Bishop Robert Barron and Fr. Mike Schmitz Unveil the Power of the Sacraments
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- In this 3-part series filmed backstage at the 2024 Good News Conference, Fr. Mike sits down with 3 special guests to discuss prayer, the sacraments, and how to prepare to meet Jesus "face to face" this coming Advent.
Fr. Mike and Bishop Barron discuss the shocking reality of the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, the beautiful discomfort that confession can bring, and how the sacraments bring us face to face with Jesus and prepare us to spend eternity with him.
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Too often, we live life by "default". We forget that we are on a journey to an eternal destination of joy that we were made for. We are burdened by fears and questions: what if I am not worthy? What if I am not enough?
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I was an atheist until I was 21, and entered the Catholic Church mostly due to the work of these two priests. Now I'm a seminarian, and I pray I will be able to bless other people the way Bp. Barron and Fr. Mike have blessed me.
You are so Blessed! Praise God
Thank you!!!!!!! You are a blessing to Jesus' church. I will pray for you to be filled with His grace and to persevere until your ordination and beyond. ❤ My uncle is a 70 yr old priest, and I know the sacrifices of being a priest. May Mama Mary keep you close to her. ❤️🔥
Gloria Deo! ❤
❤️😭❤️❤️❤️🎉🎉
May God bless you!!!!
All glory be to God!!
Are you freaking kidding me ? I wake up to a video with two of my favourite priests together. Today is a good day!
So true
My thoughts exactly 💯
Yes! So excited to watch this !!!
you have said what I am gonna say it haha
Maybe one day you will also wake up to a video with these your two favourite bishops together.
I'm a cradle Catholic, but lived in sin most of my life. Went to Sunday mass, but didn't pray and hated confession. 2 years ago, I felt called to regular confession and ended up at the beautiful Basilica of St Jospephat in Milwaukee that has daily mass and confession in the morning before work. The Fransiscan priest at confession said to ask God for the grace to avoid sin. That moment freed me from 35 years of habitual sin and after that my eyes were opened and I knew Jesus was present in the Eucharist. That moment changed and saved my life. I love confession now and I want to spend as much time with Jesus as I can: prayer, daily mass, rosary, spiritual reading, adoration. And I got to see both of these amazing men at the National Eucharistic Congress.
Same! So grateful for God's grace and persistence. 🙏❤
Hey I’m from Milwaukee to man! That Basilica is so beautiful, god bless brother!
Your story is just like me.
If you have Cursillo in your area, consider living a Cursillo weekend. It will build on what you are doinng
Same, before I would not mind missing mass on Sundays but after confessions and going to Holy hour I even ask at work to be off Sundays❤
Please pray for Catholic communities in Islamic countries. I'm currently studying in a north African country. Our priest is also a priest to another parish that's about 4 hours away. We thank God for him, and other religious, for his fervour to serve the Lord, celebrate mass and see to the spiritual needs of Christians in both communities. We've been expecting another priest for a while now, but it's a struggle to get a visa as a priest in a country that's over 95% Muslim. Please keep, our parish, as well as those who might not have priests, in your prayers.
Praying to the Blessed Virgin Mother to give you all of the graces that you ask for!! Praying for graces to prevent burnout, and for priests to be drawn to and travel to Catholic communities in Islamic countries with ease, to offer relief and to bless those most in need. Thank you for sharing your testimony! I had no idea about all of these challenges. May God bless you in abundance, to overflowing!
🙏🙏🙏
After my communion I usually pray for all priests and our brothers and sisters that are being persecuted in all parts of the world. May God bless you, your community and church 🙏
Im always put in my prayers new religious vocation , even in Jews and Islam, that Holy Spirit soften theirs heart, because we truly are children of God, our Lord.
God bless you
I was drawn to Catholicism 2 weeks ago! I have been on an unquenchable journey to digest every resource that is available online and in my community! Praise God!!!
Welcome! I recommend the Bible in a Year podcast with Father Mike.
