What Does Surrender Actually Look Like? 

I did this with my pregnancies. My first one I was so nervous and felt like something was off the whole time so I said a rosary every night. Then we found out that she wasn't healthy and wasn't going to make it due to severe complications from Turner's Syndrome and the Drs were shocked she even lived to 20weeks. Over the next two weeks I struggled with it but finally surrendered the whole pregnancy to God and asked that if she was in pain that He bring her to peace and the next day she was gone, with Him in heaven. It was probably one of the hardest things I had to do but I wouldn't change anything with how I dealt with it. I was induced and got to meet her and while I miss her so much, I know she's happy, pain free and with God and Mary, now. I've fully surrendered this new pregnancy to God and whenever I worry about anything I just remind myself "God, Thy will be done." And take a breath. Surrender is both very hard to do and very freeing once you do it

I'm paralyzed, struggle with ADHD, a general anxiety disorder, depression, and memory issues, and I just listened to this with tears streaming down my face. This was the clarity I needed to understand HOW to surrender. To put it in terms of "giving God access" changed my perspective and my intentions while surrendering these and other issues over to God. I've always felt like I've been screaming into the wind, just begging God for help and having to keep trying to survive on my own while not knowing how to truly surrender, but trying desperately to do so. This honestly helped me deeply and profoundly. I just allowed God access into all these things I've been carrying myself and all my vice. Thank you! Please pray for me all who read this.

As saint padre pio said, "my past to your mercy o lord, my present to your love, and my future to your providence" 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏

I’ve been struggling with surrendering things to God. Specifically I’ve been worrying and suffering over having children. I lost a child at 5 months pregnant. I’ve been scared to surrender to God, to allow myself to fully trust him and have faith that he will guide me and give me another miracle of life. But this video has really opened my eyes and my heart. I’m ready to trust God. God I surrender all my worries to you. Do as you will, regardless I will love you and obey you.

I am a fairly new believer (around 7 months now) couple of days ago I was in prayer asking God to help me to stop holding back and actually commit to His Will. But in order to do that I would need Him to show me what it actually mean to fully surrender to Him. And now this just popped up in my notifications 🙏😭 Thank you for this video

Wow, I was literally just praying about this the other night and now this video comes, God’s timing is perfect, Glory to Jesus Christ

That’s the hardest part of being a believer and a true disciple of Jesus- to surrender wholeheartedly without fear. I always admire people who say they’ve already given it all to God and that their faith is unbreakable and fearless. I try to do that every single day and I’ll continue to do so for the rest of my life. Sometimes I feel like I’m failing when I give in to my doubts, but at the end of the day I still proclaim Jesus as my saviour. Man, it has been the greatest journey of my life so far. Thanks fr Mike!

I’m just so tired of medicines and check ups and going to the hospital. I just leave it to Jesus. Lord Jesus I surrender my health and all my worries to you. Please take care of everything.

It’s literally crazy how God used you for his glory I was literally praying about surrender and this video was posted

Dear Fr. Mike, I don’t know if you’ll see this but I hope whoever reads this feels the same. You are such a light in this world, God bless you and everything you do. You’ve helped me stay Catholic and calm in this crazy modern world we live in and I hope that you have a wonderful life. 💖 Peace be with you!!

My son was fighting for his life in the hospital 23 years ago when I surrendered to him. My son just turned 28. It's been a struggle, but God gave me the things I needed to cope and thrive, as well as my son

Nothing given to GOD is ever wasted ✝️😇 Amen🙏

Really appreciate Fr. Mike having the same enthusiasm, charisma and energy even after six years of posting videos every week.

Nothing given to God is ever, ever wasted. ❤️

Father since 2013, after my four year old son was called to the Lord’s presence I have been in peace. Family and friends can’t understand and see me like if I am in denial. However what you shared today is what I did I surrender to his will and my pain was immediately transformed in peace and strength. I share my testimony to help any grieving parent. I started bible in a year in Advent and God willing I am looking forward in completing it this coming year. God bless you Father and I am praying for you.

I remember this time I was so heart broken and I was crying in the Adoration chapel and I gave him my desire to be in a healthy relationship, suddenly that desire did not feel as heavy as it used to. It's not that I don't want it, it's not that it vanished but it just did not feel so heavy on my heart. I did not realize that I was surrendering.

I really needed this. There’s been a lot of things going through my head & I don’t know where I’m going. But I surrender everything to him because he knows our path and will. Jesus I Trust In You! 🙏🏼

I literally just said this to my boyfriend the other day.…that I don’t know how to surrender. Thank you Fr. Mike!!

