I gave up facebook for lent when I realised I spent 17hrs on it a week. I never went back when lent was over. Now I spend more time in prayer Thank you God x
I gave up FB a few months ago also. I don't miss it at all. I've also been fasting from going out socially and having cocktails with friends. It's been quite a while now. Definitely been a turning point. 🙌
I gave Facebook up quite awhile ago too and have never looked back. I also weeded a lot of my YT subscriptions to just the things that would help me in my faith and my health in my specific condition.
I am not on fb but ytube is eating my time. There's some great stuff (like this and similar videos) but most of what I watch is bs and useless. I wanna break this but how 🤔
People say that Lent isn't biblical. YES IT IS. Its about FASTING AND PRAYING which is what jesus did in the Desert for 40 days and nights. Fasting and praying can get rid of Demons ;)
@@jeeolsen9993 fasting can be as short as one day and can be for as long as weeks. Don't go crazy over it. Many people think fasting is not eating anything at all. That's not really true. It's having ONE big meal and two tiny ones. Like tiny as long as they don't make you full. Also no meat at all aside from fish.
So true, once I started fasting, and just little ways, God started opening my eyes more and more and more and setting me free from fear, anxiety, all of it. Also he opened my eyes to see the true church and I am being guided by him to join the catholic, the true church, and leave being a protestant 🙏 All glory to God 🤭
Why not Greek or Antiochene Orthodoxy ? Or the Assyrian Church of the East ? Or Syrian Orthodoxy ? All of them have as much claim to be the 'original church' -- and the Greek church probably has the greatest claim to that. They still use the language of the New Testament. And the Assyrian Church of the East still uses the language that Jesus himself spoke.
His Words In Red Job indicates he played a fatherly role with the less fortunate: "I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know" (Job 29:16).
His Words In Red Paul regularly referred to Timothy as his child: "Therefore I sent to you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ" (1 Cor. 4:17); "To Timothy, my true child in the faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord" (1 Tim. 1:2); "To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord" (2 Tim. 1:2).
i jus remain non-denominational. catholic teaching does seem to be the most trustworthy. there a controversial things like idolatry and necromancy but who knows. i jus dont want to take that risk.
@Ch B i know. since that comment 6 months ago, ive become a devout catholic, attending confession twice a month and celebrating the eucharist several times a week. i guess the seed planted at my confirmation when i was a teen has finally blossomed and i seek to be a saint
Fasting from something frees up room/space for intense prayer and reminder of specific spiritual origin in God. My 1st Lent I walked the 2 miles to work & back instead of driving. What powerful moments of personal companionship w/the author of my faith!
Heh, first time I've said my age online. I'm gonna be 100% honest with whoever reads this. I'm 10 years old. I'm fasting today actually for Nineveh Ninety. I am eating only 3 meals a day which are Bread and Water. This video helped me to fast with other things too! I just decided what to do for Lent thanks to this video! It is a little late though.. I am on UA-cam for a huge amount of time in my day. What I'm giving up is UA-cam that doesn't improve my faith in any way shape or form. So what I can watch is Ascension Presents - The Vortex - The Download and other things like rosary videos for my daily rosary. Thank you Fr. Mike for helping me with my faith every time I watch you! I'm glad my mom introduced me to you.
I completed a 3 day Esther fast(recommend low to no physical activity)with a constant short prayers to saints and Jesus. It broke all the strongholds I was dealing with. Frequent reception of the sacraments, AM+PM prayer, reading and living the gospel, fasting, wearing/using sacramentals, corporal/spiritual works of mercy will help you not to regress.
@@BitsyBee I mainly do modified Aquinas fasting now warm blood meat, dairy, desert done most days of week. Partial cold showers and hard surface sleeping with antinflammation herbs (turmeric/catsclaw herb examples) helps too-with morning aches. Will pray for you, pray for me also.
As a person who really likes wasting great part of the daily time listening to music, that message talks deeply about me. However, being at state of mortal sin, it's being quite hard to me to come back to the Lord. I'd like to honestly ask for the prayers from my brothers who are also waging this battle against the sin.
Márcio Rodrigo I noticed a noticeable change in how I react to temptation ever since (PLEADING THE BLOOD OF JESUS). You see when we plead the blood of Jesus over everything in our life, anything that is not of God has to die. Start pleading out loud and it will happen. God bless and stay strong;)
My friend, I too was a slave to certain Mortal Sins. Nothing worked until I started praying the Rosary daily. It WILL destroy whatever sins you are struggling with. God bless, and I will pray for you!
