Here's a thing about the Catholic faith: The more you know, the more you realize how rich it is, the more you find out about it, the more you love it. Thank you Father Mike!
Luke s I would like to suggest A Biblical Walk Through The Mass by Edward Sri. This book helped me in understanding why we do things in Mass. Hopefully it will be of good use to you.
Also catch on the Catholicism Series of Bishop Robert Barron on the Word On Fire Channel! He's also very good! older than Fr Mike but still very charismatic and smart priest!:)
I’m in RCIA currently, and Father Mike and the entire channel have answered sooooo many questions for me. I grew up in the Episcopal Church with a lot of misconceptions about the Catholic Church and I’m glad I found you guys. Looking forward to Easter! Thanks!
Welcome 😄 I have been catholic but just last year I accepted to live and discover catholic faith from my heart. Now I realize how rich, saint and beautiful is our faith and church. If you dont know something, you cant understand it and love it. That happens with catholicism. But Thanks God here we are saying "God, we are at home". Hugs from Colombia (South America). My mother tongue is spanish so sorry for mistakes 😊
I call myself "a catholic converted to catholicism" 😄 This works for me so maybe for you too: try to know more about catholicism by using youtube. Ex. following this channel or others (i follow channels in spanish because that is my mother tongue so sorry for not giving you some) and ask God guide you while you are knowing catholicism. Then you could go to the RCIA program in a church close to your home. After that, make your decision. God bless you 😊 Ps. About the RCIA program: in my country we are mostly catholic ( Colombia- South America) so we dont have the program or maybe we have it but it is not that common. But I was living in Canada last year and every church's newspaper invited people to the program. Now I am curious about it because I think it must be great. An other beautiful thing i discovered in Canada is how seriously they take catholicism and how active they are in every parrish. My convertion was there and I went to many churchs to the mass (I discovered the real meaning of the mass many years ago, thanks God). I am not saying all this to convert you, just because i wanted to share my beautiful experience. God bless you 😊
Hey! It will be of great help if you listen all things Catholic by Dr. Edward Sri's Podcast. He explains everything very clear and simple. Give it a try! Start slow don't overwhelmed yourself one step at the time one choice at the time🤓
@@davepugh2519 only a very very small percentage of priests are degenerate perverts, the vast majority of them are good God fearing men. If you're a child you should be more worried about public school teachers
I am not a Catholic. I am a Christian. However I am fasinated by the Catholic Church. I wish you would go deeper when answering questions. I want to learn more. Thanks.
kavita deva you can watch EWTN or listen to Catholic radio, there’s many amazing shows, I hope there’s a station where you live, I assume they’re always in AM broadcasting.
@@kavitadeva If you liked Fr Mike, he has a whole series, and it is ongoing. Ascension Presents is a very neat resource, and for any Christian perspective, I'd recommend subscribing.
Fr Mike is such a Hero for Our Catholic Faith, and for all Non Catholic Christians. I wish I had seen this clip before. Father, you definitely have a sense of humor, charismatic, love and live life to the fullest. And Gosh, I admire you, for having such high spirit; but also loving The Lord and Scripture. Hopefully you will become a Bishop, or even a Saint. (Hopefully i will get to attend one of your speeches, or even classes.) May Our Lord always bring many Blessings to you, and Ascension. And May it be God’s Will. Amén 🙏🏼🕊❤️🤲🏼
I dont think you mentioned your collar when you were talking about what you wear and when you wear it, what it symbolizes and when you don't wear it. Thanks.
The collar is just an old fashioned collar that was standard in Europe a few centuries ago, so when it started out it was also to do with simplicity & modesty but it's just fallen out of normality since. Some clerical shirts have the modern triangular collars but now the old style has become a cultural signal that the wearer is an ordained priest so most keep the old collar! ♡
Also, it means that Christ is the light of the world, and Spiritually it has become representative of a priest’s consecration to God. The priest “is not his own” and we believed that he is a visible sign of Jesus Christ.
Where do Priests get the relics of the Saints to embed in the altar? I can’t imagine that there’s a “store” for such things?! Picturing Saints & angels surrounding the altar is so very uplifting to people in the pews. How inspiring to know that we’re in the actual presence of such holy beings…..& that they’re also praying for us! 🙏🤗👍
Every year our parish has a celebration together after lent/Easter called Party on the Lot (held on a parking lot at church). Our pastor has been known to show up in a Hawaiian shirts, shorts & sandals & help serve beer! He’s a fun guy & a wonderful priest.
@@MoogieB Growing up, my priest wore a hawaiian shirt, shorts, socks, and sandals pretty much whenever he wasn't in vestments. This didn't seem strange to my child brain, at the time.
