Second Sunday of Advent - Mass with Fr. Mike Schmitz
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- Опубликовано: 13 дек 2024
- Join Fr. Mike Schmitz as he celebrates the Second Sunday of Advent at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
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Fr. Mike, thank you for your sermon. At this moment in time i am battling with the world, with my flesh and with Satan. I have recently cursed at God for my life situation and i have allowed secular athiest doctrine to penetrate my heart and mind. Your homiliy of St. Mark really hit me, i may never be well, i may never see my struggle end, but i can not stop loving, i can not stop loving God and my fellow people, For a while now i have actually hated both. St. Mark pray for me sir for i have struggles and wars i fight even in my own household where i lay my head at night.
Thank you for the sermon and sacrifice.
May our Lord protect you in Jesus Name. Amen!!!🙏🏾
You're not alone, through prayer, love and building one another up, better days are ahead 🙏🏼 stay encouraged always
Just know that you are loved.
Praying for you Brandon
Fr Mike thank you for Mass and your very insightful homily. It makes me know I am not lost.
I think if the IC falls in Sunday we should get a BOGO
Thank you so much for such a beautiful homily, Fr. Mike. I really needed to hear it.
Me too. But, I don't deserve it.
Lord, I give You permission to finish all the works You have started on me even in the midst of my weakness. I pray that my family members will allow You to save them as well. Amen!
The first week was so outstanding and gave us so much to think about and pray about this week. I can’t wait to see what’s next. We may be bearing witness to some of the best work that.Father Mike has done for us. It would be a sin to miss it. I will see you Sunday morning.
The couch cushions made me shed a tear or two, not going to lie.
Today because of overlap with work I'm unable to attend mass in person. Thanks Father Mike :)
I hate that I lost my fire for GOD, I know He's my Truelove , I hate depression & sloth comes back & im so irritated, overwhelmed. LORD I'm sorrrry💔💔💔help me help myself.
Thank you for your heart for God’s Word. I haven’t been to mass in many years. This sermon gave me such peace about my son’s death.
Thank you for helping me realize that I’m not lost. God is still in me.
Dear God, give me the courage to confidently acknowledge Jesus as Lord before my enemies, adversaries, and critics, just as I do before my friends, co-workers, and colleagues. May my faith in the Lord Jesus be boldly lived before others as I respectfully share my confidence in Jesus, in whose name I pray. Amen.
Thank you for this Mass. My fiancée is Protestant, but is slowly opening up to the idea of attending mass. She loves Jesus, but is skeptical of the sacraments (particularly Confession). Your masses are demonstrating that these are not sacraments of condemnation, but sacraments to experience God's love for us. He gave us a tangible way to experience forgiveness and reconciliation. We strive to love Jesus with agape love (as He loves us) and every Sunday we learn how to do so a little bit better.
Fr. Mike and Fr. Dan Rehill have reignited my belief and commitment to my Catholic faith. Thank you so much for your message and the way you articulate Father.
Thank you for this beautiful Mass. I’m not able to attend Mass because of a recent surgery. It gave me much comfort in this beautiful feast day approaching. I pray for you daily Father Mike.
An important homily about loving others and loving God being the most important thing for us. The Lord of the Rings example was great. Introduction of a good catastophe - euph (euphemism) + catastrophe. St. Mark Ji Tianxiang story was so inspiring and a good example of euph-catastrophe. He asked to be executed last so none of his family members would be left alone... He was denied the Eucharist and confessions. Boxer rebellion.. Despite being broken, he was able to love. Through God's grace. God wanted you to listen to this and be here so He has already started His work and He will complete His work.
Thank you, Fr. Mike, the Pew Crew, and Team Ascension. God bless you and the fellow attendees
I'll have to watch this movie again with this new knowledge. Thanks, Fr Mike. God Bless. Claire.