God invites us to walk with Him. It is through walking with Him that we walk away from sin and towards salvation. God does not ask you to resolve your issues on your own, on the contrary. He is trying to show you that when you're in sin it means you're still a toddler and you need His help to walk. Never let where you are today be an impediment to letting God into your life. He's knocking at your door because He just wants to hang out, to be with you. He meets you where you are. He doesn't care. Read Psalm 139 every time you feel like sin is getting between you and God. Remember always that it is God who heals and Satan who accuses. Remember that it is the snake that convinced Adam and Eve to hide when God comes looking for them in the garden of eden. Don't hide. He knows you and loves you as you are this very moment. His grace will heal the wounds that lead you to sin. No sin of yours is bigger than His heart. Please let the Shepherd bring you back into the fold, you will remain totally lost without Him, and it's not your duty to be your own shepherd. Rely on Him.
Thank you Father Mike, I have been a hospice nurse since I was 26. Just turning 50, I have tried to nurse in the spirit of Mother Teresa. I am working currently with school children. I find that they need me as much as the sick. The last years have been so difficult, as I age. I feel I should have been more, and my contribution so small. You are helping me redirect my mindset. I have learned so much from you already.
Lori Dela Fuente I, too, have felt maybe I’m not doing enough or haven’t in the past. We can only live one day at a time and work with that. If you gave a child the job of collecting pencils and they want to get all the text books instead, that is not the task you gave them and you would’ve they rather just collect the pencils. Likewise, God may only require a smaller task for us at times and we need to satisfy ourselves with that. Someone else is to collect the text books. This is just an example to show something that has helped me and I hope it helps you. I’ve realized that my Will is not always God’s Will. I’m sure you are very pleasing to our Lord. God bless you!🙂
Yes. Intermittent fasting has many health benefits including, but not limited to: "Fasting induces metabolic signaling that reduces your potential for diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers. Fasting reduces the amount of free radicals in your body and renews your immune system through the regulation of stem cell production. Fasting triggers autophagy (mitophagy in the mitochondria), a process that cleans up damaged cells and reduces the inflammatory response." fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2016/03/25/health-benefits-fasting.aspx
Since 2005 by God's grace, I replaced wine and beer forever with water, milk, and juice. What a blessing and freedom from alcohol and social pressure to drink. I offer my forgoing alcohol to God for those who struggle with alcoholism. Now it's time again to fast food and water. If Jesus fasted 120 meals (3 meals/day x 40 days), then what is it to forego a few meals offered as a little penance and live of my fat storage around my waist? May Jesus help me from being so lazy and inconsistent. Blessings upon Father Mike!
It’s 4/1/22 and Lent is 2/3rds over, but I just deactivated my Twitter account, which has been a generator of anger, inappropriate comments and feelings bordering on true hatred since I joined in 2016. It’s over. Thanks Father Mike. This is something of which the Holy Spirit has convicted me over and over. Feeling a big sense of relief and thinking 30% of my current confession sins should be eliminated.
Pray for me. I’ve failed this Lent due to being sidetracked by our 45 year old son losing his job and living at our home. He’s become complacent and isn’t looking for full time work. I hope we don’t have to legally have him removed from our home. He once lived on the street so we are very concerned about what to do. He simply can’t lay around in a room in our home contributing nothing. Sacred Heart of Jesus I surrender this to you.
Oh my goodness!! I can't tell you how many times I have heard people say things like, "if you want change in your life you need to change your habits" and other really obscure things like that I have never heard how to to that so plainly and clearly until now. I don't know how to thank you tremendously for this Fr. Mike!!!! I will share this with everyone I know who wants to make changes to their habits.
Lent Fasting is the best weapon ,it makes you grow powerful in spirit , you also see visions and Revelations . I never miss it since I turned adult. Every Believer must take part and see the goodness of the Lord. Bless you all brothers and sisters in Jesus name 🙏 Happy Lent.
Thankyou father. I’m a new religious girl and I’m trying to fast on bread and water twice a week. Thankyou for your help. Sorry father but your so handsome forgive me but true. I’m actually in love with a priest to be. Thankyou for everything god bless Carly xx
Fr. Mike has an amazing way of explaining things whereby they make sense to me. His videos that address, indirectly or not, mental illness have helped me make amazing progress in a really dark time. I thank God for his calling.
I have been having a difficult time in life and have been searching for answers and I came across your videos. This has been exactly what I was searching for. Thank you sooooo much Father Mike. I enjoy your videos and I appreciate the guidance from each of them. God bless you and thanks again Father. And, as always thank you Jesus!
It’s very important for every person I believe to review their day. There are people that are in terrible moods and they live that way for decades. It’s a great thing to pray and ask God for healing. I think lent is part of God’s plan for healing. 🎄🎄🎄🎄💕
Thank you Fr Mike! A few days into Lent and I've been feeling really confused and down about fasting and this has helped me to see it in a much more positive light
"I must live the testament of Christ" - In his testament, just before dying, Jesus left me his word, his body, his mother, his Church, his priesthood, his new commandment, his mission, the duty to make all things one.” Cardinal Francis-Xavier Thuan V Nguyen 🙏🏻4us
"Prayer and meditation [penance as well] are meant to do for us exactly what the dying process does. They too are exquisitely calibrated to loosen our grip on this world and open our awareness to another." Fr. Ron Rolheiser
One of the things I've done for my depression which is mainly anxiety now. Pray the rosary every day. Then I started 3 years later 2 rosaries a day. I never thought I could do that. I even say all the mysteries of the rosary in one day but not very often. Just keep praying...
