When You Have to Go It Alone

The Wednesday of Holy Week is known to many as “Spy Wednesday”, but it’s also known as the “Day of Aloneness.” The backstory behind this moniker can have a profound impact on the way we live our lives.
There are two people in the Holy Week narrative that experience profound loneliness: Jesus and Judas. There’s an honorable form of aloneness that we feel when we’re doing something we ought to be doing (walking a road that no one else can), but there’s also a sadder form of loneliness that exists when we are doing something we shouldn’t be doing.
Today, Father Mike explains the difference between the aloneness Jesus felt during Holy Week, and what Judas felt.
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[@MJT409]

Please pray for me as I take the next step towards the priesthood. I’m meeting with my bishop next week.

[@hotwings3]

Prayers for you!🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@kazfor3769]

Certainly praying for you, here in the UK, may the holy spirit strengthen you and sustain you on your journey, may God bless you and keep you and may mother Mary be at your side, always.🙏🕊️🙏

[@joaneberhart5519]

Go for it with God!!

[@lilyfeagin8634]

God bless you and give you peace and joy in your decision 🙏

[@mollyspencer5570]

Matthew I will! I pray that you become the kind of priest that brings people back to the faith. I have had experiences with great priests and others who should maybe take a look at the way they treat people. So without further ado, I pray you become a priest that draws people in to hear what you have to say. And believe in you enough to return to Holy Confession and trust you with their sins.

[@christophewakim3587]

Hey guys Pray for me. The Bible in a year podcast is making an impact in my life. Praise and thanks to God!

[@retroman9164]

May God draw you to him with the saving grace and sacrifice of Jesus.

[@nathanalex6880]

Me too!

[@rachelkingsley668]

Prayers for you brother 🙏🏻

[@Donna-cc1kt]

Me too! What a gift!

[@Alma.-]

🙏🙏🙏

[@lgi6131]

Woah. This hits hard right now. My husband is leaving next to work and live overseas for an open ended contract. We have three teenagers at home who are each challenging in their own way. Please pray for me. Pray for my kids. Pray for my marriage.

[@MFV77]

Praying for you. I’m married to a pilot who just retired after 39 years of flying. Because he flew for both the Air National Guard and a commercial airline, he was always gone for days or even months at a time. We had three young sons, one of whom was very high maintenance, to put it mildly. It wasn’t easy, but we made it through. I give great credit to the sacramental graces of holy Matrimony... and to the intercession of Our Lady in Saint Joseph. Blessings, peace, and strength to you all.

[@lgi6131]

@@MFV77 Thank you so much Mary. Your words of encouragement mean more than you realize. It is so hard to surrender to uncertainty. I pray God’s grace brings us through this stronger and closer in our marriage and in our family.

[@karengeahigan1715]

Had a husband in oil industry with lots of travels into dangerous waters. It was hard sometimes. But we managed. A suggestion would be to set expectations. Because when he returns, he'll want to go back to normal. But you'll have established a new routine. So his normal and your normal will be out of sync. Keep communicating and stay firm in your marriage vows. And on the bright side no fighting about the remote. You've got this!!!

[@lgi6131]

@@karengeahigan1715 Thank you Karen! I am grateful for FaceTime. If possible, we plan on daily intentional conversations with everyone. May have to be in the middle of the night but we have to make it work! I appreciate your advice and encouraged by your family’s success. God bless.

[@lorrainecacho2509]

Praying for you and the entire family!🙏🙏

[@Katherine-ug5dl]

I was saved out of atheism in a moment of aloneness and quiet contemplation. Solitude is so important for us to be able to hear the still, small voice of God.

[@Donna-cc1kt]

Bless your Spirit. It was listening!

[@joaneberhart5519]

Praise God and thanks for sharing!

[@spacelinx]

What kinds of experiences in your quiet moments contemplations did you have that brought you out of atheism? Just curious because right now I’ve been struggling with my own moments of faith and doubt.

[@rjskeptic5273]

"I was saved out of atheism." Seriously?

[@Katherine-ug5dl]

@@rjskeptic5273 Yes, it was miserable and unhappy. I was smug and uncharitable towards others and also painfully self conscious and insecure. Christ fixed my broken parts and gave me eternal security in Him.

[@mrmegachonks3581]

So true. The Aloneness of Judas is arid and meaningless, An Aloneness born of betrayal is awful. The Aloneness of Christ is the fulfillment of destiny, difficult and demanding but very much part of who we are.

