"He Leadeth Me: The Greatest Grace" | 3rd Sunday of Lent (Fr. Mike's Homily)
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The greatest grace is to know the depth of our brokenness and to know the depth of His love.
Father Walter wanted to be like his heroes. We all want to think that we will be strong in the moment of truth. But the actual moment of truth comes after our weakness has been revealed.
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Ironically, this very thing was brought by myself, to confession. I am not the person I thought I'd be...only to realize once again that it's not about me. It's not about praying God for strength to do my will. But it's not about my will. And God's grace is more than enough. Surrendering to God's will is not performance-based. It's not conditional. Thanks be to God!!!
Please keep all singles waiting on our future spouse in your prayers, Father Mike. May we all keep hope alive while we wait on God's perfect timing. 🙏🏽
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Prayers!
Love from Australia 💪❤ respect!
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Yes! I have that quote on my mirror, I hold it very dear to my heart!❣️ "The Greatest Grace God can give to someone, is to send him a trial he cannot bear with his own powers... & then sustain him with his Grace, so he may Endure to the End & be Saved" -St. Justin Martyr
I'm going to write that quote down for myself and place it on my bathroom mirror.
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I just wrote it, now it's going on my bedroom mirror. I thank God I was able to hear this today., 3rd. Sunday in Lent
I always feel like you're speaking right to me. I imagine everyone feels that way. That is your gift, the intimacy you bring and compassion you bring back to the gospel. God bless you and your ministry.
The troubled child always gets more attention..
I took a pilgrimage trip to Father Ciszek's grave yesterday and was happy to see that someone had placed fresh red roses on it. 🌹🌹🌹
Thank you Fr Mike 🌟
After we have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Jesus Christ, will himself restore and strengthen us.
~Peter
For Christ's sake, we rejoice in difficulties. For when we are weak, then we are strong.
Our health may fail, but God will always remain the strength of our heart🌻
this truth touched me to my core. I cried for hours realizing the reason of my last trial. After the past year I endured, I know now that all I know is nothing at all! My life is nothing at all like I had planned. So surrendering to GOD and his total & complete LOVE for me is all that sustains me now! Thank you father Mike, for always feeding your sheep!😇🥰👍
I realized the same, nothing like I planned for it to be. But He showed me the greatest grace was needing Him. Im still going thru jt but I know He is with me!
Amen and tears. 🥲 Thank you, Jesus, for speaking to us through Fr. Mike today and every day. 🙏💙
Father Walter Ciszek could have chosen death by not signing the propaganda document, but he chose life instead to continue to do God's will and to serve others. “For all the hardships and suffering endured there, the prison camps of Siberia held one great consolation for me: I was able to function as a priest again. I was able to say Mass again, although in secret, to hear confessions, to baptize, to comfort the sick, and to minister to the dying,” he wrote.
The greatest grace is to be allowed to fail. The greatest grace is to be allowed to see MY HEART AS JESUS SEES IT. To see myself as Jesus sees me. And to let myself be loved at that moment.
The greatest grace is to be chosen as I really am and not as I would like to be.”
Thank you Fr. Mike🙏
The greatest grace is to be chosen as you really are, and not as you or I would like to be... We are broken more than we know, and we are loved more than we could hope, this is the power of Jesus on the Cross, and the greatest grace. 💗
Such a powerful sermon. Thank you fr Mike. God bless your calling everyday.
I just finished Fr Walter Ciszek’s book “ He Leadeth me”. Amazing, a must read.
Yes, yes, that book has changed my life. God's will for me is right here where I am, dealing with the people in my life now. ❤
Thank you for this recommendation!
Wow! I needed this! It's like Jesus really wanted me to watch this. Thank you Father Mike!
We all need Jesus we all broken people is a great song 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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The truth is I am no where near the person I thought I would be 😢
I needed to hear this now. Thank you so much, Father Mike! God bless! ❤🤗
Such a profound message. Thank you for bringing this reflection on God's grace.
Thank you for doing these masses fr Mike. As someone who is currently unable to attend church it's great to have this resource. I spent most of my life as an atheist, this time last year I still was, I'm so thankful & blessed that God opened my heart so that I could see the truth. For anyone reading this who might be struggling w faith, God loves you & wants a relationship w you if you seek it. Blessings to you all ✝️🙏♥️
Welcome, Lilly.
