"Time Will Erase Every Memory of You" + 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Mike's Homily) 

Ashes to Ashes and dust to dust . I will be 70 soon and my life has flown. Many successes many achievements many failures . Have lost it all and regained it a few times . Have had a full life but now looking forward realize all we have is God and everything else is ephemeral.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how a future saint acts in a homily

I recently heard that “do you know your great grandparents names” question to show that you don’t “live on” through your family but the point still stands that you can do things to leave a legacy in your family that will impact your great-grandchildren and onward whether they know your name or not. I don’t know my paternal grandfathers parents full names, but because they left an example of strong Christian faith, my grandfather did the same in his family and that has left a family legacy of faith that impacts future generations. My mom grew up in a nominally Christian home but she changed that in our household and that will impact my children and their children and so on.

Time wait,s for no one, we all come in to this world on different ships, but we all leave on the same boat, for me, Jesus I trust in you yesterday, today ,tomorrow, forever, Amen.

Wow hallelujah 🙏

Looking for God differently from before. My wife and I were together over 50 years. She died of cancer last year. What was of value before is worth a lot less now. Most of us come into the world alone and most of us will leave alone. God be with us.

Please pray for my son jimmy struggling with addiction and loneliness please dear God help him please my Jesus and all the heavens surround him with angels my other son Peter guidance and wisdom for him to have God in his life my daughter Francine guidance and wisdom to have God in her life my nephew paul

New convert and Thankful for Catholicism…to learn that it is okay to focus on death for it is the entrance to Everlasting Glory-with Christ ❤️‍🩹🙏🏾

One of my favorite quotes, by Linda Hogan..."Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands."

Thank you so much, Fr. Mike. The Lord has spoken deeply to my heart this Sunday, because just a month ago my ex-fiancee broke our engagement to pursue his professional success… I’m keeping my eyes on the Lord. Please pray for us. I’ll be praying for you 💜

Yes, it will……. It will. Very very true Father… When you die, you’re gone from this world…. So we must not live worldly lives!

I come from a Catholic home. My Father appointed me Executrix of my Parents Estate (Mama passed away a year before him). I thought siblings and son would work with me for the "good of all of us" but lo & behold....hasn't happened. But my anger continues to slowly disperse because I've been praying about it....& working on the Bible-In-A-Year programme. Thank you Father Mike, your Homily is helping as always....may God Almighty bless you always 🙏🏾🕊. Greetings from Botswana 🇧🇼 😊.

The fourth time I have listened to it - fifth time will be soon

WOW....hurts, but it's so good.

This homily is just what I needed now. Thank you so much Fr. Mike.

GOD is real.

Brilliant 👏

I brought my aunt to the cemetery to put flowers on her husband's grave. She commented about all the graves that had not been visited in over 50 years as none of them had a plant or flower growing and said 'My grandchildren will have no idea where i am even berried. No one will ever come here after my children die. After one generations, perhaps two, you are completely forgotten". My own great grand parents are berried in Europe somewhere. I don't even know their names.

I have a great story about things we don't think about like who our ancestors were. I know a woman who had a near death experience. I am not sure how long she was dead but when she crossed over there were THOUSANDS and thousands of people there all happy to see her and greeting her. She had no idea who these thousands of people were but one of them told her 'these are your ancestors going back thousands of years here to greet you'.

Life is about giving. Giving everything you got back. Holding on to everything else turns to vanity. Thanks Father Mike!

God must like ordinary people. He makes so many of them.....

But absolutely nothing like I love God. I’m older now. Father is soooo right. The most important things in life are not things or having the biggest home or belonging to the best country club or the most successful in business or your children or grandchildren are best in so many areas or in the best private schools. I want my family to love God first with all their hearts and this makes you the most successful, loving God with all your heart and teaching your children that God is first- the being in the popular group, or being the best is temporary, but God’s love is eternal

Going back 29 generations, my 29 great grandfather was Ravn Haub - he died in the year 980. And a priest in our parish has Ravn Haub as his 30th grandfather. His side of the family migrated through Norway, down through Sweden and ended up as traders in Germany. My side of the family became Vikings and invaded itself in the year 1066. My side of the family also had several generations after the year 1310 (when St. Olaf died) where in the first born sons were all priests.

This homily was the most wild ride I’ve been on in a long time.

Christians are in book of life so never forgotten.

This was so great . Wow . Thank you

Then this: HEAVEN. Amen.