Praise God indeed! I’ll keep you in my prayers, that you have a smooth journey home :)! God bless
Welcome to the grand adventure!
@@elisabettagarcia2620 Already on it! Got the books, podcast, new Catholic Bible, and the Hallow app. God is leading me to everything!!! 🙏✝️
@@kelkabot I’m so pumped! I’ve never felt such peace and confidence. God bless you! 🙏✝️
I'm from Ethiopia. I've come to know the catholic church by following great sermons from Bishop Robert Barron,Father Mike Schmitz etc....May God bless such great great spiritual warriors❤❤❤
Catholic Church is the True church. I converted this year. God and the Holy Spirt brought me to it. May the Holy Spirit guide you too.
I'm from Ethiopia too. may God bless you. Actually, you can visit one of a Parish nearby and attend mass. You're gonna love it
Father Mike at age 79 this conversation between you and Bishop Barron was right on point for me. Confession is crippling for me… I literally and figuratively limp into the confession room and sail out after absolution… but it never ceases to be hard to do. If anyone is wondering what possible sins could an old lady of 79 have… just wait til you get there. God bless you Father Mike. I for one want to be ready when Jesus calls me home. Pray for me please.
Praying for us all❤❤❤
My guess: gossip, addictions
@@marinebulldog0309
If only it were “gossip”… my children have left our holy Catholic faith and I am in despair about it. Jesus tells us to put our trust in Him; I try to do that but fail all the time. Please keep me in your prayers.
God bless you
@@KathleenMansfield-f7rGod bless you
20+ years ago, my wife was so angry with God as she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. When I asked her if she would like me to call our parish and ask for one of the priests to come over for the Anointing of the Sick, she wanted nothing to do with having someone to come into our home. Fr. Ron was called out for an emergency at the hospital, but Fr. Roger said he would just drop in on her as a visitor.
I have no idea what was said or what happened that day, but she found peace in her suffering. And at her funeral mass, Fr. Roger spoke of her willingness to accept God's grace and mercy.
Praise God 🙏
@@artm5583🤔What is Paul’s gospel?
Romans 2 KJV 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my 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 1 KJV
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 1 KJV 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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:
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray, thee lord, my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray thee lord, my soul to take
If I should live for other days,
I pray thee lord, to guide my ways
In Jesus name I pray, Amen 🙏
thanks for saving me time! God bless! 🫶
Thank you for the prayers, was really trying hard to grasp it in the conversation
@@blueanina1975 you’re welcome, I figured there was someone out there who would appreciate it. God bless you ❤️
@@ezeethel3084 you’re welcome! Short and sweet before bed!
Amen
My first confession was at the the age of 32 after referring to myself as "Raised-Catholic-but..." most of my adult life. I think I caught my Pastor off guard as it was during a routine, Wednesday confession time. After unloading three decades worth of sin on him, he asked me a few follow up questions, then said, "that's a good confession." For my penance, he asked me to read the parable of the prodigal son and reflect on what the Lord is saying. 2 days after my 33rd birthday, I received the Body of Christ for the first time. I was a blubbering mess. My cousin/sponsor reminded me that was crying those same tears after waiting all this time for me to receive Him. All glory to God!
Praise Be to our Triune God! In the Name of the Father ,the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
This conversation is such a blessing. When Fr. Mike was speaking about the Protestant who uses music to incite emotions towards feeling repentant and then feeling forgiven, this exactly mirrored my own experience as a Protestant, before my conversion, where I'd be crying in my room listening to Hillsong music or something, FEELING like I have a great sorrow for my sins, making all sorts of apologies, and then ending that emotional roller coaster with something light and uplifting so I can convince myself this is how we can "trust" - or as the Protestants would say, be assured - that I'm forgiven. Man...I can't tell you how EXCITED and absolutely horrified I was leading up to and during my first Confession lol
I remember kneeling down and my heart was beating so hard and so fast that I could hear it effecting my speech with every word I said to my Priest! And Bishop Barron is right, it's not much easier now, and it SHOULDN'T be easier now. I've done something gravely wrong, I'm confessing that to a Priest before God, and it's something that I should feel bad about. God's wrath could wipe me away like I never existed, and yet instead He chooses mercy and forgiveness, and that's equally beautiful as it is terrifying.