The importance of having a role model in your walk of faith. We grow so much faster when we have a person who calls us forward and witness Christ to us daily
Really enjoy your videos. As a senior Catholic all my long life. I knew all your answers. Nice to know some things remain the same. God Bless you! 🇨🇦☃️🙏🏽
I was seriously considering becoming a priest for several years. It depends on the order you join (diocesan, missionary, etc.) In general, it can take anywhere from 6-12 years to become a priest. Typically they start off by taking classes in theology and philosophy and then get into church doctrine and the practicalities of becoming a priest. Hope that helps!
May I ask why you are at a Baptist school? Just wondering (Catholic-baptist - and now had returned to Catholicism. I am being attacked by former Baptist Friends)
My son has always been in private catholic schools. I had a hell of a time to get any priest to do the memorial service when my husband died last year. My son is having a hard time applying to colleges since now I am a widow. I had no help from anybody. Not even one person helped me since my husband died! One prayer for us is all I ask.
We had a really lost family move in next to us in our little quiet neighborhood in Southern Delaware... drugs, DV, knife fight in the street (I kid you not), violent gang jump-in event... UGGGG. Our priest who did the Latin mass came over for dinner with us. When they saw him, the people on the neighbor's porch said... "Priest!" and ran away!! Father did a blessing on their house, and they all moved out within a month! And then he blessed our house too. Great love for the Catholic Church here!! Thank you Father Mike for all that you do! Pete D.---
Fr. Mike is natural, entertaining and funny, and yet is through and patient in answering questions and topics of the Catholic faith and morals. Thanks Fr. Mike!
Ooooh! Yes, I read that a relic is in each altar. I wonder if each altar comes with a document to advise what Saint's relic is embedded within it. I must ask my own parish priest. Great talk Fr Mike! 👍
Father Mike you are awesome I’m Catholic I’ve been Catholic for about six years or seven years glory be to God and my wife was the one that brought me to the church I just want to say you are by far one of the best priests of our time I think you for your energy your wittiness and your humility thank you and may God continue to bless you and your ministry
We had been looking forward to hearing Fr Mike so much this May in Cork ( Ireland ) at the Ignite conference .....now cancelled because of the pandemic.......such love of Jesus he shares and uplifts my Spirit everytime l listen to him .....thank you God for holy priests. I belong to the Marian Movement of Priests and a group of us met every week in our parish before the lockdown to pray together for our priests..... please God we can meet again soon to continue our prayers together...🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
In acts, paul's utensils were used by people to heal themselves. In the old testament, a corpse went back to life when he was hastily thrown to elisha's bones. But my examples should not distract you about the healing power of relics. All power come from God.
I visited St Charles Borromeo Seminary a long, long time ago. Such a beautiful and inspirational place. The cathedral is gorgeous, I had one of the best experiences visiting that place.
Father Mike you are such a very special gift to us. Thank you dear God in heaven for Father Mike you have blessed us in such an amazing way! Watch over him and meet him in his place of need now and always.
When my younger kids were little, they got into an argument at Mass. Here was a 4 year old and a 3 year old arguing whether a priest was in persona Christi when vested or all the time. "He's a priest, his name is Father, and he comes to our school," said the 4 year old. "His name is God, but he's only God when he wears the tablecloth. All the other times, then he's Father," the 3 year old retorted. As they are 21 and 19 now, I'm sure they have a better grasp on the subject.
This was VERY helpful and informative Father Mike - THANK YOU. Even the library is Great background scenery. And Someone is looking clean-shaven and Very Handsome and Charismatic! When you smile without facial hair, we can actually See it better! :) So, 1) please continue such Q&A as an ongoing series, like once a month or more often if you like; and 2) how can we submit your name to fill the gap and become a young, energetic, wise bishop? 2b) Do you see yourself as a bishop and is that something you want?
Thank you for being so approachable. There's a priest at my parish who teaches adult catechism and he encourages questions - even silly ones - and it's made a huge difference to the class. A number of "cradle" believers have started to attend the class, just to learn more about this faith they grew up in. It's beautiful!!
In these times of crises.what a blessing to have an alternative media to watch. Now more than ever we need messages that give hope , joy and forgiveness.Amidst the " BAD" news and junk your videos bring hope and joy and knowledge of our Catholic faith.The GOOD NEWS .I pray you will continue to inspire specially the youth to walk with Jesus and encourage us Catholics anywhere in the world to keep our faith.GOD BLESS YOU FR. MIKE.Praying for you and the clergy.