Thank you father!!!! It makes sense to me. I need a few glasses of wine every day after work and I hate getting up at 5am to go to work. I became a slave of my own habits.
Let us therefore be ready for the coming of our Lord Jesus. Do not let anyone lead you astray. Fight the good fight, finish the race and keep the faith. Until He comes!
I gave up secular music for lent. By having that time to discover Christian artists I transformed the library of music I want to listen to. And instead of listening to songs about sex and drinking and partying, I listen to a lot more songs about Jesus. I truly feel by changing what I consume I changed my heart.
Fr. Mike, thank you for always sharing the Lord's wisdom! I reference your videos all the time. Side note everybody, The Power of Habit is a great book.
May ALL my sufferings please, dear Father, be offered on the altar of sacrifice along with His body & blood, soul & divinity for the holy souls in purgatory, for my Jewish atheist family and firstly fir my own wretched sins. Please dear Lord, accept this sacrifice of the heart through deprivation & suffering. Thank you.
Father Mike, You have really inspired me now to live my Catholic Faith again...you have me to want to be reborn in this my faith again...your video's are so important to me Father. I plan on going to confession. Receiving Easter communion. Praying the Mercy Sunday Novena ( Blessed Saint John Paul II), as well. Only to have all of my sin's forgiven....Forever.
Hi everyone, if you guys could say a prayer for me, I'd appreciate it. I just broke my Lenten vows, and while I don't wanna go into details, it was a mortal sin. As a young man it is difficult to avoid temptations, but if you could spare a minute it would mean a lot. Thanks.
Hey man you're in my heart. I'll be praying for you! And maybe this doesn't apply to your case, but I have noticed that if you try to change something that has become deeply ingrained in habit, it's almost impossible to suddenly stop cold turkey. So don't feel discouraged. As long as you keep trying and taking small steps, you will get there! Just take the time to ask God for strength and entrust yourself to Him, and He's got your back. Also, many of the saints did not start out with saint-like virtue. Virtue that strong is developed gradually over time, after falling and trying and trying again. So just keep looking forward. Hope any of that helps. You're in my prayers!
Hey Bro David, repent from your heart and ask the Lord for forgiveness ....Lord is all forgiving and loving...He sees your heart...May Lords blessings always be with you ..
This was so helpful to me. This is my first lent in many years not pregnant or nursing and with 4 little ones at home I made it my goal to work on myself a bit. Yes, prayer but also weight loss and general fitness. This helped me feel like I’m not being selfish using lent as a time to grow in these areas I so badly need to.
Hello 👋. God bless you. I hope you pray for me, I'm in a situation where I'm feeling like a failure as a mother. I can't seem to keep my children safe. The part of my grief is I live nearly on a military base and the only hope we have is God and real Jesus. So stressful. 😔✝️🌹
I think my keystone penance this Lent has been listening to your podcasts! I stumbled upon them and I look forward to listening to your new episodes every week because it focuses my mind on Jesus in a way I can't do when I let my mind wander once I tell myself "It's time to pray." Your homilies have been like a guided meditation or time of prayer. Thank you
"habits oriented toward excellence" very thought provoking... I gave up something I thought would be beneficial to my relationship with Jesus and my spiritual life but I don't know if it has really changed my habits or if how i'm approaching it has really made me 'free'. I will think about this tonight
Beautiful video, Fr. Mike. Something to remember for the year around. If we give up those things that are bad for us, Jesus will fill that with his grace.
I gave up wifi. Consecutively it was 5 days straight, but hours were about the same as 1 week. I don't know how I feel afterwards, It just made me think i'me using internet the wrong way.
Thank you so much Father Mike for reiterating some truths. I gave up a few things that I've been chronically addicted to and I really do feel free. I will continue on forever, never going back.
As a Protestant on the fence, I confronted another Protestant and asked: "Why don't we fast? I tried it and it humbled and changed me for the better. I think we should do it too." "Because we don't have to." Agh...
We have to because Jesus told us to. We try to follow ALL not just some of the examples He set. We are to do that cos He said so. Not doing it is basically not doing what He said to..am talking to myself also aloud. So this answer popped into my head and thought to share
mamaedina1 You might be referring to when Jesus said, “When you fast...”. Not “if you fast”. Matthew 6:16. So I believe the Holy Spirit was giving you promptings. Thank you for sharing that! 🙂
Hello father Mike, I'm an 85 year old mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. I truly enjoy all your videos. I usualy share them with my children and acquaintances. Well this video got me in trouble with some. I kept getting texts from some of them accusing me of thinking of them as alcoholics and to quit sending them videos. I feel very sad but at the same time I feel I don't need
fasting has been hard but worth it.As with Advent by putting spiritual things first it is very fulfilling and makes the season so much better. I am enjoying Lent even though I have failed in the sacrifice part I keep trying.
