This man alone (in conjunction with spiritual guidance) convinced me to become an RCIA student to join the Catholic Church. I am 66 years old - not a moment too soon! LOL
Are you in Phoenix? If so, which church do you attend? I too started listening to him and would like to get spiritual guidance. I’m not catholic but I’m interested.
Acknowledging...guilt while clinging to innocence eh ...ya know in order to acknowledge guilt you'd have to be made aware of what a guilty pleasure is...think bout that when worshiping the pre-tend deity known as Christ and claiming without blemish in his holy nature Holiness...godliness...2 me would be like unpardonable innocence and that God could never claim that having created the possibility for death at all
@@justinmojica7112 To remove the possibility of suffering is to take away choice. Our ability to make a choice between right and wrong is one of the gifts God endowed upon humanity.
This was so touching because I've built this false version of me from all my weaknesses that I feel like I'm a victim, and at the same time thinking that I am an unworthy, dirty sinner all the time. It's how I've always seen myself, this false sense of myself based on my failures and weaknesses. And I sometimes don't even dare ask God to love me. I really needed to hear this, THANK YOU FR. MIKE! Now I pray that God will love the true me, the one under all the masks, the one searching for His Love and Mercy.
I relate to this too. And of course, God love the real you. He always has and always will. You can't escape His love! Even if you asked Him to not love you, He would still love you! It's impossible for God not to love you.
TheUnderdog1026 Wow, what you said really hit me. That God loves me no matter what and no matter what I do or don't do nothing will ever change that... So this is unconditional love... But I was also referring to what Fr. Mike said in his video where God can't love the "fake" you that you create; truth is I don't even know who is the real me anymore... so how can God love me if I don't know who I am underneath all these masks I wear? I know that answer is He just can and does love me, but sometimes I don't feel loved or worthy of His love.
The Sinnoh Firefly i get this completely! it is hard to take off the masks too because you do not know if you can trust; will the real me with all the truth of who i am be loveable? this question nags in my soul constantly 🕊
lovelast4ever Gemma That's exactly how I feel, you put it so directly and openly: "Will the real me with all the truth of who I am be lovable?" It nags at my soul too. But even though we've got doubts we should believe that God loves us no matter what, His love for us is unconditional... after all He knows us better than we know ourselves and even when we were far from Him and imperfect and sinful He sent His only Son to die for us and rise up again for us so that we too might have Life everlasting with Him, right by His side. That's how much He loves us, even though we think and feel unlovable. But the doubts still plague me too, so I want you to know you're not alone!
This spoke to me - and convicted me - so deeply. Lately God has been stripping away some of those falsehoods I've been clinging to about myself and my history, and oh, it hurts, and it is scary. Especially when one's been holding on to them for years and doesn't know what life in truth even looks like. But it means freedom - freedom to accept God's love, and to love Him and people and myself the best I can. To accept my true identity. Thank you for these words.
Thank you. This is exactly how I feel at the minute. Please God help us to accept your love and mercy. Help us to love God, others and ourselves and to be the best that we can be. Amen 🙏
Father you are a trip!! But you are a good trip!! I know I'm sounding like a hippie but I never was one!! But seriously what you just talked about is so true! I learned this a long time ago and I am thankful that I did and I wish my two daughters could learn it because they went to college and they lost their real selves and I've been waiting now for 10 years for them to come home and be their TRUE selves!! Every now and then they let their guard down and behold I encounter them as they really are and as their mother I know the real from the fake and it is beautiful. It never lasts that long and they put the mask on again, but you know I thank God for those moments, those precious moments and in my prayers each night I asked the Holy Spirit 2 guide them amd teach them that it's alright and actually far more pleasing to God that they should be themselves! I really found this video to be enlightening and I wish a lot of people could hear it! Thank you bother and God bless!
This is EXACTLY what God's been saying to me a whole lot lately. Shedding the false self. That's what lifes about Letting the TRUE self emerge. And letting God love me. Right on fr. Mike.