Thank you for having this talk Fr. Mike and Bishop Barron, and for inspiring converts like me to take the leap and come home to the Church!
That bit touched me too, thanks for putting it so eloquently
Wow, thank you for posting this. I am a cradle catholic and as a teenager I hated confession - I remember thinking: why can't we do it like protestants!?!? I didn't have a clue...
@@zuzaninha I can see the allure but oh yes, do we ever have it good in the Church! haha
I love these two men. They have saved me. They are the ones who brought me to the Faith. I owe them a debt of gratitude which shall never be paid.
Praise God for both of them❤️
These two men have no idea how profoundly they have impacted my faith and ultimately my life. Forever grateful for their faithfulness to the Lord and their vocations.
A priest is an amazing spiritual father! A true gift from God! I pray all priests live out their vocation!!
Two of my Catholic heroes together in a sit down conversation. What a treat!! You two shed so much light in this world. Thank you so very much for all of your hard work and perservence. You continue to make the world a better place.
Bishop Barron and Fr. Mike are precious gifts of God to His Church. Thank you for this beautiful video.
26:29 "God if you want me to be a priest, I'll hear their confession anytime they'll ask." After hearing this from Fr. Mike, I paused watching and heartily prayed and offered my life to Jesus. Asking Him, if He wills it -- it would be a joy to become a priest and becomes a means of His grace to His people. I told Jesus, "Here I am, send me!" I was crying while lifting my hands in the air as an act of surrender. Ended my prayer by asking Mama Mary's powerful intercession.
Currently, I am a full-time missionary for a youth Catholic movement called Christ's Youth in Action. I don't what the Lord has in store for me to the years to come but my prayer is "Thy will be done."
I started going to weekly confession after being away from the Church for 12 years. After finishing my Penance in front of the Blessed Sacrament, I prayed for someone who was (unknown to me) deceased, and was granted a vision of him. I haven't told many people about this, because I thought ordinary people didn't have visions. But many people online have told about their visions of deceased relatives and friends,so I think it's more common than I once believed. It was a wonderful experience I don't think I would have had if I hadn't gone to Confession.
Every encounter is an invitation for another encounter! Embrace your gift, and please talk about it more! This is only the beginning! This is how God has caused me to chase after Him, too. This was an answered prayer, in response to my weeping and asking the Most Sorrowful Mother how to not become burned out nor ever fail/abandon Jesus ever again (after my inconstancy and lukewarm faith [that I didn't realize was/is the root issue until recently] due to the pandemic closures of churches and having to sign up to go to Mass, etc., which only fueled me to drift farther away on a sea of excuses.) This is the month dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory! You may have been given a special grace to communicate with them, and pray for those most in need! I pray The Chaplet of Divine Mercy for all poor souls, including many of my deceased loved ones. That, alone, has given me such peace to trust in God's unfathomable Mercy, to save every soul prayed for! When you pray for the poor souls in Purgatory, Know that they pray for you! I hope that you will get to meet this soul, and become friends, in heaven! As St. Padre Pio says: "We must empty Purgatory!" What an abundance of graces you've been blessed with! You are very close to The Blessed Mother! May God bless you, and our Lady keep you! 🙏🏻❤✝️🤍😇🕊
@uzbeccastan86 Thank you. Please pray for me to be faithful to the graces I've been given. God bless you always! IN NOMINE PATRIS ET FILII ET SPIRITUS SANCTI. +AMEN
Both of you please do not stop. You’ve helped and brought back more than you realize. From a drug addict to being clean and sober almost 5 years, faith and God has brought back this man from the dead. Physically and spiritually.
Two of my favorite spiritual leaders in one video!
yep
same! 🙏
24:18 I hope you realise how comforting this is - to know that the priest is also nervous to hear my confession, that we are both nervous in front of the Lord, and yet both look forward to the consolation of his mercy and forgiveness.
