In the World, But Not Of It
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2019
- We hear the phrase “in the world but not of it” quite often. But how do we live that out in our everyday lives? Fr. Mike gives a crash course on how to follow Christ in situations where there may be tension between you and someone you’re close to.
Reminding us of Matthew 10:34, “I have not come to bring peace, but a sword,” Fr. Mike explains that Jesus is a cause of division. As followers of Christ, we have to acknowledge and accept the painful reality that following him will cause us to be divided from many people we love. Once we accept that, allowing God’s love to fill our hearts, we will search for ways to love those who strongly disagree with us.
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I am a 23 years old male and a devout Catholic, I never did drugs, never fornicated, never attend clubs, am a virgin etc. And my only problem in life is finding a job and knowing God's will for me, so please PRAY for me guys.
Please realise that God makes the sun shine on both the good and the bad. You do not need to earn His love or His blessings or a job. Good luck in discerning your vocation. No one is free of sin but that doesn't stop God.
Hiya did you find a job?
sometimes God puts certain people in your life to help you.....He did with this priest
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RUclips "called to communion ewtn live " its catholic 😁💞🖐
So God put certain priests in the lives of unfortunate children so they can rape them. WHAT. A. GOD.
@@bayekofsiwa5847 Epic, simply epic. What color is the fedora you use?
@@TheFofotron idk your God gave it to me
Father Mike, please pray for me to remain sober
Michael The Namesake I’m not Fr. Mike, but I said a prayer for you. 🙏
I will also
@@melindaanne6036 PLEASE also pray for me to help me find a job Thank You.
I'll pray for your sobriety.
@@stonwall9065 Congratulations.
This is so true for me right now. No one in my family is a faithful Catholic, some are even atheists, and I have zero Catholic friends. I am so lonely, every day fighting a battle against the skepticism and ridicule of those who are closest to me. The sadness of this fact can be soul-crushing and the temptation to bitterness is strong but I always remind myself that my war is against the principalities and powers that blind so many and not against other people. It is definitely a trial but I try to seek holiness through it.
Beautifully written I'm in the same boat as you it seems, I feel it's the Titanic and I'm a man so I know which way it ends for me....I wish you luck I won't pray for you if that's ok cause I've almost lost all mine..good luck to you
I hope you can make some Catholic friends at your parish or online. Am in same situation..was hard particularly when our devoutly Catholic Mum passed. But I can never give up gold for dross. I envy them not one bit and would not want to not be Catholic for even one minute. May the beauty and joy of the Body of Christ comfort you. Maybe join one of the societies in your parish so you meet others
My mother is a narcissist and hurt me a lot, I'll would like to forgive her and want to able to love her with a healthy boundary. Please pray for me.
Praying for you!
@Claudia Vlahović 😊🙂
@@sandwichguy1997 thank you, I checked you profile, I think you understand what iam talking about.
The bad thing about healthy boundaries is that the narcissist will never respect your boundaries in fact they will see it as a challenge as to how many times they can tromple over it. Im sorry your in that situation. Unfortunately i have dealt with those people my entire life and they just dont ever stop. The best thing to do is love them from a distance and have no contact.
@@heathalee iam kind of understating it now, with whatsapp and social media they are even checking the time and activities even though iam in a different country. I need to forgive her so that I'll be able to get past her gaslighting then triggering my negative thoughts, I need gods help and mercy to forgive and forget myself and her..
This is eloquently spoken. The message put into an actionable context the challenge of existing in a very painful and difficult time. There is a sword that Jesus brought which defines the holy and unholy world. "Don't be bitter" toward others even as they may be living in ways that we can't seem to reconcile. Acknowledge that we too are sometimes drawn into darkness and we need each other to pray for and support our own difficult journeys. Other times let our joy in the Lord be the light that may bring other to Christ. Thank you Father Mike, for helping me to think this out and learn that I can control the bitterness caused by the world's division. Very Holy advice!
"Loves without bitterness, even to those who would hurt Him directly....And that's a higher call than probably many of us have ever experienced..." That one hit me hard. God bless Fr. Mike
Me as well. It's a lot harder done in action though.
Michael Salter I agree, tough stuff. I’m grateful to have heard Fr.Mike speak this truth as it’ll be easier to correct my bitterness here and now than in purgatory.
