If I’m Suffering, Is It Better to Never Have Been Born?
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2023
- The question of evil, suffering and brokenness in our world can be a hard one to grapple with. Sometimes, when we're in a place of darkness, the question can arise, "Would it be better if I had never been born?"
Today Fr. Mike tackles these incredibly tough questions and offers some insights into why God created you, and why it is good that you exist.
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Nothing is worth the suffering I have endured. I wish to not exist.
There is a lot to live for. You can find a lot of meaning in suffering. Persist brother
Walking under the path of Job
I needed this today so badly. There is certainly a lot being thrown at us with the hopes that we will despair. But here is Father Mike reminding us to keep our eyes on God. Thank you Father from the bottom of my heart for being a light in this dark world
@@Call_Upon_YAHyou’re a bot who I’ve seen over and over again on other sites. You are the one who is deceived. YOU
I do agree, this actually makes a lot of sense. From this message, I also feel a great deal of freedom and joy to continue enjoy living this life. A heart of flesh is better than a heart of stone.
Plucking random , diverse chapters from an unknown edition of the Bible is not a valid method of critiquing the Church. Countless theologians have debated religion and Christianity over 2000 years, and all bibles ultimately trace back to that of At Jerome which is the basis of the Catholic faith.
@@Call_Upon_YAH You are in factual error on 2 points. First, Catholics do not worship Mary.
Second, Catholics do not have ‘their own’ Bible. The Catholic bishops in the 300’s officially together, guided by the Holy Spirit, determined which ones of all the sacred writings coming down from the time of Jesus were inspired and should be in the canon (list of books) of the Bible. The scriptures at that time were originally written in Hebrew or Greek but then were translated into Latin and later into the other languages of the world. All the Bible’s in other languages, including the KJV, are later translations of the original Catholic Bible.
@@clairestevens3194 Right and we ask Mary to pray for us!
Needed to hear this today. I’m struggling with trying not to give up 💔💔😔 and for my deep love for a woman I love and for me to have a successful job. God give me strength to not give up in my dark momenTs
Community, communication, connection and therapy help
If you were gone, right the same day, or the next day, that woman would notice exactly your void. Those peers would feel your absence. That means that, somehow, you are part of them. Somehow, right now, you belong.
And it is okay for you to stop belonging someplace to start belonging someplace else. It's okay to change jobs. To take vacations. Just try not to leave those places in which you belong, not just because your physical presence would be missed to the mind of others, but to their hearts. Because several of those people belong because they belong with you. They belong a little more because of you. Your acceptance of them makes them belong.
@@jatnarivas8741 thank you❤️ bro needed that
Praying with you my brother in Christ❤
@@deangullberry4149 love you brother
Good morning Father Mike,
I really needed this message this morning. My husband divorced me after 35yrs of marriage & turned into a person I didn't recognized. I endured a horrible& painful year but in all that I knew my life has been worth living! You made that feeling even stronger today with your message. I pray for you everyday, May GOD continue to INSPIRE YOU & BLESS YOU!!!🙏🙏🙏
My husband did too after 38 yrs Catholic marriage. He continued having the affair. I divorced him.
It’s scary to have the freedom God gives me now. Suicide ideation and suffering. Gods been there to heal my lies , my wounds and my heart. I am Gods beloved daughter! Always
God bless the both of you. With love, I'm keeping you in my prayers
Exactly what I needed today, I'm struggling for not having a job, for not being able to help my parents to buy a better house, to not be able to help them paying some bills... I really felt that I'm whorthless, I have some addictions to cope with that, so I ended sinning over and over again, I had confesses a week ago and still had sinned. I just wish that I could be a better man. I need to be a better man. Pls pray for me anyone, I really need it. God bless.
Praying for you ❤
I’m so sorry you’re going through that. I will pray for you. Addiction is hard. Please know that things will get better.
I am praying for you. You are not worthless. You are so loved and valued. Stay strong.
I can tell you have a loving and good heart. I am praying for you. Please don't ever give up. Your parents love you and most of all, God loves you and wants the best for you. Keep praying ❤❤❤
God bless you
Wow it is like you read my mind. I feel like lost and have no purpose , trying to find it but no joy still. I am just praying all the time for perseverance and persistence to not give up.