[@edouardmarcelin2374]

Was I the only one waiting for a new video from Mike Schmitz?

[@anneturner2759]

Lol

[@margaridapatrao8]

No, you were not alone 😆

[@IONov990]

I'm always waiting for his videos

[@kazfor3769]

I count the days till his next video every week. 😂🤗🕊️🙏🕊️

[@Tgerardb]

Nope. Every video Fr. Mike makes hits home.

[@justkon1789]

I needed this video. I’m so scared of college. Scared of leaving everyone. Pray for me

[@lauraanderson7358]

you are never alone :)

[@frankharet8865]

You will be in our prayers

[@1961Lara]

Stay strong and be true to yourself and your beliefs. Find friends with like minds. Don’t be afraid to ask for help! I will put you in my rosary tomorrow.

[@janicepalko7278]

As a worrier, I’ve found that fears are worse than reality. One thing I read somewhere is that when you worry, you never project God into the future with you helping you. Prayers!

[@SNER333]

Ah, I remember that day when my parents dropped me off at college and that's it. It's just me now. It's sad and it's scary, but that being alone encouraged me to check out the local Parish and Catholic Student Association and I made lifelong friends I never would have met if I wasn't on my own (I'm shy, so I only had one or two friends before college). It's gonna hurt and it's gonna be sad, but in my case, those turned out to be the best years of my life up to that point and me and those college friends still look back on those times fondly. Praying your experience is just as Blessed!

[@nathanalex6880]

This is such a godsend as I am trying to follow the path God has set before, including my choice to join the Church this month, from Protestantism without my family. So pray for me brothers and sisters and Fr. Mike.

[@chachatruth3534]

Welcome Home!

[@hayleymoore5015]

prayers for you❤️❤️

[@Donna-cc1kt]

For me his Bible in a year illuminated me. Hope you try it, it’s free. I feel like a part of a big family, Gods family.

[@wreloise1]

Congratulations!! The decision you made is a decision only you can decide...But the same decisions other have or May decide . (Alone in your physical surroundings, but not to others in different locations ). God Bless, Congratulations, thank you for being a witness!!!

[@joaneberhart5519]

🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

[@aleksandrakula1190]

Am a young nun, 1,5 year in the congregation and just experiencing both of this types of loneliness: Jesus's with congregation and Judas's with my sin, falling out of the rules- unorganised etc. Just found out after 22 years😭that I have ADHD (which makes me unorganised and not sticking to the day plan) but still waiting for the professional diagnosis so can't really talk about it while still being misunderstood and still judged as"chaotic one". So hard...😞 ( please don't get me wrong, I love my Sisters, they just don't know, as I didn't) I am gonna wach this once again every day until We (Jesus & me) will resurrect from it. Please people, DON'T JUDGE OTHERS! It can slowly kill anybody. Thank you Fr Mike... right on time💔😢😌 Thank you Jesus...You know...

[@BoomerAnn]

be sure to ask your Sisters, and your Mother, for help. Blessings to you!

[@joaneberhart5519]

Stay the course with God and nay He continue to bless you on your path.

[@lilyfeagin8634]

Thank you for sharing your story. It reminds me of St. Faustina and St. Theresa. Both lived lives of love and beautiful simplicity very pleasing to God, yet were often misunderstanding by others.

[@mollyspencer5570]

Bravo to you for revealing your weakness. I pray you gain strength in your uniqueness. Maybe look at your recent diagnosis as the beginning of an understanding and path to knowing yourself better. I’m a 57 year old woman who thinks she’s ADD. No one has told me so but I have a 30 year old son who was diagnosed before he was 10 that he was ADD. Be strong. You are special in your own way and have much to contribute to your order.

[@theresamorton8591]

I am sorry you are experiencing this loneliness and pray you will discover God's plan for this type of suffering. May He grant you understanding, wisdom and perseverance. This too could lead to sainthood. St. Therese the Little Flower wrap your heart around this young woman.

[@thecatholiccorner]

Why whenever I'm going through something, Ascension Presents videos pop up?? Gods telling me something...

[@jabrootsarkhel2229]

exactly same thing happens with me, i was feeling judas kinda aloneness and this video popped up, God works in mysterious ways!!!

