Struggling to Hear God's Voice 

I kid you not: I was just walking out of work (right now) wondering why I can't hear God in my mind/heart. Then I open up RU-vid and this is the 2nd video I see.

One time I was joking around and I told God "you never call, you never write." (like I was a parent scolding their college student who left.) I then hear a voice that said "I do call, you just never answer.)

*Pray, pray, pray, pray, pray A-L-W-A-Y-S.* Thank you Fr. Mark-Mary. Truly appreciate your videos. Lots of prayers for your Ministry.

Amen 🙏 God bless you

Padre Mark muchas gracias por ayudar a nuestra gente pobre yo soy de Guatemala y vivimos la misma pobreza de todo corazón que Dios Lo bendiga por su gran corazón

What do you want me to do lord…guide me please

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YOU HAVE NOOOOO IDEA I NEEDED TO HEAR THIS IN MY SITUATION. THAANK YOU

Thank you,Fr. Mark

Amen, God bless you father for answering the call of God, thank you!without the priests there’s no Holy Eucharist and other Sacraments.

Thank you brother and may God bless you you doing the right decision and by the way I like when you say the holy rosary I'm a Catholic and I will die as a Catholic I believe in Jesus Christ the only son who was conceived by the holy Spirit amen God bless you all love you

Thank you so much. God bless you

My biggest desire is to hear God's voice. I feel all by myself

Very helpful!

Somos peregrinos poco a poco vamos a llegar ...

Please pray that I hear our Lord's calling to do His will in all things and especially in choosing my state in life.. Amen! THANKS father Mark Mary. God bless you too...

I always thought praying was a one side street where you wait for God to pass by when He is ALWAYS with us. In every prayer and decisions we make, it was never about making them alone and waiting for results. It's about making them while trusting God the results are what He has planned for everyone involved. Thank you again for this teaching.

Thank you for this gentle reminder to trust in the Lord he will always turn it for our good

these comment sections inspire me. Thank You God.

God will guide me🙏

Awesome video.

It’s amazing how the providence of God works in your own life. Leading and guiding us throughout the day

You are a lways hitting what we need.our publication on discernment is the best seller in reprint now. Your talk was super.thank you.

This video hits hard. Thank you, Father Mark-Mary!

Prayer is so important. Which is why it hirs so much when I cant pray. Sin, a constant betrayal. I dont know what to do.

You are an amazing young Priest. If the world had more Holy Priests, religious and laity as yourself, it would change the world. God love you. We love you.

Father your story is something I need it yo hear since I experience a similar situation every now and then

So key!!! Thank you Father.

The way to eternal salvation is faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!

Thank you so much Father. I really needed to hear this today. 🙏🙏🙏

Amen to this message. Thank you!

I can't hear God's voice but I wish that I did. It's my greatest desire.

Thank you my brother. You have a beautiful spirit. God bless you and may God help us get through times of desolation. I love you all.

Muchas gracias, Padre Mark, for sharing your experience and wisdom. Dios lo cuide y lo bendiga siempre.

Our Lady of Guadalupe pray so we may love God and his holy will ❤️

Thank you Fr. Mark Mary, that was very powerful!

Thank you for the homily father God Bless you

Thank you so much! God bless you!

Father I needed this.. Came at the right time. Thank you father.God will bless you

Bless you brother

Might've shed a tear or two... thank you!

This is a great video on discernment. Please make a video on listening to God's voice! Sometimes we need to hear him speak truth, and healing, not just direction. Thank you for sharing!

I know exactly what you mean, when I feed the birds I was worried some would be hungry but then I felt like don't worry God can multiply the food for them. These talks are good.

Was blown away by that prayer at 5:05 so decided to write it down….. Lord, I believe that you have called me to this situation. Lord you know my limits, you know what I know, you called me as I am. So here’s what I am going to do Lord, I’m gonna do my best. I am going to try and get all the information I can. Then I’m going to make a decision and I will entrust it to you, Lord. And if I make the wrong decision I’m gonna trust that you are God and you are good and I’m just one instrument. You will come into these women’s lives and provide through another means if it is the wrong decision. If it is the right decision Lord I believe and I trust because of who you say you are that you’ll bless it and you will anoint it,

This is how I feel: God speaks to people like Fr. Mark-Mary because He has chosen them specially. He doesn't speak to ordinary schlubs like me because He hasn't chosen us specially. I can kid myself that "God is walking with me in my decisions" etc. etc. - but I don't really believe that this is true: the evidence just isn't there in my life. God WON'T help with my decision-making, but He WILL blame me if I get things wrong. I guess that I just somehow should have been one of God's Special Ones - except that I have no idea how to do this.

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I enjoy your gentle yet straight forward style of explaining everything✨🙏🏻✨

Thanks for that message. It's so important to be reminded that we're not alone in our decision-making and that God can bless our decisions even when we're not sure we've made that right one, as long as we sincerely tried to do the right thing.