Thank-you. Watching your videos uplifts my spirit. I'm not catholic yet still doing my research on the church. I would appreciate input on how one can join the church. From Kenya
Hello..well am not Fr but visit a Catholic Church near you and approach the priest after mass. You will normally enroll in the Rite of Christian Initiation for Catholics class. Eventually you would to thd glory of God be received into the Church at Easter. Sp first step talk to a priest, a parish near your house would be good and you could also find any practising Catholic
@@A.S2400 I heard this from a convert from atheist, she saw the Marian honoring and respect just logical. Put it this way, God made everything, God can do whatever He wants, if He is going to become man He gets to choose his own mother, wouldn't he choose the most amazing and special of all women? Also think of this, he went out of his plan for her, at the wedding of Canna, the people came to Mary and asked her to help them, she went to her son and interceeded for them and asked Jesus to help them, He answered that it was not his time yet, and she insisted, and He ended up making the best wine out of water, and all just because She asked him in behalf of the party people.
I gave up facebook for lent when I realised I spent 17hrs on it a week. I never went back when lent was over. Now I spend more time in prayer Thank you God x
I gave up FB a few months ago also. I don't miss it at all. I've also been fasting from going out socially and having cocktails with friends. It's been quite a while now. Definitely been a turning point. 🙌
I gave Facebook up quite awhile ago too and have never looked back. I also weeded a lot of my YT subscriptions to just the things that would help me in my faith and my health in my specific condition.
I am not on fb but ytube is eating my time. There's some great stuff (like this and similar videos) but most of what I watch is bs and useless. I wanna break this but how 🤔
Same here!
I too dumped Facebook and I'm better for it. Pray the Rosary ✝️
People say that Lent isn't biblical. YES IT IS. Its about FASTING AND PRAYING which is what jesus did in the Desert for 40 days and nights. Fasting and praying can get rid of Demons ;)
john smith thank you 🙏
Lent is something else
How long should I fast...I fail so many time and I really want to fast because I know there is demon that won't go away until I fast ...
@@jeeolsen9993 fasting can be as short as one day and can be for as long as weeks. Don't go crazy over it. Many people think fasting is not eating anything at all. That's not really true. It's having ONE big meal and two tiny ones. Like tiny as long as they don't make you full. Also no meat at all aside from fish.
Great Talk!
So true, once I started fasting, and just little ways, God started opening my eyes more and more and more and setting me free from fear, anxiety, all of it. Also he opened my eyes to see the true church and I am being guided by him to join the catholic, the true church, and leave being a protestant 🙏
All glory to God 🤭
Love your post, this is so true! Fasting with praying bring clarity and open my heart to Jesus.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Amen !! welcome Home
Me too!
Why not Greek or Antiochene Orthodoxy ? Or the Assyrian Church of the East ? Or Syrian Orthodoxy ? All of them have as much claim to be the 'original church' -- and the Greek church probably has the greatest claim to that. They still use the language of the New Testament. And the Assyrian Church of the East still uses the language that Jesus himself spoke.
Thank you Father Mike. I'm not Catholic but I watch all of your videos and I'm thankful for your spiritual leadership, truly I am.
handsome boss all day
Nothing, I was raised Methodist and I love my church. I appreciate the Catholic Church as well.
"Charles Bronson", there is only ONE Charles Bronson.. and you're NOT HIM!~! Do some research: ua-cam.com/video/Fe2URpdKFKg/v-deo.html
In John 20:23, Jesus tells His disciples, “If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."
His Words In Red
Job indicates he played a fatherly role with the less fortunate: "I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know" (Job 29:16).
His Words In Red
Paul regularly referred to Timothy as his child: "Therefore I sent to you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ" (1 Cor. 4:17); "To Timothy, my true child in the faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord" (1 Tim. 1:2); "To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord" (2 Tim. 1:2).
I'm a protestant and i love this show.
Me too. I have gotten so much out of these talks by Father Mike and the others.
i jus remain non-denominational. catholic teaching does seem to be the most trustworthy. there a controversial things like idolatry and necromancy but who knows. i jus dont want to take that risk.
We are one body of christ despite our differences
@Ch B i know. since that comment 6 months ago, ive become a devout catholic, attending confession twice a month and celebrating the eucharist several times a week. i guess the seed planted at my confirmation when i was a teen has finally blossomed and i seek to be a saint
You are a Christian
Fasting from something frees up room/space for intense prayer and reminder of specific spiritual origin in God. My 1st Lent I walked the 2 miles to work & back instead of driving. What powerful moments of personal companionship w/the author of my faith!