Divine Mercy Saint Fuastina Thank You For Everything You Given To Us, Please Pray For Us My Children My Grandchildren Protect Guide All Of Us, Forgive Our Sins We Commit Amen 🙏 Please Pray For My Son To Rebuild His And Family, Guide Protect Keep Him Safety Amen 🙏 Lord Please Help Me To My Children My Family To Be Together Again Amen 🙏 Lord Please Hear My Prayers And My Intention Amen 🙏 Lord Please Bless All Of Us Amen 🙏
Thanks!
Absolutely amazing how you tie in a famous popular story into your homily! Well done 👍
I used to dispise "God's timing," so much to a degree, even now for my own sin, that I will wrestle with God" until I get the blessings I "deserve. " But now, by the grace and mercy of God, out of HIS love, through my own inflicted sufferings and pain, I was brought back, by HIS way, HIS timing, and all the catastrophes through my life. Praise be to God. Thank you, fr. Mike.
Thank you for your service today. You were right on for what I needed. My exact problem. Forgiveness and loving my neighbors. Difficulties for me. My hero in Lord of the Rings was Samwise. The one who never gave up no matter what. Always supported Frodo, if it had not been for Sam, Frodo couldn't have gone home.
Thank you Father Mike Schmitz for preaching Christ to us, for bringing Christ to us, for being Christ to us. Thank you for putting out into the deep. Thank you for following him, never knowing where he will lead you. Thank you for teaching us to trust, for teaching us to love, for teaching us to live.. God bless keep you and all your parishioners safe during this holiday season
I offer this Mass up for all my Deceased Relatives and Friends. Lord have Mercy on their souls Amen 🙏
Thank you!
Your words, Pastor, inspire me to stay positive and connected to God. Thank you for all you do! 🙏💖
Fr. Mike, thank u so much for this beautiful Holy Mass. May the Lord bless u and the Ascension team. What a thought provoking sermon.
Beautiful!!
Thank you Father Mike.
❤ Thanks again, Father Mike! 😊❤
Thanks for sharing Mass with us.
Thank you so very much dear Father Mike. With love and blessings from Canada.
The best gift we can give to Jesus is our eternal friendship 🙏😊
God Bless you Father Schmitz, what a beautiful homily and story, love you so much .
Again your words changed everything. I was in doubt about a loving courages thing I did. "Was it right to dare? What will be the price?" But now I see: I would have to be ashamed meeting HIM and having avoided doing it.
Thank you Father Mike for this sermon. I needed to hear it.🙏
This really hits home because I have been for the past month thinking about how I can be better at love and grace. The word 'grace' particularly has been going through my mind consistently. And I have come to accept that we must all strive to be the embodiment of it. Thank you Fr. Mike. Blessings to all.
This touched me deeply
Wow! A slow start but oh what a grand ending🎉🎉🎉🎉. Ty try God bless u! Rosemarie
Reviving homily Fr Mike, food the Advent journey ,God bless you and keep all who hear His word, to live it, Amen
Thank you Fsther
one of the hardest homilies to swallow, my head says Jesus paid the debt in full, my heart says I'll never be worthy and thus ready
Yet another beautiful homily. Thank you, Fr Mike❤
Am so happy to hear this from you dear. May God bless you and always, how often do you pray to God?
A beautiful and powerful homily. Thank you , Father.
Thank you Fr Mike for the sermons and allowing those who can't go to mass in person for whatever reason, I am on my journey to get closer to God and give up worldy things it is hard but everyday is a new day to keep trying. Amen and Thank you God for everything.❤
God Bless our Nation and all of us. Amen. Peace be with you
Thank you for the spiritual communion. My mother is currently ill, (hopefully just a cold.) and we weren't able to go to church today. So thank you, that even if I'm not at church, I can still receive the communion through this.
Out of love I make an effort. I choose love. Thank you Jesus for helping me find the way.