Or like those soothsayers of the seventies said, “All we are is dust in the wind!” 🙏🏻💀🙏🏻

WOW !!!!!!!!

God Bless Father Mike

Vanity of vanities

Love is the only summit hope that is not false 🙏✝️

Thank you Father Mike. While visiting Rome some 20 years ago I visited the crypt you speak of and I will never forget the experience and the sign.

Rich Strike came from behind to become a winner♥️One hit numbers🤩Hevel Ty Fr Mike Always a pleasure to hear your Homolies🕊🔥🕊🔥🕊🔥🕊

Thank you Fr. This is how I like to think about my life, of everything I do or say, that this world is not what I'm striving for, that it is everlasting life with Christ. I used to be so preoccupied with "being forgotten", so. Preoccupied with what I thought could make me happy. You have it a name for me....."Hevel." Only being Christ's will be true happiness. "Our hearts are restless until they rest in you Lord " If you don't mind me saying, good theme song for this Sermon would be Kansas' "Dust in the wind."

Than you for remembering that we when we born we star to die

I so enjoy listening to you father. Thank you

I am trying incredibly hard to repair my health and my body that has been ravaged, I do not see how this would not bring me happiness? I learned that if you do not have your health you have nothing…. I pray everyday to be healed to some extent, I can’t even take care of myself, fame etc seems the most trivial things, but my health is so totally different… I could say so much on this topic

Booth notwithstanding, I can't remember a single famous 19th century superstar. Thank you, Fr. Mike.

What a message of hope! God bless you, your parish and your viewers. From 🇧🇷

Glory to God. I am dust, but He created me. How sweet is life and death?!

This is very profound. I have a hard time keeping up w/Fr Mike’s speaking becuz he talks so fast, but, I found out I can go to the settings & reduce the speed to slower, (0.75), & that helps me a lot in keeping up w/him. This awesome talk is one everyone should hear. Ashes to ashes…..dust to dust… yes, we all hafta die…but, God will raise us up on the last day…. We have that to look forward to….thanks be to God! 🙏

"Time will erase every memory of you"... if only I could forget me.

Just some wise words I've gathered.... 🌺"Time is but a shadow, a dream; My life is but an instant, an hour that passes by; To Love You My Dearest GOD, I Only Have Today!" --St. Therese of Lisieux 🌻What we Do in Life....Echoes our Eternity! 📖Jam.4:14--Our lives are but vapor! 🌺Our life on Earth is... Only a "speck" compared to Eternity!!" 🌻"And in the end~ It's not the years in your life that count. It's the LIFE in your years"--Abraham Lincoln & 🌺Live Your Life~ with ETERNITY as Your Backdrop!! Blessings to you All!

Thank you Father, For sharing this with all of us who are truly seeking to meet Jesus Christ in person!!... And not just here his voice as he's using us as his vessels for the better of mankind!!... The Widowmaker a man of God!!... D'n Deus Le' Vult!!...

I visited the Bone Church 45 years ago, and until today thought it was the most macabre thing I ever saw. I somehow missed the sign you mentioned when I entered it, and thus completely missed the point of it all. Thank you for clarifying it in your homily.

Thank you, and God bless you.

Thank you Fr. Mike!

Our lord prefers underdogs e people who overcome adversity. amen

I have to admit I love your videos. I am a member of the church of Jesus christ of latter day saints, but I love that there is differences we love Jesus and heavenly Father. We know life has meaning because of him. Love whatbyou do keep it up keep bringing the light to those who need it.

Sounds odd to say this but this video just changed my life.

Thank you Father Mike. This has been a blessing for me.

Watch Secretariat. I will love this wonder all my life!

"Time will erase us."

Amen. Thank you

Very powerful homily, Fr. Mike. Confronted me with what truly matters in this world, and in the next. Thank you for bringing us God's message effectively.

100% correct the hallways are built of bones and skulls, and a statement from. Jesus Christ, IT IS FINISHED!!...

💫🌠Matthew Kelly's NEW book, "Holy Moments" is an answer, we All can Create! ~leaving our "Eternal footprints" on this Earth...FOREVER for God's Glory! 💞Our Soul Potential!!

So awesome - thanks

Honest to goodness TRUTH. Thank you for so clearly putting all things in perspective.

Everything is transcient.....

