The Role of Hope in Holy Week 

Jesus, I need you and I have you. Blessed assurance, such wonderful words of hope!

“You need Him. And you have Him.” “Jesus is very fond of you.” 😢❤️ The profoundness in your words Fr. Mike.

Padre Mike thanks 🙏🙏 Amen.

Thank you Father.

Bothers and sisters please pray for me. Today has been such a hard day for me. I’m praying God takes away this pain and brings me peace and happiness! God bless!!

Experience tells you that When you're against the wall - there is no other. literally no other. I need you Lord Jesus desperately & there is no other who can help me. Through my faith & trust that has been increased by you alone, I've come to know that I have you. Always.

I don't even know what to say. I just desperately needed this exact message today. Thank you so, so much Father Mike.

Profound message and uplifting humor.

Thank you Padre Mike! As always…so in point!

Humanity has always Needed Jesus, we're nothing without him

Second time around for me for Bible a year. Happy Holy Week and Happy Easter!

God bless ❤🙏🏻

*"...Jesus is really really fond of you..."* - Father Mike Schmitz❤️. I praise God for your priesthood, Father Mike. God bless you so much🙏🏻

Pray for me I am discerning the priesthood

The object of hope must be valid, but 'He is risen indeed'! so hope in God!

Thank you Fr Mike!!! You're absolutely...amazing!! Yes...HOPE during Holy Week and always!!! ✝️🙏✝️🙏✝️

I really needed this video. Thank you. Please pray for me!

LORD we pray 💪🙏🙏🙏 . We hope and ask for your mercy. Amen

God bless Fr Mike Schmitz! One of the first priests I binged when I was slowly coming back to the Church 1.5 years ago after nearly 8 years away! Your videos helped to save me and bring me back, and now I'm preparing to apply to seminary next year! Pray I may fully discern where God is calling me!

Thumbs Up!

Wow, that moved me to tears. Thank you for those insights, Fr. Mike! Many around the world have been stunned by the Notre Dame fire, but even in the midst of such a terrible event, several wonderful and miraculous (IMHO) things occurred: 1. All three of the huge stained glass Rose Windows were saved, 2. the giant organ with 8000 pipes was saved, and 3. there were 400 fireman who coordinated with the people in charge of the church to execute a plan to save the relics and other treasures of the church, and it worked. I am sure there are others. I believe that even in the darkest of times, God provides hope, and I agree that we also have to take action to activate that Hope. And, to remember that God's ways are not our ways, and Hope may be or appear to be absent, but, if we continue to trust, it will manifest. May you have a Blessed and Joyous Easter!

Papa Blessss!!!!

Father Mike, I don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but I wanted to say thank you. I was baptized, confirmed, and received the Eucharist on the Easter Sunday Vigil last night. It was the most wonderful experience. Your kind and intelligent words have guided me from the beginning on my journey, and will continue to do so as I walk the life of faith. So to you, Father Mike, everyone at Ascension Presents, and anyone who has commented or left messages of hope on these videos, thank you. God bless you always.

I just came from Saturday Easter Vigil tonight. I asked God to bring the Holy Spirit upon all of us and he did. The mass was nice. Faith in Christ and what he did for us on the cross is key, not anything we did for him. He gets the glory for all I do.

I needed this message as much as i need Jesus ❤️ Thank you Fr. Mike!

Yes I need you Jesus the Lord! I need you now and always!!

Jesus, I need you, I have you and I trust you.

I was just thinking at the beginning of the holy week how many times i failed loving christ and giving my life to him and i was considering giving up to the fact that repentence is just not for me but how merciful god is !! he sends me this video at the right time. Thanks father mike

Thank you from Ireland Father Schmitz. I turn to your talks when I'm feeling low or upset and you always say something that lifts me out of it.

Thank you Father Mike! Helped me grow in my faith!

Having hope in difficult circumstances is like holding Jesus’ hand in the present while you watch him point with his other hand to the glorious future He has for us ❤️ He’s always with us.

thank you father Mike thank you so much and i mean it. God bless you and the rest of the priest including Pope and the Church.