This is great, many thanks! At about 8:20 you give an explanation that greatly expands my understanding and point of view of the Altar and the Mass of this life-long Catholic. Wow! 💖
Fabulous video! Thank you ascension presents. Thank you Fr. Mike. Especially loved the insight on the history of Relics embedded in most permanent altars. That cut deep in a good way.
😌🤣🤣 You’re a flip... Father Mike. our family got the good news of a new “gift of life.” My niece is pregnant with number four. God is great. Mommas ninth grand grandchild is 14 weeks old So here we go again... So blessed. Please keep my niece and our family in your prayers for a healthy delivery come October. Momma has 21 grandchildren and soon to be...nine great grandchildren. Woot Woot! Alleluia...🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I heard from another priest that he kisses the altar at the end of the Mass it's like saying goodbye and hoping that God would allow him to see the altar again later. what you described though about the Masses at the crypts, that's another good meaning there! thanks for the entertaining "getting deeper into our faith" session, Fr. Mike!
Praise god my brother ur work dkr our lord is amazing and you inspire me to want to be free in Christ to spend my life worshiping and serving our lord and savior and out brother and sisters
Hi Alexandra, some of these replies I didn't feel expressed God's mercy as well as they could've, so I thought I'd post my own :) I have zero clue on your own situation or if you ask purely speculatively, but I just want you to know children conceived in any situation are beautiful and reflect the Glory of God. Though intercourse is reserved for marriage, God doesn't love moms who got pregnant outside of marriage any less than when they were virgins. He's so good, and He is always eager to forgive in the Sacrament of Reconciliation... and thank goodness for that, because God knows how much I need His mercy :) I just wanted to make sure it's clear that shaming unmarried moms, post-abortive parents and dads, and children born from wedlock has no place in the Church. We want them to find healing and forgiveness in the home that belongs to them, the Catholic Church :) Wishing you all the best!
@@audreynelson2198 Beautifully said Audrey, too many of our young women are left feeling alone andd without a church support system when this happens, even today.
Great Priest! I'D like to thank father Mike for cheering me up during this pandemic time. Also, i came across him while I was going through some anxiety issues. God somehow connected me to this channel in which daily I'm fully engaged. God bless you father Mike and all of your followers in the name of Christ
Thank you Father Mike! I just came across your RUclips videos for Ash Wed and Lent. I am hooked and so blessed to have happened across your videos for spiritual enlightenment! 🙏🏻
I like your “snarky-ness”. Thank you for answering all these questions. God has blessed you with an energy and a way of speaking, that definitely grabs our attention and makes us want to seek him for ourselves. I appreciate you and I’m thanking God for you.
Dear Father Mike, My dad wanted me to ask you the following question. "Have you ever been involved with an exorcism and what members are needed to participate?" Thank you for any input you may have. Have a great day and thank you for all you do! Sincerely, Anthony
Hi Father Mike! This isn't related to your video on priests, but I would love it if you could do a video on Vatican ll. I would love to have some straightforward information on the purpose of Vatican II and what happened during it.
MaryKate Larson God’s glory is shared with ❤️ and joy. Blessings from our holy father and prayers to our lord and savior is a regular activity at St.Peters Basilica in Rome.
I'd love to hear more about priests and celibacy... I've heard that some parts of the priesthood are discipline (celibate) that could be altered without doctrinal change, while other aspects are inherent to the office of priesthood (Catholic, male) and would take a change in the Catechism to shift. I'd love to know more about this, especially in light of the Amazon Synod!
I have a couple follow up questions if that’s OK! How much free time to priests have in a day/week? Does it ever get lonely? Are there rules about what kinds of activities priests can engage in (beyond the general counsel all are encouraged to follow)?
Bless my Siamese cat, because he's probably one of the greatest gifts that God has given me. I like to joke that my cat watches EWTN, because my tv is always on EWTN, and my will go sit on the couch by himself if I'm busy with something else while the tv is still on. I think Catholic television relaxes my cat. When my cat was young he loved to play fetch all the time, I used to come home from work to see my cat literally descending the stairs with my Rosary beads in his mouth, he never played with the beads he brought them to me. He's a truly awesome little guy, and I feel like God gave him to me, and I am not worthy. ☺️🕊
How long does it take for you to prepare a homily? What is the process? What is the difference between a crush, admiring someone, and lusting for someone? At what point does it become a sin? You should do more Q&As! #askfrmike
In your recent "Telling God's Story" you make a short remark about other podcasts and RUclips channels that are good. Would you mind sharing a more full list of podcasts/video content that you watch?