Fr Mike and Ascension Presents are dropping GOLD for us nearing Advent! Thank you! Excellent work Bishop Robert Barron ❤ 🙏🏼
Bishop Barron + Fr. Mike= Collaboration of the Century
This is most awesome! It is one thing to have 1 person do a podcast. BUT to have 2 Catholic mental giants interact with each other on these topics and are so real in their discussion is so wonderful to experience! AND to have two priests who are so RELATABLE makes the experience so much better!
PEACE!
The sacraments are truly a source of God’s grace in our lives. Thank you, Bishop Barron and Fr. Mike, for deepening our understanding of their significance. 💖
I have to thank you Bishop Barron and Father Mike. I have been contemplating about the sacrament of reconciliation and praying to God for strength to do it after 25 years. This conversation gave me so much inspiration and I kept praying, so yesterday on Sunday mass, I finally went to confession. II feel so much peace and joy that my past no longer defines me, what defines me now more than ever is how I follow Jesus from here on. Thank you Lord for this sacrament, thank you that we always have a way back to you and to your boundless mercy!
Thank you Jesus for these two anointed priests Bishop Robert Barron and Fr Mike Schmitz. What an amazing blessing to learn from them.
Goosebumps! So EXCITING to see these 2 AMAZING Blessings, Together, in this one video! My heart is full of Joy! Who else is excited? God, thank you! ❤️
I have spent too much time lately latching on to controversy both in the Church and in the world and it has completely drained me. I have noticed I have become an angry person, an impatient person and would rather watch a good old ding dong between different groups on RUclips. I cam upon this video because I was aware of Advent coming up and want/need to break this destructive cycle. So glad, thank God I did. It' like a breath of fresh air listening to Bishop and Father; I have downloaded the app and working at putting God in His rightful place, first.
Thank you Bishop Barron and Fr Mike and Ascension.
Love from England
I have done it myself it is easy to get into this cycle, the enemy tricked me into thinking I was a warrior for God focusing on some of the controversy out there, but Jesus then lovingly and gracefully as only He can showed me it was my own brokeness.
And I am the same, watching and listening to all the controversy and brokenness and fighting among and between groups big and small. And Indeed, the increasing anger and animosity and impatience and ill-will and frustration towards groups and individuals.... It has been a very unhealthy journey. I am only starting to realize now the extent of what this has done to me. I am moving away from all of it as quickly as I can. Thank you for sharing your experience. I'm sure we're not the only ones. Peace to you from Canada. 🕊️ 🇨🇦
@nicolamustard7232 ❤️🇬🇧
These are two of my heros. Both have brought so much into my life and I'm sure to many others. I pray daily for rebirth of the church and the priesthood. Here is proof that God answers our prayers. May God send both of you and all the religious the graces needed to lead the true church during these painful years.
The two people who made me see Jesus in the Eucharist❤
Blessed to watch two living saints!
Commenting because it helps the algorithm. This was fantastic. It's great to hear two priests converse in such a relaxed manor, sharing stories, and talking about their interactions.
Love when triple B says , “ yeah , that’s good , that’s good “ when he is asked a question . Love my triple B and Fr. Mike ..
If more priests were like the 2 of you, the churches would be packed! I've learned more about my faith and am closer to God in these last couple of years listening to you both, than in all years before. God bless.
Thank you Bishop Barron and Father Mike. Today I watch and listen to 2 extraordinary men who reflect the Lord to us all. LIke watching the 3 (😊) of you giving to all of us the love, guidance, knowledge , and understanding of our faith. May God bless you both. And may God bless all who are called to the religious life to help us thru this life's journey.
I’m 34 and Anglo-Catholic and just started this year praying the Daily Office at least once per day. I have a new love for the psalms! I’ve also read so much more of the Bible that I would never have thought to read on my own. As I go deeper in my faith and start to really live it, I feel I’m leaning more into the Roman Catholic faith. Such a beautiful gift!