Hang in. 6:15
You may feel a greater purpose for existence by serving others through charities that you have an interest in... Peace be with you!
If I had had someone like father Mike growing up going to church that has so much passion for the Word and for God I would had never left. Thank you for helping me come back to the Lord. These videos have been a guiding light back to my faith. Thank you thank you thank you
Yesterday itself i was questioning God about my pain. I was so broken because of another failed relationship. This video popped out right on time.. Thank you so much Father Mike for this lovely message.
God is good and He has been with me throughout my pain❤
I pray you find peace and healing in the Divine Mercy of God. 🙏
@@Call_Upon_YAH ummm please do some homework before saying we worship Mother Mary. That's why i can't leave my Catholic Church because other churches getting wrong information. And that's not the Holy Spirit telling you to preach me to leave the Catholic Church. That's your own understanding. Thank you
@@MattP8143 thank you so much
I am happy I exist. I didn’t for a long time 😢 so glad I do and we do. God is love 💕
I am happy for you.
Congratulations. What changed things for you?
The first time I ever asked why was when my father died. I was about 34 when he died in the hospital. But he was in the hospital for nearly 27 days before he passed. I could not reconcile why God let him suffer for 27 days, 27 days that gave us hope only to take him home, leaving us devastated. I was actually MAD at God.
It took a while to understand that I will never know God's plan perfectly... and the times that I have had to examine God's plan has occurred on numerous occasions, and I'm nearly 70 now. I call them God Smacks. There are times when it is a daily struggle to recall God's gifts through suffering.
"I have learned to ❤️ love all the things I most wished didn't happen...for what punishments of God are not gifts."
Tolkin via Stephan Colbert
This is a truly beautiful post. Thank you for sharing it with us. You helped me today. God bless you
Sometimes people suffer with illness for so long to give them a chance to become more holy. Time to say goodbye to loved ones. Time to reconcile with those they have grievances with. Time for them to confess to a priest. Time for family to say goodbye. Time for them to be closer to God. Suffering on earth can also offset time in purgatory.
I had something similar but I was mad that mine started the process without warning suddenly. For me, God reminded me that it would have hurt either way. Also, from His perspective, my dad wasn't dead. He just moved locations in God's everlasting story. I asked God to pass on messages to my dad after that. I felt that as long as the message was something positive that would make him happy in heaven God would do it for me. I'm at peace with my dad's relocation now.
It would do you good to listen to Fr. Mike’s Catechism in a Year to get a better handle on what the Church teaches. Anyone who truly believes that Catholics worship Mary is truly ignorant of Church teaching. In imitation of Christ we give his mother the highest honor, not worship. Peace be with you. ❤️🙏🏼
@@Call_Upon_YAH if you are truly a discipline of Christ than you will be adhering to his beatitudes and the other covenants and teachings that he proclaimed in the gospel.
Namely these are:
- Putting love for God before all else
- Loving your neighbor as you would have them love you
- giving alms to those who are in need
- reconciling your sins with others and with the church to beg for forgiveness of your sins and to forgive others their sins against you
- Participation in the eucharist which is given at his churches mass
- holy orders for those who are to teach or lead those in his church
- baptism entry into his church
- anointing of the sick
- leading a life of humility and humbleness with no attachments to worldly things
- being obedient to God’s will and not your own when it comes to following him
- reading scripture and praying
As for the rest of what you said you are truly ignorant of the origin of the bible as there is no Christian bible without the Catholic Church. The Protestant bible is a redacted Catholic bible, an act committed by a mentally ill man who abused his own marriage and led a depraved and perverted life.
KJV is the product of a broken king of England who created his own church because he wanted a divorce and the pope would not grant him one. The king of England is a self proclaimed head of this church and is not in commune with the Holy Spirit or God. So way to champion a man made twisted version of Christianity by a human king.
Welp you've done it again....posted something I needed right when I needed it lol, thanks Father Mike. When times are stressful like today I get frustrated with God and wish I was never born! I wish I could stop thinking this way but maybe this video will help me as all your vids usually do! ❤
Love and graces from God for you🙏🙏
Father Mike, I have been thinking about what you said in this video a lot lately. I have been struggling with giving up, and thinking that I would have been better off not existing. I needed this today. Thank you. God Bless you.