Bring on Holy Week, May it be fruitfully hopeful!

A year later and this makes so much sense in all the fears and despair we arefacing of this pandemic. May we hold on to Jesus. Thank you father Mike

One year later, this message is still very relevant and important. Thank you Fr. Mike.

Here in 2020, during the pandemic that has profoundly impacted Holy Week and our world... I am so glad for this definition of Hope to guide me!

I woke up at 2h30 and was crushed by the pain of analysing what fear has made me lose in my life. I need to trust and not be afraid. He is with me always, He told me so Himself... but I guess I needed Fr. Mike to remind me.

Thank you Padre Mike!

God bless you Father Mike!

When my wife died of cancer 3-1/2 years ago without my faith and without hope I am not sure how I would have survived. It still amazes me today that after her diagnosis, treatment and everything that comes with cancer treatment and then her passing, my faith became stronger and today I am a much different and better person. Also, because of my faith I met an incredible woman who I am now engaged to and we are so excited to spend our first Easter together and so exited for our future. Without hope none of this would have been possible.

Praise be to our Heavenly Father God🙏🏽📿. Jesus our Lord and Savior!!

I need you and I have you. Great prayer. Thanks

Sooo true, Fr Mike. Hope is based/rooted in trust of another. God is the source of our hope. Thank you.

Thank you Father for teaching and sharing your faith. I’ve been watching your videos for the past year or so and you helped me come into communion with the Catholic Church last December.

I needed to hear this today thank you.

Thank you Fr. Mike for remaining us about the need for humility: " Jesus, I need you". Just to kneel and ask: I'm so weak without You Jesus, please help me.

I've felt like Peter for years... Thank you.

There's so much I'm still learning

I love listening to you Fr. Mike. Please keep inspiring. God bless YOU!

God bless you father mike

I needed this right now! Thank you! Amen!!🙏🏽🙌🏽💙

I’ve been had been having a lot of fear about the final coming. It got to the point where every hour I would ask god to please do not destroy this world, give us a One more chance. I believe God showed me this video to let me know, hey I am here for you do not worry because those who serve and love In my name shall have eternal life. Thank you father mike for making this video! God bless

Awesome🙏🏻 he's the best gift..I don't want material things that eventually wastes away then your left with nothing...❤

That was beautiful, good, and true, and necessary. God bless you Father Mike.

Father Mike I need to hear this today Holy Thursday I had been feeling very low over the last few weeks And I was betrayed But please God After reading your video I feel better thank God Father Mike you have a very special gift I would so much love to meet you

Happy Easter to all of you catholic brothers and sisters in Christ ! Christ is risen!

Hello from Bangkok, Thailand. I am a single mom who was a devoted Buddhist before converting into Catholic more than 10 years ago! My daughter, 13, American/Thai, baptized at St. Peter& and Paul the Apostles Church in Bradenton, FL since the age of 4 months. We enjoy listening to you so much. Thank you so much for sharing these important messages. We have learned so much and feeling Blessed to find your channel on You Tube.Sometimes we get confused whether to be Catholic or Christian?? We only know that we love Jesus! Without Him we could not be where we are today! May God Bless you and your good work, Father Mike! Greeting from Thailand 🙏🌹please pray for us! IBBY & Isabella

God Bless🙏

I will pray for you Jessica,would you offer your suffering up for the Holy Souls in the deepest part of Purgatory ,those who have noone to pray for them ,also the Ukrainians and for your own Strength to get through this time. .Lord Jesus Christ have Mercy on you Please hurry to your Rescue and your Protection.🙏🙏🙏

"Jesus is very fond of you" ❤️

Beautifully said illustrations of hope in needing and having Jesus! Thank you Fr. Mike for sharing this!

Your words calm my soul. God bles you Father Mike. Greetings from Argentina

Happy Good Friday & Easter to All

Beautiful. Inspiring. Thank you so much ❤

Thank you Father Mike, your words touched my heart in a very profound way. God Bless you, on this very blessed day. I love your videos, they always help me in one way or another.

