What's Your Bedtime? 

**Gets this in my feed at 1 A.M. when I know I should be in bed.** I feel like God is trying to tell me something...

"When I go to sleep, the next day has already started." That's the truest line I've ever heard to how I feel about this!

the irony of watching this before i go to sleep...

My goal is 10pm. It is 9:58pm. Goodnight. Praise be to God my friends, sweet dreams, God bless!

"Lord, this baby that you gave me to take care of, I entrust her to you, I'm going to sleep" New mom wishful thinking!

Father Mike you are hilarious! I'm watching you for three reasons: getting to know Christ, increase my good mood and to learn English. Thank you father Mike! Greetings from Poland

Night shifts don’t allow me to sleep, but God sent me a dream that I wouldn’t be in this line of work anymore. And a job opportunity pops up out of nowhere, thank you God, I can get some sleep 😂

When I go to bed, I always have my Rosary with me and pray the Rosary.Most of the time I won’t finish it but it feels so good as if I’m a baby that the Blessed Mother is trying to put me to sleep. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I continue praying the Rosary🙏🙏🙏

Here is to hoping my professors see this video and decide to be merciful before finals!

I’m so tired of work :( they overwork us ... all I want to do is live a contemplative life and get closer to God.

That's a very solid point. Going to sleep means tomorrow has started. Hadn't thought of it like that before. We can't prevent the responsibilities of the next day by delaying sleep, and yet we still stay up.

I’m not Catholic but this was so helpful. I never thought of sleep as an act of trusting God. I’m so sleep deprived right now but I’m going to get to bed tonight.

Nice to hear. Years ago, when I was struggling with anxiety, I learned that I really needed my sleep. I was able to train myself to disconnect, before bed, telling myself that there would be time tomorrow to worry about this or that and time to do this or that. Right now, I needed to sleep. I let it all go, surrendered to sleep. Still works when needed. Wisdom comes with pain I guess. I surrender a lot of other things to God.

And if we get more sleep, we give God more time to speak to us through our dreams. Like Joseph. 💤😊💤

Wow God bless you father. Those simple words are all I needed to hear, "get some sleep"

When asked how she got enough sleep she replied "I sleep fast" St. Mother Theresa.

I love that you are a Priest with a Superman cup. That just makes me think you are absolutely even more awesome.

You're crazy father Mike, and it's probably why we love you! You remind me of my childhood priest, being made learning about God and Catholicism fun, thank you and God bless

Mind blowing! Thank you! I will try to go to bed earlier, for God

How can be a simple tip so profound and even biblical? So nourishing-- figuratively & literally. Thanks Fr Mike! Proud Catholic here from the Philippines 🇵🇭

Excellent. Simple and yet profound. "It is vain for you to rise early and to put off rest at night when the Lord gives to his beloved gifts in their sleep." That's my new motto. It's 1.00 pm now. I'm going to bed for a long nap. Looking forward to those gifts ...

A top on how to sleep and not to be anxious or "scared" to sleep at night I learned after 30 years of insomnia. I contemplate, staring at God and He communicating with me in silence, and being in the spiritual world. That makes me excited now to sleep. I chose my eyes and let go and let God. It works wonders daily. I also live responsibly daily so I'll get tired. Eating early, and befriending 8pm as near sleep time and being excited to see sunrise brod it comes out. And to have self time in the morning and time to pray intently without rushing. Sleeping and waking up early are wonderful. Also, in doing right, just say yes. No more negotiations. In doing wrong, just say no, no more negotiations. Submit to your conscience. Obey it. God commands you through it. So, just trust and say yes, I'll sleep on time. No nor excuses. All worked and concerns set aside and let go, let God. Lastly, but not the least, regimen is important. It creates habits and order and creates your character. Godliness is orderliness. Follow a good schedule and include exercise there. Don't exercise late. It's best to do it first thing in the morning to jump start your mind and body, better than coffee. You'll get tired and sleepy when 8pm comes. Good night!

May God bless you, Father Mike!

alone time is essential, the mind needs time to dream and grow, alone. But there is a time and place for everything.