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Colossians 2 KJV
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
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1 John 1 KJV
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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1 John 5 KJV
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
1 Peter 3 KJV
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
I don’t disagree that it is possible that there is a justification for why evil is allowed. It doesn’t matter what your definition of evil is the question remains why does god allow it. However I do not see how this fits with the Christian worldview. Father Mike claimed that being unbreakable makes you a robot in capable of being loved and incapable of loving. However, if you believe that people can exist in a meaningful, loving, and free state in heaven where there is no evil, then why couldn’t he make people exist In this manner from the beginning. Do you think that people become mindless robots in heaven?
Additionally there is also evil that is not bound to human free will. For example, animals and our non-human ancestors suffered immensely for millions of years before anything resembling a human came into being. The very mechanisms that God used to bring us into existence and make all are physiological aspects, Are frankly quite barbaric and surprising on and all good God. The very mode of our creation , Evolution, that God used to make us seems to have an extraordinary amount of pain and suffering that is not tied to our free will. How can you explain this evil? Our existence is humans constitutes such a small blink in the face of the existence of life and there is so much other suffering that predates us that should be explained. I wouldn’t say this is a Defeater by any means but it certainly is surprising on the account of classical theism end less surprising on naturalism. I’d be curious to hear your response to this.
Even if evil wasn’t justified I still think it is worth it to exist rather than to not, at least for me. So I wholeheartedly support your conclusion.
😇 Thank you Fr Mike 🙏
Your message is badly needed.
Having survived a traumatic childhood, I often felt what was my purpose for living?
Thankfully, between Gods mercy & grace, I met some good people and began praying to Our Lady who helped refocus my thoughts; and ive never looked back.
I now work with very disadvantaged Youth and all my life skills are helping others.
God is truly good and has a role for us all 🙏
I broke down crying. I feel unworthy; that I love being loved. I am so blessed.
I did too. This is so good
Y'all I need every reminder I can get to come back and watch this video time and time again. Please keep liking my comment so that I do.
This is very tricky for me. I have a deep conviction regarding that it’s better not to be. I’ve felt like this for quite some time and it’s deeply rooted. If god is willing and I am humble enough to listen, maybe I can see things truly differently once again.
I remember my mom was so sick last week and pray to God for her healing and two days laiter she gets out of bed and walks...praise be the Lord🙏
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Joy is not worth the pain. Why do we need love? For wellbeing or just a pleasure? No one needs to feel love when they don't feel pain the greatest evil in this world is our creation.
Thanks for the insight, Fr Mike. I don't think we will know all the answers, until we see God in heaven. God Bless. Claire.
He said: turn to me all you who are broken & suffering etc, cause my yoke is easy and my burden light. He lightens our load & gives us the strength to carry. 😊
This is so deep and inspiring. I’m going to have to watch it over and over again. Thanks, Father!
This is exactly how I been feeling. That it would be better if I had never been born. I thank you for your kindness to tell me that I exist so Jesus can love me. Save me.
Telsah, you are beloved and lovable, and not one other person in this whole world has the unique gifts you are here to offer the world to make it a better place. Have faith in the good and in yourself. When I feel like you describe I find some way to help someone worse off than me, to try to be a light to them. Take care of yourself.
@@nothankyou2614 I am going to feel better now thanks to this video and your reply. Thank you.
I needed to hear this today. This week has been harsh! Thank you, Fr Mike. God bless you and keep you always. ❤️🔥🙏🏼
I am free to love Jesus. Thank you for being so amazing.
As an atheist, I can say the only thing I truly hate is nihilism. There is so much to live for, so much to experience, so much to achieve. I have too much to strive for to die, the fact that I am a better man today than I was yesterday IS the reward, being good is its own reward always!
Your videos are so conveniently posted Father (Thx Holy Spirit) they always answer questions which arise in my day to day life and all I can say is PTL, for whenever things get rough something happens that shows me He is here with me.
