Good morning brothers and sisters in Christ. I offer this mass for two friends of my adult sons, that passed away in a tragic accident Friday night. May our Lord grant them mercy and their families peace in this season of grief.
Oh my goodness! I’m so sorry for this terrible loss. You will be in my prayers. Just always remember that Christ loves you and still has a plan for you!
I wish I had known this before mass. Once mass was done, my sister called me to tell me we lost our first cousin to an opioid overdose. Please add Jennifer Whitlock to your prayers
Thank you Fr Mike 🌟 Being lead into difficult moments of life is training and trust in God. The key to happiness is to trust God's will in all the seasons of our life. In difficult moments, we must fix our gaze upon the silent heart of Jesus, stretched upon the cross ✝️, and from his merciful heart, will flow upon us power and strength to go through life. ~ St Maria Faustina What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love him in return. ~ St John Paul || We should consider the moments spent before the Blessed Sacrament as the happiest moment of our life 🌻 ~St John Vianney
I find myself in the heart of the desert. I am currently in the hospital battling a debilitating illness. I've had numerous hospital stays over the past few years. The hospital has become like a second home to me and I am tired and worn out from the battle. Thanks to your online Mass, Father Mike, I am able to receive spiritual blessings. I kindly ask for prayers for healing and restoration for my body and health, so that I can overcome this difficult time in the desert. God bless you all 🙏
I know people for whom illness was a turning point in their lives toward something good. I pray this for you! I pray for you to have all spiritual and physical comfort, and the best care. I ask for the intercession of St. Therese who also suffered illness. I ask in the name of the Lord Jesus to heal you.
Another excellent homily, Father Mike! Thank you. Your words of encouragement always bring me hope to get out of the desert and not to worry about things of this world. Jesus will bring us out of the wilderness to a better tomorrow. Let me put it in your hands, Jesus and know that you will take care of everything.
Sight: Vision Insight: is the ability to see what God is doing. Hindsight: understanding the situation only After you know the outcome Foresight: An act of looking forward ☆"This is the Dessert, God is Here, He is working with us, DO NOT QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, regardless of what You're Going through. God has led you into the wilderness and the only way OUT of the Wilderness is Through." ☆ ♡"IN GOD WE TRUST"♡ God, I love his Homilies... I needed these words today. 🙌 Thanks Father Mike!
Fr. Mike: Praise the Lord for your ministry. The Holy Spirit is preach through you. You are an amazing instrument of God interpreting His words. From the days of the Bible in a year I look forward to listen your homily before and mostly after I attend mass, and your interpretation always enlighten my life. Thank you. God's love and care upon you today and always, in Jesus' name. Amen
I had a total hip replacement two days ago; if not for this opportunity to attend Mass virtually, I'd be at a great loss. Thank you for making this Mass possible and God bless all here today.
I pray for my brother Tony and his family. Healing for all for a better life. Also for my daughter Lauren and her children who will be traveling to Germany on Wednesday. Please pray for their safe arrival. Thank you Fr. Mike for a great homily that I could relate to.❤
I was traveling back from a journey in a train, when i had certain thought i want to share with you. I always had an inner pressure that my current salary of 1000 euro per month is not enough that i should be able to provide for a family if i ever want to get married and not be single anymore, be successfull etc. Yesterday when i was in the train, i realized the 1000 euro job gives me enough time for prayer and church. THAT is the fullfilment that i was seeking all my life. Jesus is my wealth, Jesus is my money, Jesus is my Salary, Jesus is my relationship. The way of living from a low salary job has a certain beauty to it. Like one of the evangelical counsels is actually poverty. I don´t need to rely on money. I need to rely on Jesus.