I changed up my nightly prayer routine. I used to intersperse my own thoughts and such with the traditional set of prayers I would say every night. Now I start with a dialogue between God and myself. Then I say the traditional prayers (Our Father, Glory Be, Hail Mary etc.). I really like it because it gives me a chance to reflect and focus. I call it "Our Time." Outside of being better ordered, I find it helps me sleep better at night. But that's me. I need to do a better job with morning prayers. Still a work in progress after all this time.
Confession is a bit hard for me even when I have very little to confess. My 1st confession was face to face & was so nerve racking I’ll never forget it. Being able to come out with a clean spirit in a state of grace! ❤
I had to laugh hearing Bishop Barron and Fr. Mike say they prayed the ‘Now I lay me down to sleep’ prayer still! I’m 70 years old and just became Catholic 3 years ago and I too, was taught this prayer as a child. It’s a beautiful way to put your trust in God to watch over you as you sleep! It’s wonderful hearing such men of faith speak so candidly!
Man oh man, what a gift! 🙌🏽
real talk about real aspects of life and faith - wonderful … thanks and glory to GOD !
I’m very selective about the Catholic voices I listen to and both of you are among the ones I choose. Thank you making time in your schedules to be together for this rich discussion. It’s a wonderful prelude to Advent.
We hope you'll join us and Fr. Mike in the Ascension App this Advent! 🙏
I’m already signed up!
I am on day 127 Fr Michael's Bible in a year. Developing a deeper understanding of God. Oh boy, God chooses the right people every time! Just like now, we have Bishop Barron & Fr Michael. I love My faith because of them.
The Best Combo Ever
Indeed!
We have ranked choice voting here in Maine... I wrote these 2 in for Pres & VP 🎉
I recently had my first confession in over 50 years after living a very prideful and immoral life. Due to some construction in the church, the priest and I had confession in the church breaktoom. Face to face and sharing a plethora of mortal sins. I felt so blessed afterward.
“Mary, lend me your heart that I may receive your Son with your dispositions” is a prayer I like to pray before Communion
Beautiful prayer ❤️
Thank you for bringing these two together. They both are heavy weights in my life
MY TWO FAVOURITE PEOPLE.
I could listen to the two of you for hours. Great teaching so much wisdom. Praise God.
This is one of the best things I’ve ever seen. Thank you SO much Bishop Barron and Father Mike. I learned so much from you. What a gift. I wish I could sit and listen all my days.
Wonderful conversation between two blessings to the Church… one addition to that child’s prayer: “If I should live for other days, I pray the Lord to guide my ways.”
This is an incredible gift! To see these two amazing men sitting together. I fell out of the faith hard when I moved away from home at 16 years old. Years later at 23 years old, I was going through RCIA with my husband and I would watch Bishop Barrons RUclips videos alongside Fr.Mikes to relearn about our faith. They have both been instrumental in teaching me. Thank you both for all the beautiful work you do to help others get closer to God. Thank you 🙏🏻
You’re welcome Jennifer, so what’s your prayer request let me pray for you?
@ oh my goodness! I was not expecting for your response. Thank you Fr.Mike!! 🙏🏻
Please pray for my healing, to be able to receive love more willingly. From my husband and especially from God. Due to the way I was raised, love was very transactional, and that has stopped me from receiving real love without thinking there is a catch. Please pray for me to overcome this trama. I yearn to be healed from this so I can truly enjoy my husband more and receive our lords love abundantly. Thank you so much!
Are you on Gmail or Google chat
Bishop Barron is great for the mind but Father Schmitz is great for the soul. I like both of these Godly men.
What a gift to have these men together
I had my first confession in, hold on to your hat now, 50 years. I was sobbing when I came out. I still didn’t feel forgiven so I went back in 2 weeks and said it all again. Another month of praying self imposed penance and I finally went to Communion. It’s been amazing. I’m not afraid of confession anymore. It’s really more of a spiritual direction session and I love it.