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Thank you for such a beautiful homily and opportunity to experience mass. My husband and I are both at home sick with the flu and didn’t want to get others sick attending mass in person. Thank you so much, and God bless you all
I'm not Catholic, but I'm listening. Frodos failure didn't really bother me, because everything was good in the end.
But one of my all-time favorite movie scenes is soon after. I love when they are waiting on the volcano and Frodo finally has rest. He's finally released, and at peace. His suffering is finished. And then the eagles! And there's 3! The juxtaposition of the fire and lava of the volcanos and the beautiful heavenly sky above, with the 3 eagles coming to the rescue! It's just like the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I looked for a poster of that moment, but it wasn't available.
Thank you and Amen from Galápagos 🙏🏽
Please pray for me. I'm at a new job and I get to study for some things that I have never had to learn before. It's for my own good, and will keep me from having difficulty as I age. I give a lot of thanks for all of you young people in the front pew crew, because you have young minds! Be strong and faithful. Stay true to it! I hope very much that you get your student center and Church completed. Thank you Ascension Presents. Amen.
May God bless your and keep you in in Good health always what's your prayer requests?
@MikeSchmitz-b8r To be well enough not to have to survive on SSDI alone. I got offered a good job, and I am in certifications for it, at the same place I worked at last year. Hoping to at least reduce myself down to SSA or SSI as I come into the workforce full-time again. I have been approaching our local grant office, as well, because I don't want people to lose their work and I don't want people to lose their opportunities for apartments that they can afford without a housing voucher. The voucher system in some places can be very fraudulent, which the previous diocese I lived in found out, and they had to move several people due to price gouging of rent. I'm praying for health care recipients -- myself and others to be heard, so that we don't have to lose work. Ora et labora has taught me to be mindful. People may actively try to hurt my feelings because I talk to myself alot, but mostly it's because I don't want people to be homeless. Our city keeps building safe shelters, and those places are more affordable, and we have to keep up with the changes all the time. I pray that Ascension Presents gets the opportunity to build Duluth 's student center and Church. I hope as well that the school will put in affordable student housing for kids that want to stay in Minnesota or in the nearby area close to family members and people that they grew up with to get those quality jobs, too. That's what I pray for, Father Mike Schmitz. Thank you for asking. Thank God for the Pope, CSS, all Bishops and Priests, Deacons, Nuns, Postulants, Novices, Mothers, Consecrated Lay People who are just trying to do the right thing, one thing at a time. Amen.
God bless us. ❤
Wow just wow so much to thank God for and to pray for this week and always thank you father Mike for all the good you are doing and for being an inspiration to others
Thank you Yeshua Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior for your intercession for all my intentions and for everyone I’ve promised to pray for. Amen 🙏❤️
Thank God for online Mass.
I hope enjoyed it?
Amen!!! Thank you Lord for your unconditional love 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Beautiful Advent reflections this season! So much to think about! The Holy Spirit is at work !
Thank you Fr Mike for wanting to love in a way that you couldn't possibly love without God's grace.Thank you, God, for working through Fr Mike in his kind, loving and wise words.
Thanks
Thank you, Father Mike for your great work on this Earth to get people closer to our Lord and Savior. I pray I find my mission and purpose with God always next to me.
I will continue to show up.
God never abandons us🙏🏼✝️🙏🏼🕊️
Thank you for all you do 🙏. You have truly been an inspiration and guide for me and my family.
Watching in lieu of attending local Spanish Mass which starts exactly at this time. Happy advent, everyone.
Love listening to Father talk
Thank you for this mass Fr. Mike
Every minute, every breath, every word and every deed...choose to be a light. Choose love. Peace be with you, from me and the cats. 🐈
Frodo WAS a hero for getting the ring as far as he did and making the sacrifices necessary.