I needed to see this again. I’m gonna go to bed sooner and I pray for all of us that we all do.

I'm impressed. Father Mike really hit the nail on the head on this one (as always, but this is next level).

Yep, it's 1.20am and this is my last viewing of the night/morning! Goodnight and thank you for your wise counsel.

This is lovely 😊 !!! For me going to bed is kind of ritual. It is a place where I find God connected with my heart ❤️.

This video is my gap time. xD

Wonderful! Thank you. But I have to laugh: What am I doing in my gap time? Watching Fr. Mike.

It was amazing to hear Fr. Mike before sipping that coffee. Never heard him talk at normal speed.

Fr. Mike ,, I retired a year ago, and have had months fighting with sleep, Most of all watching you before I go to sleep gives me back what I have needed in my life! Thank you

Thank you Father Mike!!!🙂💙💙💙

I can completely relate with the belief that I stay up late to savor the time to myself, before "tomorrow" starts. This is a video I will be watching again tonight as a reminder to myself to get to bed because that's what the Lord wants for me. Thank you, Fr. Mike.

Plz pray for me tht i can be a well Catholic and fr my spiritual growth

That psalm verse COMPLETELY BLEW MY MIND!!!!!

Yes!!! Sleep hygiene! Learned it, albeit late. I would avoid sleep so I could recreate, but also because I had night terrors. I started praying the Dominican Compline before bed has allowed me to sleep more sound with more peace than ever in my life.

You shouldn't judge people who don't sleep, lots of reasons why people don't sleep. Some people over think and find it hard to sleep. Love is always the answer ❤️

wow. I'm watching this at 3:00 am. I should sleep more...

I didn’t realize this but it is kind of true. When I surrender to sleeping it does mean that the next day starts and I dread it because of work (another issue I’m fixing). So turns out I’m making the most of my only “personal time” by binging on things that satisfies me, even though they are only temporary. Never knew that sleep deprivation has something to do with faith as well. I guess that is why my meditations don’t work at all. Aside from I’m not “in the moment”, I lack the faith of resting everything to Him.

Thank you Father! If only extroverts understood the need for introverts to get their quality sleep time. I totally agree that to be on the top of your game, you need more sleep.

The answer is to get up extra early, like around 4 a.m. so that you have a couple of hours of free time to think and pray and get organized. This makes the morning enjoyable and something to look forward to. But it also means going to bed earlier, which is no problem if you've been up since 4 LOL

My prescription for sleep: no eating after 6-7pm, melatonin tablet under the tongue, listen to delta/alpha waves(can find on RU-vid or Spotify), and read Scriptures on my iPad (night mode, no lights in room). Reading, no videos (not even AP!)

I recently started to struggle with sleeping early, this year i'm getting into college and i was a little concerned about how it was going to impact on my hours of sleep, i got the goal of sleeping at least one one or two hours more this week, today i found this video and something tells me that maybe God wants to tell me i should definitly sleep at least a little more. College and responsabilities are important but the sleep time of a child of the Lord its not negotiable, so you the person reading this pass midnight, go to bed please

Such a small, trivial subject, "bedtime" but you have brought a bright light to this issue for MANY of us. I know I'm a night owl. I have known since I was a child that my internal clock functions much better and BRIGHTER at night. It just does. All my life I had to struggle with what others said I MUST DO, go to bed early. SO when I got divorced, no more husband to take care of and both my kids were now adults also and moved on. One got married and 6 months later my son moved to Detroit to his first job as engineer, so my nest was truly empty. I went for a full time job now, and I picked the late shift..... 4pm to 11 pm. It was wonderful. This was MY TIME! I was alert, solved problems easily and I was not tired. I worked in a call center where the pace and problem solving came one issue after another. Hard customers to satisfy, but it was great for me. I was alert. So, early to bed is NOT right for everyone, unless you're a farmer and have to milk cows, feed the pigs and chickens and plant your crops. Your strengths dictate your career. Now I'm retired and I go to bed at 5am so don't call me unless you want my social call at 1am to chat and see what's new with you.

