How Will You Respond? | Fr. Mike Schmitz 

That was me, the daughter who left the Lord, but I came back starving and it's been great ever since. I mean great, (though not always roses), because what I was searching for was there all along, it never left, it waited for my return, and then welcomed me back. I lost everything but I gained everything and more, once I let God love me as his daughter.

A few years ago I heard a protestant minister (probably on satellite radio) state that the story of the Prodigal Son was the only place in the Bible where a personification of God the Father ran. From what I remember, he asked the question, in what direction does does God the Father run? He runs towards a repentant sinner. That's a powerful message of mercy.

Fr Mike, You are an awesome Dad!

Just left the adoration this morning with this word in my heart, "Receive my love" and the understanding that I do not have to deserve it. In the evening, lo, a confirmation on RU-vid. Praise God!

I’m not one to easily cry over “stuff” like this, but you had me dropping many silent tears by the end of your talk. I had a wonderful earthly father, and so your talk STILL amazed me. Glad you continue to share the gift you’ve been given, Fr. Mike!

All praise and honour to Papa for choosing you as His Priest! Thank you Fr Mike for giving your yes to The Trinity.

Wow great break down of the Prodical son. The second brother is a lot deeper than I thought.

You made me cry, my Dad died 16 years ago, he loves me still now,but now he is in the presence of God our Father who loves me more than I can comprehend. Thank you Fr Mike for the reminder, the man above sees all things,he is waiting for all his prodigal children, I pray they find there way home ❤🙏

My family and my prayer group are praying for priests, esp. for one such as Fr. Mike. In this upside world, we need "torches" to lead us to Jesus and Mama Mary. God bless and protect you Fr. Mike.!!!

Father Mike Jesus loves you.

Classic Fr. Mike. “Call the Wambulance on you.” Love it!

Fr. Mike, your teachings are so inspiring - I learn so much from you- you make me get it!!!! Thank you.

💡 moment. Up until today I thought I was the "good" son. Today I realized I’m the prodigal son.😲Thank you Fr Mike! 🙏✝🕊

My father was 1 of 5 foster children and his foster father was apparently sickly a lot so while he has never talked about it a lot I got the impression he was given " jobs " in his family and expected to do them. My father was a fairly private person and as a consequence rarely spoke to his children. He also didn't seem to grasp, at first, that us kids just wanted him to spend some time with us.

Praying for you and your ministry. We need more talks like this, that open our hearts and minds not just to God, but to our own lives. God Bless. Claire.

Thank you so much Father Mike. Just what I need. I was feeling today how God wanted to be with me but I have a tendency to push Him away. I think it is because His love feels too great for me. I'm just being honest.

Wow… this sermon, if you wish, was heartwrenching. Father Mike, you are so gifted! Thank you for giving of yourself to us. Teaching us the scriptures and showing the path to take.

Prayer for Inner Healing Lord Jesus, You came to heal our wounded and troubled hearts. We beseech Thee; to heal the torments that causes anxiety in our hearts; we beg Thee, in a particular way, to heal all who are the cause of sin. We beseech Thee, to come into our lives and heal us of the psychological harms that struck us in our early years and from the injuries that they caused throughout our lives. Lord Jesus, You know our burdens. We lay them all on your Good Shepherd’s Heart. We beseech Thee - by the merits of the great, open wound in Your heart - to heal the small wounds that are in ours. Heal the pain of our memories, so that nothing that has happened to us will cause us to remain in pain and anguish, filled with anxiety. Heal, O Lord, all those wounds that have been the cause of all the evil that is rooted in our lives. We want to forgive all those who have offended us. Look to those inner sores that make us unable to forgive. You who came to forgive the afflicted of heart, please, heal our hearts. Heal, O Lord Jesus, those intimate wounds that causes us physical illness. We offer our hearts to Thee. Accept them, O Lord, purify them and give us the sentiments of your Divine Heart. Help us to be meek and humble. Heal us, O Lord, from the pain caused by the death of our loved ones, which is oppressing us. Grant us to regain peace and joy in the knowledge that You are the Resurrection and the Life. Make us authentic witnesses to Your Resurrection, Your victory over sin and death, Your living presence among us. Amen 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Kyrie Eleison! Christe Eleison! Kyrie Eleison! Christe Eleison! Kyrie Eleison! Christe Eleison!