Struggling with the same money pressure God let me realize that if I had a family or not, children a house etc... could be good but is not what matters. What matters is God to have children that we all may become His children. God having a family is the most important. God has adopted us His Children! This world will pass, all that we work for here on Earth is good but may be gone in a moment. The house Christ has gone to prepare for us is our real home and will last forever. Let' get rid off that money pressure. Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. 6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. 7 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. 8 I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Psalms 16:5-8
Again thank you Father Mike, for your words when interpreting today's Gospel. I was immersed in my own misery; I am an 87 yr old woman with chronic pain. After your words , I regained my faith. I know I am in my own "middle " of the desert. But your words gave me hope. I started thinking of my children and their "middle" of the desert and my pain became less. I ask for Prayers. You have mine. ❤
Powerful homily, Fr. Mike. I needed to hear this today. I'm always telling people to trust in Jesus but I don't always follow my own advice; I'm a hypocrite. May the Lord forgive me for my lack of trust as I'm in the middle of a difficult time. He will never forsake or abandon us. I pray for all my brothers and sisters who are suffering right now, whether it's personal illness or grief. Give them the strength and courage, Jesus, to trust you will never abandon them. In Jesus' name we pray, amen! Alleluia!
I am from New Delhi India! Every Sunday i make it a point to attend to this Holy Mass with Father Mike! Though i attend our local church mass too, but i look forward to your beautiful homily Father Mike! Thank you so much Father! Please pray for my intention ...i have not yet attained motherhood! After listening to your homily today my faith has become stronger that Lord Jesus will take me through! Please pray for me Father!
HAVE FAITH AND PRAY HARD,,,,,,I was told by drs that I couldn’t have children….but possibly by an operation there would be a chance,,,,,NO no operation, just stormed prayers to Our Mother Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, after 11 years I became pregnant and gave birth to my little girl MARY…..PRAISE BE JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH! NEVER GIVE UP! 🙏🏽❤️
Thank you Fr. Mike, boy am i in the wilderness and this season is a rough one Thank you for this Homily and providing this and every Mass so I can attend thru the Blessing of youtube Be well Fr. Mike Good luck to your sister🎉
I've been going through a personal desert myself. It's been an incredible two months and I can say that while at times it seems like there's no sustenance, no support, someone or something happens. I've been dealing with abandonment and codependency from my childhood. It's been real tough. But with the help of God, and others who God sent to me, I've been able to walk in the valley of tears so that I can come to a blessed place. Ultimately I can reclaim my power to be happy, without preconditions or validation or approval from others. It's up to me to depend on others, in the princes of this world so to speak (be they parents, coworkers, bosses, even my wife or son), or in God and myself while being true to my soul and the trust that I place in God's method for me. Please, brothers and sisters, pray for me. I appreciate it!
Thank you Father Mike Schmitz for fighting every day to be men worthy of the call. Thank you for preaching Christ to us, for bringing Christ to us, for being Christ to us. Thank you for teaching us to trust, for teaching us to love, for teaching us to live. Dear Fathers, I pray for you every day. I am so thankful for your sacrifice and your ministry and your love. Please know that, whatever the world hurls at you, you are loved in return, by your flock and, most importantly, by your Shepherd". In Jesus name Amen 🙏 God bless keep you and all parishioners safe
O great God of mercy and grace, please give me a holy passion to share your love and power with all I meet, no matter what circumstances led them into my acquaintance. Give me the wisdom to see and the courage to act on the opportunities to share Jesus with those you bring into my life. I pray all this in the name of the Lord Jesus, and for his glory and gospel. Amen.
"Never quit in the middle (of hardships or your life)" ... The only way through the desert and hardship is through it (by continuing our journey while trusting in God to support our efforts). Great analogy of vision, lasik eye surgery. Also about visions- shortsightedness - seeing only current troubles. We need to pray for a foresight so we trust God and know that everything will be fine eventually. The same with the marathon analogy- hardships are temporary, but rewards are permanent. Shortsight is when we don't see the big picture and big plan God has for us. Insight is continuing to trust on God despite trouble and hardships. A great example of Moses and the people lost in the desert. Thank you, Fr. Mike, the Pew Crew, Team Ascension and fellow attendees. God bless you all
Fr. Mike, I feel like you wrote your homily just for me. I am a 68 year old woman who recently retired. Planning and looking forward to traveling and all sorts of activities I was, in this past year, diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that makes it difficult to do much more than putter around my home. I have been doing my best to be confident in God's presence through this time but I hover mostly between the hindsight, foresight and definitely shortsightedness. Through your homily the Holy Spirit reminded me that even if I must live in this desert for the remainder of my days God will be with me always. God and a plan and a purpose for this time of my life and who knows there may be a day I get to the other side and live some of my dreams. In the meantime I need to get to Mass as often as I can so that I can be fed by the manna from heaven, the Eucharist. Thank you.