RUclips "called to communion ewtn live " its catholic 😁💞🖐
That's the hardest message from this video. We really need Christ to love correctly
I hear the Holy Spirit speaking to me through your words, Father Mike! ... Really needed to hear this today. Thank you so much! God Bless!
Tara Christensen so true♥️
@Frank P. sorry you don't understand old school respect. So many don't these days, but I am an old woman raised in the old west and I respect the man and the position. You Sir, will not change me, nor will you impact my manners.
Remember here on camp Earth GOD will call you twice first to spread His charity and two be with Him in the end so never hang-up on JESUS please put down the phone and pray for others to find JESUS ⛪
@@richardharepax123 I pray every day, many hours. Do you?
@@RevMotherMaryKateryn yes I do. I'm sorry if I sounded like I was being mean to you. If we pray for each other and others then we can go from camp Earth to Heaven. Have a blessed day 🎈❤️😇🎈
Lately Father Mike Schmitz has gotten stronger and clearer in his stances and beliefs. He is unyielding
I noticed too!!
Ife O we need clarity and boldness from of clergy in these confusing times
Thank you Fr Mike.
Pray for those unsaved and less fortunate people who dont know christ died and rose again
Beautiful consideration - always be ready to forgive. We really do live in a divided world. It takes effort to achieve unity. "We have to choose Christ...because the culture around us does NOT choose Him." Sad how few take Christ's words seriously, how few ever apologize and ask for forgiveness.
You can forgive if they are repented. Otherwise you enable their evil.
Or... how few really know Christ's words, and instead follow a 'pseudoChrist' of their own making.
@@ninjamaster3453 Forgiveness is not enabling. I can forgive someone for their hurt to me, even if I do not condone their actions or their sins. They must repent to accept forgiveness and return to God, but the forgiveness is freely forgiven.
" Nothing more glorious can happen to a Christian, than to suffer for Christ."
~ St. Philip Neri
... and so we pick up our cross and continue to follow Jesus Christ as He instructed us..
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May God bless all who read this and please pray for me also... I am praying for you!
Thank you Father Mike! LOVE despite love. We are called to love despite how imperfect we all are and be the face of Jesus.
"The heavens and the earth shall pass away, but my words will never pass away"
I think this is really spot on. Somehow, out of a family of 6, for a long time ive been the only one who is still Catholic. Recently one of my sisters has been going to Mass and getting involved which is amazing, but it's still a really sad situation. I guess kids always do rebel against their parents, just seems funny that being religious is actually the rebellious option in my case 😅
Hi friend! How are you doing now 2 years later? I hope you’re still strong in your faith :)
Tradition is rebellion in a modern world.
Just watched this video and all I can do is cry and praise Jesus for sending us this priest. My heart was so heavy these weeks, as people who are part of my current state of life have been skeptical about my orthodoxy towards Church teachings. I was trying to hold on to the teachings and over the past days and even this morning, right before watching this video, I heard voices trying to convince me that I should be more loving and less rule-abiding and more accepting and welcoming. However, in the depths of my heart, I knew that this was wrong. And now, Fr. Mike has clearly stated what to do. And I am just so convinced that this is the Holy Spirit talking to us through Fr. Mike. My heart is on fire! Thank you, Fr. Mike, for all that you do for His beloved Bride, the Church. Thank you for your sufferings and sacrifices. God bless you!
I have a similar problem. My adult kids think I'm a racist homophobe. For them, anything goes and if it feels good, do it. Their world view comes from what their friends think or what they see on TV. They don't stop and contemplate why the Church teaches what they do. They don't read or go to Mass, no prayer or contemplation. It's so sad, that as a mother, you raise them to love God, and then they grow up and are then ashamed to speak up for Our Lord. I feel myself drifting away from them. When I am with my kids, I keep the conversation on what's going on with them or their friends. I don't talk about anything I am doing or things that I would love to talk about, which is my faith and spiritual things. Growing up, my children were always so respectful of me and listened to me. Now, I feel like I'm the child the way they sometimes talk to me. They are SO of the world, and it is really sad. I give this to Our Lord, pray my Rosary and try to live in God's presence, knowing that my relationship with Him is the most important thing in my life. Thank you Fr. Mike for this video, I'm now going to listen to it again!