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Colossians 2 KJV
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
🩸all🩸
1 John 1 KJV
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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1 Peter 3 KJV
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
God wanted to interact with us. He wanted us to respond to Him from our own free will. He had to give us rules to follow, as He is so much higher than we are, just like He did with the Israelites.
I've struggled with this for much of my adult life. When the pain and emptiness is so great that it feels absurd, I'm tormented by the desire to not exist. It feels like my prayers and good works in Jesus Christ are hopeless. I try to remember what Fr. Schmitz has said here. During periods when the pain is lessened, I realize that I want to exist. I want to exist in a world where God's Divine Mercy and Love outshines all evil.
Thank you for posting, Fr. Schmitz. God Bless you in abundance. @Ascension Presents
One thing I've learned from 40 years of bipolar depression whatever evil I go thru there's something good that comes out of it. If it is only to be an example to keep hanging in there
Why are we here, just to suffer?
Like wise Father has share in this video, it’s better to exist than not exist. Was once I saw this quote: if you find this world is broken, be the one to repair the brokenness, that’s why God created you to make this world beautiful 😊
These videos from Father Mike are always so uplifting! He radiates joy and kindness. And while his explanations reflect his intelligence and compassion, the speed of his speech makes his speech sound super cute, like a bear is chasing him.
Perfect!! He’s my go to person for all things Jesus, love. encouragement, learning, faith, compassion, hope, trust, all things in life. He’s a true inspiration and perfect representative of God on earth! I see a future saint!!!
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I don’t disagree that it is possible that there is a justification for why evil is allowed. It doesn’t matter what your definition of evil is the question remains why does god allow it. However I do not see how this fits with the Christian worldview. Father Mike claimed that being unbreakable makes you a robot in capable of being loved and incapable of loving. However, if you believe that people can exist in a meaningful, loving, and free state in heaven where there is no evil, then why couldn’t he make people exist In this manner from the beginning. Do you think that people become mindless robots in heaven?
Additionally there is also evil that is not bound to human free will. For example, animals and our non-human ancestors suffered immensely for millions of years before anything resembling a human came into being. The very mechanisms that God used to bring us into existence and make all are physiological aspects, Are frankly quite barbaric and surprising on and all good God. The very mode of our creation , Evolution, that God used to make us seems to have an extraordinary amount of pain and suffering that is not tied to our free will. How can you explain this evil? Our existence is humans constitutes such a small blink in the face of the existence of life and there is so much other suffering that predates us that should be explained. I wouldn’t say this is a Defeater by any means but it certainly is surprising on the account of classical theism end less surprising on naturalism. I’d be curious to hear your response to this.
Thank you. I am suffering from loss of my mother. I never found a partner. I have my dad living d we it’s me. My parents are the best. I just am having a hard time. Scared of losing my dad also. I thank God. But I’m also depressed and feel hopeless.
I may not understand, but I have to trust Him.
Thanks I needed this today. “It is better to love than to be safe.”
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1 John 5 KJV
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
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1 John 1 KJV
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
♥️all♥️
Colossians 2 KJV
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
✝️ Gospel 🩸
1 Corinthians 15 KJV
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Romans 3 KJV
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Yes! Absolutely yes! This, the problem of existential nihilism, is probably the most pressing problem facing our culture particularly as it relates to youth. Most Catholic commentators are fixated on moral relativism but, underlying that are the more disturbing questions revolving around nihilism especially in light of the fact that so much of existence, both at the level of the individual and that of the species, involves suffering. I was a pretty thoroughgoing nihilist before my conversion and am obviously convinced that The Catholic Church has some really really good answers.
God didn't use millions of years of evolution to create Man
What is nihilosm. I know what is relativism. I listened to Dr Peter Kreeft. I am still under the effects of unworthiness; in a good way; from the homily.