Have listened to this about 4 times now. Must be your best sermon dear Fr. Mike, thank God for you. ❤
God bless everyone here in the name of the most holy Trinity help us all into grace
thank you
Thank you Father Mike. I just finished Day 66 of CIY. I always make notes of each day and each Homily of yours that I listen to. I am trying to live Jesus I Trust in You. Easier said than done. ❤
Amen 🙏 Thank you Father Mike ❤
Powerful inspiring sermon..Thankyou Fr.Mike..PTL.
I've never heard of Fr. Walter Ciznek before. Indeed it's not easy to be a saint at all. Being humbled is always hard and painful when it happens. Pride is really the hardest to get rid of. Only God can properly mold us into saints when we ask His help. Glory to God in the highest! 🙏
O Father Mike Schmidt, I rarely listen to your podcasts but i listened well to this one, today.
Thank you for sharing this.
God bless you, Fr. Mike Schmidt. ✝️
You should listen weekly it will change your life. Blessings to you.🙏😊
My goodness Father, I feel as I've been afforded this grace. Struggles are truly blessings.
Thank you Fr. Mike for this incredible homily about Fr. Walter Ciszek. After listening to the story of Fr. Walter you preached last week, I bought his book, He Leadeth Me. I look forward to reading his book. Also I want to thank you for your great teaching on the Catechism in a year. May God bless you abundantly!
Jesus, fill me with your wisdom and power so that I can share them with everyone around me
Fr. Mike shared the real lesson of Fr. Ciszak’s life that I could have never verbalized or understood. God Bless you, Father, and love to all the VFP. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Fr. Mike.
On my wedding day, I told myself I will do whatever it takes to make it work.
Forgetting that its Jesus who is in control.
I thought it was up to me to do all the work, cos 'God helps thise who help themselves'.
I have been married for 33 years now, and realise that I'm never in control. I am coming to know what a weak person I am and its God's Grace wthat wil keep my family together.
God bless you Fr.
People think the “God helps those who help themselves” is biblical, but it’s not and it’s not accurate. I’m pretty sure you’re younger than I am, so I’m glad you figured that out earlier than I did.
This Lent has been a colossal failure in terms of what I set out to do & believed I could accomplish. Maybe, in God's eyes, it's actually a success?
To be chosen as who we are not what we want , expect to be . And above of all, Jesus alrdy knew all of these before we know.
Thank you Father Mike 👍👍👍👍👍👍 , thanks be to God 🤲
Amen. 🙏🏿
Thank you Father Mike, beautifully said🙏
Love Fr. Mike. I recommend listening to playback at .75.. His sermons are even more powerful when you listen at slower pace!!!
Amen, God less you Fr Mike I really enjoy listening to your homilies. You explain them so we can understand them what they mean to us,
Father Mike, You, Father Casey (breaking in the habit) and Bishop Robert Barron are truly the most inspirational speakers. God sent you the grace to teach. You all maintain churches true teaching at all times and address others with respect and dignity. Thank God that you guys came to the Priesthood. !
Amen, I've started to remember all of those serving the Church in this day and age in my prayers.
I feel blessed by their teachings and reminders.
I'm such a failure, I must have the greatest grace
Southcentral Texas: USA 🇺🇸: btw: in thanksgiving: btw: thank you 🙏: again: thank you 🙏
It is easy to suffer when there are others around you to suffer with, share it with. When you suffer alone, and the only one around you is Jesus Christ in the blessed sacrament of the eucharist. Willing accepting this suffering because you trust God.
True, even harder when it's been like that from childhood. So there's no reference point.
A beautiful story eloquently spoken. Thank you❤
Saludos from Mexico, thank you father ❤ you help me understand so much.
God bless you Father Mike!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you, for sharing about this priest's profound story and message about Grace.🙏
Ty for your message, Amen to putting your faith in Jesus Christ and receiving his Grace even when you fail✝️🙏
Heavy stuff Fr. Mike. My head is spinning with recognition and questions.
Thank you for this, very profound homily Fr. Mike.
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Thanks!
I needed to hear this today.
'we were tilthy' and they were still alive.
wow. GOD's ways are indeed not our ways. He was humbled and GOD got a space in his heart.
I needed to hear this . Thank you
Amen, Thank you for sharing such an awesome story of an incredible priest, who suffered so much for his faith 🙏
Jesus knows us and loves us! Listen to him
Thank you Father Mike🙏🏻.