4 years later and this came up at the perfect moment in my life. HOLDING back the tears. Thanks be to GOD for Father Mike and Ascension Presents. I feel so unloveable but allowing my true self to be loved by God
Very good message. I think sometimes we are afraid to be real with God because we've seen all around us that PEOPLE fail to really love. I wrote/recorded a song with a line that goes "If true love has no conditions, then most love is only fiction, 'cause they hate you if you're ever bad enough." God's love is true, but we've been conditioned by witnessing the fallen, faux love of human beings that we can't imagine anyone, even God, can truly love someone "warts and all." But He can. I strive to follow His example, and also to surround myself with people who DO truly love, so that I can have that tangible reminder: We CAN ALL be loved even as we are. There IS a love that can separate sin from sinner. Only if we realize that it is possible to absolutely HATE the sin but absolutely LOVE the sinner will we be able to extend that mercy to ourselves too, enough to be totally honest with ourselves about just how absolutely rotten our sins are, yet without loathing ourselves with destructive self-hatred.
True unconditional love has no opposite, not even hate of sin! In the presence of true conditional love, sin is transmuted into the love. Remember that every time someone sins it's an opportunity for enlightenment!
Lori A God alwayssss loves you! You are loved unconditionally and eternally by God! Even when we sin He stills loves us. Ask for His forgiveness and receive his forgiveness. Forgive yourself. Ask that the Holy Spirit to open your heart so you can truly receive God’s unconditional and eternal love. He already loves you! Let’s pray that we truly know that with our entire being, and we truly know our identity as be,over Children of God. I pray we know we can’t do it on our own but Jesus is always willing to give us the Grace we need, we just need to ask Him, talk to God. (Prayer = conversation with God)
I haven’t gone to confession on so many years. I was affected by the humanity of the priests. I found that so many people, friends, we’re saying that some priests were so hard, not being forgiving and understanding my , our, spiritual needs at that time. It’s not easy to open up and say what is deep in my heart. I’m a private person and it’s hard to go to confess and open up, not to God, but the priest. I know that God loves me and it makes me so happy and thankful for his grace. But, it’s easier to pray to God for forgiveness then to go to a priest that may not give me the guidance and forgiveness that I seek.
Hey Fr. Mike, just a word of semi-unsolicited advice: when you have a song stuck in your head, you should solve a puzzle, like an anagram or a sudoku. Because such tasks use the same neural pathways, if focused, you will reduce or eliminate the recurrence of auditory memory concerning the earworm/tune. It works, promise.
I play chess on an app when bored and lately I've been having these sort of disturbed imaginary games or sequences playing in my head that make me worry it's unhealthy. I'm going to try your advice in reverse lol. Play a tune to get a puzzle out of my head. Wait... maybe that explains why music is a de-stressor.
Im not Christian or Catholic but to "let God love you as you are" as the purpose/meaning of life? Is sublime and is also in my religion... And what an amazing reminder...simple, powerful, and true. Good one Fr Mike!
Yes! The false self. This goes really deep. There is a surface false self, the self that we think other people think we are. That includes personality, likes and dislikes, skills and talents, strengths and weaknesses. But underneath there is an even deeper false self, the mind and the body. All material form is false self. The only true self is the essence. Only the essence is infinite, eternal, and divine. And it is pure unconditional love.
Legitimately, every time I open a video because I simply see Fr. Mike's face in the queue, that which he speaks on is that which I need to think and pray about. I am so excited for this summer, because I've been told that Fr. Mike will be on a retreat that I'll be at, and it is an exercise in patience to wait.