[@amyhatzigiannis4148]

Same here!💕

[@phine999]

same here. God is touching many hearts ♡

[@angelalemos9811]

For real 😆

[@MinnowCreekGirl]

Fr. Mikes videos found me a few years during low point in my life. I think I opened my heart and bared my soul and I was found. Thank you Jesus for sending Fr. Mike my way!

[@no_prisoners6474]

'This is practice for when I close my eyes and wake up... in the Father's gaze' 🥺🥺

[@milyvento5537]

I offer my loneliness in honor of Jesus .. I feel his presence when I pray to him for help .. he promised us he is always with us . 🙏🏻💜

[@michaelnims5218]

Bless you Fr. Mike. I was just confirmed as a catechumen at Saint Rose of Lima in Murfreesboro, TN. My wife isn’t Catholic, and recently said she has no interest in becoming a Catholic as well, which has left me raising my daughter Mary by myself, but I know I must do it. This video was at the perfect time. 🙏

[@loretta3203]

Keep praying. When I got married, my husband was a not religious Methodist who told me he would never become Catholic. When we had children, they were baptized Catholic and went to church with me. I kept praying and lighting candles for his conversion. He started coming to church with us and after 20 years, he came home one day and said he had spoken to one of our priests about becoming Catholic. He went through RCIA on Easter in 2009 became Catholic! Everything is possible with the Lord! 🙏🏻❤️

[@catholicrakelle]

@@loretta3203 Amazing!

[@HiLoGuurl]

@@loretta3203 I have a similar story to yours with my husband. Indeed everything and ANYTHING is possible with the Lord, even when it feels so incredibly difficult or impossible to us. Hang in there, Michael! God bless your family! And He IS listening to your prayers!

[@peggylyons6898]

Keep praying for her. If she’s still breathing, there’s still a chance she’ll convert.

[@Mustafaljuboori]

Greetings from Nashville XD God bless

[@retroman9164]

So true, I am a night owl. I know when I sleep it will be the next day. It's a mix for me, knowing a new day will dawn and if I wake up I know God woke me up, he is grace. Then a new day means life gets busy and will have stresses. I can't imagine how Jesus felt!

[@dv7361]

My eyes can’t stop the tears, my throat is constricting. This message on aloneness touched me so deeply. Life has been lonely but the loneliness has brought me closer to Jesus. I love you Jesus!

[@Spugizakom]

Please pray for me and my family. I am about to tell my father that I am Christian. This may split our family. Pray for us brothers and sisters. ✝️

[@imalive4u169]

I'm never actually alone as God is with me.

[@timebank1949]

I highly recommend you to be more humble by praying and hoping to be on the side of God! Instead of thinking that God is on Your side. EDIT: I say this to everyone who has liked your comment. God bless you and St. Virgin Mary pray for you!

[@rosyreverie]

@@timebank1949 God is always with us, even if we are choosing sin. God is with you in every moment.

[@brentgarner3143]

He said I will never leave you or forsake you

[@maryagneshaagensen269]

@TimBanks If a person in the state of grace receives the Holy Eucharist, there is no doubt that the person not only is "beside God", that person is in complete UNION with God.

[@brentgarner3143]

@@maryagneshaagensen269 amen

[@adriannefluet5980]

You can feel alone when your with someone too.

[@mollyspencer5570]

Amen sister. I’m a married woman and feel exactly that...God is my refuge.

[@andrews5997]

Correct. Physical loneliness and social loneliness are two different things.

[@deliarealtor]

@@mollyspencer5570 I’m in the same situation. BTW Spencer is my maiden name.

[@AJanae.]

Yes. I am constantly around someone, but being the only one of faith is lonesome. I love going to church and being with other faithful, I wish I could live there with my cat 😄😄

[@peggylyons6898]

In my opinion, that’s worse than being alone on your own.

[@gabrielebianchi161]

Life is just one big Way of the Cross, that is the truth.