Agreed. Amen. Solution is to go home. To our Lord. 🥰

amazing - thank you

Greetings Father Mike, Thanks for Sunday Homily once again with a Insightful Message such that 'LOVE IS TIMELESS' in all aspects through the Teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Thoughts : I occasionally groove myself into John Mayer songs during Highest and Lowest Moments in recent times. Special Mention : My Prayers with Everyone for Jesuits 's Overall Wellness and rememberance during Tough Times around the World on account of Completion of Ignatian Year 2021-22. With regards with Prayers for All, RanjithJoseph (R.J)

I like "Kyrie Eleison" by Mr. Mister! When Richard points to Heaven and acknowledged the Higher Power!

" I get knocked down but I get up again " ...

I was 21 when I visited that Cappuccin church in Rome, it’s worth seeing.

We are commanded to number our days aright in the bible

Thanks Fr Mike love your sermons 🙏🏽 it’s Monday here I like listening to different sermons. We have a wonderful parish priest in Mary MacKillop Catholic Community in Perth 🇦🇺. Love to you and your community here🙏🏽

I love when this happens, but the service I went to yesterday also brought up the story in Luke 12 and the brothers seeking mediation in context to a different topic. Thanks Father Mike!

Years ago In NYC the Saint Patrick's Day Parade and The Columbus Day Parade were attended by tens-of-thousands and they were carried by all of the NY Networks just like the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Now they get a mention on the news. You could not get near the Avenue years ago and everyone was wearing green. Now the crowd is so thin its almost gone. My aunt asked her grand daughter if she knew what her heritage was and the girl just said American. She didn't identify with any ethnic heritage but American. Unfortunately she doesn't know she's Catholic either.

It will take me some time to get in the habit of contemplating my death w/o getting morbid about it. Less than 10 yrs ago, I was suffering from depression to the point of actually trying to kill myself. None of my attempts worked, perhaps miraculously, and every time, I felt punished by having to go on living. So, this is definitely something I'll have to warm up to . . . Carefully.

The things that don’t align with God and heaven are sacred and important in that it teaches us what’s important in life.I don’t think anything is really lost it’s part of learning and growing towards God,being human,which we carry to heaven.God uses everything towards the greater good.

This was really a tremendous video Fr. Mike! I grew up in the Netherlands, where they have some words which are in the roam of 'hevel' - one is 'mist' (fog - I think this is the one most nearby 'hevel'), another is 'rook' (smoke). The Dutch also have a saying with the last one which is particularly interesting in this week - 'waar rook is, is vuur' (where there is smoke, there is fire). I'll try to stay aware of my existing as fog (as we and our lives, as you said, are really only some fog that will fade away and has no meaning whatsoever, that's for certain for me), but in the same time I want to focus on the fire that Christ is trying to set in me (I do my best not to stay oblivion to that), so that just a little bit of smoke will get the attention of people who don't want to smell it, but need to

Remembering our passed siblings, you reminded me the animated movie Coco. You should see it, father, it's another underdog movie.

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Jesus said what good will it do you if you gained the whole world but loose your soul, how sad also if you gain very little on this earth and still loose your soul

Fr. mark you have to see Rescued by Ruby, a true story about a dog who is an underdog! You will love it.

Then what?! Us t that enough for most people.

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Ascension presents: please know time was not set for 10am Eastern today. I do go to in person Mass but Wake up and organize to be free 10-1030 for this. Was confusing and finally found time 7pm. Just FYI

Not likely.🕯️🌹🦋 Only the oblivious ignored the signs. They ask then deny.

I loved the Take On Me video! We didn’t see effects like that back then. Okay now I feel old😂

Our family knows many of our direct ancestors names right back to the 15 hundreds when it first became compulsory for church records of births deaths and marriages to be kept. Our great grandparents and great great grandparents details are in the census and other records. We know some of their tragedies and triumphs, infant deaths, occupations, marriages, immigrations, death by Spanish flu, bottulism, drowning and fire,amassing fortunes and losing it, service in ww1 and the boer war, religion, where they lived etc.

My favorite play, movie is "Camelot" Heaven?!

Hello Father Michael: After my husband died 4 years ago I think about dying all the time. But it scares me and depressed me. Seems like nothing really matters

Nice sleeves father

I have had money and i have not had money. Having money is better.

I knew three girls who are sisters. They were inseparable. The mother died and they nearly killed each other over the property the mother left behind. They never spoke again and they really didn't need any of it. They did without it before.

AHA and Dexys had more than one hit in the UK!!