Thank you Fr Mike for speaking truth I believe sometimes we do cling to innocent and the disillusionment of who we think we are but in reality if we accept ourselves as we are we then can present ourselves to God as his precious child
I am who I am God is perfect Im not I have my good days I have my bad days I dont like hurting anyone deleberly God is not finished with me yet God loves me I heard Him say to me 'I love you" that's how I know I am worthy of His Love With God all things are possible I am Grateful Thankful Blessed In Jesus name Amen
I believe God would listen to our prayers regardless of who we think we are at that moment. As we continue to walk in our faith and trust in God and His Word, eventually our true selves will gradually reveal itself through Christ Jesus. This will, in turn, allow us to shed this false identity we've created from either our successes or our failures, which we have associated ourselves with for our lives.
God knows us for who we are...even when we are fake. But I guess when we go humbly in front of Him and ask Him to mend our true faults, He can act on them. When we see ourselves as innocent beings we can never experience His Mercy. Fr Mike great videos, because you manage to reach within our minds and hearts, interpret it and explain it well.
This is a timeless message. God loves you for who you are and not what you think you are. Many a times, we think that we are heroes or villains of our story, but that is only a part of who we are. God needs to love you, all of you, and only then can you feel his grace and mercies. When we shed all pretenses and prejudices against others and ourselves, then we can truly experience the love of God.
Father is absolutely correct, we try to put the happy pizza face on which is a mask when we are around people we do not know when we first meet them, we try to be the perfect person but at the end of the day, being yourself is the best advice. Yes we are all sinners and strive to be like Christ everyday, but if we allow ourselves to act like God crested is to be around people then they will know who you truly are, which is a Son and Daughter of the one true God. Amen
This is awesome. I, too, am definitely guilty of getting angry while dreaming. 😆 How true is that. Plus, guilty of masks - it’s hard not to wear them. This is why it’s good to have a good, caring friend, so you can be just your plain self with them, and share the deep things in one’s heart with each other. It’s a huge blessing.
Wow: this message was soo deep. I will have to watch this video a couple more times to fully comprehend (hopefully) the subject your considering. Thank you Fr. Mike for sharing! Best regards, Vid.
Hi Father Mike, I just recently begin to watch your videos on the bible in one year. I have also watched some of your videos on friendship, relationships, discernment... I love that you are very candid, and love the simplicity and yet the depth of your messages...I pray that the Lord be always with you, and the Holy Spirit will always guide you and bring many to Jesus through you...
It's amazing how often Fr. Mike's videos seem as though they were made exactly for me! In this season of my life, Fr. Mike is such a gift.. providing guidance and encouragement with humor and grace! Thank you and God Bless!
Holy cow ... is this true. Between Instagram, Facebook, etc. people are always putting up a phony facade. Other people then read this "idealized self" and they get down on themselves for not being "as perfect". It's maddening.
This is great! Feeling complete in my Love for God even more! I think I finally feel acceptable to love and to give love. Worthy because I am his son 💪🏽
It's a source of tremendous comfort to me to realize that God's love for me is not based on some standardized criteria that he wants me to conform to. My failures are most common when the task is to be like other people. God's love is not the "love" of a narcissist, trying to control people. He actually wants us to be able to achieve our potential. That's a very encouraging thought.
When my kids and I were going to a non-denominational church I was always my real authentic self which is high energy and friendly, the pastor said "I have determined that you are just one of the children they just voted on you to pretend to be the grown up because you are taller." I asked him if he meant to say I act childish and he said that's exactly what he meant, when we are out in public I don't act high energy nor friendly anymore so other adults will accept me.
I’ve been feeling extremely down and loathing over how I feel academically inadequate from those around me, and I’ve let it define my self worth for some time now. I’m talking to someone who is very smart and two years ahead of me in college and I’ve learned to establish my security of this difference in how happy I genuinely am for him, and how thankful I am to God for his successes. I’ve also accepted that I haven’t done my best (past) but am now doing everything that I can to ensure success in my academic journey (present) and all the while reminding myself that God sees me as worthy, washed away from my short comings, and so I must do the same for myself to avoid scrupulosity. It deeply hurts God when we don’t forgive ourselves.. and so I do, and I’m going to move on with the Lord as my guide instead of the approval of others unless it’s out of genuine concern of my well being. 🙏🏻
Fr. Mike. Your message is very similar to our Newman center priest who says that "God loves is as we are and not as we should be... you are enough." It is so important to remember and hear this message!