Thank you, Fr. Mike and Bishop Barron for the inspiring dialogue.
Greetings from Brazil.
Love the intellect of Bishop /Barron.
So beautifull seen so many converting to catholicism. Glory be to God❤ praying for us to hear him calling all his flock in Jesus name❤
Thank you both for all that you do! God bless🙏
Lord, l pray to make a good confession and ask You to give me the grace to avoid the occasion of sin. Amen 🙏
On the day my mother had her confession, 3hrs later she passed away. I am happy for her, she was at peace with God.
Amen for that! 🙏🏻🕊️✝️❤
Please pray for my mentally ill son.
This is why I pray for the conversion of all the world for everyone to receive the Sacraments especially Penance and the Eucharist 💕🙏💕🎄
Thank you both so much. Praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Fr. Mark, Thank you this amazing gift. I pray for protection over you, everyone here and around our world to learn and grow in how we get to pray and love Abba and our mother Mary. in Jesus name Amen Father Son Holy Spirt Amen
WOW! Just look at how alive and on fire they are for the God and His church! Their eyes just sparkle. Absolutely refreshing and we can have a piece of that, just open our hearts and minds to seek the truth. May God bless them abundantly.
Two powerhouses together in one video! Praise be to God! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Thank you Lord and bless them always in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit ✝️🙏🏽❤️
The opening by Fr. Mike really hit me, my dad died last year on December 19th days before Christmas, the whole month leading up to it during Advent was we mostly knew. We didn't have the funeral and wake till after Christmas, and the feast took on a whole new dimension while dealing with it all.
❤❤❤ Thanks be to God for giving us Bishop Barron and Father Mike
I hear these two on RUclips and the Hollow app often. Such a Blessing. Thanks Ne To God. Peace Be With Their Spirit.
I have come to love confession … many times as I wait in line I see ppl that look heavy and heads down and then to watch them come out of the confessional with joy lit faces ! I see the radiance of Gods grace and how He sets us free !!! Sometimes I feel it more than others but a beautiful, sacred sacrament!
Ty Jesus
Both of you have had a profound influence on my faith journey. God bless you!
“All our sacraments are preparing you for fullness of life in a higher order; oriented towards heaven.” Amen.
God bless you, Bishop Barron & Fr Mike. Thank you for teaching me so much everyday.
What a great conversation!
The matter of Confession is the painful conscience and I am not afraid of death itself but what will led me to death.
Thank you!!! What a gift! Prayers for you both. Thank you God for sending us such holy men during this difficult time!
A profound talk - words cannot express how very grateful I am.
Thank you both Fr Mike and Bishop Barron for everything! You've impacted my life so much
Definitely building one's life around the Lord...fitting your schedules into Your life of prayer and life with God. This way of living slows you down which is so necessary in a noisy busy world...The only way to function effectively and live in this world without being of it...
Beautiful conversation; thank you and Happy Christmas 💙
I pray the rosary daily with my eyes closed and picture Jesus and our Holy Mother in my mind, with each decade according to that particular decade. It’s wonderful how God speaks back to me and the feeling I get walking the rosary as a “journey” with Jesus and Mother Mary. God Bless
The priests at my church are overwhelmingly busy.
I asked a priest if someone could hear my confession after Mass one day. (I wasn’t demanding he himself do it.) His answer was a harried, “Now?!” There are no times posted for confessions at my church. Now I feel bad asking. It seems clear that such a request is just adding to their burden. The other priest rushes out the side door immediately after Mass and disappears.
😢
@@mapinoita279 you should call or email for an appointment. They need to offer the sacrament regularly.
Maybe you could call the church office and schedule a time for confession?
Fantastic sit down conversation!
May God ❤ 👑 🕊 continue to bless you two and your fruitfull ministries as instruments of Faith, and may our Lady 🌹 accompany and protect you with her divine and maternal love.
Thank you Father Mike and Bishop Barron. This was a feast of blessings and a nourishment to our souls. I devoured every minute of it. May God keep blessing you both. ✝️🙏❤️
So grateful for these two wonderful priests! God bless them and protect them!
