We need Fr., Mike, I look forward every day to listening to his daily homilies. Life makes sense when he helps us understand GOD's will. As much as I try, I can't translate the meaning of the word of GOD the way Fr Mike helps me to understand. I have grown more as a Catholic Christian, and how to be a better person. It took 60 years and a pandemic for me to find a person so strong in the ability to elevate me, excite me, and offer me hope and a clear path to God since Saint Pope John Paul.
We have to learn what suffering is ? We have to pray the Rosary , and really understand what Jesus passed through in his sorrowful mysteries of his life , right up to his resurrection & his acceptance of eternal life , with the Holy Trinity , even though , it's a roller-coaster of emotions & sentiments . So be strong , Amen & God bless .
It is no wonder that you have a full church ..............you turn over many stones in the humps of life so we can grow in holiness. Thank you Father Mike
Thank you once again, Fr Mike for a challenging and inspirational homily. Often, in discussion after our Rosary Group, we share concerns very similar to those you have expressed today. 🙏✝️
It is so true this beautiful homily with so much passion in the face of a people who don't embrace truth God have mercy on me a sinner who complain may the gospel today the word of God be my strength Mary Queen of peace pray for me and my family conversion and athiset husband and the world that is still walking in darkness
We need to pray for Father Mike. His gift for preaching His ministry for the Love of God to teach us to be better followers and Catholics has touched my soul,now I realize how many mistakes I have made. It is time to clear,clean my past actions by a General Confession and not a 10 minute confession. God Bless Father Mike.
Every living thing has the knowledge of the creator take time to study and admire the creation we all have his code written on our cells you dont have to believe to be known Glory Glory
Wow, Father Michael is on fire! This the teaching that comes from being full of the spirit. We do not need to evangelize through any other means except this! Not through politics, politicians, governments , nothing! We need more men of God like this man ! Great homily Father, thank you for your service to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Amen
As a Cradle Catholic, I agree with most of what you say. I agree, Fr. Mike appears to be a wonderful priest and evangelist. There is not doubt about that and we need more priest like him. However, one thing I find lacking in most parishes (I have no way of knowing this about Our Lady of The Gulf) is that Catholics need to take a lesson from our Protestant brothers and sisters. They are generally welcoming to people they do not know. They have a way of making you feel like family. Most parishes I have attended are not. If Our Lady of The Gulf is a warm and welcoming parish then we need you to spread the word. One other thing before and after mass some parishioners prefer to pray. In most churches, I have attended, these people are not afforded the opportunity to pray in silence because so many don’t think of the Lord’s Real Presence in the Eucharist kept in the Tabernacle. We need to show more reverence and respect for others that are praying. The place for talking is in the Narthex or outside. Thanks for the opportunity to express my opinion on a these two things. So much of The Catholic reverence for the Eucharist has been lost. God Bless you all.
G’day from Sydney, Fr Mike. What you have eloborated in your Homily is indeed what l have experienced in my life. The sufferings have changed me to be a stronger person because l am fully conscious that He is with me. I have not been able to overcome the challenges which caused my sufferings. He has opened the doors that lead me to new and amazing spiritual opportunities. Despite all these sufferings l have been through, l am able to rejoice. Hoping that these openings will enable me to glorify Him. Thank you for sharing the beautiful message, Father. May you be continually blessed in your Divine Mission. Amen Have a blessed Christmas. Shalom, Shalom
Amen 🙏 👼. I know now at 40 all my sufferings lead me to the Lord. I was baptized at birth but lead an agnostic life growing up. I do know the reality of not truly believing and trusting in him. Always trying to be in control and not having him in your heart can ruin your life. Thank you Jesus for loving me unconditionally. I’m immature in my faith still but can say have come full circle with what it means to surrender and give it all to him. ❤️
Thank you FR Mike . You help us to see our suffering and find joy through Jesus and offer it up and see the true gift in it? You are so good to us each day to express how our faith means so much when we share it with the lord. Peace. Norah Hoskinson.
Hello Fr. Mike ! I have already gone to mass at 7AM today. The homily at mass w as great, but OLG activities and masses always appear at my feed daily and could not help but open today for your homily. Thank you always for your enlightening homily! God bless you!
I do too look forward to listening to Father Mike's homilies....They make me think about my own shortcomings and how I need to give More and complain less.....
Thank you Fr. Mike. I love your homilie today because I need to hear this. I have my mother with cancer, and my sister with Parkinson disease. It is hard, but this situation makes me pray more; and makes me aware that the relationship with HIM is imperative. I don't understand it, but he gives me the strength to continue. I feel like I am losing both of them, little by little. She is my only sister. Sometimes when I see her sleeping because of her medicine, I feel lonely and lost. Well, thank you Father Mike. You are awesome!