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Here's a thing about the Catholic faith: The more you know, the more you realize how rich it is, the more you find out about it, the more you love it.
Thank you Father Mike!
soooo true!
Claudia Avila 🤧we must have a useful insight for the Gospel.
I could not agree less👏👏
In a sane world Priests shouldn't pay tax, but we where we are today sadly.
God bless our Priests. The joy of Christ is contagious
Don't fool yourself. The Catholic Church is rife with "Christian" apostasy.
You should do a series on the different parts of the mass, and why the priest does what he does during those parts.
Luke s I would like to suggest A Biblical Walk Through The Mass by Edward Sri. This book helped me in understanding why we do things in Mass. Hopefully it will be of good use to you.
Fr. Mike does a session on that topic in the video series, "Altaration". It's a video series all about the mass. Highly recommend it!
@@myrkarangel1380 I love Edward Sri. We're watching his series he made in our RCIA class and he goes through everything very well.
Also catch on the Catholicism Series of Bishop Robert Barron on the Word On Fire Channel! He's also very good! older than Fr Mike but still very charismatic and smart priest!:)
I would love more BIBLE understanding!
"It's called a stole because he just takes it" I love this guy!
I also like "he sniffs it[the alter]" ha ha.
He talks so fast but I got that one as it flew by!
I didn’t catch that, even though I lingered on that sentence for quite a bit trying to make sense.
🤣🤣🤣💕
the 'stole' represents the priest's teaching authority.
My mom once got our potatoes blessed. If there's a blessing for potatoes, there's a blessing for just about everything
Made my day
Potatoes? Your mom is crazy. Just kidding!
Priests can also make blessings up. When I sprained my foot I asked for a special blessing and my priest just made one up.
Anna Wrinn
Is she Irish ?
@@Onlinesully yes. we are all from the united states, but my entire family has irish heritage.
My priest blessed my parachute. I mean, if I want anything blessed its my jump rig.
This priest is like a child in a man's body. I am sure he will have no problem going to heaven.
Hopefully he bypasses purgatory all together! 😊
Lol! I agree completely!! I love his sense of humor! He helps keep my faith alive. Thank you Father
Andrew Talbot I can trust him
JP 2099 lets go where he goes
Andrew Talbot right self conduct makes us complete and holy in lord’s will.
I just want to say thanks for all you do father mike, thank you for guiding me spiritually. I am so happy to be Catholic.
Metoo
Amen!!!
Father Mike for Bishop 2020!!!
AMEN!
Pope
Yesssss!!!! 🙏
🙌🏼❤️
Saint!
I’m in RCIA currently, and Father Mike and the entire channel have answered sooooo many questions for me. I grew up in the Episcopal Church with a lot of misconceptions about the Catholic Church and I’m glad I found you guys. Looking forward to Easter! Thanks!
Matt Washko Welcome home brother
George Ibrahim God bless us for caring about others 🐇
I'm in RCIA also and I gotta second your statememt!
Welcome home!
Welcome 😄 I have been catholic but just last year I accepted to live and discover catholic faith from my heart. Now I realize how rich, saint and beautiful is our faith and church. If you dont know something, you cant understand it and love it. That happens with catholicism. But Thanks God here we are saying "God, we are at home". Hugs from Colombia (South America). My mother tongue is spanish so sorry for mistakes 😊
I so wish you were my local priest!! I have so many questions about Catholicism as I'm considering converting from protestantism. Thanks Father Mike!
We welcome you with open arms💖 A fun start might be to read The Idiot’s Guide to Catholicism. Lots of information presented in an easy-to-read format.
Moogie B prayers to Our lord for wisdom and grace.
May the Truth makes us distinct in his love.
He has a bunch of videos answering questions, just type his name into RUclips. Fulton Sheen is also excellent.
I call myself "a catholic converted to catholicism" 😄 This works for me so maybe for you too: try to know more about catholicism by using youtube. Ex. following this channel or others (i follow channels in spanish because that is my mother tongue so sorry for not giving you some) and ask God guide you while you are knowing catholicism. Then you could go to the RCIA program in a church close to your home. After that, make your decision. God bless you 😊
Ps. About the RCIA program: in my country we are mostly catholic ( Colombia- South America) so we dont have the program or maybe we have it but it is not that common. But I was living in Canada last year and every church's newspaper invited people to the program. Now I am curious about it because I think it must be great. An other beautiful thing i discovered in Canada is how seriously they take catholicism and how active they are in every parrish. My convertion was there and I went to many churchs to the mass (I discovered the real meaning of the mass many years ago, thanks God). I am not saying all this to convert you, just because i wanted to share my beautiful experience. God bless you 😊
Hey! It will be of great help if you listen all things Catholic by Dr. Edward Sri's Podcast. He explains everything very clear and simple. Give it a try! Start slow don't overwhelmed yourself one step at the time one choice at the time🤓
Celebrity priests usually make me nervous, but this guy seems OK.