This conversation between Bishop Barron and Fr. Mike is such a blessing. I like how they relate it to their past experiences and how it is now.
Thank you both (and all the Priests) for doing the Lord's work. Please know that a lot of people are praying for you. God Bless you both.
I had forgotten about that nightime prayer. I'll be adding it back into my routine. God bless you all.
Thank you so much for putting these podcasts out! That was absolutely wonderful!!
The two most favorite priests whom I dearly love!
May keep you shining!
Two incredible gifts Thank you Bishop Barron,Father Mike,all Priests who take the time to listen to our guilt ridden lives
I love the good night prayer! I’m 67 years old and I’ve said it every night, unless I have forgotten or fall asleep too fast.
My mother, who’s in memory care now, wrote down a night prayer for me from her childhood that she used to say to us when we were children. Don’t know if you have heard it or know where it comes from?
‘Good night, dear Jesus. Before I leave Thee, my heart still lingers at Thy shrine. Before the lamp that burns before Thee, I pray this lonely heart of mine. With angel choirs in yonder Heaven, I join each breath of mine tonight. Let me rest on Thy dear bosom till darkness turns to light. Goodnight, my God, my Love, my Savior. Someday I shall Thy beauty see. In this blest hope, good night, dear Jesus. I go to sleep to dream of Thee.’
If you could somehow let me know through a response to this? Thank you and God bless both of you! I love listening to your podcasts and sermons.
Becky ❤️🙏🏼
Just found out that it is also available on Etsy as a wallet prayer card.
Favorite two Catholics right here.
These two men have been the most influential to me in my adult life.
Such a nice conversation, and so honest. Thank you and may God bless you both Fathers.
Enjoying this..thank you!
What a gift to see these two amazing priest having a conversation! Thank you, Ascension. I would have never thought any priest, especially a bishop, would be nervous hearing confessions. I feel better now about being nervous before and during confession...you can even hear it in my voice. I have been blessed to attend conferences where Bishop Barron and Fr. Mike were the main speakers and also to attend Mass presided by the both of them. It truly warmed my heart that they both say the child's bedtime prayer. I think that was the very first prayer I was taught as a child.
It was comforting to me to hear that Bishop Barron still gets nervous going to confession. I have gone regularly about once a month for about 5 years. I’m 61 years old and would feel down on myself that I still feel nervous about going to confession. Even though I would feel a weight lifted off of me after I came out of confession. This video was quite reaffirming to me in every way.✝️
On my journey back to the faith, Father Mike and Bishop Baron have made the transition as natural as can be, after living in sin for 12 years, my spirit is starving and I need Jesus. Thank you Lord, father, for allowing me to find these two. Bless them and us all
love from New Zealand, thank you for doing what you guys do for us and our faith
Also, love the honesty of Bishop Barron and Father Mike 🙏🏽
So wonderful to listen to two great priest talking about God. 😊
I was confirmed 2 years ago. I'm 70 today. Wasn't a cradle Catholic. But I do intend on having a Happy Death with Jesus, Mary and Joseph at my side. I am ecstatic to be going to the Kingdom of God. Scared? Of course! But it's a Holy fear of knowing have I done my utter best to increase the harvest? The failings I'm correcting NOW in This Life are idle words and wasting time. My health permitting because I'm soon to depart. But Christ has given me Peace and enthusiasm to proclaim His Divine Mercy. I feel 20 years old. And probably off my rocker. I'm dying and I am going home. Psalm 130 is written into me. I admire you both and pray daily for our Shepard's. I'm just beginning and the majority of folks think I'm kookoo. Hahahahahaha. It's Joy. We are an Easter people and Halleluia is our song. Right, JPII?
I love listening to these two servants of God🤩
I would love to see more interviews or content on prayer, how to better order our lives towards God (while living in a secular environments), loving God while not understanding fully what that means, and allowing God to love us (what does that look like, in practice?). Thank you and God bless you all.