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, didst prepare a worthy dwelling place for thy Son, we beseech thee that, as by the foreseen death of this, thy Son, thou didst preserve her from all stain, so too thou wouldst permit us, purified through her intercession, to come unto thee. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who livest and reignest with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
During this season we are called to reflect on our lives, giving ourselves to God completely and to reconcile with our neighbours. On this second week of Advent we light the second candle which is called Bethlehem candle. it´s purple, representing peace. It commemorates Mary and Joseph´s journey to Bethlehem.
Second Sunday of Advent: Almighty and merciful God, may no earthly undertaking hinder those who set out in haste to meet your Son, but may our learning of heaven wisdom grain us admittance to his company. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen 🙏
"May you abound in love more and more."
"I know myself🥺. The problem is I don't love the way that I should."
Advent message of hope: "We don't need to get discouraged."
happy solemnity of the immaculate conception ❤
Praise you Jesus. Thank you Jesus
Thank you father
I’m usable to attend mass because of illness. I enjoy mass through the magic of technology. Thank you
Thanks Fr Mike,I pray the lord may guide you through your ministry 🙏 please would you offer a prayer for George in hospital may the lord help him in pull through his illness, Amen ❤
I always loved the end scene with Frodo because it just meant he was human. I related to his suffering the whole way through and I certainly related to him when he failed and needed grace to carry on.
Father Mike, out of love you have a great gift as a homilist,…….i need reminders of God’s Love for me Thank you…… God Bless you Father Mike……including the Priests who have been blessed with the gift of love in their homilies…..Love all of them and continue to pray for all our Priests evangelizing for our Church…..
THANK YOU ALL
I LOVE YOU
ALLWAYS
Thank you 🍂♥️.
Thank you
Loved it 🙏
Early Bird!
Father Mike, I feel like you love me 😊
Ofrezco esta Santa Misa, por intercesión de nuestra Madre María Santísima, por las almas del purgatorio, las personas presas y los enfermos. Agradezco todas las bendiciones recibidas por todos. Pido por la paz mundial, la paz en los corazones, la salud física y mental, las familias y las personas víctimas de violencia y abuso. Amén 💙
This is my first mass. Started to read the bible by myself out of curiosity . Im 30 years old and looking for meaning in my life.
Jesus loves you
Greetings Father Mike,
Key Thoughts :-
-> Advent Homily reflect with, "The Importance of Spiritual Contemplation with Gratitude for Lord Jesus Christ's Grace in every moment of Our Life in all aspects."
-> Homily Insights reflect with "Immaculate Conception in Clear manner."
-> Thanks Father. Thanks Virtual Front Pew and Team Ascension Presents.
With regards,
Ranjith Joseph (R.J)
The message goes back to Sister Miriam's comments on healing not being "fixing," that we can be holy in light of our sin.
I struggle with this because I wonder how things would be if I weren't hindered by my repeated sins. I want to be fixed. Always confronted with my inability to dispose of the ring myself.
Amen.
for my son
15:58 🙌🏽👏🏽 16:05
"Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a chance misfortune, an illness...But the very essence of the person is the image of God and this remains in him despite every disfigurement. St John of Kronstadt
Ya thats false, not the humans on sentinel island
@@philosoFreedomGamingaccording to you but not according to God.
@@johnosumba1980 which god
@ the true God, first principal from which all things begun. Most probably you don’t or can’t understand that. Otherwise not that one of yours with small g.
Thanks!
Father Mike thank you for all you do. God bless you. How do I donate to the completion of the chapel.
You can Google Newman center at university of Minnesota Duluth. They have a website
Is like God can see you next proyect and you don't feel you finish inside you life. And you start other proyect and forget God. Is time for JESÚS 🙏 is time for God. No time for bad acción. 14 days 😢😢
Can someone please 🙏 send me the lyrics to the Latin song at the end of the mass?!
Actually this is not as much a homily than an extended Catechesis or teaching. Did the pope just recommed this week that all homilies be 8 to 10 mins???
There is a very good reason for that. Basically it is the norm from tradition.
And with yourcspirit
Do these count as our weekly obligation?