Fr. Mike's Independence Day Special
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- It might be tough not to feel patriotic after hearing why Fr. Mike Schmitz loves America in this video. More importantly, though, he talks about the “burden of freedom” and explains why true freedom requires wisdom, virtue, and a thorough understanding of the story of our nation and our world.
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Greetings from Poland ;) And thank you for your words of wisdom. It makes me want to be truly free in Christ. God bless!
Amen.
Land of the free, home of the brave.
God Bless. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I never thought about it quite the same way before. I completely agree that we've forgotten our history. We've lost our wisdom.
wow, this is what we need to hear right now, November 2016.
Spot on, Fr. Mike! Now if only we had leaders brave enough to relay this message of cultivating virtue!
Happy Canada day Father Mike .
I'm from Poland too! Hope you come to Krakow and Łagiewniki in this Year of Mercy :)
Thank you so much for this, Father Mike!
Thank you Fr. Mike! Hope you had an amazing Independence day! :)
Thank you ! One of your best videos, wonderfully explained :)
Profound! I love how about virtue you say that it is knowing the right thing to do, when to do it and how to do it. You don't mention WHY :)
I fall very often because I'm not convicted in my heart about something I ought to do. Simple obedience would be wise in such circumstances.
Thank you Fr. Mike! Let us not pass up the opportunity to be free, to have the power to do what we ought.
Amen Father Mike!
I just started watching your videos recently and they changed my life! I love all you and your channel have done! Keep up the amazing work and God bless! :)
I was unaware that Pokèmon had religion. this isn't a dig at Pokèmon because I love Pokemon or religion because I'm Catholic
+Adam Hovey Ha, this is an account from a long time ago lol. I'm Catholic too, God bless! :)
Bulbasaurus are really cute 😍
Love you father!
I love this country that I do study history not only USA but world history. For this reason my Dad came from Mexico to work in this country that they want us out. That could destroy their working class.
some of my family went the other way around they went to Mexico from the United States oddly enough they're the ones that are wealthy
I love American History, especially the stuff about the American Revolution! (Check out Hamilton, btw. Best musical ever.) Awesome video, too!
Liking the new camera, Father. Which one is it?
How can you call a man, Father ?
idk ;)
UnratedAwesomeness Father is a title given specifically to God.
+IDK what do you call your dad then? Father is a title given to your father used as an analogy by Jesus so we can better understand God
UnratedAwesomeness To openly LET YOUR SELF, or CALL OTHERS , capital F Father, is a DIRECT blaspheme without controversy !
German Restaurant ? :) im from german
poland I love poland 30 days to WYD krakau
I respect the vids Fr. Mike puts out, but he needs to revise American history.
I know a lot of japanese and Chinese restaurants the majority of them are owned and run by Koreans.
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Father you know I did never share with you who St. John of the Cross married in my family in 1979. My brother Pete didnt know her either for when she is. But Sylvija Sterns, whose father is Dr. Sternswho passed away and was a professor of History at Muhlenberg is St. Gregory the Greats mommy. and my brother Pete who St. John of the Cross wanted a priest in 9th grade already but MSGR Doyle claimed was too young to think about it eventually majored in Economics and Business at Moravian College met Sylvija who was studying Music,with a specialty in the Harpsichord,and French. As part of her studies she also studied at the sorbonne in France. Well anyway, her family was cArrie3d from one country to another during WW11 from Latvia, russia ND THEY Hve instead alot of relAtives weven in australia to where they landed too. So anyway, my brother would find out truth from her and she did not want to have chuildren so after all the money spent he asdked for An annulment and got one. He will never be the same FTER FINDING THAT OUT .
Dear Father Mike, can a priest have long hair? If so, sign me up! :)
Yes they can
Beyonce has a powerful song called Freedom. Please listen.
What does Fr. Mike Schmitz think of Brexit?
I don't think he thinks much of anything that falls outside of his own Disney-fied illusion of reality.
Father Mike, this message seems like fairy tales fiction talk. Americans don't want freedom nor do many want wisdom & virtuous or ever were here in America. Maybe with individuals...but that's subjective if it's not measured by the Word of God.
Unfortunately wisdom and politics don't go together.
It was a good video, but I feel you should've mentioned the evils in our nation, like abortion, that restrict the freedoms of people such as the unborn.
In this case, that's outside the scope of the message. While the evils this nation have adopted widely (sorry for the use of the ironic term) are rather many, they mark those places wherein we are no longer virtuous enough to maintain our own freedom. It would appear that the United States, as we have known it, is very sadly in its twilight.
However, we can only pray that such a transition could be peaceful. I think this election cycle teaches us that, even just amongst "conservatives," there is wild disagreement about what constitutes good policy.
+sttommore - no it does not fall outside of the bigger picture message.
+Sol Mon this message was not about the bigger picture. Not every message needs to be a stern reproach.
I don't believe in democracy because for example most people on the world are not interested in politics, that is natural and normal. Moreover, who says majority have right? Monarchy is the most natural system for us. The idea of Kingdom came to as from God (that's why kings were anointed of God). PS. Sorry for my terrible english.
That's why we are a representative republic, where the representatives are supposed to listen to the concerns, etc. of their constituents and then bring them to the central gov't for discussion and voting. As Jefferson said, "We are (meaning that's their aim) a nation of laws, not men." So that there is a process of virtuous discernment, rather than one or a few making decisions based on their retirement, etc.
But Jesus does say that all things will turn to dust. Even though God was with the founders as they essentially gave away their hard earned power to future generations, Satan is ruler of this world, and sin brings decay. As much as I love our country, I come to the hard conclusion that it can't last forever, but I have hope in Christ as He also said. There will be another USA, by another name, perhaps; maybe this one can recover for a time, but will require us to truly die to our desires and be open to what Christ wants us to do.
This is really hard, but if we don't truly put our hope and focus on Christ, we will try to do it ALL in our own strength, and will fail. You know what comes to mind? The section of Fellowship of the Rings when Frodo says to Gandalf that he wishes that he had been born in another time. Love Gandalf's answer. Probably because Tolkien was a wise Catholic and was good friends with C.S. Lewis, who could explain *anything*! :-)
God's Peace go with you all!
I just started watching your videos recently and they changed my life! I love all you and your channel have done! Keep up the amazing work and God bless! :)