@@MorreHope Nihilism is a kind of radical skepticism which, when it remains confined to philosophy seminars, isn't all bad. But, when it pervades the broader culture and becomes institutionalized in curriculums as "critical thinking" or "critical theory" and taught to lil kids, it can become toxic in the worst way. Fr Mike's question early in the video "Why exist" and the idea that it might be better not to exist implies that we, as a culture, no longer take the 'goodness of existence' for granted. Its different from relativism in so far as relativism still hangs on to some idea of T/truth. Nihilism makes no such claims--it comes in swinging and never stops. Sorry you're feeling unworthy even in a good way. :)
@@maudefalcone4713 Don't feel sorry for me. I like feeling miserable; in a good way. Ha. I am glad you explained this. I encountered people of relativism and that; there was some kind of reasoning going back and forth. Then, on the other hand; there was no reasoning going back and forth with the nihilists that I've encountered. It is a miracle; an expression; that these nihilists come faithfully to hear; and are upset that they can't understand a thing from the Holy Spirit. I didn't give up on the nihilists; even though relativists are on the charts; but I try to use the expression; NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. I was raised in a cult; a dangerous one too. Though there are others that are obviously cults to the first glance; mine wasn't to why; I pride myself in the good things it offered; that made me a good, abiding citizen; with benefits to help out; someone who is crying and in need. However, unfortunately cults are the rabbit holes that the marginalized fall into. I was born into it; though. I was involved with debating on RUclips. I never owned my own channel. Some ex-member of my cult; would put up a video; and then he would get questioned; by cult members; and I would argue back and forth; NEVER ARRIVING ANY-WHERE; BECAUSE: THEY COULD NOT SEE THE DANGERS OF THE RECENT AND PAST CRIMES; WHERE PEOPLE HAD GONE TO JAIL. IT IS ALWAYS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT. But I had to stop; because: I kept getting triggers of bad memories. They are not relativists. With these cultic people at least; I can go back and forth arguing. The reason why I argued; was to save another child; whom this person; that I argued with; was a pastor of a church; and would hopefully change his denomination; as I did; I became Catholic. On the other hand: In my debates with nihilists in the Catholic posts; of the Catholic channels; I was very surprised at the level of; complete reasoning-shut-down; in such demonic powers. It was my first time; with very highly intelligent people; which I then; erroneously; thought it was relativism; that I was dealing with. BUT YOU EXPLAINED IT EVEN FURTHER. WOW. WHAT AN EYE OPENER.
Well done! I was Catholic for 40 years then a deacon in the Church of Christ, then I taught an adult Bible class at a Southern Baptist church. Then I studying the other side of atheism and felt empty, no Father Mike is working on my soul again. I purchased the assertion Bible and catechism and listen to him daily on my walks. Today at 59 I’m still here and glad to be back in the spiritual saddle!
Love and blessings to you, Fr. Mike, and the Ascension team!
I've been Catholic since 2010 and I deeply love God and His beautiful Holy Catholic church.
But all the evil that is happening is making me to be deeply depressed!
A wonderful man in Hollywood Florida was married for a year, trying to provide for his family as an Uber Eats delivery man and he called his wife to say he had one more delivery and then he would be home. Turns out, his last delivery was the cost of his life when the man at the house forced him into the house to rob him, killed him, and dismembered his body, and put it in plastic bags out at the side of the house!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE???
And at this year's Grammy Awards they where worshiping Satan on stage!
WHAT IS HAPPENING FATHER?
I can't stand this! I just want to stay in my house and never come out again
Please pray for me, thank you Father Mike 😪
I will pray for you and with you because: my world is unsafe too. The entire catechism commentators are in on this idea; for those who want to do the Marion Consecration; May 19. Catechism in a year; on this channel.
Do not let your heart be troubled or afraid. Take heart, for Jesus has overcome the Enemy. All creation has been redeemed. But it usually gets worse before it gets better.
Thank you Father Mike, I needed to hear these comforting words today 🥺 ❤
Fr. Thank you for sharing these thoughts , as I was thinking about the same lines. God bless you always 🙏 ❤️ all pain sometimes shakes our faith, but He renews everything 🙏 Amen
Knowing that father mike is saying this while his beloved mother is sick makes me so emotional 🥹💕fr mike if you are reading this you are the voice of Jesus on earth
You don’t realize how much your videos helped through a really hard time in my life
From my heart i hope you and your family be happy and safe🙏🏻🫶🏻
Thank you so much for this. It is hard to exist in an increasingly broken body, and well, this week I wanted to give up. Thank you, Father.
wow i had no idea how hard this little video would hit me and how much i needed to see this today. thank you Father Mike for all that you do
Thank you Fr Mike for these amazing words at the right time in my life, God Bless you and I thank God for bringing you into my life and into others 🙏
✝️ The gospel of your salvation 🩸
Ephesians 1 KJV
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
1 Corinthians 15 KJV
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1 Peter 1 KJV
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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Colossians 2 KJV
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
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Romans 3 KJV
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
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1 John 5 KJV
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Powerful, healing message delivered right to our hearts. God bless you, Fr. Mike.