[@SuperRuthJ]

You really said how I feel. Since my husband passed away I feel so alone. I have accepted that I am alone. However I trust that Jesus is with me always. If I were to died now I entrust my soul to Him🙏 Thank you Fr. Mike you are amazing in BIAY. God bless you🙏

[@connieholthaus957]

When my husband died, I was alone. When his entire family didn't come to his funeral, I was alone. I have been alone for 11 years now, but it's ok. I have Jesus and my church and my dogs and I find I really don't need people to be happy. People just hurt your feelings

[@SuperRuthJ]

@@connieholthaus957 I am so sorry to hear that you were alone. You are right Jesus is with us.🙏

[@theraputika]

I was widowed last August and my mom passed away at the end of October. I praise God for my family and friends and the Catholic Church! Evenings are so hard, aren’t they? I have found refuge in Jesus Christ and Mary. I try to remember that God chose this cross especially for me because he loves me, and that He chose my husband’s and mother’s crosses for them too. God bless you both and remember you are in my prayers from now on.

[@SuperRuthJ]

I am sorry for both of your losses🙏 In my case my dad pass and then a few months later my husband. My husband was diagnose with amyloidosis., passed 4 months later. You will be in my prayers🙏

[@UnOrthodox_Christian]

I am in the aloneness of not having family near me as I moved from the east side of the US all the way to the west coast for an engineering job. Please pray that I will stay reliant on God and work hard to get the job experience I need.

[@elainesheldon5823]

Father Mike you are such a nice lovely man.I am alone .no surviving relatives.It is not easy.I wish I had a good husband like you.Please keep me in your prayers I have had such a troubled life.I suffer severe anxiety and panic attacks.I have been bullied and picked on.You are so kind.Thankyou.I live in England.

[@kazfor3769]

Pray to st Anthony, he will help you, pray with faith, he could even find you companionship, he will help you and you can also help you to have peace of mind!!!!! The rosary is a great companion too!!!!!! I am in England too!!!!!🙏🕊️🙏

[@fayehudson4223]

God bless all of us listening to this beautiful message .....it’s alright to be alone, it just means we are one with the Father . Which can only mean we never alone🙏🏼. Love & Light ...Blessings 🙏🏼

[@mistyviolet3825]

CORRECT ❤

[@cperisho1]

Wow. That was so timely it felt like it was aimed at me directly. Thank you.

[@avb20540]

Wow, I prayed to God to help me get through the loneliness I feel. I asked him to help walk with me through it. Your video gives great perspective!! It is training me so that I can one day focus on giving people companionship instead of desperately asking people for companionship. It's purging my neediness

[@brendadubon206]

So true, Fr Mike. Embracing my aloneness as a single parent is all I can do. As for Judas if he hadn’t committed Jesus would not have been able to give up his life on the cross. So I totally see your point in the different kinds of aloneness. Thought provoking. Thank you ☺️ 🙏🏽

[@anneturner2759]

God Bless you Fr Mike. Keep the love coming..... always thinking of you and your mother.

[@caro1ns]

A suggestion for a practical application of 'going it alone' (in the good way!) - say Grace before you eat, wherever you are. I started saying Grace in the lunch room at work a few years back. I don't say it aloud, but I cross myself and my lips move so anyone who happens to notice knows what I'm doing. The first few times I was pretty embarrassed and had to force myself, but after that it was fine. (And one guy, a Russian Orthodox, got the courage to start doing it too! ) It's only a little thing, but sometimes little things can make a big difference. Just a thought.

[@clintonalvaro5491]

Please pray for me. I've been battling for the virtue of purity for years to no avail. Pornography has been stabbing me for many years now. I can not do this alone. Willpower is not enough.

[@conikutch]

go to confession for this sin then mass. every time it happen go to confession again then communion. if possible go to daily mass. consider this as project. Pray the rosary daily too. The blessed Mary will put you under the Mantle of her protection. this is not an overnight solution, it will take time. when your willpower is not enough, ask the holy spirit’s power. ask your guardian angel too, always. God wants the best from you and he knows how to purge you. He is letting you face this challenge to develop your virtue. the whole heaven is there for you. God Bless.

[@kazfor3769]

I put off going to bed at night because come the evening/nighttime I feel dreadfully lonely, and I don't know how to handle the overwhelming feeling of lonliness🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏

[@frankharet8865]

Consider holding the rosary and praying for Mary to comfort you - think of all the times she must have comforted a young Jesus

[@kazfor3769]

@@frankharet8865 thankyou so much, I will do this, I say the rosary every day but I have never thought of just holding the rosary and asking for comfort, this kind advice bought a tear to my eye, thankyou.🕊️🙏🕊️

[@ADORATION_OFFICIAL]

This Lutheran loves this

[@Donna-cc1kt]

And a Christian 🙏.