When a priest dreams about confession stems from a holy soul with a heart imbued with pure motivations. (By contrast, when I've dreamed of women, it hasn't been about confession, but something else. At least there's no sin in dreams or sleep.). By the way, good point Father Mike - about God not loving one's false self.
The day i walk into confession with no sin reminds me of the Irish prayer, May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows your dead. I’m on a journey tripping & stumbling the whole way but striving toward God. I’m not hopeless, just less than perfect.
This is so true. We judge others by their actions and ourselves by our intentions/ideals. That's because we know our own heart and know that we long to be better and do try.
This is so beautiful!! We get closer to God the more honest we can be with him. The easiest lie we make is to ourselves, so how to get under that. Fr. Mike you make it so much more possible to want to give that up. Thank you!
This man alone (in conjunction with spiritual guidance) convinced me to become an RCIA student to join the Catholic Church. I am 66 years old - not a moment too soon! LOL
Are you in Phoenix? If so, which church do you attend? I too started listening to him and would like to get spiritual guidance. I’m not catholic but I’m interested.
Terri look for Catholic Churches near you and I’m pretty sure you’ll find that help!
ArizonaWillful welcome to the family yay congratulations
Awesome Im 54 and leaning in that direction
ArizoneWillful, that’s awesome to read!!! How goes your journey with Jesus and the sacraments?
2024 and I am here, these never get old
This is much more peaceful then the news
Acknowledging guilt while clinging to innocence. Whoa. As soon as you said that, Father, I had memories of myself in the confessional.
Me too...
Acknowledging...guilt while clinging to innocence eh ...ya know in order to acknowledge guilt you'd have to be made aware of what a guilty pleasure is...think bout that when worshiping the pre-tend deity known as Christ and claiming without blemish in his holy nature Holiness...godliness...2 me would be like unpardonable innocence and that God could never claim that having created the possibility for death at all
I mean why create suffering to heal? Why not instead remove the possibility of suffering at all that's A God I'd worship
@@justinmojica7112 So, basically, you have conditions that God must meet for you to worship Him. How is that not placing yourself above God?
@@justinmojica7112 To remove the possibility of suffering is to take away choice. Our ability to make a choice between right and wrong is one of the gifts God endowed upon humanity.
This was so touching because I've built this false version of me from all my weaknesses that I feel like I'm a victim, and at the same time thinking that I am an unworthy, dirty sinner all the time. It's how I've always seen myself, this false sense of myself based on my failures and weaknesses. And I sometimes don't even dare ask God to love me. I really needed to hear this, THANK YOU FR. MIKE! Now I pray that God will love the true me, the one under all the masks, the one searching for His Love and Mercy.
I relate to this too. And of course, God love the real you. He always has and always will. You can't escape His love! Even if you asked Him to not love you, He would still love you! It's impossible for God not to love you.
TheUnderdog1026 Wow, what you said really hit me. That God loves me no matter what and no matter what I do or don't do nothing will ever change that... So this is unconditional love... But I was also referring to what Fr. Mike said in his video where God can't love the "fake" you that you create; truth is I don't even know who is the real me anymore... so how can God love me if I don't know who I am underneath all these masks I wear? I know that answer is He just can and does love me, but sometimes I don't feel loved or worthy of His love.
