How Does God Restore Us?
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2019
- Fr. Mike explains how God restores our brokenness, especially when it comes to our bodies.
So often, we find that the more precious a thing is, the more fragile it is. And when something precious is broken, we often think it’s become worthless. Like when we break a fragile teacup, we throw it away because it no longer has value.
But that’s not the way it is with our bodies.
God created us to be temples of the Holy Spirit, something very precious. But we’re not like fragile teacups. If we’re broken, if we’ve been abused, if we’ve been taken advantage of, or even if we’ve chosen to give in to temptation, we’re not worthless.
God restores us.
And through his grace, we are restored to even greater glory.
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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Thank you, as always, for sharing the Truth in boldness and in love!
@kelly K uuhhhmm. Yeah. It's the one and only Emily Wilson. She's got great content
@@AngelaDugan Thank you Angela!
I wasn't as pure as I wish I had been before marriage but I can say that every little bit of me I saved (and reclaimed) for my wife was 100% worth it! Purity of love for your spouse cannot be matched by anything else. Waiting (and reclaiming as needed) is worth it!
Me either. But we are forgiven through confession. ❤️🙏✝️
It is soooo worth the wait...
I am crying my eyes out Fr. Mike. Thank you for saying your words in this video. I am 80 years old and have had a great turbulent time for years now with repentance, forgiveness and in later years confession because of abuse and my own sinning. I thank you for this help. I have been praying to the Holy Spirit and God is answering me on this very subject. Oh my Jesus have mercy on me. I am so grateful for the Holy Spirit speaking to me through Fr. Mike's message. Glory be to God! Time to move forward!
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Someone hurt me very much Father. This message is very helpful.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
You are loved and cared for. You didn't deserve what happened. God is near to the broken hearted. It's okay to grieve and cry about what happened. Just know God is with you ever single second, even when the pain makes it seem like he isn't. So much love to you.
Pls, Offer your pain to Him wholeheartedly for His greater glory. Cast all your burdens upon Him and He'll give you rest
Beautiful is simply all I can say. Glory be to The Father, to The Son, and to The Holy Spirit for Their great Love.
This video hits hard. It makes me realize my mistakes and regrets CAN, WILL, and HAVE been forgiven! Thanks so much Father Mike!
Thumbs up for the sun and Son
This was very touching. I’ve been morning a life I wanted to have and didn’t happen. I made so many mistakes and let men used me. I’ve taken years to be in celibacy. I recently accepted Jesus and finally feel peace. I don’t feel bitter for my past anymore.
These words are far more powerful than you probably even realize. You are such a light in this world. I feel blessed and honored to watch you. Thank you for your videos.
My grandma told a story of how she broke her mother's precious China tea set while playing tea party with it on the back porch. Her mother was recently widowed and the tea set had been a wedding gift. She said when her mother saw what she had done, she saw tears in her eyes. That look of pain on her mother's face stayed with her the rest of her life.
This is how much the sins of sexual abusers offend God and Our Blessed Mother. Pray that the victims are healed and the abusers will humble themselves and repent before it's too late. At death, our opportunity for repentance, forgiveness and mercy is lost.
I can’t ‘like’ this enough.
Father God Holy Abba in Jesus name please forgive me for lust, wrath, greed, anger, hatred, pride, sloth and avarice. please forgive me God for any sin known or unknown to me. In Jesus Christ's name I seek forgiveness from the Good Lord. O my Jesus forgive us our sins, save us from hellfire and lead all souls to Heaven especially those in most need of thy mercy Alleilua Amen.
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Jesus saw it all. He walked the streets and did talk and what a walk and physically suffered and died.
Yes!!! My Wednesday highlight, a new Fr. Mike vid from Ascension Presents 🙌🏽
So sorry something precious and fragile was broken, but so pleased that it prompted your analogy. This video is absolutely blessed. Thank you!
Needed this in a lot of ways.
Even though I've been to confession and I've prayed for forgiveness, there is still an internal guilt that I feel.
But it is so true that God has made my brokenness into something even more beautiful.
Now, I can testify to the virtue of chastity with a great understanding of how much lust and impurity really hurts a person.
I'm not broken anymore; I'm restored into something even more beautiful.
God is the Master of taking what was once broken dirty, useless, and restoring it to an even better state than it previously ever was. *Our God is an Awesome God!!!* 🕆📿💖😆
I think that worse than the physical harm of molestation is the betrayal of trust, the warping of self worth and the terrifying world view as a dangerous place.
I always end up crying when I watch your videos
I can relate to that girl from your parish. I struggle with the same sentiments she struggled with. I could say so much but you always cover these hard topics with such gentility, grace, and loving kindness. It's always a blessing to hear your take on matters such as this 💗💗💗
I can sure relate ! God bless 🙏🏻
Anyone great was once broken . Moses , Job , Mary Magdelene , David ,Joseph
This is a hard video to watch, but the message is true. There are so many people out there who have been abused, but God's Holy Spirit, with time and grace, can "Heal the broken-hearted and bind up their wounds" (Psalm 147). Thank you, Fr. Mike.