God is amazing. I just finished praying the rosary and i stumbled across the St Anne prayer ( St Anne is Mary’s mother), so i asked my mom to add that to her daily prayer as a mom and also because my translates to Mother Mary( Holy Mother). And here he goes talking about God giving him his name for a reason. I thank God for the big and the little things.

Thank you Father Mark, you are a blessing to everyone who is watching this and may a lot of people will find this channel! So many decisions in my life that I never acknowledge God but HE never left me, we are so loved even in our brokenness!

I have heard God's Voice when I took a glance to close my eyes 2 days ago around 9pm. I felt that my body has a different sensation, it's a different feeling that my body felt, it feels like I was in another dimension. What I heard is "....Angels....." God said to me with little clarity and a loud voice with Echo voice in all directions. It is like a loud speaker all over the sorroundings but he has a big voice. I only hear the word "Angels" but the other words that he said are slowly fading and I can't understand it. I think I heard his voice in a matter of only a few seconds and faded, then I opened my eyes and I felt different again. I was not sleeping that time, I am just closing my eyes for a few seconds but never expected that God the Father is the Word, and the Word was God. Now I know that he wants to send his Angels on me because I have been thinking a lot of bad things lately.

Gracias. Holy and beautiful

Great video! May God bless you, Father, and Mother Mary be ahead of all your life!

Thanks father.

Really needed to hear this right now!

Here I am looking through RU-vid and one of the places I always go for answers is Ascension Presents. I really want to learn how to hear God’s voice more clearly but my own thoughts always get in the way and it’s tough to discern which is me and which is God... also, I’m from Honduras and it’s so exciting that you went there! My aunt is a director at a Catholic orphanage there and the poverty situation is very sad. God bless you.

Thanks, I needed this approach to discerment!

Thank you for this message. I needed this! ❤️🙏🏼🕊

God, I pray that I always do your will. This will help me not make wrong decisions. Amen. Thank you Father.

This was a life changing message. Thank you

Your illustration is not unlike the situation of my final career. I prayed, but not nearly as eloquently as you, Fr. Mark Mary. I appreciate these weekly visits.

I bought the book on Amazon Kindle: Pray, Decide Don't Worry. Have not yet read but I am sure that it is a good recommendation. I also pray to my Guardian Angel 7 Glory Be's every morning for guidance and seven Glory Be's to the Holy Spirit for enlightenment. I don't remember where that suggestion came from. I know it helps me when I am confused or unsure. God's Blessings!

also, i just want to say that this video came on my recommended tonight and as i watch tou i can literally feel the presence of God around you or his anointing. idk how to explain it, there is so much peace, this feeling that makes me want to cry and pray when u speak which reminds me of when i am worshiping God and fill with the holy spirit. God is moving through tou!!! May God bless you and bless you.

I feel like God is calling to me to be a nurse. When I think about being a nurse it gives me a sense of peace and not of anxiety.

Reflection for tonight: I was an Altar server when I was a teenager and I remember everybody need to receive communion on the tongue and we use a bronze paten to not let a particle of the Lord (Eucharist) drop on the floor. I can really see him particles on the paten. After then the Priest will very carefully place the particles to the chalice. Is this love for the Lord? Or what. I can’t imagine it. Oh Lord forgive me.

Wow, so relieved to hear this! I grew up in the non-demonization church and so much energy was put into the whole, “what is God’s will for X in your life?” Perhaps even to the type of cereal you’re gonna have in the morning. (I joke, but not really). A book from the Protestant side that really gave me some relief was Kevin DeYoung’s book, “Just Do Something: a liberating approach to find God’s will or how to make a decision without dreams, visions, fleeces, impressions, open doors, random bible verses, casting lots, liver shivers, writing in the sky, Etc.” It seems like waaaay too much responsibility for God to put on us if we are doing our best to then be chastised for not doing the most optimal thing because we were not knowledgable or wise enough. Where would God’s grace be in that? Thanks brother and keep it up!

Thanks Fr.

The world needs your videos with Spanish subtitles.... Please!!!!! Thkss

To me at least i can't speak for anyone else but god never answers or guided absolutely anything in my life regardless of how much i ask him.

I can't believe this! This is just what I needed and it was just a scroll away in my notifications!!! GOD IS AMAZING!!!!!

Saint John 6:45 It is written in the prophets: ‘They shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.

Thank goodness for spiritual directors👍😇🙏

Thank u Fr, great and simple insight. Thank u n God bless you always ☺🙏

This clip is very relevant for me at this time. I am suffering from anxiety due to a major decision. Thank you

I came here because I've been trying to hear God's voice, have been praying and I hear nothing.

Lord I am stinging to hear your voice tonight amen.

How far will God go for us? Will He put us in time out? How long does restoration take? How can we tell if God is mad at us?