He definitely is💖
😂😂😂
I am an evangelical Christian and Father Mike seems really genuine and he clears up a lot of questions about the Catholic Church.
You should be nervous about a lot of Catholic priests, especially if you are a child.
@@davepugh2519 only a very very small percentage of priests are degenerate perverts, the vast majority of them are good God fearing men.
If you're a child you should be more worried about public school teachers
Fr. Mike Schmitz for Bishop of Duluth!
That would be the second RUclips priest who became a Bishop during my subscription. ;)
Not sure he would want that because he might have to get too serious & cut down on playtime!
I don't know there's a lot of work for Bishops, some if which starts becoming political as you rise through the ranks.
@@michaellefort6128 Don't be so cynical, there are good Bishops out there who care about the Church.
I don't know if that would be a good idea. Maybe as an Auxiliary Bishop, but not the full Bishop.
I truly pray for all truly good, goodness, inocent priests, nuns, brothers, sisters, catholics, bishops, Cardinals, others in church.
I am not a Catholic. I am a Christian. However I am fasinated by the Catholic Church. I wish you would go deeper when answering questions. I want to learn more. Thanks.
kavita deva you can watch EWTN or listen to Catholic radio, there’s many amazing shows, I hope there’s a station where you live, I assume they’re always in AM broadcasting.
@@yoylos3p thank you. I found a station on the am dial. I appreciate your response.
@@kavitadeva If you liked Fr Mike, he has a whole series, and it is ongoing. Ascension Presents is a very neat resource, and for any Christian perspective, I'd recommend subscribing.
@@claymcdermott718 Hi Clay. Yes I am subscribed to Ascension Presents. I really enjoy it. Thanks for your reply!
@@kavitadeva check out Bishop Barron also especially his Word on Fire program and Catholicism series!!
Man, I’m Protestant but this priest is awesome, we do worship the same God though, so no hard feelings, love you guys! God Bless!
Good morning Father Mike
Praying for you 🕊👊💪⚔
Shaun Phillips blessed be your holy perspective 📚🧡
5:59 Father Mike being emo gives me life
HAHAHA FRRR
Heyy didn’t expect to see you here haha
@@gabyvela8708 Same!!!!
Never thought id see you here
You
Thanks!
Can you please explain the difference between promises, vows, and covenants?
Thank you my Husband Mike 💗💕💋👑💋 I love you husband!
Fr Mike is such a Hero for Our Catholic Faith, and for all Non Catholic Christians. I wish I had seen this clip before. Father, you definitely have a sense of humor, charismatic, love and live life to the fullest. And Gosh, I admire you, for having such high spirit; but also loving The Lord and Scripture. Hopefully you will become a Bishop, or even a Saint. (Hopefully i will get to attend one of your speeches, or even classes.) May Our Lord always bring many Blessings to you, and Ascension. And May it be God’s Will. Amén 🙏🏼🕊❤️🤲🏼
May God bless you with more wisdom Fr.
I dont think you mentioned your collar when you were talking about what you wear and when you wear it, what it symbolizes and when you don't wear it. Thanks.
The collar is just an old fashioned collar that was standard in Europe a few centuries ago, so when it started out it was also to do with simplicity & modesty but it's just fallen out of normality since. Some clerical shirts have the modern triangular collars but now the old style has become a cultural signal that the wearer is an ordained priest so most keep the old collar! ♡
Also, it means that Christ is the light of the world, and Spiritually it has become representative of a priest’s consecration to God. The priest “is not his own” and we believed that he is a visible sign of Jesus Christ.
Thanks Father
Father, you make being Catholic such a joy....you always put a smile on my face
I love being Catholic!🎉
Your emo impersonation was great! 😂
Where do Priests get the relics of the Saints to embed in the altar? I can’t imagine that there’s a “store” for such things?! Picturing Saints & angels surrounding the altar is so very uplifting to people in the pews. How inspiring to know that we’re in the actual presence of such holy beings…..& that they’re also praying for us! 🙏🤗👍
God bless you father!
The great theological debate: if you steal a stole is it stolen twice?
Stole^2
Thanks... .Uno!
Holly and Stuff one must abstain from extended thoughts 💭
What do priests wear when doing their hobbies like running , lifting, swimming, hunting, activities that require slightly different clothes???