Hey @@paxdomini3539. So sorry for this difficult situation. You know the story of ST. MONICA? I'd like that to encourage you in this struggle. She struggled and suffered in prays for 30years for her son to covert from his sinful way. Now he is among the greatest Saints the church will ever have... ST. AUGUSTINE. Keep in prayer and always ask for ST. MONICA and ST. AUGUSTINE's intercession. One day, the right divine time, GOD will do His will.
No human can carry this Love-Truth-No bitterness cross alone.
luckily we don't have to carry it alone
Thank you, once again, Father Mike
A great example of our world now and explanation of this scripture passage. Thank you Father Mike.
Loving without bitterness. Hit me with a wrecking ball and it wouldn't hurt as much... alright Fr. Mike, new challenge from you that I'm going to work on. Keep 'em coming. I know you'll make a better Catholic out of me.
Father thank you for speaking the truth so boldly and being so in love with Mother Church and Christ. Praying for you and all priests! Looking forward to hanging out with you God Willing in the Beatific Vision!
“Reject bitterness” - I so needed this! And all the tips.Thanks be to God! Come Holy Spirit!
May God bless you, Fr. Mike.
Love from Portugal 🇵🇹
I am Brazilian and love to listen to you. Words inspired by God.
Thank you Father Mike keep praying 🙏❤💙
I choose to live my life, and accept the fact that my family is divided. I will keep the faith.
Jesus loves us😀
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I didn't even realize how much bitterness I have towards a person causing a difficult situation in my life till the Lord God pointed it out to me though this message. I pray for the Church and everyone struggling to do God's will in this sometimes cold world because we need all the prayers we can get. May the Almighty God bless you Fa Mike.
I chose to return to the Church after 40yrs and am struggling with bitterness because of reactions from family. Engaging with a small Christian community now that is a blessing. Your statements are spot on. Amen🙏
Sister and Brother don't forget we need to Pray for our ancestors ...for their sins God Bless (( Father Mike is the GOAT )) !!
Love this one Father Mike! We must choose Christ - so important to hear in a World where as you said so many do not choose him. So many today choose to ignore the choices we are being asked to make - we turn to our distractions rather than make hard decisions...but we cannot "go with the flow" - the Bible is very clear what path we must follow. Thank you!
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i think this is your best lecture ever. you really hit a nerve. thank you.
God bless you Fr. Mike! Keep up the good work you do for the greater glory of God!
Thank you Father. You have made my faith a lot clearer
RUclips "called to communion ewtn live " its catholic 😁💞🖐
Please pray for my parents and my sister. I recently spoke to my sister regarding her plans with IVF. In short, she wants nothing to do with me anymore. My parents are hurting due to our division. I’m trying not to be bitter, and I’m just praying for my sister. She is my best friend who was always there for me. I can’t believe this is happening. But I offer my sufferings to Christ.
We went through this with our oldest daughter. She is fostering to adopt now and it's a struggle, but she knows that she has chosen God's way and that she is doing His work. Pray for your sister and understand her suffering. Offer yours for her conversion and love her always.
Sending prayers for you and your sister. It is so difficult to live the truth when it brings division. Praying her heart may soften...
I have experienced this division for over 28 years in 12 step programs. When possible I share my experience, strength and hope about my walk with Jesus. 99% of the time it’s met with “Fire and Fury!” Planting seeds of hope is part of my responsibility in and out of those rooms. Let’s all be the change in hopes that one will hear his voice. Lord hear our prayer. 🙏🏻
God bless you Father Mike Schmitz! We just have to keep our families who aren't ready to give their life to God in prayer. And we also have to pray for others as well who choose not to follow God. And pray that they do🙏 But yes not all of my family members want to give their life to God even though we are raised Catholic! I ignore the comments they make. They call me church lady.
This was my battle of today. Needed to listen it, thank you
Thank you Father Mike
Just what I needed today. Thank you for giving your life to the Church.
. . . and the First Thing should be. . . Evangelize the World and energize people with the Lord's salvation. Jesus is for everyone.
Father Mike thank you for speaking truth into our hearts with sternness and love!
I can't "like" this video enough. Thank God for Father Mike!
This is kind of off topic but this video somehow reminded me of one of my history professors. He's one of three siblings. He and his wife are Catholic. Meanwhile his siblings and their spouses are Orthodox Jew and Muslim. "Yes, thanksgiving is very interesting in our family."
This is a message for every Christian. Great stuff!
