Moto accident. If that isn't Love, I dunno what is. I keep saying "thank You Jesus" and I attended Mass too on the occasion. I know it sufficed for me to do that Lord, but I can never stop saying "thank you". Thank You, thank You, thank You...!!!! If You saa that I don't love You enough, God I hope You do know I am trying to. I better die trying than not do anything at all. Much Ndolo from Cameroon.
Thank you Father Mike that was a great video , the picture I found of Gods love is a huge one I cannot even come close to ,I thought I would share
“Love is long-suffering and kind. It does not envy; does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth: bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.
This video helped me reflect something very important... God loves us so much that He gaves us Free Will. If He didn't give us that then that would have been self-serving of Him but instead He chose to give use Free Will and now is our option to love Him back or not... And that must have taken a lot out of Him. That is why we must do everything in our power to love God, others and ourselves!
best comment.God bless you and your family
Lord Jesus Christ, the son of God, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Hey Father Mike, just wanting to let you know how much I listen to your speeches and advice, I’ve never been into religion or any sort of beliefs but I’ve always had a soft spot for the church as I just like the peace in them, Hope to get a reply😊
If you are attracted to the peace you can find the Catholic Church, I'd encourage you to talk to a local church pastor to find out more about Catholicism. There is nothing in the world that gives me more peace than my Catholic faith, receiving the Eucharist at Mass!
I hope you get a reply too
Get this guy some attention so fr Mike notices! This deserves a good reply 💛
May the peace of God which surpasses all understanding keep your heart and mind in the knowledge and love of God and of His Son, Christ Jesus.
❤️you all
I'm watching this on my dad's birthday, Feb. 15, 2019. He's 80 today!
Love is love. The strongest thing in the whole world. It is never different considering the person you love. The only thing that change is what it involves. I Love as much my twin, my mom, my dad, God and (will) my husband. Love is absolute.
This video needs to be shared…with everyone…like infinitely
Thank you Father Mike for the beautiful explanation of love!
No Father I watching this on Valentine's day. Thank you 😊 and God bless.
Thank you Father Mike! Needed this.
Love this. Thank you Father!
Thank you Fr. Mike ! 🙏❤️
I do always love his humor
This video makes so much sense
This is excellent ♡ I sent it to a bunch of loved ones! And they love toooo
Yes, Fr Mike! I am actually watching this in August. I laughed so hard.
Thank you Fr. Mike 👍👍
God bless
Thank you Father, very true ... and thank you for mentioning Boston!
The opening made me laugh (that I could be listening to this in August). I have tried to listen to all your previous videos. I think you’re such a gift for the young kids-and the older ones too. I agape(?) you, Father 😍
Father Mike, this is a very huge thank you; from my heart, from the Catholic Church, all the way from Nigeria💚.
What a gift you are to so many! Thank you for unpacking such important topics with simplicity, using great analogies, and your sense of humour always makes me laugh!😆
“Let’s break it down, waka waka” 🤣
Amen, share our faith by and with love.
Thank you for this, Fr. Mike! 🏝
I just love your videos Father Mike. Always so helpful. Thank you.
Fr. Mike your awesome
I have always believed this but never heard it articulated so truly.
I love that you love to talk about love.
Thank you so much father !!
I pray for you!
I love you Fr. Mike.
Father Mike is awesome God Bless Him
Yes.. that is right Father 🙏
Jesus, Mary & Joseph, I love you. Save souls.
Thia video is so important!!!👏🏼💗
Spread the love everyone 😁👍God bless❤️
This podcast is the best description of love I've ever heard. Thank you Father Mike!
Yes!!!! Truth!!!! It is scary to do this anywhere, from family to friends to coworkers to fellow classmates to strangers, but if God is with us who can against us! :) Actions are the most important today, in my humble opinion, but announcing the Kerigma is just as important! Thank you Ascension Presents!
So good!
Wilting weeping willow. Thank you Fr. Mike! May God grant us the grace we so greatly need.
Great message, love it, Father Mike-thanks for your ALWAYS good messages! And, Happy Valentines Day!🥰🙌🏻✌️
He's awesome. Learning so much in a way that I can retain. Unique and best!🙌
You crack me up! And deliver enlightenment so beautifully......THANK YOU!!
You’re right I’m watching this on August
Father Mike, you are just amazing. Cannot say anything but - love you! ✝️❤️😊
Thanks for the awesome video Father Mike! Our society mangles the definition of what true love is. It is “More than a Feeling”. (Boston rocks!) Also never be afraid to share the faith! That’s why we’re here, to help others on the journey. “He who is content to go to Heaven alone will never go to Heaven” (from Boethius) because Heaven’s about showing love to others!
🥰Thank you padre, you just described what loving someone truly means🥰
Thank you for sharing Jesus with us today! :)
oooh. great! I've wanted to know what willing the good of the other meant more practically. Ty! Beautiful challenges are ahead!
God bless you
Thanks fr.Mike!fantastic video..
I still see 4 people who disliked?ahmmmm,let's pray for their enlightenment.God bless everyone!
Very helpful video and perfect timing. Thanks Fr. Mike!
Awesome explanation yet again! Thanks Father Mike and God bless you in your ministry!
Yes, I’m watching this in August! 😊
I am literally watching this in August!
Yes I'm watchng now in August
Wow, I am watching this in August
Thankyou so much Father.😊you made to more clear. You are so true... faith is to be shared if we love the people.
Always the best way to start my day. Thank you Father Schmidt’s
Excellent insights, thank you Fr. Mike!! 😉
Always love these videos!!
Such a brilliant speaker a Thank you Fr Mike
I don't think it's wrong to share your faith with someone,I just think at times it helps those who haven't encountered anything that built their faith,but at the same time it might be pointless coz life is very different for all of us and different instances show us what Faith in Christ really means and someone may fail to understand
You are so spot on! Thank you for speaking the truth! I love you FatherMike! I thank you for sharing the Good News!
I love the way Father Mike uses the example of a cactus and weeping willow........🌹
This video should be watched by all.
Thank you Fr. Mike. I needed this explanation 61 years ago. Glad I finally got it! Sharing you now, because many have Love confused with eros.
Father Mike, thanks for sharing your profound messages. Loved to listening to you. You are Amazing 🤩 God bless 🙏🙏✝️
You make me smile 😊
Me too I enjoyed listening to Father Mike
Thank you so much Fr. Mike. I look forward to you videos every week. Love in Christ. God bless you Father 🕇❤
Hi Father Michael 😊 thank you so much for your encouragement and for people to recognise the true meaning of words .
Happy Valentine .
Superb.
Love you so much! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🤗❤️
Yes, I am watching this in August. 😎
it is impossible to not smile while watching these. Thank you for your insight, Fr. May you never stop giving glory to God!