Please pray for my Mum for, her small vessel vasculitis that has terribly affected her mobility at age 88 and her hospital roommate who has stage 3 going into stage 4 cancer in the brain. This man is only 60 and desperate to live for his wife and 2 sons. Thank you and bless us all✨
I am struggling. 51 and feel like everything is falling apart. Unemployed, trying to find a job has been difficult even though I have the experience and education. Marriage is being worked on. Car gave out. It’s like Father Mike said. I’m short sighted. I only feel I can see what’s in front of me and I know there’s more. Lord, help guide me. 🙏
"God did not bring you to the wilderness to die, you may not see the outcome yet, but God provides exactly what you need One day at a time"....listen to the homily one more time.. you got this!
Amen. Thank You, Lord, for this. My heart really needed this now. God bless you Fr. Mike and all those who serve alongside you. God continue to bless this ministry that you all do.
Fr. Mike - I love your homilies. But, of all that I have heard, and I've listened to many, this homily resonates with me more than any I have heard before! Thank you for helping me to understand! God bless you always! I pray for you! And now, I'll be praying for your sister, ( and the tragic loss😢), as well!
I am in my own desert but have faith I'll be without drought soon. I may have hairloss, a degenerative spine, and daily seizures, but when I can dance, I dance. Please pray for me.
Offering this Mass for Mark, who passed on this date, and Kathleen, who passed on tomorrow’s date. May Perpetual Light Shine upon them and give them rest in the arms of our Lord.
Heavenly Father I’m losing faith as a single mother. Both of my sons have special needs. I pray that you bless me with your love, grace, and strength, as I tirelessly care for my family. I ask that You provide for my every need and sustain me in my daily struggles. Because Lord I’m overwhelmed struggling to pay rent each and every month struggling to buy groceries. Lord hear my prayers
Thank you so much for online Mass. Thank you for Catechism in a Year. I really appreciate it. I will go to local Mass as soon as I can find a babysitter for my Mother in Law. She does not want to go to Church she is violently opposed to organized religion because of her experiences in the past. She has not told me about her experiences so I don’t really understand and I don’t feel like it is my place to pry ( not to mention she seriously scares me if I ask, not physically, but man can she yell and cuss.)Thank you for this, these videos mean a lot to me right now because I was lost and God led me home to the Catholic faith. Thank you Jesus for putting this channel into my algorithm so that I can follow your word again! AMEN!
Thank you for uploading these videos to RU-vid. It’s a blessing when I can’t get to mass. And when I do I still watch ❤️🙏🏼 God Bless Father Mike and Ascension presents .
Everlasting God, although my fiance Jerry and I are far apart, we join together in this prayer for a long-distance relationship. May our faith strengthen the love we share, and may it endure like a resilient flame in a merciless storm. May the thread of Your mantle keep us tied as one no matter the distance. Our love may be imperfect; but there is no feeling, no experience, or no dream more beautiful than to love and be loved. praying for his safe travels and homecoming here in USA and home speedy recovery for his hip replacement surgery and healing in Jesus name Amen"
I am very guilty of short sidedness I have been battling the aftermath of cancer for years and I tend to only see what I’ve lost or the pain I’m in or what trial I’m going through when I should be trying to see the big picture to say God has me he has a plan for me and he’s not done with me yet, That God knows the outcome, u should be thanking him for all I do have, the days I’m not suffering. Thank you for always explaining things in a way for me and others to understand I pray you are able to continue Gods work God bless you
Special homily. With macular degeneration and eye shots months 8 years and just 71 - I understand this homily well. I often “see” more than one with 20/20 vision because I have a window and telescope in my heart ✅
Heavenly Father, We honor and praise your holy name and thank you for your grace and mercy. We commit ourselves to your will and your ways and to the wonderful plans and purposes that you have for our lives. We also ask you to bless and sustain the life and ministry of our local church. We ask you to prosper the work of the church and to unite our membership to do great things for your glory and honor. Help us, O Lord, to meet the financial obligations of the church, to fulfill the awesome vision that you have given to our leader(s), and to be a force for positive change in the world. We also ask that you continue to pour out your grace, wisdom and blessing upon your people. In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.