Thank you father Mike
God bless
This is so true I have met so many well-meaning "Christian" young women who refuse to stand up for the gospel on abortion because "I can't make decisions for other people". They think they can love and serve God but not separate themselves from the world. What good are you to the Lord if you don't show people the difference between the world and the Lord?
Brothers and sisters❤️✝️
Bishop Robert Barron's book, To light a fire on the Earth : Proclaiming the gospel in a secular age. It deals with the issue of how how world Is so divided between the religious and those who choose none.
Thank you Fr Mike for these bite sized gems
Amen, thank you Fr. Mike!
Profound words and (personally for me) an extremely hard lesson in these dark times. Grant us, O Lord, your divine grace to be forgive others, reject bitterness and to be a wellspring of mercy and healing in this world.
I think this is the best video you've ever made.
Father Mike Schmitz❤️you are gifted with your words and the timing of those words. Thank you again...happy 4th of July 🇺🇸
Thank you for your video Fr. Mike. Life is crazy but I will live good.
I feel like this is so relevant today.
This hit me so much. I’m called to priesthood, I want to celebrate the Eucharist, confess, serve and this quote is right in point- but it doesn’t describe only my relationship with others but also inner me. I still have one year till I can join seminary and I’m struggling with some sort of feeling to a girl I know. I’ve already met with her once and we enjoyed ourselves. I feel like following my vocation will not only bring chaos between me and people not accepting it, but it will also begin a massive fight inside of me since I was born in sin and satan will try to drag me down. Please pray for me, Peace!
Mike
Division is truly painful 😥😭😭Lord Jesus forgive us ♥️
Thanks Fr. Mike. Really needed this. Pray for my family which is divided over these exact things. Pray for me to keep from bitterness and to love all my family as Jesus loves
You are so wonderful Fr Mike. Today I needed to hear this one. ♥️
Wow, as a Catechist and oldest of our family, my mother is very narcissistic and my father will listen to everyone but me. The other religions that come to our door, just tell of the end of the world and how we are in the wrong religion, but they don 't speak of loving everyone for who they are. This is very frustrating, i just go to my room and cry and pray. I know that God sees my tears and knows my heart, so i continue to be who i am and know that i am in this world, but i am not of it. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed are Thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
So very true. We can NEVER lose hope and we can NEVER stop praying for those who have fallen away from the Faith and the Church. We can continue to bring up the Catholic Faith in a loving manner. We in the end can only answer for our own actions in this life. THANK YOU for addressing this.
My God! God Bless You!
Father Mike, your videos are absolutely wonderful! Thank you so very much! Theresa "Tess" LaFrance
Like number 36, God bless you Fr Mike!
Come Holy Spirit. Great video Father!
Thank you so much for this. I really need to hear this today. I need to remember that the world hated Jesus first so as someone who follows him they are going to hate them too. I really been asking Jesus to help me through this.
Yeah I understand this. very very well said!
I know exactly what you're talking about, Father Mike! You are so helpful.My family has different feelings about Catholicism. My brother is probably an atheist but won't admit it because he knows it will bother me. Thanks for explaining this passage that's always confused me. You are an inspiration, Father. Bitterness and love are total opposites.
I love you Father! I am struggling against the evils inside me, please remember me in your prayers! God bless you!
That is so true from the scripture. I'am an Asian living in Taiwan, inherited Chinese culture, familiar with Daoism and Buddhism. But once I sought nothing from these two ideas then turned to Jesus, I was being attacked by my family, and somehow I can feel another household unseen forces are bothering me as well.
I have been experiencing this within my own home, and for some time now. All I can do is pray, and talk about the good news with my children, even if it's just a little bit each time. I hope to continue planting the seed, and let our Lord do His work. Praying for all of us.
“When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree by the river of truth, and tell the whole world 'No, You Move.”
Captain America
I explained this text to my sister because she’s insisting that families should be perfect. Jesus said that there will be divisions in families
Father Mike, thank you for all you said also from Czech Republic :-). God bless you
You are so awesome. I get so much from your teachings. Have a happy 4th and be safe May god bless you. Thanks.
Oh Fr. Mike you speak directly to my soul, so well. This video brought tears to my eyes. So full of truth, so filling with grace. Love it. Keep being a wonderful teacher and creation of God. Love you Fr.