I woke up praying about surrender. It was on my mind the minute I woke up and the entire theme for today has been this. Imagine my surprise (and triple take!) when I see this post from Fr. Mike! I would say I’m surprised, but the Holy Spirit likes to wrap all of us together in a pretty bow. GRATEFUL! I am so grateful!

My only daughter has walked away from me her mum I cant change this! So I am surrendering this to ABBA! I know ABBA sees all & can do all & I cant!

Thank you, Father Mike. This is something I have really needed for a long time.

What an amazing topic. I studied music in college and I was a wonderful singer. Over the years, I abused my voice and through my own fault, I lost my singing voice. Through my true conversion, I prayed for many years that my voice be restored and that I would use it to glorify him. Through this I continued to cantor in my parish to the best of my ability. During the last year or so, little by little, my voice is growing stronger. I am a Catholic school music teacher and because of COVID restrictions over the last year I haven’t been able to train students to cantor for school mass. This year I have had to do the cantering as well as playing for our school masses. Through God’s steadfast love, my voice has grown stronger and stronger and every time I sit in the choir loft where I sat with my choir in years past, I remember my promise and I am truly great full and humbled by His amazing love. I sing beautiful hymns to my God as I lead others to worship Him. I truly love God more that anything. ❤️

The Lord continues to speak to me through you, father Mike. Thank you 🙏

God it's yours too ^Abused by parents ^Watched and listened my siblings being abused ^sister committed slow suicide ^brother surrendered to life on the streets ^lord over my brokenness in my life's decisions my choices, no one else's fault God : " you are too broken and soulhurt- but I will bless you with dear friends I work thru to tell you you are still loved"

When I keep my mind and my heart focused on how much God loves me, and that He knows what is best for me much better than I, I find it easier to surrender. Thank you, Father Mike!

Thank you Fr. Mike för clarifying that so beautifully. You know I am a mother of a daughter(age 19) who for 7 years has been struggling with mental illness (psychosis) and depression and loneliness. I am praying every day for strength from God and saying the rosary for her. I have no one to talk to and no help from any doctors. All your videos helped a lot. I only talk to God and the blessed mother. Thank you so much . God bless uou

My grandmother had the best saying...pray constantly and surrender your difficulties, then shut up and listen to Him!

I find myself surrendering myself to God every day. I ask him to take care of everything because I feel like I can't. All things are out of my control and in God's care. So, I say to myself "let go and let God".

He gives and takes away - my heart choose to say: blessed be your name 🙏

Yes. Everything I am, everything i have, past, present and future - i surrender to you Lord Jesus.

Thank you so much Father Mike. I’m struggling with some health issues at the moment and I needed this message. I give it all to God. I trust in Him.

Wow! It gets real when Father Mike quotes Shakespeare! 😂

gosh! the timing of these videos!! im amazed every time - thank you Fr. Mike!

I needed to hear this. My husband just up and left us in January out of the blue and I have zero control or positive influence on this situation. Giving God access to this impossible situation, my broken heart, my children’s broken hearts, spending hours in Adoration, making Him my first Love again. 🙏🏼♥️ God bless you always Fr. Mike! P.S. The podcast rocks and I can’t go a day without listening.

Listening with tears in my eyes, I really like the way how Father Mike explained what "surrender" truly means.. It's all about giving God access to my everything and trusting Him, one step at a time. To me, I initially thought surrender was a big word, I was afraid, overwhelmed, had so many questions, didn't know where to start. But, thanks to God this video made so many things clear. May God bless you all 🙏🏻

Lord I give myself to you completely how I wish I was well so I could give more and help others with your help and guidance I could do this, im sorry its took me being ill to realise this is what iv been missing in my life please let me have a chance at doing this I praise you I thank you in Jesus mighty name Amen 🙏

A few days ago my son and his wife got covid and today their baby has a high ever too. You told the words I needed yo heat " I surrender this To you my Lord" Thank you father Mike Blessings from Argentina

Fr. Mike, please do the video on scrupulosity

So many times I’ve prayed the Surrender Novena... I felt much calmer and then, bam! It happened again. Thank you for this ,Fr Mike . 🙏🏻

Offering = giving access. Thank you.

Fr. Mike. I am always starving for Jesus, my heart never satisfied , I strive while praying . I seek to Have My Redeemer in control of my life. Thanks for your preaching and guidance, the sweetest food of the day to my soul. Grazie Mille.

Jesus I surrender it all to you .

Let God be God And you do your part It’s 100% God and 100% you 👏🏻✝️

This perfectly sums up the surrender Novena.

God Bless and continue to use Fr Mike To help us to understand how to Love and Trust God The Father The Son and The Holy Spirit Amen

Oooh I'm in tears. Thank you Fr Mike. I really needed this reminder.