May God be glorified for his grace and mercy
Sexuality can destroy innocence. It’s like nuclear power: harnessed for the good, it is a miraculous force. Exploited and misused: it is highly destructive, mutates, and leaves lingering effects like radioactivity that can turn FATAL. Thank you, Father. 😔
Beard game strong 👍🏼 #VivaCristoRey
Beautifully said Fr. Brokenness can come by abuse, disease, tragedy but God’s grace is sufficient and He alone can restore our brokenness. We were made for Heaven♥️♥️♥️✝️. God bless always♥️😊. Ave Maria🌹. Onward and upward 🙌✝️
I saw your beard grow. I have been since a long time ah ah ;) Anyway it is always a pleasure to listen to you Father. You have very goods teaching skills in presenting things. And your subjects are always very interesting. As a young woman dealing with the lust sin It warmed my heart to know that my body is precious and that sexuality is a blessing (not always a sin). I kind of knew it but it makes me feel better to hear a priest say it. Oh Lord I needed it. I prayed about it and you made this video. The Holy Spirit is truly amazing, so kind and powerful. Amen
Thank you Father Mike. God Bless You
Someone hurt me when I was 6. Woke up in the night to it. It made the rest of my childhood kind of horrible and then I acted out in shameful ways. Now in my late 40s trying hard to find my way to God. Trying to forgive and be forgiven. It's hard, but I don't see an alternative to being saved. I hope I'm doing better with God. I'm finally realizing self denial too. I'm glad for that and will pray for the strength.
I am praying for you too peace and love to you💕
I'm so sorry this happened to you.
Forgiveness doesnt mean you cant feel pain, it is only trusting God for the pain you feel and not to hate. We think forgiveness is a self choice,but the truth it is a grace from God that you have to ask.
😢 such a beautiful message. You’re spot on with this message.
Thank you Holy Spirit for your generous and loving words spoken through Father Mike! Glory to GOD in the highest♥
I always look forward to Fr Mike Schimtz videos. Especially today before I watched this, the message "Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit" such a lovely promise of being restored when broken. I find this so enriching- the promise of God's unconditional love for us through Jesus Christ
Fr. Mike, Often and even after confessing I find it hard to forgive myself. This podcast is truly healing. I praise God for your voice. And, thanks for your coooolness!
I can't say in words how thankful I am for this.
I just read that verse in the bible 😅 this always happens: when I need advice I always get it here or somewhere else, it just comes to me, so weird 😅
Holy Spirit!
There are no coincidences!
@@kimfleury I was just saying the same thing today. I don't believe in coincidence. Everything happens for a reason.
It's not weird It's God.
This video is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever watched! Thank you and God bless you ❤️
Please pray for me and my Godmother Diane and for all of our families and friends..for conversion and holiness and healing...
Thank you Jesus for that beautiful message 🙏🙌❤
Amen to your words. I was one of those broken. NOW I am back full and loved. After so many years.
What a true message. Once given or taken wrongly it can’t be returned. Thank God for being mercy. He can restore everything.
Thank you Father Mike!! This is beautiful!!
Great Priest... God bless you father ❤ Tradcat
To God be the glory. Thank you Father Mike. It's always heart warming to listen to the Holy Spirit through you.
😇 God bless
This was beautiful. I'm so glad you are a priest, Fr. Mike. Thank you for your vocation (and God too).
Father Mike, can you please do a video on Penance?
Thank you, Father. This message really means a lot to me. I wish I watched this earlier. Finding you on UA-cam is a blessing. Thank you.
Wow, Fr Mike, I never thought about the temple in Jerusalem being misused and abused like our bodies. It’s amazing how God can use anything and everything to tell us something.
Man, Father! You make cool Videos! God bless you! ♱
Thanks for this message Father Mike. It needed to be said. Sometimes we do things or experience things and then feel like we have no more worth. Thank you. God bless you and keep you well always.
Really beatiful message. Wounds are painful, make us suffer and feel we are worthless. I love the idea that God can restore us and heal us, and make something really beatiful with us, even through our wounds.
Thank you Father Mike. And nice beard 😜
I had been thinking about this restoration with gold in Asian pottery too lately and it is lovely. God can do absolutely anything, He is not bound my our worldly possibilities and convictions of scarcity. Your worth is nothing that anybody can decide over, it's something that's given to you. It's part of your entire being, if you will, it's like your anatomy only much more eternal. Just because someone fails to treat you as that doesn't mean they can take away from your worth. It can cause you to not feel it but it never goes away, it just gets covered up. And you can pull away the darkness so that your light shines again, bright and for you and everybody to see.
God bless, this was a lovely message.
may the Holy Spirit continue to inspire you. IJN! love u Fr. Mike
Wow god is so good for all of us he is so close to all he's children
Dang.... I’m a seventh grade confirmation Teacher and I’m redoing my entire class plan for tomorrow and having all of these ideas into it. Amazing video!!