More time for prayer
Heh, first time I've said my age online.
I'm gonna be 100% honest with whoever reads this.
I'm 10 years old. I'm fasting today actually for Nineveh Ninety.
I am eating only 3 meals a day which are Bread and Water.
This video helped me to fast with other things too!
I just decided what to do for Lent thanks to this video! It is a little late though..
I am on UA-cam for a huge amount of time in my day.
What I'm giving up is UA-cam that doesn't improve my faith in any way shape or form.
So what I can watch is Ascension Presents - The Vortex - The Download and other things like rosary videos for my daily rosary.
Thank you Fr. Mike for helping me with my faith every time I watch you!
I'm glad my mom introduced me to you.
You are 10 years old, did I get this right? I’m 61 years old and you speaking my words.
Keep going, God is with you!
You're extremely eloquent and well-spoken for a ten year old.
This is just... Beatiful, this kind of honesty, what a Saint and a lesson of humillity.
Hope you keep doing this my dood
'If I can say 'no' to certain things, it sets me free'. That's IT right there for me.
I’m a Hindu but I love your videos father mike :)
I have never been more at peace with God than when I fast...
Strangely true!!!
Me too. Friends find it hard to believe.
same... why is that??
I need God ! ✝️
Father Mike you inspire me to be the best Catholic I can be.
I completed a 3 day Esther fast(recommend low to no physical activity)with a constant short prayers to saints and Jesus. It broke all the strongholds I was dealing with. Frequent reception of the sacraments, AM+PM prayer, reading and living the gospel, fasting, wearing/using sacramentals, corporal/spiritual works of mercy will help you not to regress.
What is the Esther fast?
Really good advice. Thank you. Please pray for me. This has been my best Lent, but it's a struggle today.
@@BitsyBee I mainly do modified Aquinas fasting now warm blood meat, dairy, desert done most days of week. Partial cold showers and hard surface sleeping with antinflammation herbs (turmeric/catsclaw herb examples) helps too-with
morning aches. Will pray for you, pray for me also.
Fasting and praying changed my heart and my life easter 2021 ♥️🙏🏻
I start each and every day with Father Mike. He's the best.🙏
As a person who really likes wasting great part of the daily time listening to music, that message talks deeply about me. However, being at state of mortal sin, it's being quite hard to me to come back to the Lord. I'd like to honestly ask for the prayers from my brothers who are also waging this battle against the sin.
how are things now?
Márcio Rodrigo I noticed a noticeable change in how I react to temptation ever since (PLEADING THE BLOOD OF JESUS). You see when we plead the blood of Jesus over everything in our life, anything that is not of God has to die. Start pleading out loud and it will happen. God bless and stay strong;)
Prayers
My friend, I too was a slave to certain Mortal Sins. Nothing worked until I started praying the Rosary daily. It WILL destroy whatever sins you are struggling with. God bless, and I will pray for you!
God invites us to walk with Him. It is through walking with Him that we walk away from sin and towards salvation. God does not ask you to resolve your issues on your own, on the contrary. He is trying to show you that when you're in sin it means you're still a toddler and you need His help to walk. Never let where you are today be an impediment to letting God into your life. He's knocking at your door because He just wants to hang out, to be with you. He meets you where you are. He doesn't care. Read Psalm 139 every time you feel like sin is getting between you and God. Remember always that it is God who heals and Satan who accuses. Remember that it is the snake that convinced Adam and Eve to hide when God comes looking for them in the garden of eden. Don't hide. He knows you and loves you as you are this very moment. His grace will heal the wounds that lead you to sin. No sin of yours is bigger than His heart. Please let the Shepherd bring you back into the fold, you will remain totally lost without Him, and it's not your duty to be your own shepherd. Rely on Him.
Thank you Father Mike, I have been a hospice nurse since I was 26. Just turning 50, I have tried to nurse in the spirit of Mother Teresa. I am working currently with school children. I find that they need me as much as the sick. The last years have been so difficult, as I age. I feel I should have been more, and my contribution so small. You are helping me redirect my mindset. I have learned so much from you already.
Lori Dela Fuente
I, too, have felt maybe I’m not doing enough or haven’t in the past. We can only live one day at a time and work with that. If you gave a child the job of collecting pencils and they want to get all the text books instead, that is not the task you gave them and you would’ve they rather just collect the pencils. Likewise, God may only require a smaller task for us at times and we need to satisfy ourselves with that. Someone else is to collect the text books. This is just an example to show something that has helped me and I hope it helps you. I’ve realized that my Will is not always God’s Will. I’m sure you are very pleasing to our Lord. God bless you!🙂
As a hospice nurse you have already given more than many of us ever will, God bless you!
I love this. you have changed How I live my life as a Catholic. thank you so much. your in my prays and keep up the good work
Code zer. This is true
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I’m 17 and fast for 20-22 hours and have a 2 hour eating window. It’s changed my life
Yes. Intermittent fasting has many health benefits including, but not limited to:
"Fasting induces metabolic signaling that reduces your potential for diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.