The Sinnoh Firefly i get this completely! it is hard to take off the masks too because you do not know if you can trust; will the real me with all the truth of who i am be loveable? this question nags in my soul constantly 🕊
lovelast4ever Gemma That's exactly how I feel, you put it so directly and openly: "Will the real me with all the truth of who I am be lovable?" It nags at my soul too. But even though we've got doubts we should believe that God loves us no matter what, His love for us is unconditional... after all He knows us better than we know ourselves and even when we were far from Him and imperfect and sinful He sent His only Son to die for us and rise up again for us so that we too might have Life everlasting with Him, right by His side. That's how much He loves us, even though we think and feel unlovable. But the doubts still plague me too, so I want you to know you're not alone!
The Sinnoh Firefly
Thankyou💕
It’s hard to be your true self with others. With God, it is indispensable. Thank you for teaching me that Father Mike
This spoke to me - and convicted me - so deeply. Lately God has been stripping away some of those falsehoods I've been clinging to about myself and my history, and oh, it hurts, and it is scary. Especially when one's been holding on to them for years and doesn't know what life in truth even looks like. But it means freedom - freedom to accept God's love, and to love Him and people and myself the best I can. To accept my true identity.
Thank you for these words.
Thank you. This is exactly how I feel at the minute. Please God help us to accept your love and mercy. Help us to love God, others and ourselves and to be the best that we can be. Amen 🙏
Be blessed father💕💕💕💕💕
I love Father Mike.
Thanks...for years I've put my spiritual life on hold waiting to be perfect.
Recently I realized I'm enough and He Loves me for who I am.
Wow! Good conclusion because that Love purifies you.
Exactly! The church is full of sinners!
Father you are a trip!! But you are a good trip!! I know I'm sounding like a hippie but I never was one!! But seriously what you just talked about is so true! I learned this a long time ago and I am thankful that I did and I wish my two daughters could learn it because they went to college and they lost their real selves and I've been waiting now for 10 years for them to come home and be their TRUE selves!! Every now and then they let their guard down and behold I encounter them as they really are and as their mother I know the real from the fake and it is beautiful. It never lasts that long and they put the mask on again, but you know I thank God for those moments, those precious moments and in my prayers each night I asked the Holy Spirit 2 guide them amd teach them that it's alright and actually far more pleasing to God that they should be themselves! I really found this video to be enlightening and I wish a lot of people could hear it! Thank you bother and God bless!
This is EXACTLY what God's been saying to me a whole lot lately. Shedding the false self. That's what lifes about
Letting the TRUE self emerge. And letting God love me. Right on fr. Mike.
4 years later and this came up at the perfect moment in my life. HOLDING back the tears. Thanks be to GOD for Father Mike and Ascension Presents. I feel so unloveable but allowing my true self to be loved by God
Very good message. I think sometimes we are afraid to be real with God because we've seen all around us that PEOPLE fail to really love. I wrote/recorded a song with a line that goes "If true love has no conditions, then most love is only fiction, 'cause they hate you if you're ever bad enough." God's love is true, but we've been conditioned by witnessing the fallen, faux love of human beings that we can't imagine anyone, even God, can truly love someone "warts and all."
But He can. I strive to follow His example, and also to surround myself with people who DO truly love, so that I can have that tangible reminder: We CAN ALL be loved even as we are. There IS a love that can separate sin from sinner.
Only if we realize that it is possible to absolutely HATE the sin but absolutely LOVE the sinner will we be able to extend that mercy to ourselves too, enough to be totally honest with ourselves about just how absolutely rotten our sins are, yet without loathing ourselves with destructive self-hatred.
True unconditional love has no opposite, not even hate of sin! In the presence of true conditional love, sin is transmuted into the love. Remember that every time someone sins it's an opportunity for enlightenment!
That was beautifully said. Thank you for sharing. 😊
Fr. Mike is so wise and endearing at the same time. A good combination that helps what he says sink in all the more.
Your talks are so good. I love how they apply to everyday life and how I have felt in my life. Ty Father Mike
I smell a Grammy Father Mike!