Dear fr. Mark-Mary, Thank you for this sermon. St. Ignatius of Loyola has also a good teaching on discerning the spirits and hearing God. From experience i know it is working very well. And it is very important and really helpful in daily life. In each situation. God bless. Amen.

Amen- Praise Jesus! Thank you for the reminder!! God Bless! 🙏🏻😇

Truly spoken from the heart. Thank you, Fr Mark-Mary!

thank you

Thank you!

I awoke about 430am, my heart full of anxiety. I needed to hear the voice of God. Not the booming voice from the sky as depicted in the movies. The still, small voice, that speaks to one's spirit. I have "heard" God's voice on occasion. Does God only speak on occasion, or is He always speaking it's just we aren't hearing? I'm inclined to think the latter. So it was heavy on my heart how to hear God's voice. I NEED his guidance in some major decisions I'm about to make. This was the second video I found as well! This video was SO on target for me. Thank you, and God bless you Fr. Mark-Mary. I bought the book Pray, Decide, Don't worry immediately on Kindle. Viva Christo Rey! JA

Needed that

I truly needed this! Thank you! Please pray for me if you are able. I’m going through a time of “pruning”. Thank you again; I needed to hear this!

Just bought the audio book

Thank you Father, for your yes to Him and for the wonderful videos you put together each week.

Amen. Even in small things God cares. Even when I asked Him for small discounts on things we buy since I am on limited income. I pray. I do not ask for signs. And then, I wait.

Thank you, Father 🙏🏻 needed this

Amen"🙏.

Thank you so much!!!!!! Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ bendiciones desde Mexico

My gilrfriend broke up with me 3 weeks ago. These past 2 days, I've been getting a lot anxious and thinking of callimg her. Yesterday, I opem up RU-vid and the first video that appears to me is Fr. Mike's hommily called "Be patient".

I have no discernment and it frustrates me sooo much. Please pray for me to hear His voice

I have had so many amazing things happen in my life in which can not be explained away . The meaning of my name is “ Warrior, Gift from God, Son of a carpenter “ I had know idea. The only reason I know this is cuz during my prayer time early in the AM abt 5years later after a major car accident. I just flat out asked God why am I here. The response I received was the answer to that was the reason has always been in my name. The interesting thing my first name has a lot of meanings. A few others “Father of many” “that which comes from a stream unknown” and “ Bright headed” . I have come to call them Gods boo moments. My priest gets a kick out of that. It makes me so happy that love to share my stories. How could you not want to share His beautiful blessings with others. I have always held God so tight to my heart. I do love Him so.!!! God is awesome and it is funny you mentioned there is a meaning behind our names. I have had ☝️ heck of a life. matter how hard it got to move forward I knew God was there with me even at points disparaging and begging Him to take me. I should not really be alive due to the fact one time I sat down and counted 37 times I should have died. Including at one point of running through a house. The man who risked his own life to come in and save me . I should have died hitting a tree and a pole. But I had come to and yelled for St. Michael and ran through the house instead. When ems got there they determined that my blood sugar spiked and dropped really fast and that’s why I passed out. There is soooo much more to the story that I wish I could share but just waaay to long to type it all. That same gentleman a week latter died crashing into a pole and a tree on the same day and hour of my accident . God rest his soul. So yes just stop sit in the quiet and listen. God Bless

Amen!

Thank you!🕊🙏🏼 just listening to your message is giving me peace. May God continue to bless & guide your messages, to all that are in need of guidance for the greater good of God’s glory.🕊🙏🏼

Having awakened from yet another puzzling dream, opebed the RU-vid app to find this video was at the top. Don't know if all dreams are divinely inspired, but I did ask in prayer right before falling to sleep if the Franciscans is the right place for me in my desire to serve God. Dream didn't seem His answer was yes or no, but coupled with what you shared about having to screen women to decide who was eligible or not for help, the dream could be interpreted as a what to expect I'd be walking into while helping the poor. Not pretty. Constantly needing to watch where and what I step in. Struggling to persuade those people who can help themselves to clean up. IRL, I worked in a bank for just over one year. Learned I'm not interested in money. I've been homeless, and know what poverty is like. Living a minimalistic life appeals to me. And I've honestly been most comfortable with those similarly affected. Sadly, the dream doesn't say whether or not if I'd be effective in the Franciscan ministry in 0ursuit of doing God's work. More prayer and meditation required to hear His voice.

I have never heard His voice . Practicing Catholic for 14 years

Thank you so much Fr. Mark-Mary, I really need this at this stage of life, and I find your suggestions really sensible and practical... Thanks for sharing your ideas and experiences. God bless!

I trusted God prayed and made a decision that turned out to be the worst decision ever & I regret it eternally. Now God won't say anything to me, not a word of comfort or advice, nothing. I feel betrayed. I've been in the worst emotional pain for years and begging God to say anything even a rebuke but He's silent