Fr. Mike is a gift.🙏 God bless him.

Isn’t it amazing when we receive a message when we it most needed from God? I used to live in fear for almost 11 years after receiving a diagnosis that said I had a very high chance of dying or having a miscarriage if I decided to conceive or at that time keep my pregnancy. My son came out thriving, a bit premature but he showed nothing but signs of wanting to live a stay here his name is Enrique and he is 11 now. I gave that pregnancy to God and he blessed me. But after 11 years I was still in fear of succumbing to my diagnosis, well my mother and I began to pray to release those ties and unchained me I began to puke and I started to cry puke some more and then joy started to take over me, so much joy and so much peace. Peace, this warm feeling that made me feel whole again it felt warm like I was in God’s glory again. Then guess what happened? That afternoon I had a premonition, a premonition to check if I was pregnant and sure enough I was pregnant but I was not scared. Weeks went by and eventually I was checked at 8 weeks the baby was growing and his heartbeat was strong I was overwhelmed with joy, but then the brokenness of this earth made me fear for a little while again I even asked for prayers in this RU-vid channel once and received nothing but love and I felt at peace again. Weeks went by and the baby was still developing just fine and then I had my appointment with my high risk doctor for the first time for this pregnancy and then I was told the breaking news that my baby’s heartbeat stopped. I was very devastated but I realized that the pain wasn’t as hard as the chains I was holding on to 11 years. Y’all I was empty before but after going through this experience and giving it to God it’s the key. I want to Thank you Jesus for this wonderful experience you gave me even though it was very short lived it brought so much joy, love and faith to my family, my husband and I. I learned so much about my diagnosis it is called antiphospholipid syndrome I also learned that I didn’t have the full comprehension behind my diagnosis and if I eventually get blessed again I will have a game plan set so the chances of having a successful pregnancy are much greater and to that I say thank you Jesus, Amen. And thank you everyone who prayed for me and my baby love you all. ♥️🙏

I Thank God that Father Mike has surrendered his life to his calling. Thanks Father Mike for all you do!

So timely! Thank you Fr. Mike. I’ve been thinking a lot about this subject lately.

I surrender my life to you, praise the Lord 🙏

This message is a gem...💖God bless you❣️Love from India❤️

LOVE THIS! And the timing, unbelievable. Praise to God! Thank you Jesus, Lord of my life ❤ God bless you all 🙏🤍

"Nothing given to God is ever wasted." "God, I surrender to you. I trust you. You have access to it. You are the Lord, and You are the Lord of this. Because you are the Lord of my life." Amen.

Father Mike is helping me change my life with his advice and guidance AND with Bible in a Year. Praying for you every day Fr. Mike!!! Your joy is infectious and inspirational. Thank you for being here. I am so grateful for you!

It's truly a wonderful and enlightening moment when you are able to fully surrender yourself to God. For me that moment first came earlier this year. I have always believed in God. I was raised as a catholic. However the past seven years has been very difficult for myself and my family. This led me to a path of hatred and pride. I started blaming God for every problem I encounter. Before I knew it I started challenging him. "I don't need your help!", "You hate me!", "I hate you!" I can't even count how many times I've said these words to him. Because of this I became a very sad and angry man, throwing tantrums every time things don't go my way. At some point I even thought about ending my own life. It wasn't until a couple of months ago when I was at rock bottom. I finally said: "I give up, Lord. I can't do it anymore. Let your will be done". I was in tears that night.. I didn't expect anything to change just because of that moment however, before I knew it, everything just felt a lot better. All the weight on my shoulders have been lifted. I would have laughed this off in the past. I always thought these things were too cheesy and could never be real. But that's what I felt. It wasn't as if all my problems were gone just like that, but for some reason it's not as hopeless as I once thought. This made me realize that God never left me after all, it was me that did not accept him, and despite everything I've said and done to him, he helped me get back up on my feet.

I have surrendered so many things have changed for me in the last few years it’s amazing.

Realizing my powerlessness and owning it became the greatest freedom. I trust that God is teaching me to become the best LuAnn possible.

Love this…waited a whole Christian life trying to understand what it means.

Wow. This is some thing, yes, that I have needed for a long time. There are two things in my life that have really needed it. A relationship that does not go well all the time, but also my seeking. Now that I have turned to the church, it is great. But much of the time I spent saying to myself how fabulous it is and how much I appreciate it, how good it is for me. And how much everyone else ought to do the same thing. And you know, I have realized that I do not need to do it this way. I just need to enjoy the prayers do all of the rosaries and chaplets and enjoy going to church; and stop worrying about whether everybody is doing what I expect them to do, and stop trying to prove to myself or God or anyone that I am better than anyone. Amen, Father Mike.