@Patrick Hollywood dear brother, no one is reedemed by his deeds, no one is without sin in front of god, and literaly no one will be in heavens because the good deeds taht they ve id, each and everysingle one of the people who will be in heavens , its because gods grace, and jesuses shatered blood, equaly ,for everyone! redemption is free, its up to us as we have free will, if we grab his loving hand or not! all you have to do is sincerly feel sorry, want to cutloose with the fake one, and have faith, FAITH is whats all about, if you believe, jesuses blood saved you, and youre being coopereative with the holy spirit, you will be in heavens! another thing, its not us who can do something as i sayed we are powerless, but oure faith is the conection to the holy spirt, tru faithfull prayers, and besides the prayers, god let us the bigest jolly joker posible, the BIBLE,! the bible is not a book ,its goods word, its literaly a sword against evil! everything you need to be set free to find back the meaning,: hope,joy,wisdom, love forgiveness, streght,shelter, guidance, literaly everything worthfull and what matters is there! its an unfatimable river of streght and guidance from above! the only thing is when you read the bible ,to be aware that is not just a book, but is gods private line to the siners ,along with prayers! so always before you read the bible , pray, for then holy spirit to reveal you ,what you need to hear! another thing, when people think at the bible they think, its a big book that they will never finish, its completly wrong, when it comes to bible its not about quuantity, its about quality! so dont even thinki you have to read much of it, not at all, ! read slowly and mediate at what you are reading, . see even if you ve read the same verse or chapter 100 times, buyt you sincerly and in an unshalow maner want to meet with god, for guidance and streght, you read the same thing 101 th , time it will always reveal you somegthing new, something you didnt understood, last time! another thing under the verses youl see a small writing, those are sendings, if you dont understand something, or you need more clarification, go to a sending , or even 2, thatsn how you shoul read the bible dive into gods word! those sendings are either same thing under diferent circumsyance or some similarity to what you read! i know it may sound, hard boring ,or useless, but i asure you is anything but! the key to it ,is realising its not a novel ,is gods word, theres no biger treasure than that, ! if you pray faithfully and you sincerly want to hear god, look no further is there! its all about you wanting to chanege, and having faith! i sugest you start with the new testament, from Mathew, but you can start with genesis to, its not a wrong or right way to read the bible, al its required is to pray before, and let god talk to you! its absolutely mandatory, satan infiltred everything, especialy the churches! for exemple the 4th coamndent: keep my sabaths, thatsb SATURDAY not sunday, exactuly that will be the 666 sign-worshiping sunday will be a decret! another huge decives , wich satan harvest huge , is the idea that the spirit lives aftelife, theres no such thing, death is like a 1 second sleeep, Eclesiast 9:4,5"the man who died no longer knows anything, hes dreams, hes wrath are long gone, he doesnt know anything hapning under the sun anymore, even his name is forgotten" see satans lies are everywerr, ;like the purgatory idea, it depicts god as cruel, and jesuses sacrifice as insuficnet, plus it lies that you can sin plenty, as the popoe will cleans you by confessions, and in the end after all that burning, youl be clean! or comandmnts 1 and 2"i am youre god ... do not have other gods... do not give prayse or worship anything else than me, dont bow and dont make lokalikes of anything in heavesn earth or seas..." its full(the pope, crucifixes, countles saints, paintings of maryu and the babay, ceremonyes ,opulence and what not! see devil infiltratted everything, thats why you need a persoanl conection to god true the holy spirot, so you can tell satans decive from what god wants! and you can only achieve that by prayings and bible study! the biger the rank in eveerything, but sadly churches, the more the decive..(as i told you the sign 666 will be keoing sunday) take daily time for god, and when you hear him revealing what and how, listen to god, not the priest, or the comforting majority! and always praysse one for eachoters, praying to a piece of wood , has no power, praying one for eachoter has, its actualy a task and a blessing at once,! youl find the ten comandnts in exodus 20! il keep you all in my prayers, do asweel! god bless you and youre loved ones!

At least you didn’t say “they look good” …. my reply to my brother co worker saying to me “doesn’t she look good” was “she looks DEAD”

Great message. (I guess I'm done now . . . 🙃)

"Living for a false hope" is empty!

This is sad!

[Q&A] Is it a sin to disagree with catholic social teaching?

I’m surprised Fr mike knows those songs 🤣😂🤣

I forgive the Dry Cleaners who put Chemical into our base in the NC

Human memory yes God's memory-no.

I loved the beginning but the church made out of bones was creepy I don’t like that, where did they get the bones from?