Fasting reduces the amount of free radicals in your body and renews your immune system through the regulation of stem cell production.
Fasting triggers autophagy (mitophagy in the mitochondria), a process that cleans up damaged cells and reduces the inflammatory response."
fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2016/03/25/health-benefits-fasting.aspx
There is another channel you might appreciate, it's called Gabi after hours, gun and knowledgeable guy who leads viewers to more pious ways
Ursule none of these reasons were for Jesus.
Since 2005 by God's grace, I replaced wine and beer forever with water, milk, and juice. What a blessing and freedom from alcohol and social pressure to drink.
I offer my forgoing alcohol to God for those who struggle with alcoholism. Now it's time again to fast food and water. If Jesus fasted 120 meals (3 meals/day x 40 days), then what is it to forego a few meals offered as a little penance and live of my fat storage around my waist?
May Jesus help me from being so lazy and inconsistent. Blessings upon Father Mike!
I'm not catholic but this is lovely. I love the message so much. Thank you. I'm going to share it.
One of the best youtube channels out there! May the Lord be with you all.
It’s 4/1/22 and Lent is 2/3rds over, but I just deactivated my Twitter account, which has been a generator of anger, inappropriate comments and feelings bordering on true hatred since I joined in 2016. It’s over. Thanks Father Mike. This is something of which the Holy Spirit has convicted me over and over. Feeling a big sense of relief and thinking 30% of my current confession sins should be eliminated.
Pray for me. I’ve failed this Lent due to being sidetracked by our 45 year old son losing his job and living at our home. He’s become complacent and isn’t looking for full time work. I hope we don’t have to legally have him removed from our home. He once lived on the street so we are very concerned about what to do. He simply can’t lay around in a room in our home contributing nothing. Sacred Heart of Jesus I surrender this to you.
Oh my goodness!! I can't tell you how many times I have heard people say things like, "if you want change in your life you need to change your habits" and other really obscure things like that I have never heard how to to that so plainly and clearly until now. I don't know how to thank you tremendously for this Fr. Mike!!!! I will share this with everyone I know who wants to make changes to their habits.
Jesus is the way the truth and the life...no one goes to the Father unless through Him
Yay, another vid.. Thanks Fr.Mike.. hope your having a wonderfully blessed Lent
God bless. I need to fast.
Lent Fasting is the best weapon ,it makes you grow powerful in spirit , you also see visions and Revelations . I never miss it since I turned adult. Every Believer must take part and see the goodness of the Lord. Bless you all brothers and sisters in Jesus name 🙏 Happy Lent.
Happy Lent to you!
I’ve come to see what a great, important time of year it is.
@@publia2.053 Amen May the Lord and saviour Jesus christ give you strength..Lent 2022.
You are absolutely right Fr. Mark. Fasting and abstinence is a great divine experience. Tnx
I loved this message. I desire to change my heart!
Thankyou father. I’m a new religious girl and I’m trying to fast on bread and water twice a week. Thankyou for your help. Sorry father but your so handsome forgive me but true. I’m actually in love with a priest to be. Thankyou for everything god bless Carly xx
I totally needed to hear this. I wish I could like this twice!
I love this. I am going to try it daily - lent or not. Thank you Father Mike. 🙏
Fr. Mike has an amazing way of explaining things whereby they make sense to me. His videos that address, indirectly or not, mental illness have helped me make amazing progress in a really dark time. I thank God for his calling.
I saw this just in the right moment 🥰 thank you father Mike! 🙏🏼🙌🏼
I have been having a difficult time in life and have been searching for answers and I came across your videos. This has been exactly what I was searching for. Thank you sooooo much Father Mike. I enjoy your videos and I appreciate the guidance from each of them. God bless you and thanks again Father. And, as always thank you Jesus!
Thank you fr. Mike for your spiritual nourishment about lent
Thank You Father Mike Schmitz, thank you for allowing God to do His will in your life. God bless!
We need to change ourselves in order to change the world. "Be the change you want to see in the world."
Thank you for this today Father Mike!
Fr. Mike, Could you do a video about your life when you were in seminary? I am discerning a call to the priesthood.
Dimitri McPherson how very Blessed are you to know what it is one wants out of life. It must be wonderful I can only imagine how it’s like.
God bless you Jimmy and Demitri on your journeys.
It’s very important for every person I believe to review their day. There are people that are in terrible moods and they live that way for decades. It’s a great thing to pray and ask God for healing. I think lent is part of God’s plan for healing. 🎄🎄🎄🎄💕
“Don’t unsubscribe. Just kidding” 😂😂
Brilliant as always. This video is important for me at the moment. Thanks Fr. Mike. God bless ❤
Thank you Fr Mike! A few days into Lent and I've been feeling really confused and down about fasting and this has helped me to see it in a much more positive light
Father Mike you are very inspiring I'm encouraged to become not only a better Catholic but a better person
Fr Mike has such good advice. Thank you for helping me.