God Bless you and THANK YOU Father Mike!!! Do you have any idea how you have helped us get back to Faith in Jesus! Faith in Catholic church! FAITH! GOD BLESS YOU
Well put farher! I’ve been thinking about this division a lot lately, and I have found what I think is the key to responding to people that are doing things we christians believe to be sinful. Look at Jesus meeting the adulterer, je knew she sinned, but he did not condemn her, he loved her still, but he condemned her sin and told her to be free of it. We should love people, but in this love remind them that what they do is wrong.
Wonderful reflection Father
Thk u pst for bringing out the raw truth about Jesus bc many families are gox thru alot bc of what u are teachx hmm keep on man of God i love it
I am of this world like a leaf comes out of a tree, I am not born into it. Be in this world but don’t fall for the trappings of this world.
I love the length of your videos, Fr. Mike. They fit perfectly in a 10-minute Pomo break (Pomodoro time management technique).
Thank you Fr Mike for sharing these talks which are so sound and timely. When we don't have an immediate person to talk to about these things, we can watch your talks anytime and receive an affirmation of our Faith.
Excellent!!! Thank you.
This is a profound concept, especially to westerners. People in the west have too much stuff that comes between them and God. I know this first hand. I have made God play 2nd fiddle most of my life. Now I want nothing to do with anything that isn't of God. I have to work and I have to eat and so forth, but I want to be with Jesus more than anything.
Wow that was inspirational just what I was looking for, thank you father
I needed this, regret all bitterness and find the way to love them, Ill try with a broken heart
Never I will love my abusers and my bitterness is the only thing that keeps me going.
@@svetlanabarrow6026 no one knows what to be constantly abused is like, untill you yourself are the victim, I am so sorry to know that from you, the only thing I can do is pray for you with all my heart
@@imommtube thank you.
We may lose the battles but we will win the war if you follow Jesus.
Thank you father Mike I think it is so true I have many friends now that are in a lot of these movements or support them and the truth is I support them as my neighbors although I totally don’t agree all I can do is love them and when the conversation go South and I know I am not going to be heard I just walk away then I say the our father thanking about them and hoping that they can realize true love but thank you for making it even clearer
Such a great video, you need to make another one(s) and talk more about this!
i feel like all these videos are for me. i'm scared but its great. 5:54 We are living in the end times
Plus only the Father knows when the end will be. Since we can die at anytime, we are perpetually in our personal end times.
One of my favorite videos you made. Thank you
Thank you Father Mike. When my grandmother passed away before the pandemic, I wanted to bless her and pray with her before she took her final breath. My family is Baptist, and refused to let me pray with her and bless her with Holy Water. I eventually decided to pray with her regardless and my aunt deliberately kept trying to interrupt my prayer with my gran, and we were raised never to interrupt anyone even in mental prayer, so it really hurt, they don't think that I am worthy of the promises of Christ, and didn't want me to have one last prayer with my grandmother who was very devout in her faith, she taught me to know God. Forgiveness is so hard Father. I have tears running down my face just typing this. Thank you.
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Thanks Fr. Mike
Ask a priest to offer Mass once a month for your children, from the time they are born, for them to grow in the Catholic faith and never depart from it. Thanks be to God that my young adult children are practising Catholics because of this, even though they are children of divorce and I am the only practising parent.
Time well spent.
Father mike 👍 always on point and timely.. the truth as raw as it gets .. Thankyou ..
Amen! Beautiful, good, & true with such compassionate lift one another up exhortation. Thank you. Yes, yes, yes let Grace take away bitterness. The pain of either open fleshly anger or passive aggressive being ignored or treated as a pariah, can lead easily lead to fleshly bitterness, but The Spirit gives power to Eucharistic people, to let non enabling charity & hope prevail. Always pray for more mutual understanding, and do anything one can for the other, without compromising against the authentic Gospel. Be very prudent yet assertive in 'planting seeds' of The Word for particular aspects of things the other holds in grave opposition to the Gospel. See them with eyes of the Light of Christ's Lamp, always hoping & seeking the best for them. And always be humble in repentance of one's own failings. Trust Providence with Holy Spirit guided patience, never giving up. Peace!
WOW! JUST WOW! 💔😭 Sad but true. I understand completely.
I will be the face of Jesus for those who consider me as an enemy. Thank you Father. God bless you too.
Wise words as always Fr.Mike. God bless you.
Thank you father , God bless . 🙏🏻