We need Jesus Amen🙏🏻✝️🙌🏻

Jesus I need you , and I have you!! HOPE... Blessed Holy Week Father..

AMEN, great preaching, even a little daring to Vatican 2 that says even atheists can get saved, we 100% need Jesus to be saved.

Amen 🙏

Much needed. Thank You, Jesus! And Fr. Mike haha

You are so right Father Mike And may God bless you

Hope helps in the midst of fear. April 12, 2022

I have strengthened my faith since finding your channel on RU-vid! Thank you, and God bless you , Father Mike!!

Jesus, I need You and I have You.

Thank you for another great video father Mike. I want to share this with you. My wife and I have been going to the RCIA class in the past months, we are (with my two kids 3 and 6) getting baptized this Saturday 20th April. This whole experience is beyond words. Thank you father Mike.

Another amazing video by Father Mike! Thank YOU!

Thank you for reminding us that we need Jesus and we can not do anything without him, and yet we have him ❤️

Thank you Fr Mike awesome message of the hope we all sometimes struggle to hold onto as our flesh is weak in so many ways . Hebrews 4 verse 11 says we need to labour to rest , the word labour is used because we want to do it ourselves and sometimes it’s hard to just rest and trust in Christ Jesus and his finished work. 2 Corinthians 5:21 King James 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. To clarify unity and context my comment with what you said about HOPE Fr Mike here’s Romans 15:13 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Abound in hope and to be held in that position through faith in his word of truth with the power of Holy Spirit and the finished work of our High Priest what more could we give thanks to the Father for in Prayer even our hope he gives us , abundantly.in all things we are truly blessed . Hebrews 6 verse 18 and 19 that we have a strong consolation in hope , powerful words verse 13 where God swears an oath by himself .

Have a great Easter Fr. Mike. Thank you for your videos.. Sometimes you even reach us Lost Souls..

Thank you, Fr. Mike. This resonated deep within me.

"Lord Jesus, I need you and I have you" 💙

So timely . Today my question was ' Lord , why aren't you with me when I'm in such great need of you'. Praise Jesus Christ.

Very enjoyable I found much more understanding. And what the holy week really is

I also think it might very well be Cleopus and Mrs Cleopus (who was at th cross). The people who went through the trauma of watching Jesus arrested and dying tended to be among the first to see Him raised.

May God bless you Fr. Mike and he he continue to enlighten you to brings us the good news. So touching to hear how much God loves us.

Thanks for the Words of God. I pray for you and God bless you father.

Thank you so much. I was just crushed during Holy Week by another person of faith who basically flailed me for not making a prayer meeting about his political agenda. I wanted to climb into a hole. But this is Holy Thursday and I have 3 more days to get back on the path. I love you Lord Jesus. By your cross and resurrection you have set us free.

Thank you Father Mike!!!!!! Jesus, I need you and I have You even if I don’t feel or see You!

PRAISED BE TO GOD! 💗💗💗 Praying FORLOVE, HOPE, FAITH, and CHARITY

Trust in another. The another has to be God alone

"I like to think of her as Mrs. Cleopas." 😁 ....Fr. Mike never fails to put a smile on my face!

Needed this. Have a blessed Holy Week Fr. Mike!

Thanks Father Mike. I needed that talk

Powerful! I needed this. God filled this day with a lot of grace today. I need you and I have you Lord. Thank you thank you thank you Jesus, Christ our lord and blessed is your name and your wonder and your majesty forever and ever!

Hi Fr Mike, Sri Lanka went through carnage today. Coordinated bombings on Catholics attending holy mass on 3 churches. Please keep us in your prayers. Love your videos.

Thanks for another great message. Bring back the beard boss. It was legendary

Such a beautiful message!! This made me cry, it was what my heart needed to hear today.

Thank you Fr., Especially during this time of remembrance of the Holy Triduum. The Virtue of “Hope “ and the need for Jesus. Thank you for helping me during this time of remembering his love for me and my Hope is in Jesus....Thanks again...

Lord God bless you.. Glory to Jesus christ our Lord God.

Ave Maria. Please pray for me. I’m going crazy. Father you are awesome.