Every year our parish has a celebration together after lent/Easter called Party on the Lot (held on a parking lot at church). Our pastor has been known to show up in a Hawaiian shirts, shorts & sandals & help serve beer! He’s a fun guy & a wonderful priest.
@@MoogieB Growing up, my priest wore a hawaiian shirt, shorts, socks, and sandals pretty much whenever he wasn't in vestments. This didn't seem strange to my child brain, at the time.
They wear clothes.
Our last one wore a brown Carmelite hoodie, sweatpants, and gym shoes. The present one wears a matching running outfit.
Who cares?
What is the difference between a bishop and a cardinal? And what do cardinals do?
Always a joy listening to you Fr. Mike!
The importance of having a role model in your walk of faith. We grow so much faster when we have a person who calls us forward and witness Christ to us daily
Can you make a video on praying the Liturgy of the Hours? Thank you!
Not necessarily a religious person, and certainly not Catholic, but I like this channel. Fr. Mike makes me wish I wasn't such an asshole.
Please make a part 2 to this!!! This is so important!
Really enjoy your videos. As a senior Catholic all my long life. I knew all your answers. Nice to know some things remain the same.
God Bless you! 🇨🇦☃️🙏🏽
Before becoming a Priest, what did you have to learn? How long did it take to become a Priest? Thank you for sharing.
I was seriously considering becoming a priest for several years. It depends on the order you join (diocesan, missionary, etc.) In general, it can take anywhere from 6-12 years to become a priest. Typically they start off by taking classes in theology and philosophy and then get into church doctrine and the practicalities of becoming a priest. Hope that helps!
As a Catholic student on a traditionally Baptist campus, I get a lot of questions about priests and what they do-this is perfect and hilarious!
May I ask why you are at a Baptist school? Just wondering (Catholic-baptist - and now had returned to Catholicism. I am being attacked by former Baptist Friends)
I watched this with my 11 year old son and this is the first time he has seen you Fr. Mike. He called you a premedian - priest comedian!
YOU’RE SO FUNNY, FATHER!! AND INFORMATIVE!! GOD BLESS YOU!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My son has always been in private catholic schools. I had a hell of a time to get any priest to do the memorial service when my husband died last year. My son is having a hard time applying to colleges since now I am a widow. I had no help from anybody. Not even one person helped me since my husband died! One prayer for us is all I ask.
Pamela B go to a different parish and report the priest who wouldn’t help you
Praying for you and your son. May God send you a supportive priest, church and community of people to help you in your time of need. 🙏
You are in our prayers, God is and always will be with you!! God bless you all 😊
Praying for you! I hope the situation improves
What about the white tab on the Roman collar, Fr. Mike?! It's the best part à la the last two chapters of "the Exorcist" by William Peter Blatty!
You are a delightful blessing Fr. Mike - love your videos.
Thank you for everything you do god bless you
I'll become a priest in 2 years 🥰
We had a really lost family move in next to us in our little quiet neighborhood in Southern Delaware... drugs, DV, knife fight in the street (I kid you not), violent gang jump-in event... UGGGG. Our priest who did the Latin mass came over for dinner with us. When they saw him, the people on the neighbor's porch said... "Priest!" and ran away!! Father did a blessing on their house, and they all moved out within a month! And then he blessed our house too. Great love for the Catholic Church here!! Thank you Father Mike for all that you do! Pete D.---
Fr. Mike is natural, entertaining and funny, and yet is through and patient in answering questions and topics of the Catholic faith and morals. Thanks Fr. Mike!
Very nice, Fr. Mike!! Make more videos like that! God Bless you! Greetings from Brazil!!
Ooooh! Yes, I read that a relic is in each altar. I wonder if each altar comes with a document to advise what Saint's relic is embedded within it. I must ask my own parish priest. Great talk Fr Mike! 👍
Stephen Sims May God allow us to breakaway from any bondage that holds us to glorify his holy name.
Father Mike is awesome. He loves the Faith and has a great sense of humor.
Father Mike you are awesome I’m Catholic I’ve been Catholic for about six years or seven years glory be to God and my wife was the one that brought me to the church I just want to say you are by far one of the best priests of our time I think you for your energy your wittiness and your humility thank you and may God continue to bless you and your ministry
We had been looking forward to hearing Fr Mike so much this May in Cork ( Ireland ) at the Ignite conference .....now cancelled because of the pandemic.......such love of Jesus he shares and uplifts my Spirit everytime l listen to him .....thank you God for holy priests. I belong to the Marian Movement of Priests and a group of us met every week in our parish before the lockdown to pray together for our priests..... please God we can meet again soon to continue our prayers together...🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I want to understand more about the "Relics and Images of the saints " thank you 😁
Nonsense Nonsense Now I want to ask my priest "where did you put the relic?" 😊
In acts, paul's utensils were used by people to heal themselves.