Dear Saint in the making Fr. Mike; I think that you should share this with Saint in the making Fr. Chris Alar who only gets about 3 hours of sleep every night, even his doctor told him he needs to get more sleep.

You are very charismatic and handsome father Mike. Good bless you.

So, I am watching this at 2:21 am. Great message that I needed to hear! I will definitely strive to do better after watching your video.

Thank you!! Now I’m going to bed!! Good night Father Mike. God bless you always 🙏🏻🇵🇷

Your *face* is a gift to this world! Very animated, good natured & pleasant. Keep up this missionary work with such a wonderful gift.

The fact that i have always had a problems with sleeping and just think about recently then suddenly this video popped to my recommendation is amazing 🤧🙏

Brilliant! A very similar principle to that of resting on the Lord's Day. I was raised to believe that that, too, is an act of Faith : )

This explains why my husband and I fight going to bed when we are working but on holiday we are always in bed by 9.30 because the next day no work!!!! Excellent as usual

I got it! Thank you Father. It's 1:15 am and I have to go to bed. I'll have to commit to the spiritual exercise.

GOD BLESS YOU FATHER!! I have watched nearly all your videos! You have an excellent gift of teaching and your messages are coming in loud and clear. I will keep your ministry in Minnesota in my prayers! I am actually your next door neighbor, as I live in Wisconsin! I will be getting to bed tonight indeed!

You have no idea how much I love Fr. Mike and his messages! It's like the Lord is talking to me through him. God bless you, Father!

Well this is interesting.... I forgot about this video... I do not remember watching this.... and I was the last one to comment about how pivotal this video was to me. I did not take it to heart. What a wake up call. God Bless Fr Mike and Ascension Press.

I watch this incredibly brilliant priest that puts out a lot of media on religion. I find him fascinating. I’m almost 20 years older than he is and as the product of a very bad marriage was away from the church for over 20 years. My sister-in-law recommended that I listen to him and I did, and the next thing I did was got his book on reconciliation. Which led me to a few sleepless nights as I started cataloging what would turn out to be about 50 years worth of sins and then kind of making MMA easier way to describe when I went to my first confession in 50 years, the few nights before I did that I was certainly up past my bedtime. Like I said I’m in my 60s I need to be in bed at 10 o’clock and I get up with Alarm at 8 o’clock in the morning and if I didn’t have an alarm, I just keep sleeping. I’m retired I live alone, so I really am my home keeper but I have to do a better job at getting to bed on time and sure that I eat properly. It’s a pain in the neck to cook for one person. I gotta be perfectly honest with you, but on occasion, I do get hungry enough that I do make a meal and then I know I’m good for about three or four days. It was really nice well spoken priest that keeps me up at night. But I don’t mind because I have learned so much from him that the time is well spent, have a good nightFather Mike according to my central standard clock it is now midnight, two hours past my bedtime, father, Mike and I’m betting it is past yours too. Good night.

My bed time is at 7:30 but it’s really 8:00. I usually pray, reflect and watch a bit of youtube between the gap. I became more productive ever since I changed my sleeping cycle. My energy is way better now. I recommend it.

Good message to try to sleep. I wake up at least twice through the night. That's a given. "Trust God" will ease racing thoughts through the night from now on. Thank you, and good night.

“Rambo Priest” has to genuinely be one of the best phrases I’ve ever heard.

Thank you Thank you Thank you. Good God Bless you Father

This makes so much sense...God bless ❤️

I love you Fr. Mike! Your thoughts, insights and advice are so helpful. I appreciate them and you so much. Sending a massive hug from Scotland, U.K.

Going to bed , lord I leave everything to you , thank you fr mike god bless 🙏🏻🙏🏻

To meet father Mike Schmidt would be on my bucket list! I used to live in Duluth MN.

I go to bed an hour past my goal time because I was watching Father Mike

Good night Father ~ God bless xx

Please tell my young children that their mother needs at least 7 hours of sleep. Said from the sleep deprived mom of 3 kids under 4. ;)

Lets all pray for those unsaved and less fortunate people guys who dont have our blessings and salvation the eternal hope. 💗💗💪 We and God love you father mike schmitz.