Thank You!!! (African American Catholic Checking in). I Love Your Podcasts. Be Assured of My Prayers
All of these elements you listed, are gifts from God. Gifts to persuade us to dwell on him, more. Thank you Father Mike, we all needed to hear this.
My childhood was so traumatic, that when I discovered that most of this is due to genetic defects, I decided -NO CHILDREN. So i am totally alone. My only consolation is that my pain is my own, & not inflicted on anyone else. My decision - I made it, and if I had my life over, I wouldn't change it. To bring handicapped children into the word? No, no no.
Bless you for your unselfish decidion
You are brave.
We love you Father Mike.
I can remember a remarkable amount of my life. The last time I felt happiness I was 2 and a half years old, and I have never felt loved, or been able to give my abundant love. I know that I can withstand this lifetime. I fail to understand how I could feel joy in heaven, or a new earth having not felt loved by God in this life.
Know that God loved and believe that you are loved even f you don't feel it just because you are not feeling love doesn't mean you aren't loved love isn't an emotion. And you can love other people choose to love by being kind, helping your fellow neighbour and do it in Gods name
Beautiful reflection, Father. Thank you.❤
Even when we die from serious cancers after 22 months we still live in Christ. So happy for my friend
I miss him and I am sad even though I am happy.
Someone on CIAY today recommended this post so I watched it again. It is one of Fr. Mike's best.
So lovely message Fr Mike, love of God and love to each other is the answer to everything through the prayer and the good deeds God loves us too much say yes to Gods love always God Bless everyone ❤❤❤
"I won't take it away, but I will enter into it and redeem it"
😭 That is one powerful reframe right there.
Yes. It’s a hard question. Surprised at assumptions in comments that anyone pondering it has too much time on their hands. When life is relentless, when you feel as if you’ve nothing left in the tank and/or when you feel aimless, both situations can leave you pondering the point of yourself. It can feel too “big” to ponder the point of the world. We travel, journey within it. As much a conversation as an answer. Thank you for this.
I needed this today. I have been struggling with this over the past 6-8 months. I am broken. Thank you for reminding me to embrace the suffering.
God bless you
Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to make these videos they mean so much to me and always remind me to stay close to God. God bless you and everyone!
I guess we were put into this world to suffer but when I look at my suffering it’s not as-some other peoples suffering so I say thank you God for every beautiful day🙏🏼😇✝️
once you stop existing, you dont feel better or worse anymore, you feel nothing. Therefore you only feel "better" not to exist when you exist.
More accurately, there is no longer a “you” there to feel anything.
The way my tears just flow when I see your videos. Thank you ❤
My goodness, I sobbed right through this 💔😢
You’re awesome Father Mike. 🙏 😊
Thank you Father. It is completely unnecessary to be miserable. I’m not and I can tell many people around me aren’t either. Truly God blesses those who bless and praise him.
Thank you for sharing Father!
Another comment is that Jesus set the example of dealing with temptations, pain, and suffering . . . . and all the while and through his pain, he loved. But he also showed us that a life of purpose and love, one can endure and surpass pain and suffering.
THANK YOU, FATHER MIKE
GOD BLESS YOUR WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE.
Ive been struggling lately with life. I left a convent, have no job, i have no where to go. It seems like Nothing is working out in life and its so hard to find joy anymore . Everything feels so heavy.😢 ive been trying to pray amd to remeber God loves me but its so hard to see when everything hurts.
Were you a nun? If yes, then God is clearly telling you that leaving the convent was a big mistake. Jesus is clear that he holds those who are called to follow him to a much higher level of self-sacrifice which is ultimately an expression of love to him and the community. Based on what you're describing is happening in your life, I really think you need to talk to your priest/bishop and reconsider re-entering your calling. I'll be praying for you.