In the old testament, a corpse went back to life when he was hastily thrown to elisha's bones.
But my examples should not distract you about the healing power of relics. All power come from God.
Oh there is, just look for in in the videos section of ascension presents ♥
May God & Mother Mary Bless Everyone & You ! Thank You Father Mike ❤️✝️💞💗💕🥺
Great job Father Mike !
A priest can bless anything he wants. What a great job!
I visited St Charles Borromeo Seminary a long, long time ago. Such a beautiful and inspirational place. The cathedral is gorgeous, I had one of the best experiences visiting that place.
I spent 5 years there - 1960 - 1965
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Father Mike you are such a very special gift to us. Thank you dear God in heaven for Father Mike you have blessed us in such an amazing way! Watch over him and meet him in his place of need now and always.
When my younger kids were little, they got into an argument at Mass. Here was a 4 year old and a 3 year old arguing whether a priest was in persona Christi when vested or all the time.
"He's a priest, his name is Father, and he comes to our school," said the 4 year old.
"His name is God, but he's only God when he wears the tablecloth. All the other times, then he's Father," the 3 year old retorted.
As they are 21 and 19 now, I'm sure they have a better grasp on the subject.
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This was VERY helpful and informative Father Mike - THANK YOU. Even the library is Great background scenery. And Someone is looking clean-shaven and Very Handsome and Charismatic! When you smile without facial hair, we can actually See it better! :)
So, 1) please continue such Q&A as an ongoing series, like once a month or more often if you like; and 2) how can we submit your name to fill the gap and become a young, energetic, wise bishop? 2b) Do you see yourself as a bishop and is that something you want?
GuptaWorld-Wide 🤔it’s encouraging to see someone concerned about getting answers for helping ahead!
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Thank you for being so approachable. There's a priest at my parish who teaches adult catechism and he encourages questions - even silly ones - and it's made a huge difference to the class. A number of "cradle" believers have started to attend the class, just to learn more about this faith they grew up in. It's beautiful!!
In these times of crises.what a blessing to have an alternative media to watch. Now more than ever we need messages that give hope , joy and forgiveness.Amidst the " BAD" news and junk your videos bring hope and joy and knowledge of our Catholic faith.The GOOD NEWS .I pray you will continue to inspire specially the youth to walk with Jesus and encourage us Catholics anywhere in the world to keep our faith.GOD BLESS YOU FR. MIKE.Praying for you and the clergy.
“A priest will bless anything.” 😂 I’m not sure why I found that so funny! Very informative, thank you!
This is great, many thanks! At about 8:20 you give an explanation that greatly expands my understanding and point of view of the Altar and the Mass of this life-long Catholic. Wow! 💖
Fabulous video! Thank you ascension presents. Thank you Fr. Mike. Especially loved the insight on the history of Relics embedded in most permanent altars. That cut deep in a good way.
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You’re a flip...
Father Mike. our family got the good news of a new “gift of life.”
My niece is pregnant with number four. God is great. Mommas ninth grand grandchild is 14 weeks old
So here we go again...
So blessed. Please keep my niece and our family in your prayers for a healthy delivery come October.
Momma has 21 grandchildren and soon to be...nine great grandchildren.
Woot Woot! Alleluia...🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I heard from another priest that he kisses the altar at the end of the Mass it's like saying goodbye and hoping that God would allow him to see the altar again later.
what you described though about the Masses at the crypts, that's another good meaning there!
thanks for the entertaining "getting deeper into our faith" session, Fr. Mike!
Praise god my brother ur work dkr our lord is amazing and you inspire me to want to be free in Christ to spend my life worshiping and serving our lord and savior and out brother and sisters
Father please talk about getting pregnant out of wedlock
@@mamatlacuacha Lovely story Jennifer, God protect you and yours. 👍
In the olden days, you had the baby in secret, and had it taken from you forever. Not sure what happens now though.
Hi Alexandra, some of these replies I didn't feel expressed God's mercy as well as they could've, so I thought I'd post my own :) I have zero clue on your own situation or if you ask purely speculatively, but I just want you to know children conceived in any situation are beautiful and reflect the Glory of God. Though intercourse is reserved for marriage, God doesn't love moms who got pregnant outside of marriage any less than when they were virgins. He's so good, and He is always eager to forgive in the Sacrament of Reconciliation... and thank goodness for that, because God knows how much I need His mercy :) I just wanted to make sure it's clear that shaming unmarried moms, post-abortive parents and dads, and children born from wedlock has no place in the Church. We want them to find healing and forgiveness in the home that belongs to them, the Catholic Church :) Wishing you all the best!