Amen!
Excellent. I'll just leave that there because if I don't, I will write a book on just how and why. Yes yes yes yes yes. All of this. Thank you
Jesus give me strength. Lord I’m trying to balance everything on my own, but Lord I feel like I’m failing miserably as a single mother. Both sons are special needs I’m so overwhelmed trying to support them on my own. I’m struggling to make ends meet, to pay bills, and to put food on the table for my children. Jesus guide me and give me strength. Help me be a better mother.
Child of God I just said a prayer for you and will continue to hold you in prayer
You are aready the best of who you are mum. Woman of strength. God bless
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Thank you Fr Mike!!! I believe that "He Leadeth me" is the one of the all time best books on God's Providence and how to make efforts to understand it in your life - I found it to be more enlightening than "Abandonment to Divine Providence" or even "Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence" - both were great books - but "He Leadeth Me" hit me like a ton of bricks - I continue to read it - its more like a reference manual at this point for me - I go back to it frequently! Requiēscat in Pāce Rev. Walter J. Ciszek S.J.
Ty father Mike for sharing 🙏 ❤️.
Amen
He is much more valuable to God and the Church alive.
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Amen.
Thank you Father
Praise Praise ty Fr. Mike I needed to hear this. Thru tears ty ty
This gives me insight into the book the Gulag Archepelego. I was disappointed the priests didn't seem any different than the common man in that they broke like everyone else. I was hoping for saint stories. The author did conclude however, that those whole managed to keep their souls from being corrupted were usually Christians.
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Thanks Father I missed church yesterday so be this was nice.
God bless!!
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the greatest grace is knowing how to play both sides🤘😘
Didn’t feel up to going out to church today but as always you up lifted me I listened to you on Halo & then here Thanks 🙏
Thank you! So helpful
Wow deze homily doorgrondt mij
Could you fr.mike make Video how to prepare for World war 3 as a christian?
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Please say help me please
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How are we saved today?
The more I learn about God, the less I feel able to meet his expectations. Often feels damned if do and damned if don’t. What this man went through and he was still at fault.
God give me a break comes to mind. So very confusing and frustrating.
That's what the sacraments are for.
Live a Sacramento life, receiving them any chance you get. Each day wake up and be willing to try to do good.
Those are the expectations. Those are attainable. You can fall. You can fail.
Receive sacraments and wake up everyday willing to try.
That's it. Sacramento and repentance.
we all fall short of God’s expectations, and God knows this about us (our human nature). He knows this and still loves us, while we were sinners, Jesus died for us… tell Him everything that is weighing on you and ask for guidance and mercy. i talk to Him throughout the day and that helps ☺️God bless, please keep up the faith💞
@@zwijacthank you for your kindness. I’ve lived 45 years receiving all relevant sacraments but it doesn’t sustain me in my confusion. God’s silence is exhausting.
@@laurenlooolllthank you for being kind. I’ve asked for guidance repeatedly. I’ve asked for patience in waiting for guidance. Hope to wait for that patience to wait for answers. Perseverance in hope for the patience to wait for that guidance. I’ll take a break for now until God is able to engage.
What would jesus do on this painful truth about the Palestinian people?
Pray they choose better, and a better generation arises from them.
They claim they want a state but turn it down every time the opportunity arises...
1937, 1947, 1967, 1993 - 98, 2000, and 2008.
They claim all their indiscriminate barbaric acts from the 1920s (100 years) is resistance.The only national struggle that is dependent on the destruction of another people!
This conflict isn't about a state. Its the last gasps of a belligerent imperialist relgion that can't accept the sovereign state of dhimmis in their midst (specifically Jews whom they regard as accursed) and Arab honour shame culture.
Hey! What's the name of the priest Fr Mike is taking abput in the homily? Fr Burn?
Fr Csizek's prison sounds like the J6 prisoners' solitary confinement (who were let into the Capitol, and should only be charged with misdemeanor trespassing, IF they were charged at all) sleeping on the floor with a bucket for a toilet. That's why 6 of them have committed suicide.
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Is it worse to never expect to be that person?
I don't think it's worse. It may be a sign you know yourself
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Father Burns? Berns?
I think what you’re describing is like how soldiers torture their captives in war and they psychologically abuse them so that they are unable to think independently or reflect on what is right.
There might be people who don't like you either ,
Yeah, but blacken your vision a little bit, people might not like yourself also,
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