@alisterrebelo9013 I wasn't a nun, but I was an affiliate living with sisters to discern and go through formation. The convent I was at has a rule that if you leave or discern out of that community, you can not return. I honestly struggled a lot at my stay, and I'm unsure if it were where I was meant to be
@@catlady7183 I'm pleased to hear from you. I was worried I mightve said something to upset you at the time. I gone you're in a better place now.
Considering those rules, it does no good to dwell on it anymore. Try to incorporate God in your life as best as you can. I'll pray for you.
Thank you Fr.Mike for your Wisdom and Guidance
Thank you Fthr. Mike.
Good timing, thanks Father.
Thanks so much! I needed this. 💖
the ending made me cry.. thank you so much.
Beautiful. Thank you, Fr Mike.
I'm going through such a time now, Fr. Mike, because of chronic pain in my hands that I know can last for several months. Thanks for the video!
Thank you Fr Mike, I needed to hear your message.
God's peace and protection.
Thank you Fr. Mike
Thank you so much, Father Mike.
Thank you, Father Mike. This is very important.
I so needed to hear this. Thank you Father Mike
Understood... Worthy to be meditated, thanks father.
this could not have come at a more opportune time. God is amazingly Good.
On Point! Thank You for this Message.
Amen. Thank you, Father Mike!
The day that came that I didn’t want to exist was the day I came in contact with God. I never questioned anything else after that. I trust him . Father Mike thank you !!! I can’t thank you enough I love listening to you .
He didn't make suffering and evil...it's mankind who started all that by attempting to know between good and evil...
For only God can know both and ALWAYS choose good...only HE can handle it
I think what someone is saying when they express that it is better never to have existed is that non-existence is preferable to eternal pain. Sure, I don't think anyone would take non-existence over indescribable, eternal joy. And yes people grow tired from living and trying to live righteously. It is difficult even in good times, but we are living in especially evil times. We are world weary. Add to this weariness a real possibility that one sin or disposition or whatever will keep us from enjoying the Beatific Vision and condemn us to an eternity of despair, regret, loneliness and hatred. Yeah, I'd rather not exist than experience that. If I don't exist, I would never know the joy but neither the pain. In fact, I wouldn't know anything.
Thank you Father. I really needed to hear that
Without the bad, we cannot truly appreciate the good. Without challenge, one would not experience the joy of succeeding. And without love, we are without purpose.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world
7:01 tear- jerker. Thank you Father .
Thanks Fr Mike for this!! ❤️❤️
Sometimes I feel like , “what is the point?” Why do we live? Is it only to experience the grief when we lose a loved one, or is it to witness the corruption that surrounds us?
What about all the wonderful experiences? The thrill of a new relationship, the excitement of learning something new, the feeling of contentment when you accomplish even the small things. What about the warmth of the sun on your skin? Gazing up at the moon on a quiet night, standing beside an ocean and having that unparalleled feeling of being small but significant.
@@nette9836 i wish that I could experience that joy but I am not able to when I am so awake to the sufferings, the people getting tortured, the children being abused, the prisoners….it is weighing so heavily on my heart that I seem blocked from experiencing any joy of living.
@@notagain2422 I'm sorry to hear that. You really should seek therapy to learn how to better cope with the suffering of the world. The best advice I can provide is that suffering is a normal part of the process...it isn't always sunshine and rainbows, but let me tell you, the moment you begin appreciating and basking in the small joys, you can break free from the sorrow. I have some homework for you today or tomorrow - get outside, kick your shoes off and enjoy the grass and sunshine. And even better, go see some running water, maybe even dip your toes in. Nature is true joy because it is the direct creation of the abrahamic God.
It sounds like a life of suffering is better than nonexistence, because we still have ways to cope with pain in life, the very least of which, that any of us can do, is to express our pain. To express or communicate our pain is a means to diminish it.
I will pray for you; in the Marion Consecration. It will get better.
Beautiful message Father, blessings!
God bless you Father Mike
Love wouldn’t exist without free will.
How about the existence of the souls that are in hell? Wouldn’t it be better for them to not exist and not suffer for all eternity…
🙏🙏🙏Thank you.