[@joannawolfe1100]

And we love you!

[@michelleo7501]

"Painfully purifying"....spot on! Returned to the Church after 40yrs...on my own path as I'm the only one in the family nearby who is the Church. I've learned to embrace the quiet peace of God. Keep me in prayer. Praise God

[@melissasalazar1436]

That's deep Father Mike. But so true. It can be scary at first but we have to remind ourselves what Jesus did.

[@charlotten8520]

I feel so alone. Thank you. Please pray for me. Thank you ❤🙏

[@marianhreads]

Struggling with aloneness right now... thank you for the video. 💛

[@dominicalberto2179]

Hi Marian, I have been working at home now for more than a year now. The pandemic has caused aloneness and it is tough. Best of luck.

[@marianhreads]

@@dominicalberto2179 thank you!

[@PamelaBoyer]

I’m a widow alone. Every holiday is sad.

[@lauraanderson7358]

just remember that they are Holy Days :)

[@anamichelle1134]

The perfect spiritual timing of this. Thank you 💙

[@n3dilan]

Thank you Father Mike!!

[@theresedelacruz2008]

I needed this and I'm balling my eyes out. Thank you Father Mike! One minute I feel like I have my life together but deep down I'm really lost. It's my road, my road alone to take.

[@lyndae.2055]

Start to read your Bible...It helps me...

[@michaelmckenna9818]

My RCIA sponsor talked me out of doing the RCIA program in the fall...and now refuses to talk to me anymore. So a lot of my excitement and enthusiasm towards becoming Catholic has faded, and I'm left so confused with the direction that I feel God pulling me. And I dont know if I'll be able to confide in someone else and trust them to be my sponsor like I did with this person...God please give me guidance

[@stacierusk4737]

Praying for you

[@roqofort5110]

I have a question! Growing up in a catholic environment, I was taught the human race began with Adam and Eve, which at the time was fine, but as I learned more about science and evolution it became apparent that the many variants of man could not have all descended from one couple, so, would it be more accurate to say that the story of Adam and Eve represents an awakening in man kind, or a great leap forward in self awareness, that occurred not just in the garden of Eden in ~10,000 bc, but all over the world at different time periods, in different cultures? Cool channel btw

[@jesusloverforever5762]

Please pray for me frndzz. I really struggle in my new college life. I even think sometimes that this course & this college was entirely a wrong decision frm my part. I'm really confused.

[@hiAnimegirL]

Aloneness without God is like going through an absolutely dark and long tunnel; and because you totally can't see anything, you eventually hurt yourself by falling into dangerous traps. But aloneness with God is still going through the same dark and long tunnel while holding an inextinguishable lamp. And despite the fear and sadness, you can see things clearly now and you are able to avoid those traps. And with that light accompanying you always, it will eventually lead you to the way out. Like as scripture clearly tells us, "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." (Psalm 119:105) ❤ Happy Easter everyone!

[@americanworldsuperbi]

I'm a single handed sailor, living on my sailboat, where you are the only one ..all of the time, I like to think most of that time is with God. feeling like Judas, THAT is alone.

[@gailschuldner2974]

Thank you, Fr. Mike! I have prayed for so long to feel Jesus' love. After a few years away from my faith/Church, I was called back by the Holy Spirit. I returned before Christmas. Then I found all these great podcasts. I am learning and feeling touched by Jesus through the words and lessons of these holy priests! Praise you Jesus, God our Father, and Holy Spirit!! Keep me close to you always!

[@genevawelsh9133]

Pray for me for the gift of guidance in taking steps to my career choice.

[@angelacolombo750]

Your never alone when you walk with jesus he fills your heart your aloneness is with God

[@lindawright2557]

Excellent, thank you!

[@ministeriumfurgutelaune5728]

Thank you for this wonderful words!

[@karenrich9092]

This video brought me to tears when I realized all the times I had to be alone. It started when I was 10 years old and my deceased paternal grandfather said "YOU have to take care of Grandma." I would fulfill his request 12 years later and I was the ONLY one who could do it. I am an only child, but sometimes this doesn't make it any easier. Saying the eulogy at my parent's funeral, having the talk with my daughter's boyfriend who was asking for her hand in marriage, and finally having to deal with Stage 4 colon cancer when you think you're dying and you have so much to say to the world. But, then I remember my wonderful daughter and son-in-law, my priceless neighbors, and the many members of my parish who pray for me and all the little children who help get rid of my depression every Sunday just by being. It is then that I realize I'm not alone and I am the richest woman in the world. Thank you for this video

[@deborahnadler782]

Regarding today’s podcast it struck me in John “zeal for your house (temple) will consume me” ... not only the physical temple but ...us as living temples! 🤯

[@dannypevoto6250]

Father Mike, I am so thankful that you followed the path that brought you to us all. You are truly inspirational!