Yes- I fear surrendering because I am afraid he will take it from me. Hit the nail on the head! Beautiful!

Nothing given to God is ever wasted 💯

Love Ascension Presents! 💙

Surrender is the same as dying to yourself. We let God take over.

This is my One Word for 2023.

I asked Father Mike Schmitz for prayer through the Hallow app. To my surprise, Father Mike suggested that we fast together. After the fast of one meal was over, Father Mike gave me a prophecy of 'blessings that would overtake me, having been withheld by dark forces, all of my life.' He then asked for a large donation to Hallow ministry.😢😢😢

I said the words on 12/31/20 & have been praying St. Ignatius of Loyola's prayer of surrender each day since

Amen 🙏 thank you

"Nothing given to God is wasted". The Lord in my Shepherd❤

Thank you! Thank you! God bless you and make His face to smile upon you. I've listened to some of your past talks on You Tube and enjoyed them but today it is such a special pleasure listening to you I am learning so much and getting answers to questions I didn't know how to ask. I am a cradle catholic and really miss the way the church use to be. Everything seemed more reverent, there was a quietness when one walked into the church. The people who greet you when you walk into the church are often the one who make the most noise. I feel like sneaking into church to put up a sign saying "Quiet please I'm talking to God and waiting to hear His response and your talking to loud for me to hear it. This is God's house not yours please give Him the respect He deserves in His own house".I pray every night that God will call more men and women into the religious life. Especially with the gift He has given you. I also pray to the Blessed Mother for more vocations. I think you are an awesome priest and an equally awesome speaker. I have been watching your videos for the past two hours and will continue for another couple of hours.

Surrender your will. I find this deeper than it sounds. It seems total dependence of God. Thank you, dear Fr, for your teachings.

I have to listen to this video 1M times. I am struggling with surrending to God. sometimes I pray for God to help me but I know that I never ever surrendered in my life in the sense where I can't fall asleep thinking God will take care of my problems that I am unable to control. I keep wondering about my problems without any peace. Long story short: in the midst of my depression (which is happenning now in my life) I have no other clue but to surrender to God

I did this with a 6 month wait to see if I had breast cancer. I just could not face the waiting. The Dear Lord was my keeper of my stress while I was waiting.

I think I finally understood the story of the rich man Jesus told to sell all of his stuff and follow Him. It's not about selling your things, but giving up your attachment to them. To give them all to Jesus as he needs them. I was working through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and one was to identify what you truly could not do without. It came down to food, water and air. Then I realized those were His too as He is the Breath of Life, the Living Water and the Bread of Life. So I gave those back to Him too. Breath of Life animate and renew me. Living Water cleanse and refresh me. Bread of Life sustain and restore me.

Good timing! I was just thinking about this!

Great message Father Mike!

It is so important to give to God, to keeping giving to God and to allow God to work in us. This draws us deeper in communion with God. Surrender is a daily thing and not easy. We keep wanting to take control instead of letting God have all parts of us.👣

Thankyou Father🤍 this was very much needed👏🏽

Today, I surrender my unknown future to You. Thy will be done . AMEN 🩷✝️🌸

Awesome video Father Mike God bless you.

Excellent! God bless Mike!

Thank you ! Needed this message

This finally helped me make sense of surrendering. Thank you, Fr. Mike, and thank you, God🙏

So very helpful. So appreciate this. I needed to hear this. God bless you. Thank you for saying yes!

God-bless you father Mike🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thank you Father Mike!!! This was soooo helpful! ❤️

Thank you- exactly what I needed to hear

Thanks Fr Mike.

“Nothing given to God is ever wasted.” Thank you Father Mike for the reminder. I entrust all of my worries to God our Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Everything will be okay 🙏🏻

Father Mike, thank you!!

Thank you Father Mike, that is something I have really needed for a long time!

Video coming at that right time for me, thanks

Spoke to my heart thank you!

Thank you for explaining this

Thank you Fr. Mike

Thank you father Mike for that wonderful message!! Much love!!

I needed to hear thus. God is so good.

I really needed to hear this talk right now in my life. Thank you!

Thank you for another way of thinking.

thank you Fr. Mike! It used to drive me absolutely insane when well meaning Christians would say "just surrender, you are not surrendering!" as if surrendering was a matter of flicking a switch. It makes a lot of sense to think about surrender as giving access, a concept I recall you used to explain prayer along the same way. Your videos are amazing and your video on prayer really changed my outlook. I always wrestled with the concept of surrender (my name means surrender to God haha) so its a struggle bus to live up to my legacy. For ppl reading this, I pray that your vulnerability with Jesus and giving Him access brings you the joy, healing,deliverance you are waiting upon