God bless you Father.

When I was a child I loved staying up and now that I’m old I can’t wait to get to bed 😇💤

That's why I like to wake up by 5:00. Then you don't feel like you have to start working when you wake up.

My bedtime is WIFLI (when ever I feel like it). Keep up the good work. God bless you 👉✝️

I recently retired. I used to go to sleep at 1 am but disciplined myself to sleep at midnight. I worked a 3-11 shift for 6 years so still stuck on that bio time. When you get home from work, you relax, watch tv, get a bite to eat....easily 1-2am.

Totally unrelated but he looks very similar to Jon Hamm!

Watching Ascension Presents, watching Fr. Goring’s spiritual messages, listening to Gregorian music 🙏🏼😊

You are awesome fr. Mike! Straight to the point, well-thought and realistic. Thank you as usual! Praying for you!

Perfect timing! It is my bedtime :) I`ve been struggling with getting a good night`s rest lately.. God Bless you Fr Mike & all who are watching this video & need God`s help in some way...

Fr. Thank you. God bless you.

Hmmm. I realize this was up and running years ago, but I happened to find it today. And, I needed it. Well, I needed it years ago, but, I may not have really heard it, years ago. So, now is a good time. Thank you. Thank you.

Loved it, thanks to our God who is always behind in everything we plan to do, need to do! Thanks Fr., God bless!

How ironic and timely Fr. Mike!

Its's also the search of time for ourselves that leads us to try to be with us during that gap. I guess it also has something to do with the fact that when we are in bed, we feel like we're finally over with the world to be with ourselves. My advise would also be, try to discover what things fullfill you and do them during the day, and also if you can't find a moment but the final moment of resting is right before going to bed, set a goal time two hours earlier from your goal time. :D

I believe sleep is a gift from god and is health issues if we don’t sleep 🙏 thank you father for being so real I like going to bed early but the problem for me is the I heard every little noise 🙌what keeps me from thinking and noise is the prayer 🙏 🙌🙌 changes my thought and gives me peace 🙏

Pivotal video for me. God Bless You Fr Mike!

I’m so happy I found you here on RU-vid, Gracias padre Mike!

My issue with sleep is I'm afraid of not living enough for the time we have here on earth. I always wanting to be learning and exploring and gain all the knowledge I can .. I've always had the desire to never sleep so I could live a 1/3 more of my life then to be sleeping .. thank you Father for your insight .. I struggle with getting sleep on a daily basis.

I love you Fr Mike!! My sister Grace and I were just talking this morning how our mind race's in the am hours while in bed. Then low and behold you pop up on my RU-vid feed with this divine advice. Thank you ❤❤

In my opinion, this is the best video of yours by far. Lord bless you.

You are Awesome Father, God bless your work!

My goal time is right now. Perfect time to watch this video. Thank you Father Mike.

This is such wise advice! I feel like a bad kid at night sometimes, doing everything I can do avoid going to sleep!! Thanks so much, Fr. Mike!

Thank you Father Mike. You are truly a blessing.

You are such an Awesome and Intelligent Priest I sure love your Superman coffee mug. Have a very Blessed weekend Father Mike.

It's me that you are talking about, right Fr. Mike? LOL. It's so true, Father. Everyday am tired, yet am not willing to go to bed. I always feel i need 36 hours a day, instead of 24! I will take your advise seriously. I will go to bed early tonight, and will try it for a whole week. Holy Spirit, please guide me, amen. Thanks Father, and God bless you and your works.

this is so true. Right before I go to sleep, I often pour over in my head the things that are left undone, my finances, my anxieties, my sins. I think a lot of us forget how to let go and let God. What's more, the solution to my problems are often waiting for me when I wake up.

Father God Bless you. Your videos are awesome.

Thank you Father Mike, It has been almost two weeks that I tune to your videos. It is very inspiring and help me getting closer to our God.

Doh... I should go to sleep. Well said, Fr.