[@mistyviolet3825]

I’ve been on that road many many times……. It is the process of purification…..❤❤❤❤ and still am…🕯️🕯️🕯️

[@jellybellyfun3288]

Does your niece call you Uncle Mike or Father Mike? Do your siblings call you Mike or Father Mike?

[@lois2997]

Probably uncle Mike.

[@99GAZI]

I was going to ask why poor Judas had to get the bad rep even if his actions indirectly led to our salvation? Fr. Mike then presented a different scenario... What if Judas confessed what he had done to Jesus at the last supper? Jesus would have forgiven him and set his mind at ease that his actions, though wrong, were necessary. Judas would not have committed suicide after returning the money? What an opportunity to confess and reconcile with Christ, missed.

[@darlenedebont9950]

My Life is being alone. I'm so use to it and feel abandoned. I pray day and night for some type of blessing, but it has never come. So I'll just be alone.

[@virgochick1]

I hope you've found some peace and contentment. ❤

[@rashadfoux6927]

My wife and I just had our fourth child, and this is such a beautiful and well timed video Father. You don't even know. God Bless you

[@lauraanderson7358]

peter also betrayed Jesus. repentance is necessary. SACRAMENT of RECONCILIATION. thank you Jesus.

[@camelloy]

Hello Father mike, I would like to begin by stating that I am not at this time Christian and have not been baptized but I have had a long desire to read and understand the Bible and thus I am immeasurably thankful for your podcast which has given me the opportunity to become informed on the Catholic view of the Bible and read along on my own time each day. I have a strongly held belief, that I think is supported by the word of god, that god created a rational world based on rules and reason and by observing it we can come to understand the truth of all things over time and great effort; as such I feel it necessary to hear the word of god in its fullness before I commit myself to something, or a church the views of which I do not fully understand. To that end, I would ask why the Catholic church is the true church and not a Protestant church, is the difference mainly in the interpretation of the Bible or is there something deeper I am unaware of?

[@katyarn3751]

Hi John Dough, I want to try and answer you question a little bit because I don't know how much time Fr. Mike has. One of the reasons I believe the Catholic church is the true church is: Matthew 16:18 says: And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (The name Peter is from the word Petros meaning rock) The Catholic church traces all of our Popes back to Peter the first Pope so Jesus is the founder of the Catholic church. Plus if you look at history: if you go back BEFORE the year 1053 the only church around was the Catholic church. In 1053 (or roughly sometime around that time) the Eastern Orthodox church split from the Catholic church based on I think a disagreement in doctrine although I read another book that stated it was a disagreement on who the Pope would be, either way when they split from the Catholic church at that time there were only two types of Christians in the world Orthodox and Catholic. Protestants did not even exist until after the 1500s when Martin Luther came along. Martin Luther was a monk in the Catholic church but he split to form Lutheranism after that people started forming their own ideas of Christianity that were NOT always constant with the teachings that had been handed down to us from the beginning and in fact LUTHERs ideas were NOT constant with the teachings of the church. So I stay with the Catholic church because I want to stay close to the teachings of Christ that have been handed down unaltered over the centuries. I hope this helps. May God bless you on your journey.

[@Tabatha437]

I thought I was the only crazy person who feels going to sleep each night is practice for our last day.

[@karenmiller1005]

You are so inspirational! I love my alone time. In fact I cherish it. Thank God He is always there with me to help me sort things out. God is good. Thank you for all you do to help His flock become more acqaunted with His teachings and desires. But more importantly to be one of us on our journey. Thank you for all you do for our beautiful Catholic faith.