Ofrezco esta Santa Misa, por intercesión de Nuestra Madre María Santísima, por las almas del purgatorio, las personas presas y los enfermos. Agradezco todas las bendiciones recibidas por todos. Pido por la paz mundial, la paz en los corazones, la salud física y mental, las familias, y las personas víctimas de violencia y abusos. Amén 💙
Greetings Father Mike, Key Thoughts :- -> Sunday Homily reflect with "The Spiritual Gift of Peace through Lord Jesus Christ in every moment in all aspects of Our Life. " -> Good Homily with Clear Insights Father. Thanks Virtual Front Pew, Team Ascension Presents. Special Mention :- -> Happy Feast Day and Prayers for The Feast of Our Heavenly Father. Amen. With regards, Ranjith Joseph (R.J)
What if I want more than just getting through ? I have been chronically ill since birth. I have lost so much to these illnesses, my career, my home, even both of my hands to infection. God has always been there and gotten me through all of it. But in my heart I want more than just getting through. I want more purpose than suffering. Is this selfish? Like the Israelites I find myself grumbling against the Lord. I wish God would take away my desires for things like companionship. All of the “normal “ experiences of life. Please 🙏🏼 for me that I can accept my life.
Thanks for the great homily. Can you give us an update on how your project is coming along. We pray that you will have your church and student center soon.
I always have a logistics brain running. Back of the hand math on the human needs per day: ~1lb of food minimum 1 gallon or 8lbs of water Each value is variable on the conditions of the day, labor that needs to be performed, etc. Let's assume there are 100,000 Israelis in the desert. For each day you will need: 100,000 lbs of rations 800,000 lbs of water For one week? 700,000# rations 5,600,000# water And keep in mind these are just minimums. It doesn't factor for everything else people forced to the nomad's life would need day to day. For the mortal men in that situation, worrying about where you will secure food and water--not just for today, but for tomorrow--when you have no idea how far you need to go, is good cause for consternation. Despite the miracles, despite the care taken so far... at some point, the miracles will cease, and the Israeli nation will need to establish and provide and concern itself with where it will secure bread and water, fuel and metal. Not knowing when the trial will end, is a legitimate concern. And I believe it's worth keeping in mind, every other gentile in the world, from the Celts to the far west to the Chinese at the far east--they had to worry as a matter of course about where they would get their bread, secure water, the necessary means to purify and cook and heat, to survive through the winters, and prepare whatever else they had time and energy and will to address. Failure to prepare means death. So have a bit of sympathy for the average Israeli.
Oh Fr. Mike the 40 fairy finally found you. The eyes they are usually the first step. You have mentioned your knees. Oh good Father something’s can be fixed other just tell us we are maturing a little quicker than we wish. You are in the middle of your story. You have lots more to go.
Exactly I want to know so I won’t have to worry about how much I miss her because I don’t want you to be upset with me because I want to be happy with u the only reason I don’t like 👍🏻 this game anymore is because I don’t want to play it anymore. Ok ✅ I’m putting the phone down ok 👌🏻 and I’m gunna watch church and listen to music or play gta or something cuz this is gunna make you cry or go crazy don’t play it anymore and I’ll put it down just be with me and I we both won’t have to play it anymore I don’t want any other person in my life but you ok 👌🏻. This is what Is gunna happen your gunna put the phone down and your gunna message me . If you need anything g you ask for it and I’ll do whatever it takes to help you get it . Ok ✅