Thank you Fr. Mike for this teaching on The Prodigal Son. I always learn something new from you. And I always love your heartwarming stories of your family. It’s really hard to be a good parent to teenagers. This has given me some hope!

“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow-not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:38-39‬ ‭NLT‬‬

✍ The Angels Rejoice In Your Sermons! ✍

Did you get your enthusiasm from your mom or dad?! Your enthusiasm is contagious!!! I personally try to be the same!!! We need to keep the LIGHT SHINING through CHRIST’S GRACE!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

God is telling me today, to keep searching for a priest or deacon to talk to, concerning my family and a serious injury. He's saying: 'keep reaching out until you find someone!'

… I left the Catholic Church, started attending a Cristian Pentecostal church … I learned alot, read the Bible more … I needed that closer relationship with God… I needed to learn and see it…. ayer service we have food for all of us to be together … it’s beautiful… for Xmas , we have service , we have a Dinner and played a gift game … we’re together , we all know each other …. I have started to attend a Catholic Church , I wish it was different … go to mass and each to own ther home … we don’t take the time to know each other …I’m ready to come back , I need God to talk to me …..

May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with everyone! 🙏🏽❤️

God bless you Fr.Mike!!! Just came from Holy Adoration at St. Phillip in Pasadena CA Praying for all of you

Wow The Holy Spirit is speaking thru you You are talking about me yet it sounds so hard Please pray for me For us Thank you

WOW! that was just want I needed. So honest, so revealing and so true. thank you~

Thank you for this great message. It has helped me to grow. In what way? I am not sure yet, but I felt a spark in my heart. God Bless you Father Mike!

I never noticed what the sandals mean "You have sandals, you're free to leave again" WOW!

Very powerful and insightful. Thank you. May you be blessed. Claire.

Amazing to realize I’m not the only person to reject God when I was young. I’m grateful that an uncle of mine snapped me out of my indifference and disrespect to God. We need others help us and we need to help others know we’re all loved by God! Amen, Father Mike we need more priests to help us so we can help them know how loved they are.

Fr. Mike - I am grateful for this teaching. You have shown me how to remove the wall I have placed between the Father and me. Very profound….

Padre celestial, te ruego que protejas a TODOS los sacerdotes de el mundo entero. Guárdalos a ellos y a nosotros en lo más profundo de Tu corazón y Maria, que es UNO SOLO. ALABADO SEA JESUCRISTO!

Thank you father mike. ❤ you have had and continue to have a big impact on my spiritual life. You help make so many things clearer. God bless you. 🙏

Stay strong, holy and dedicated. May God continue to guide and bless you.

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Profound... really. Most of the times, I ask Jesus to guide me and he tells me to do things that I don't understand. I had a healthy childhood. But those out there who have not, Just don't let your heart go cold. Mine goes.feel absolutely nothing. Hey I'm not God's problem child. Daddy, I m not hungry anymore.

Perdona nuestras ofensas y libranos de TODO mal. Tu en mi y yo en ti.

Thank you, Father......What a blessing it is to hear these inspired words from you today. Thank you.

Such a POWERFUL PRESENTATION!!!! Thank you, Fr Mike! At 78, I have heard this parable, spoken by many. This is the VERY FIRST TIME …. MY EARS HEARD THE VIEWPOINT OF THE FATHER! I cannot believe how I never heard ( nor thought about) this viewpoint ! I am blown away by this PRESENTATION!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU …. I AM CERTAIN THAT I AM READY TO HEAR AND PONDER THIS … AT THIS TIME!

Thank you father! God Bless

Are we willing to have the Father LOVE us ???

This broke my heart and that's a good thing

Beautiful analogy. Thanks Fr. Mike. 🙏🏻💕✝️

This is NOT a hired hand priest 🙏

Thank you for sharing, love this.

Wowwwww

St Michael the Archangel, Defend us in the hour of battle, Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; May God rebuke him; we humbly pray; And do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, By the power of God, Thrust down into hell, Satan and all the evil spirits Who wander through the world. Seeking the ruin of souls. Amen🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

You really do love yourself a lot. It shows. Its very clear that you want to be seen by people. You want to be popular and known. But its not very clear if you know the gospel of salvation.