😇🙏🙏Heavenly father, please Love❤️the "Me" that "Liked" father Mike's message today.😬😬😬
Lori A God alwayssss loves you! You are loved unconditionally and eternally by God! Even when we sin He stills loves us. Ask for His forgiveness and receive his forgiveness. Forgive yourself. Ask that the Holy Spirit to open your heart so you can truly receive God’s unconditional and eternal love. He already loves you! Let’s pray that we truly know that with our entire being, and we truly know our identity as be,over Children of God. I pray we know we can’t do it on our own but Jesus is always willing to give us the Grace we need, we just need to ask Him, talk to God. (Prayer = conversation with God)
Lori A, haha.
That was so sweet. Good prayer!
You are made for glory 💯
God Bless your soul Father.
Woh..am so overwhelming that I can't explain to you hoe these short talks are helping me. God bless you..
Still continues to bless even 4 years later 💜
LOL that start. Love you Fr. Mike!
thank you father Mike...
Sweet human God Bless
Thank you! May God always Bless and Protect you!
I haven’t gone to confession on so many years. I was affected by the humanity of the priests. I found that so many people, friends, we’re saying that some priests were so hard, not being forgiving and understanding my , our, spiritual needs at that time. It’s not easy to open up and say what is deep in my heart. I’m a private person and it’s hard to go to confess and open up, not to God, but the priest. I know that God loves me and it makes me so happy and thankful for his grace. But, it’s easier to pray to God for forgiveness then to go to a priest that may not give me the guidance and forgiveness that I seek.
Hey Fr. Mike, just a word of semi-unsolicited advice: when you have a song stuck in your head, you should solve a puzzle, like an anagram or a sudoku. Because such tasks use the same neural pathways, if focused, you will reduce or eliminate the recurrence of auditory memory concerning the earworm/tune. It works, promise.
Good to know!
The other tip I’ve heard is if you get an ear worm try to sing the song (or listen to it) from the beginning to the end and it can fix it.
Haha, that same song gets stuck in my head sometimes too! I will have to buy a sudoku book to have at the ready!
I play chess on an app when bored and lately I've been having these sort of disturbed imaginary games or sequences playing in my head that make me worry it's unhealthy. I'm going to try your advice in reverse lol. Play a tune to get a puzzle out of my head. Wait... maybe that explains why music is a de-stressor.
For some reason this made me cry. It is so simple and profound and yet, it is so easy to miss.
Thanks Fr Mike!!
"let God love you, as you are" but I'm not sure I know who I am :( lol. all I know is I fear and worry a lot.
Then let God love you with all you fears and worries.
Amen
let God take all your worries and anxieties away. it is difficult but it is the ultimate act of trust
Im not Christian or Catholic but to "let God love you as you are" as the purpose/meaning of life? Is sublime and is also in my religion... And what an amazing reminder...simple, powerful, and true. Good one Fr Mike!
This is awesome father mike is amazing 🤩
Public identity from strengths - wow I so get this. Thanks for the self reflection because I really needed this today!
Yes! The false self. This goes really deep. There is a surface false self, the self that we think other people think we are. That includes personality, likes and dislikes, skills and talents, strengths and weaknesses. But underneath there is an even deeper false self, the mind and the body. All material form is false self. The only true self is the essence. Only the essence is infinite, eternal, and divine. And it is pure unconditional love.
Hello Fr. Mike your videos are great. May the Lord guide you always and continue touching lives. Much love from Africa (Kenya). God bless you!
Legitimately, every time I open a video because I simply see Fr. Mike's face in the queue, that which he speaks on is that which I need to think and pray about. I am so excited for this summer, because I've been told that Fr. Mike will be on a retreat that I'll be at, and it is an exercise in patience to wait.