"I must live the testament of Christ" - In his testament, just before dying, Jesus left me his word, his body, his mother, his Church, his priesthood, his new commandment, his mission, the duty to make all things one.”
Cardinal Francis-Xavier Thuan V Nguyen 🙏🏻4us
God bless you Fr Mike.
You have to change yourself in order to change the world. "Be the change you want to see in the world."
"Prayer and meditation [penance as well] are meant to do for us exactly what the dying process does. They too are exquisitely calibrated to loosen our grip on this world and open our awareness to another." Fr. Ron Rolheiser
luisbird90
So true! It is in dying to ourselves that we can then really live the life we were meant to live! Matthew16:25. Thank you.🙂
Wow! Fr Mike , you had to go there!
1.Night of work is complete
2.The feeling of relaxation , etc
Three weeks and counting….
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Thank you Father Mike. That was helpful.
As a person who has depression this was so helpful and healing ❤️🩹
One of the things I've done for my depression which is mainly anxiety now. Pray the rosary every day. Then I started 3 years later 2 rosaries a day. I never thought I could do that. I even say all the mysteries of the rosary in one day but not very often. Just keep praying...
Thank you Fr. Mike. I always learn something from your talks. God bless you always ☘️❤️🙏
This is great! Never thought of this before...just as a daily change in how we live our life in Ordinary time as well! Thanks, Fr. Mike!!
What a great presentation! We love you, Fr. Mike!
Thank you father!!!! It makes sense to me. I need a few glasses of wine every day after work and I hate getting up at 5am to go to work. I became a slave of my own habits.
Thank you Father Mike. It helps a lot!
Beautiful! Insightful! Bless you Father!
Let us therefore be ready for the coming of our Lord Jesus. Do not let anyone lead you astray. Fight the good fight, finish the race and keep the faith. Until He comes!
Praise the Lord ! Amen!
Thank you Father Mike. God bless you!
Excellent video, Father Mike!!! God bless you enormously! Thank you a lot!!!
I gave up secular music for lent. By having that time to discover Christian artists I transformed the library of music I want to listen to. And instead of listening to songs about sex and drinking and partying, I listen to a lot more songs about Jesus. I truly feel by changing what I consume I changed my heart.
Fr. Mike, thank you for always sharing the Lord's wisdom! I reference your videos all the time.
Side note everybody, The Power of Habit is a great book.
Awesome
May ALL my sufferings please, dear Father, be offered on the altar of sacrifice along with His body & blood, soul & divinity for the holy souls in purgatory, for my Jewish atheist family and firstly fir my own wretched sins. Please dear Lord, accept this sacrifice of the heart through deprivation & suffering. Thank you.
Bless you. God wants your soul to be at peace. Thank you. Pray for me, as I will for you. ❤️🙏♥️
How did Fr. Mike know about my late night habits?? Thank you Fr. Mike & God bless you always!!
Thank you Fr. Mike. This more than anything has shown me how I should approach lent. God bless you.
Same here got hints… I hate waking up early am a B++ person, I will give a trial this Lent 2022 & start with a rosary to energize me 😄🙏
Father Mike, You have really inspired me now to live my Catholic Faith again...you have me to want to be reborn in this my faith again...your video's are so important to me Father. I plan on going to confession. Receiving Easter communion. Praying the Mercy Sunday Novena ( Blessed Saint John Paul II), as well. Only to have all of my sin's forgiven....Forever.
Hi everyone, if you guys could say a prayer for me, I'd appreciate it. I just broke my Lenten vows, and while I don't wanna go into details, it was a mortal sin. As a young man it is difficult to avoid temptations, but if you could spare a minute it would mean a lot. Thanks.
Hey man you're in my heart. I'll be praying for you! And maybe this doesn't apply to your case, but I have noticed that if you try to change something that has become deeply ingrained in habit, it's almost impossible to suddenly stop cold turkey. So don't feel discouraged. As long as you keep trying and taking small steps, you will get there! Just take the time to ask God for strength and entrust yourself to Him, and He's got your back.
Also, many of the saints did not start out with saint-like virtue. Virtue that strong is developed gradually over time, after falling and trying and trying again. So just keep looking forward.
Hope any of that helps. You're in my prayers!
Hey Bro David, repent from your heart and ask the Lord for forgiveness ....Lord is all forgiving and loving...He sees your heart...May Lords blessings always be with you ..
Fasting is amazing for both the body spirit and mind 💖🧚♀️🙏
That is Soo true
Fasting is the most powerful for Lord
Very powerful ❣️
Pray for me so that I am able to effectively fast, from alcohol, cigarettes, and food. I need to clear myself completely for the Lord.