[@joaneryan9962]

Very good video everyone experience aloneness but Jesus is always alive in our hearts we just have to talk to him. Thank you Fr. Mike very much🙏🙏🙏

[@johnlynch575]

4:44 OR..I know THAT you' WILL' FIND OUT. I CHOOSE WHAT I HATE AND I DO NOT KNOW WHY FOR I CHOOSE YOU. YOU ARE WHAT I LOVE, YET I CHOSE EVIL. WHY? DO YOU FORGIVE ME FOR THIS? I AM A JEW, AND I HAVE COMPELLING QUESTIONS, YET I NEVER WANTED YOU TO DIE JESUS. DO FORGIVE ME? I ONLY WANTED YOU TO TAKE YOUR THRONE. WILL YOU FORGIVE? "YES" THIS SERVANT HAS RECIEVED A WORD. THE WORD IS "YES."

[@montsemajanmartinez9824]

🤔...perhaps... Jesus abandoned himself to the will of God- ▶️ Jesus entered into aloneness. Judas abandoned himself to his own will- ▶️ Aloneness entered into Judas. 🤔 ...just a thought that occurred while listening.

[@josephbosworth2436]

I thank God for letting me find you. You are really helping me find the correct path I should have been on.

[@HumanbeingonfloatingEarth]

I’m alone in renewed ,on fire , thirst for God. I want to do RCIA but I can’t because of work..I want to be a Catholic . I live like I am one , I’m going to mass , Im feasting on sermons ( Ascension Presents and Bishop Barron) but my journey is solely reliant on God because I don’t have a single Christian in my life. …

[@timpy42]

Thank you God for this wisdom through Fr. Mike 🙏 It was especially interesting when you brought up the aloneness in "There's something only I can say." I don't think of that as times I feel alone, but it really is.

[@junebug052003]

Life is a lonely road yes, but you must stand for yourself. It gets easier with practice. God bless all those that needed to hear this message.

[@Nobody-j9e]

Saint Luke 6:35-38 But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful. “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”

[@michaelremillard4215]

Jesus told Judas “ go.....do what you must do “... freedom of choice.... Judas chose to betray Jesus ... or was he fulfilling prophecy?

[@cbrackett7042]

Fr Mike, you tugged at my heart strings again. Beautiful message. You're forever in my prayers

[@donnaramada9505]

Did Jesus forgive Judas?

[@africarodriguez1980]

Hi, I live in Mexico and I have never heard of "Spy wednesday" before! How would you say it in spanish? I googled it but it came out with the weirdest translation 😮‍💨super literal and wrong, like "Christmas eve" in Spanish is "Nochebuena" how do you say "Spy wednesday" 🤔🤔 I will appreciate the help, thanks.

[@johnlynch575]

Ok . I PRAY for YOU. You PRAY FOR ME. So YOUR empowered to do his WILL, and just the same for this SERVANT as well. I truly wish we could SPEAK FACE TO FACE . In due TIME. Hope we EACH OF us PRACTICE THE CHARITY of our FAITH.

[@jalencleric]

I'm trying to mirror Jesus's life, and honestly it took until (24) now, to choose not to run from trying anything... wish me luck, I hope it's not blasphemous.

[@user-yc8xw8bd5r]

It's not blasphemous at all to say you are trying to mirror Jesus's life. We're all called to do the same thing. I pray God keeps you and guides and helps you to find your way home 🙏

[@jalencleric]

@@user-yc8xw8bd5r God speed with your life too friend.

[@user-yc8xw8bd5r]

@@jalencleric Thanks :)

[@kyleangelsionelo5314]

😭😭Father Mike, you're so good at making me realize so many things. Thank you so much, Father. I love you. And GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS.

[@lukasmakarios4998]

Can you imagine, Judas tells Jesus, and Jesus says, "Go ahead and do it. I already know why, and the Father says it's necessary. I forgive you." Judas' conscience is clear and he doesn't commit suicide. But wow! How do you explain this to Peter?

[@jeevaanand4737]

Aloneness is awaking the reality of your solitude

[@adelaidemorningstar1870]

Easter is a pagan holy day ,and goes back egos in cultural history,the Christendom used this as a advantage,,,,and also incorporated pagan culture into Christian ideology.....

[@traceyhackett3741]

Wow. Awesome video. Just what I needed to hear after leaving my children and grandchildren to travel across the country to be with my mom as she goes through dementia. I have had so many lonely days especially during this pandemic but I'm where I am suppose to be. Thanks Fr Mike and God bless you 🙏

[@GabrielDixonRibeiro]

Great

[@james0805]

"There will time you will be alone." I'm sorry but I find that discouraging. I know I'm supposed to gush over this guy like everybody else here, but forget that.