Fr. Mike I like your humor
Thank you Fr Mike for speaking truth I believe sometimes we do cling to innocent and the disillusionment of who we think we are but in reality if we accept ourselves as we are we then can present ourselves to God as his precious child
I am who I am
God is perfect
Im not
I have my good days I have my bad days
I dont like hurting anyone deleberly God is not finished with me yet
God loves me
I heard Him say to me
'I love you"
that's how I know
I am worthy of His Love With God all things are possible
I am
Grateful Thankful Blessed
In Jesus name
Amen
Reminds me of Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis, great message
“That's the One I Love!" 💟
Brilliant.
I believe God would listen to our prayers regardless of who we think we are at that moment. As we continue to walk in our faith and trust in God and His Word, eventually our true selves will gradually reveal itself through Christ Jesus. This will, in turn, allow us to shed this false identity we've created from either our successes or our failures, which we have associated ourselves with for our lives.
God knows us for who we are...even when we are fake. But I guess when we go humbly in front of Him and ask Him to mend our true faults, He can act on them. When we see ourselves as innocent beings we can never experience His Mercy. Fr Mike great videos, because you manage to reach within our minds and hearts, interpret it and explain it well.
This is a timeless message. God loves you for who you are and not what you think you are. Many a times, we think that we are heroes or villains of our story, but that is only a part of who we are. God needs to love you, all of you, and only then can you feel his grace and mercies. When we shed all pretenses and prejudices against others and ourselves, then we can truly experience the love of God.
Yooooo, father Mike you are great. Whish you the Holy Spirit never let you alone. God bless you (😉)
Right on, Father Mike!!!
Father is absolutely correct, we try to put the happy pizza face on which is a mask when we are around people we do not know when we first meet them, we try to be the perfect person but at the end of the day, being yourself is the best advice. Yes we are all sinners and strive to be like Christ everyday, but if we allow ourselves to act like God crested is to be around people then they will know who you truly are, which is a Son and Daughter of the one true God. Amen
This is awesome. I, too, am definitely guilty of getting angry while dreaming. 😆 How true is that. Plus, guilty of masks - it’s hard not to wear them.
This is why it’s good to have a good, caring friend, so you can be just your plain self with them, and share the deep things in one’s heart with each other. It’s a huge blessing.
Good and caring friends are hard to come by! Hope we can treasure these gems :D
🌺🌷🌸💮🏵️💐🌹🥀🌻
Wow: this message was soo deep. I will have to watch this video a couple more times to fully comprehend (hopefully) the subject your considering. Thank you Fr. Mike for sharing! Best regards, Vid.
Bing bing bing; These conversations remove doubt and fear. So comfortable to sit listen and communicate with you. Cheers Mike you G.
Thank you GOD
I absolutely love Fr. Mike
😂 ~ I love your sense of humor ~ Fod Bless 🙌
That helps Father Mike. Thanks.
Hi Father Mike, I just recently begin to watch your videos on the bible in one year. I have also watched some of your videos on friendship, relationships, discernment... I love that you are very candid, and love the simplicity and yet the depth of your messages...I pray that the Lord be always with you, and the Holy Spirit will always guide you and bring many to Jesus through you...
I thank you Father Mike. God tells me when I am not being truthful with him, I struggle with this. Blessings Father. I will keep working on this.
Yes Jesus Christ loves me 😊
It's amazing how often Fr. Mike's videos seem as though they were made exactly for me! In this season of my life, Fr. Mike is such a gift.. providing guidance and encouragement with humor and grace! Thank you and God Bless!
Thanks so much and God bless you 🙏
God bless you father Mike we need good priests like you
God Bless you too Father Mike . thank you very much. good night.
Although this is an old one it rang so true for me this Sunday Monday after such a hard day yesterday. Thank you.
Holy cow ... is this true. Between Instagram, Facebook, etc. people are always putting up a phony facade. Other people then read this "idealized self" and they get down on themselves for not being "as perfect". It's maddening.
THIS!
Thank you for this.
this reminds me of my best confession of my life and I felt like God made me brand new
God bless you. 😊
Vulnerable to God and not just transparent. Authenticity.