That's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard, Father. You're a gift to the world.
What a lovely Japanese word! 🤩As a long time Japanese learner, it is lovely to have one of my favourite foreign languages featured in a video talking about the human body’s worth. And what a beautiful metaphor, indeed.
Thank you Father Mike, I sent this to all my girls.
This is one of the best videos and messages you have ever made, THANK YOU!!! Side note is that broken China is actually more valuable after it is repaired by the craftsman you talk about. So much so that people purposefully break their China, just to have it restored! So to quote your favorite word, you are “broken”, so you can be restored to glory! Yes I am 32 days into your bible in a year!! 😊🙏
Such compassion. A lovely story, but good advice
Thank you Father Mike. It's why Good Friday is so good...we come to that cross and in Christ's power of redemption we are restored.
Amazing!!!! I love you Jesus!!! 💕💕💕
amen
Thank you Father!!
You’re a natural for this. God bless you Fr Mike!
Amen
Yes, Our Lord loves us damaged and hurting bc we need God restoratiive powers, he wants us to need him and he hopes we'll want him to reside in us always. Come Holy Spirit Alleluia!
Beautiful message as always Father Mike! Thank you and God bless you in your ministry!🙏🏻
Father your so Amazing and loving!! Thank you! Please don't think your missing out on something because your a priest, YOU ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!! AND I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE AND JOY!! GOD BLESS YOU FATHER!!!!
This made me cry like a baby. Thank you Father Mike! ❤️
I was feeling so down today. Nothing like coming home and seeing Fr. Mike video now available on youtube in my inbox. I love your videos and stories. God bless you Father I love you in Christ. Thank you for all you do Fr. Mike. I was abused in my youth ... I have felt so unworthy of love for years, thank you for this video. God speaks and shares his love through you. #ThankingGodForFrMike 🕇❤
Thank you as always!
Absolutely beautiful presentation on restorative power of God's mercy to fill in the cracks with grace and create something new that brings honor and glory to His mighty name! Thank you so much, Fr. Mike!
Thank you Fr.Mike for making me realize that The Holy Temple of the Lord can be restored. It was a beautiful video. May the Lord be with all of us, now and forever.
WOW 😮!!! How and what a beautiful message. I love watching your videos. I have felt this way many times unfortunately satan knows just when and how to dig right in to your heart to remind you of your past sins. I have asked God when are you going to give up on me. You know what His answer was “I will always love you and will always be here for for you. You are my child and deserving of all my love.” If He can love me like that imagine how much more He can love you!!!!!! God Bless
Man, keep them coming. Lord bless.
I have always loved the spirit of kentsugi since I found out about it and it is wonderful to hear connected to God's grace.
I was throughout the whole video thinking about Kintsugi, and here you mention it too. I believe, that our cracks help us to understand, to show more compassion, to show more empathy. No one is without sin or flaw. What an amazing video, it really touched my heart, Farther Mike. Sending blessings to everyone.
From here I want to encourage all of you to pray the rosary. Our Lady of Fatima promises great graces and aid to those who do. Now I pray it every day, and always pray for all those in need of God's grace. Let's pray to have more priests like father Mike. God bless you all.
Thank you for this message.
Wow this was absolutely heard at the perfect time for me. Thank you for all the amazing work you do Fr. Mike. Praying for you and all of you ministry!!
When I feel broken, God always talks to me and one of those ways is you Fr., thank you from the bottom of my heart for being an instrument of God
Love it Fr. Mike.
God bless
Fr. Schmitz does it again!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thankyou, Father Mike
You are a breath of fresh air, Father. I am always inspired by you and Father Goring. May God continue to bless and strengthen you both, and all the good, faithful shepherds out here who must battle hard in those difficult times.
Love your videos, they give me peace and comfort.
I pray for love and empathy to arise in all humans hearts so that we could be as Christ our savior wanted us to be, peaceful and loving Amen Alleilua
Thank you, Fr. Mike. May God Bless you, and keep you. Thanks be to God.
Thank you, Father Mike! God bless and Merry Christmas!
This is good. My heart is broken.
Thanks for that Fr. Mike
Saint Matthew 9:13
Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
You are doing God's work. Quite literally. I love you father. Thank you for your guidance.
This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you! ❤🌹
Thank you Father mike ALWAYS for your wonderful and inspiring messages!
Wow!! I really needed to hear that!
This is beautiful so beautiful.
This is the very best bearded version of Fr. Mike.
Thank you for this video. Instead of feeling guilt and shame I can accept Gods grace and glory through my sins and pain. Very beautiful and humbling
Fr. The timing of this video is so perfect.
Father Mike,
So, so glad you brought up kintsugi!! I've been hearing about it and the symbolism of it is just incredible. How something broken is put back together and overlaid with gold, but in a way that highlights the broken pieces. And that is the key to this art form. It's like they own the brokenness and the prior piece is transformed- wow! 😀And the piece is displayed proudly as a newly minted masterpiece. Thank you!!