@@audreynelson2198 Beautifully said Audrey, too many of our young women are left feeling alone andd without a church support system when this happens, even today.
I'd love to see Fr. Mike Schmitz and Dr. Mike Varshavski talk
Great Priest! I'D like to thank father Mike for cheering me up during this pandemic time. Also, i came across him while I was going through some anxiety issues. God somehow connected me to this channel in which daily I'm fully engaged. God bless you father Mike and all of your followers in the name of Christ
i don't have anything in mind, i just wanna say thank you for being an active instrument of God. 😇 i'm one of your Filipino fans Fr. Mike.. 👍🏻
Thank you Father Mike! I just came across your RUclips videos for Ash Wed and Lent. I am hooked and so blessed to have happened across your videos for spiritual enlightenment! 🙏🏻
God bless you and enrich you with Grace. The joy of Christ you exude is really contagious.
God preserve the Priesthood till Jesus returns. Amen
I have a pic with fr Mike, he was doing mission in NC an hour away from me, I was like I'm driving out there...
thank you father
I like your “snarky-ness”. Thank you for answering all these questions. God has blessed you with an energy and a way of speaking, that definitely grabs our attention and makes us want to seek him for ourselves. I appreciate you and I’m thanking God for you.
Fr Mike has a sense of humor ,straight to the point and loves being a priest.God bless you Fr
Dear Father Mike,
My dad wanted me to ask you the following question. "Have you ever been involved with an exorcism and what members are needed to participate?" Thank you for any input you may have. Have a great day and thank you for all you do!
Sincerely,
Anthony
Fr. Mike is such a young soul!
Hi Father Mike! This isn't related to your video on priests, but I would love it if you could do a video on Vatican ll. I would love to have some straightforward information on the purpose of Vatican II and what happened during it.
MaryKate Larson i second this!!
I think bishop baron did a video on this.
Read the book by John O’Malley on Vatican II. It’s been recommended to me by a Jesuit, who also says it’s very readable and informative.
And the kissing of the ring?
MaryKate Larson God’s glory is shared with ❤️ and joy.
Blessings from our holy father and prayers to our lord and savior is a regular activity at St.Peters Basilica in Rome.
Thank you Fr. Mike
Blessings
Father Mike's "snarky" side is one thing I love about him lol.
Amazing! God bless you fr. Mike!
Father, How about a segment about the role of the Permanent Deacon in Catholicism....
Fr.Mike for pope!!
I'd love to hear more about priests and celibacy... I've heard that some parts of the priesthood are discipline (celibate) that could be altered without doctrinal change, while other aspects are inherent to the office of priesthood (Catholic, male) and would take a change in the Catechism to shift. I'd love to know more about this, especially in light of the Amazon Synod!
The bishop question was so fitting because my diocese was without a bishop for 17 months and one was just ordained yesterday.
I don't know why...but after watching Marilyn Manson in the new pope, I would love to hear a conversation between MM and Father Mike.
Great job Father God bless and keep you working for His people 🙏
Do another video like this! It answered most my questions! Love it!
God bless you, Amen.
I have a couple follow up questions if that’s OK!
How much free time to priests have in a day/week? Does it ever get lonely? Are there rules about what kinds of activities priests can engage in (beyond the general counsel all are encouraged to follow)?
Bless my Siamese cat, because he's probably one of the greatest gifts that God has given me. I like to joke that my cat watches EWTN, because my tv is always on EWTN, and my will go sit on the couch by himself if I'm busy with something else while the tv is still on. I think Catholic television relaxes my cat. When my cat was young he loved to play fetch all the time, I used to come home from work to see my cat literally descending the stairs with my Rosary beads in his mouth, he never played with the beads he brought them to me. He's a truly awesome little guy, and I feel like God gave him to me, and I am not worthy. ☺️🕊
How long does it take for you to prepare a homily? What is the process?
What is the difference between a crush, admiring someone, and lusting for someone? At what point does it become a sin?
You should do more Q&As!
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HALLO FR MIKE THE LIBRARY SO NICE
In your recent "Telling God's Story" you make a short remark about other podcasts and RUclips channels that are good. Would you mind sharing a more full list of podcasts/video content that you watch?
Hey Father Mike, I'm not Catholic, but I want you to know, if you do read this: I love you brother. Everything you do here has helped my journey.
Another good place of help is radio replies.