This is great! Feeling complete in my Love for God even more! I think I finally feel acceptable to love and to give love. Worthy because I am his son 💪🏽
The joy that Father Mike has, is (for lack of a better word) incredible. This is the joy I want.
It's a source of tremendous comfort to me to realize that God's love for me is not based on some standardized criteria that he wants me to conform to. My failures are most common when the task is to be like other people. God's love is not the "love" of a narcissist, trying to control people. He actually wants us to be able to achieve our potential. That's a very encouraging thought.
Thank you Father very helpful
When my kids and I were going to a non-denominational church I was always my real authentic self which is high energy and friendly, the pastor said "I have determined that you are just one of the children they just voted on you to pretend to be the grown up because you are taller." I asked him if he meant to say I act childish and he said that's exactly what he meant, when we are out in public I don't act high energy nor friendly anymore so other adults will accept me.
I love this Fr. Schmitz!
I’ve been feeling extremely down and loathing over how I feel academically inadequate from those around me, and I’ve let it define my self worth for some time now. I’m talking to someone who is very smart and two years ahead of me in college and I’ve learned to establish my security of this difference in how happy I genuinely am for him, and how thankful I am to God for his successes. I’ve also accepted that I haven’t done my best (past) but am now doing everything that I can to ensure success in my academic journey (present) and all the while reminding myself that God sees me as worthy, washed away from my short comings, and so I must do the same for myself to avoid scrupulosity. It deeply hurts God when we don’t forgive ourselves.. and so I do, and I’m going to move on with the Lord as my guide instead of the approval of others unless it’s out of genuine concern of my well being. 🙏🏻
So true, tq Father Mike.
Fr. Mike. Your message is very similar to our Newman center priest who says that "God loves is as we are and not as we should be... you are enough." It is so important to remember and hear this message!
Yes i relate to this temptation. Creating a false self.
Thank you father Mike, this resonated with me
Sometimes wisdom is new revelation, sometimes it's a reminder, yeah?
I loved listening to this. It is so beautiful that it's made me cry. Thank you again, Father Mike.
Thank you father for these encouraging words 🙏🏼
When a priest dreams about confession stems from a holy soul with a heart imbued with pure motivations. (By contrast, when I've dreamed of women, it hasn't been about confession, but something else. At least there's no sin in dreams or sleep.). By the way, good point Father Mike - about God not loving one's false self.
Thank you father mike for this video!
I am a wretch saved by God's grace.the apostle Paul said " In me is no good thing" I am right there with him
The day i walk into confession with no sin reminds me of the Irish prayer, May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows your dead. I’m on a journey tripping & stumbling the whole way but striving toward God. I’m not hopeless, just less than perfect.
I think God does love me. Love is simple. Love is kind. I am so very blessed to have you in my life.
Most of the time yes I show my true self to others. This is a true fact.
i AM PROUD OF MY TRUE SELD,NUT TOTHERS HAVE PRESENTED THEIR TREUE SELF AS MY TRUE SELF AND MADE A fortiune.
Thank you soooooooo much
This is so true. We judge others by their actions and ourselves by our intentions/ideals. That's because we know our own heart and know that we long to be better and do try.
This is so beautiful!! We get closer to God the more honest we can be with him. The easiest lie we make is to ourselves, so how to get under that. Fr. Mike you make it so much more possible to want to give that up. Thank you!
Wow, in seriously questioning these masks I wear, I believe I have come before Christ in the confessional that way... Thank you
What a goof ball, I love it!
Gracias!!!
What a great talk. Gets right to the heart of our faith.
Wow. This came at the right time.
"Kinda sorta sinner or kinda sorta saint." Nailed it.
You do a great Job! Thank you!
It is a great song.
Great video Father. There was some real insight
Father Mike really hits the heart and makes me think and respond to Jesus. Listen to his message. Each message is universal--for everyone.