I am currently in severe suffering due to my illness particularly in the morning when l wake up. Unfortunately l often express some feelings of sadness and l continue to what l am able to get rid of the pain. Your homily has given some guidance on how l should tackle my suffering. Subconsciously l know that HE must have a reason for allowing me to go through it. Thank you, Father Mike for the enlightenment. God bless you. Amen
Very true fr we allow Lord thank you fr for your great talk that we will know more may God keep you always strong holy fr have a blessed happy Sunday from Bombay.
Excellent homily, Father! I have fibromyalgia, back issues and chronic pain. Unable to work, but returned to the Church asking Jesus for little except ability for me to pick up my cross and endure suffering for souls in purgatory. Nice to see a standing room only Mass. I see you are reaching many, including a new subscriber. Ave Maria! Father Terrance Chartier, a Franciscan Friar in Bloomington, Indiana is a brilliant, humble priest whose homilies reach every heart who listens.
Thank you. God knows when to bring certain edifications into our lives, Thank you for this. Wish we had more impassioned priests like you, who shakes us to the core. God bless you.
I too rejoice in my sufferings..why am I so happy? My stage four cancer stomach diagnosis was two and a half year ago...what a fantastic journey....I have more energy than ever. NEVER HAD I BEEN NAUSEOUS, I enjoy my monthly trips to Chemo at the Univ of MD., St. Joseph Cancer Center. I love the nurses...we laugh 😂. I love my oncologist, Dr. Schroeder. Heaven and earth are full of your Glory...how true my friends....miracles happen always...I don't know what suffering is ...this is too good to be suffering...I am so enjoying this homily and along with St. Paul I will end my friends by saying "I rejoice in my suffering"...except I am not suffering...I am living!
Mighty blessings Glorious Gloria! Awesome witness to the fire of The Holy Spirit 🔥 The night brings out the stars💥💥💥💫💫💫 Pray for us, especially children, Youth, young adults who are running away from suffering 🙏
It so nice to see U have so many kind & caring individuals in your life , and that your taking your sorrows and leaving it in the hands of our savior , proof of humility in your life has been acknowledged , and God bless U .
Amen. I’ve been going through a rough period and have dispared and become discouraged. Today I will surrender my suffering to the Holy Trinity and Blessed Mother. Thank you.
@@kathleenfrancis1872 Thank you for asking. I haven’t gotten sacramental anointing. I’ve gotten to confession more frequently and am in a much improved state. Thanks be to God.
o Ephesians 6:11-13 NKJV 11 Put on the whole Armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. o Ephesians 6:11-13 NIV 11 Put on the full Armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. --------------------------- o Matthew 10:33 33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. NKJV 33 But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven. (KJV). 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven. (NIV). 33 But those who reject me publicly, I will reject before my Father in heaven. (GNT). 33 But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven. (NLT) -------------------------- o 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. (NKJV) o 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 GNT 9 Surely you know that the wicked will not possess God's Kingdom. Do not fool yourselves; people who are immoral or who worship idols or are adulterers or homosexual perverts 10 or who steal or are greedy or are drunkards or who slander others or are thieves-none of these will possess God's Kingdom. 11 Some of you were like that. But you have been purified from sin; you have been dedicated to God; you have been put right with God by the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (GNT) o 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NIV 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (NIV) o Ecclesiastes 7:2 o 2 Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart. (NKJV) o 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart. (NIV) o 2 Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies- so the living should take this to heart. (NLT) o 2 It is better to go to a home where there is mourning than to one where there is a party, because the living should always remind themselves that death is waiting for us all. (Good News Translation) o James 3:6 o 3 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. (NIV) o 3 And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself. (NLT) o 3 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity (wickedness). The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. (NKJV) o 3 And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself. (GNT)
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Isa 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Psa 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. Tit_1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Joh 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 1Co 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 1Co 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 1Co 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: We live in the dispensation of grace, under the teachings of the Apostle Paul. There are verses above that do not come from Paul directly but follow the doctrine of grace. If you think you will make it to the Kingdom of God by your righteousness and not Jesus Christ's you will not make it. You deny the blood shed of Jesus when you trust in yourself and not him. Is his death on the cross not good enough for you? What about the thief on the cross by Jesus' side? All he had to do was have faith and believe and he made it to paradise where Jesus then took him to heaven. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Rom 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: Luk 23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? Luk 23:41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. Luk 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. Luk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Mat 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, Mat 23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, Mat 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. Mat 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. Mat 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
@@johnalmeida7873we all dont solicit for donations that help make the church the wealthiest institution on the planet...in the united states social security, Medicaid and other tax based social programs do most of the taking care of the poor....I would argue that the special tax treatment the church gets only takes away from the social programs that are actually taking care of the poor every day, not just a food basket on thanks giving day for example...