[@howardkerr8174]

I had never heard of Spy Wednesday until this video. But then, I don't believe that the words Holy Week Tridium were spoken in any of my religion classes at a Catholic school. Not quite on this subject, but lately, whenever I pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the rosary I wonder how Jesus felt knowing for an extended period that he was going to be crucified. No one but Jesus knew what for sure would follow on the heels of Judas's betrayal. And certainly Jesus was very much alone during the time after his crucifixion and before his Resurrection.

[@mandericom]

Amen. Thank you Fr. Mike! Thank you for helping me understand my feelings of loneliness. "I am okay with being alone because this is the road that I need to be on."

[@Jack-il3qv]

'I can't think for you, you'll have to decide, did Judas Iscariot have God on his side?' Lyric used by Bob Dylan.

[@wesbrown3831]

Fr. Mike, I have so my questions about Judas and what he did... where would you suggest finding answers so I have a better understanding of what took place?

[@charleneanderson2215]

I enjoy watching him... He's very upbeat. Pastor Lenny seemed to be reading his

[@maggielaurel2902]

Didn’t Judas do exactly what he was supposed to do according to God’s plan for Jesus? In a sense, weren’t Jesus and Judas complicit in carrying out God’s plan?

[@johnfitzsimmons3293]

Fr Mike, Although I agree with you fully, the act of going to bed each night is also a practice in hope. I hope to get a good night sleep, I hope to wake up the next day, I hope to do all things tomorrow for the honor and glory of God. It’s like planting a tree or planting a garden. You probably wouldn’t plant it if you thought you would be dead before harvest. Planting yourself in the bed is the same way. Or, someone planting you in the earth likewise. Faith, Hope, and Love.

[@AveMaria1917]

Alone with Christ Alone, is a great inspirational book recommendation about Jesus and Sr. Clare Crockett

[@PLA5207]

The last night He would be on Earth. WOW. (Head blown, indeed)!

[@kittiesbytheseamalloryscastle]

God bless you Father 🙏🕊✨ You are in my prayers ❤️

[@inspiredyoucoachingconsult258]

Father, can you speak on the views of the Church on Law of Attraction, Manifestation, etc as a way of living your life as well. Thanks.

[@efandmk3382]

I prefer to give Judas the benefit of the doubt. Judas did what he had to do. He set in motion the events that lead to the fulfillment of Jesus' mission. Someone had to do it. He was chosen out of the 12, because he was the only one with the courage to do it. (Did not Jesus say something to Judas to the effect of "Go now, and to what you have to do?") He knew that he, like Jesus, was about to die. Tradition has it that Judas committed suicide by hanging. He may have been hanged, but we really don't know how that happened....... Judas may have been the first Christian martyr. That may be generous, but that's just me.

[@lucianhodoboc1611]

Aside from being influenced by the devil, Judas stayed in that aloneness because he was scared. Confess openly in front of Jesus and the other disciples that he sold his teacher for silver coins? Are you serious, Fr. Mike? He saw Jesus destroy a fig tree by just cussing it. Jesus was a pretty scary, mysterious and unpredictable person.

[@conniecatanzaro7787]

Alonlyness for me is when I had a nerves break down and my children, and friends let me do this all on my own it was very hard but I kept on saying that God was with me and I was not alone and got through it with God by me.

[@sir.joshuarane.doebler3762]

Thanks Jesus. Praise and Glory to God. God Bless. Jesus Christ, is the name of God. He lives. Praise and Bless God's holy name.

[@ljkoh20052000able]

I meditate on that last night on earth. Not as the last night of sleep. Not as the last night that He closes His eyes to sleep. But the night Jesus was shackled by His wrists unto a cold stone wall. Tortured, with un imaginable pain. Both physical and emotional. Yes, alone. So alone that we will never know what happened to Jesus when He was a prisoner, a convict. my God!

[@jonathangoodwin646]

So I left the Baptist church come back to the Catholic Church. I didn't realize that the Catholic Church is the one that wrote The Bible . And so the Baptist church shows up at my door I'm not gonna answer it because I have no reason to talk to them Because I'm going to the Catholic Church.

[@etienne-victordepasquale668]

But Fr Mike, whenever I'm in those "alone" situations, I've always got the company of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit to turn to and converse with ... I'm never really alone.