Thank you Father Mike. I feel so good after listening to this and you! God Bless you!!! 😃♥️🙏🏻 Mike
Thank you Father God Bless
Father Mike can you please make a Podcast? Everything you say is amazing. 🌱
God bless you Fr. Mike and thank you for accepting your vocation. Know that you are transforming my life!
Thankyou father mick I’m a catholic it’s good to fast
This was so helpful to me. This is my first lent in many years not pregnant or nursing and with 4 little ones at home I made it my goal to work on myself a bit. Yes, prayer but also weight loss and general fitness. This helped me feel like I’m not being selfish using lent as a time to grow in these areas I so badly need to.
Hello 👋. God bless you. I hope you pray for me, I'm in a situation where I'm feeling like a failure as a mother. I can't seem to keep my children safe. The part of my grief is I live nearly on a military base and the only hope we have is God and real Jesus. So stressful. 😔✝️🌹
Matthew 26:28 John 6:35 John 6:50-58 I keep these in mind when self-doubt tries to convince me that hunger has no remedy.
I think my keystone penance this Lent has been listening to your podcasts! I stumbled upon them and I look forward to listening to your new episodes every week because it focuses my mind on Jesus in a way I can't do when I let my mind wander once I tell myself "It's time to pray." Your homilies have been like a guided meditation or time of prayer. Thank you
"habits oriented toward excellence" very thought provoking... I gave up something I thought would be beneficial to my relationship with Jesus and my spiritual life but I don't know if it has really changed my habits or if how i'm approaching it has really made me 'free'. I will think about this tonight
Beautiful video, Fr. Mike. Something to remember for the year around. If we give up those things that are bad for us, Jesus will fill that with his grace.
I was born and raised catholic. I wish I have someone like you in my parish. I am no longer a catholic, but I keep my faith in God
Why not?
Father I always wait for Lent.i love listening to your blogs each day,after my prayers,and rosary ..You make my day great 🙏
Amen blessings to all
I gave up wifi. Consecutively it was 5 days straight, but hours were about the same as 1 week. I don't know how I feel afterwards, It just made me think i'me using internet the wrong way.
Thank you so much Father Mike for reiterating some truths. I gave up a few things that I've been chronically addicted to and I really do feel free. I will continue on forever, never going back.
1:25 I'll never unsubscribe Father Mike 😇
Im so glad I came across your youtube channel.. Thank you Fr. Mike for doing these videos!
As a Protestant on the fence, I confronted another Protestant and asked: "Why don't we fast? I tried it and it humbled and changed me for the better. I think we should do it too."
"Because we don't have to."
Agh...
You don't have to be Catholic to fast. Jesus fasted and tells us to do the same.
We have to because Jesus told us to. We try to follow ALL not just some of the examples He set. We are to do that cos He said so. Not doing it is basically not doing what He said to..am talking to myself also aloud. So this answer popped into my head and thought to share
mamaedina1
You might be referring to when Jesus said, “When you fast...”. Not “if you fast”. Matthew 6:16. So I believe the Holy Spirit was giving you promptings. Thank you for sharing that! 🙂
Hello father Mike, I'm an 85 year old mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. I truly enjoy all your videos. I usualy share them with my children and acquaintances. Well this video got me in trouble with some. I kept getting texts from some of them accusing me of thinking of them as alcoholics and to quit sending them videos. I feel very sad but at the same time I feel I don't need
To apologize to them.
Apologize to them.
fasting has been hard but worth it.As with Advent by putting spiritual things first it is very fulfilling and makes the season so much better. I am enjoying Lent even though I have failed in the sacrifice part I keep trying.
Thank-you. Watching your videos uplifts my spirit. I'm not catholic yet still doing my research on the church. I would appreciate input on how one can join the church. From Kenya
Hello..well am not Fr but visit a Catholic Church near you and approach the priest after mass. You will normally enroll in the Rite of Christian Initiation for Catholics class. Eventually you would to thd glory of God be received into the Church at Easter. Sp first step talk to a priest, a parish near your house would be good and you could also find any practising Catholic
Ruby K I was going to. But Marian doctrine is beyond what my lutheran brain and heart and co science can handle.
@@A.S2400 I heard this from a convert from atheist, she saw the Marian honoring and respect just logical. Put it this way, God made everything, God can do whatever He wants, if He is going to become man He gets to choose his own mother, wouldn't he choose the most amazing and special of all women? Also think of this, he went out of his plan for her, at the wedding of Canna, the people came to Mary and asked her to help them, she went to her son and interceeded for them and asked Jesus to help them, He answered that it was not his time yet, and she insisted, and He ended up making the best wine out of water, and all just because She asked him in behalf of the party people.
it's not lent buuuut this was super needed right now. thank you!
Shooooooot! Where’s his church at? I’ll 🙋🏽♀️convert to Catholicism 👀🤷🏾♀️😃
He's so darling