The idiom, "I can see straight through you", has relevance here. God doesn't need our permission to see every single aspect of us, it's just all out there. When ppl are on the same frequency of love that God is in...they can see just about as clearly, but not nearly all, at all. When ppl see through their own lenses...they're pretty much blind to everything outside their own scopes of comprehension. My point, look at things, literally, from different perspectives. Christ Consciousness is aligning with the feeling of God's presence 100% and then seeing from His lens. Self-imposed fatherlessness...it sounded more like self-imposed distancing for fear of judgment and ridicule, a forgotten kid who didn't want to be told he was non-sensicle for liking this and/or for being this way or that way. It's classic middle-kid syndrome. You are not alone, Bub. A middle kid right here with ya. My grandpa even used to say, "So...that's why they named you Amie Olson", whenever I said or did anything, smh. It was an insult but it wasn't malicious and it wasn't not funny so it makes for a good example for being "Amie Olson"; a middle kid; the scapegoat; a miss fit in an otherwise dysfunctional, yet, cohesive family system. Recognizing and giving gratitude takes you further and lifts the soul higher than allowing more guilt to be piled on (especially by one's own hand). It was crap then and can still be reconciled as such now, thus, not allowed. Stop sign.

As teenagers, we called the dateless and desperate.

This is from Seek 2021 iirc

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Who’s cutting onions

As much as I love Fr. Mike's videos, I do wish he would slow down a bit. Very difficult to follow when he talks so fast 😅, (and some people think we Irish speak fast). So Fr.Mike if you see this, could you slow down a bit please.......

Bp. Barron is spreading the old heresy that hell is empty.

I've NEVER heard anything like this. I've NEVER heard this, at all.

There's no sound for me even at maximum volume. Does anyone else have this issue?

I might get a tattoo?

I don't quite understand this Was it perhaps a retreat?

So weird of all your post I have no sound on this one...

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Are you a priest? Surely a priest would start out his message with a sign of the cross and a prayer.

A weirdly teenage hypish vibe from an almost-50 year old man.

...Are you talking to the guys or dolls ..?

Repent from idols the Catholic church is just Caesar dressed in hi only clothes Repent and get saved before you die in in your inquiry

Woah his unconventional childlike presentation appeals to my underdeveloped brain

The Gospel: Plain and Simple “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” - 2 Corithians 11:3 Ask someone today if they are saved and you will most likely hear responses like these: “I have accepted Jesus into my heart.” Or “I have made him Lord of my life.” “I’ve been baptized.” “I said a prayer.” Sounds all good and churchy don’t it; but it is difficult to de-termine whether or not a person actually knows the gospel that saves them. These use￾less phrases don’t describe a thing about what the gospel is and has left a devastating effect of people not knowing what it is that they are saved from nor how they are saved; which leaves a more serious effect of people ques￾tioning their salvation. Let’s not muddy the simplicity of salva￾tion that is in Christ with vague church sounding phrases that do not communicate anything. But rather present God’s word with clarity and assuredness. So here is the gospel: plain and simple. Sin was passed upon all men by one man Adam, and death is a consequence of this sin (Rom 5:12). Mankind has an eternal destiny of condemnation and wrath - Hell - because of this sin (Rom 6:23). No matter what good works one might do we are still found sinners in the sight of our Creator God. And all un￾righteousness and those who follow get in￾dignation and wrath. We cannot be found righteous for by God’s law we are found sin￾ners (Rom 3:19-20). If we have broken even one law we are found guilty. It is for this reason of not being able to create our own righteousness and being born in a sinful flesh that we need a savior (Titus 3:5). Christ is that Savior, God manifested in the flesh, sinless, died in our place on a cross 2000 years ago. Taking upon him the wrath and judgement that was intended for us sin￾ners. And it is through his bloodshed, burial, and resurrection on our behalf that we are able to have peace with God and forgiveness of our sins (1 Cor 15:1-4, Col 3:14). This good news is unto all but only those that believe in it are made righteous in Christ (Romans 3:22). It is then after we have heard this good news of Christ’s righteousness available to us freely, that we are sealed with the Holy Spirit and we are now part of Christ’s body the church (Eph 1:13) There is nothing that we need to do, no good works that are required, and no bad works that can separate us from our new po￾sition in Christ (Romans 8:35-39). Faith and belief in this information from God’s word is the gospel. The gospel is not accepting Jesus into your heart. The gospel is not making him lord of your life, it is not saying a prayer and it is not being baptized with water. So next time someone asks you if you are saved. Give them the clear assured answer Yes And let me tell you why Find more free resources at: www.graceambassadors.com