Day 329: The Gift of Prayer - The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

[@Elizabeth-mp6tr]

Father Mike! You cause me to have tears everytime I hear these words from the Cathechism.

[@SuMaria24]

Love this teaching. My heart is full . Thank you Fr. Mike. God bless you 🙏❤

[@chavelasalas9151]

A man amen Praise You Lord Jesus Christ❤❤❤❤ I love you Jesus and I trust in you amen amen❤ prayers father Mike amen

[@elesapowell3769]

Come into my heart Lord Jesus!

[@rm-paradise]

Father, may everything that I do this day, whether it be full of joy or pain, whether it be full of love or of grief, I ask that everything I go through today be offered to you just like Jesus offered everything to you. It is in his name we pray. Amen. 11/25/2023.

[@tjf42193]

All of you people watching this please pray for a friend of mine her words exactly “I don't know if non-believer is the right word, I'm not affiliated with any particular religion, I'm probably agnostic right now, I do find value in the psychospiritual, maybe to say I'm questioning is more accurate.”

[@rachelsalvage8574]

Thank you Fr Mike, I thought I understood my faith being a born and bred 59 yr old Catholic but I am having such an incredible realisation that until now I’ve only been an observer and not a participant. Thank you for helping me with this transition and transformation of my life. ❤🙏🏻

[@patmendell381]

I thirst for God, thanks be to His thirst for me🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@connierucinski3616]

I can already feel the deep places of my heart to pray to the Lord Thank you Fr Mike

[@sonyaorourke7741]

God initiates especially when you're ready to receive Him. He prepares you to receive Him through prayer(basically talking, loving and thinking of Him as number one in your life), then your heart expands and burns for Him. Then He searches your heart out before He dwells there, you want Him to stay forever. You feel His love, compassion and joy for others in your own heart. You may feel a burning love towards a complete stranger coming from Jesus. He lives in you and through you. ❤.

[@andrewrahnacnrep]

God is everywhere and when we pray it is a heart to heart talk with Him!

[@jeanmariedenning62]

Until I began meditating to seek the direction of the Holy Spirit . My words repeated in Mass had superficial meanings. Until I chose to know how God sees me , I was just going through the dance I was trained to repeat ! Grace comes when we seek to find the Truth !

[@143mschrag]

Amen 🙏🏻

[@jdiane44]

Yeeessss!

[@hlobend2111]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼, prayer for Fr. Mike. Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

[@lindafolks]

What a beautiful “Gift” I received today by Day 329! Thank you Fr. Mike! God bless you! I’m praying for you!🙏❤️🕊🎶

[@ruthallder298]

Oh this has to be one of the most powerful teachings of CIY. You are speaking directly to me! Thank you!❤

[@kathydeegan7358]

Fr. Mike this reading on prayer from the depths of our hearts ❤️ is so beautiful. Thank you for explaining this to us today. I loved 🥰 hearing this today. Blessings to all of us.

[@elizabethgonzalez5481]

I learn alot..I never knew I could still be the Catholic I am. Thank you🙏

[@17CW68fNv]

This was great! I'm learning so much about my faith and it's opening up my mind and heart. Thank you, Fr Mike, praying for you and your ministry and all here. God Bless. Claire.

[@marybailey6254]

Blessings to all who are participating in the CIY & BIY today🙏🏻🕊✝️🕊🙏🏻

[@glenapereira3492]

Prayer is when the thirst of God meets our thirst. The church requires us to believe in the great mystery of our faith, to celebrate 🎉 it and live from it in a vital and personal relationship with the true God who is looking at us at all times. Humility is the foundation of prayer. We approach God not from the height of our 😤 pride and will, but humbly acknowledge that we don't know how to pray. It is the heart that prays. If the heart is rebellious our words of prayer are in vain. The ❤️ heart is our hidden center, which only the Spirit of God can fully understand. It is a place of encounter with good or 😈 evil.

[@victoriaa9107]

Pray for a sincere and contrite heart, a pure and clean heart.

[@NAMASIVAYAMANANDASAKARAN]

Amen!

[@deirdrawilson3269]

Amen! I always pray for a clean and pure heart.

[@victoriaa9107]

makes me think of Jesus trying to fix the first fall where Adam and Eve hid from God. He wants us not to hide.

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

It's so important in prayer to know who you're talking to. Before my conversion to the Catholic Faith, I was going through a difficult time in my life, and I "prayed" for help. I used to ask for "guidance and protection," but I didn't really believe in anything and had no idea if anyone or anything was listening. Although I was raised Jewish, I pretty much rejected religion and accepted worldly values. Then I had a personal encounter with Jesus, and fell in love. Knowing Him made all the difference. I've been Catholic now for over 30 years. I'm still madly in love with Jesus. He's amazing and wonderful. He has given us everything in the Catholic Church, even supernatural food to prepare us for Heaven. I thank God every day for my Catholic Faith.

[@SuperRuthJ]

Saint Therese of Lisieux the little Flower of Jesus. Pray for us!❤🙏❤

[@NAMASIVAYAMANANDASAKARAN]

For the saint Therese, prayer is a surge of heart, it is a simple look turned towards heaven, it's a cry and recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy. Let her pray for us. Amen!

[@Melissa-dz6je]

Prayer~ where "The Thirst of God meets our Thirst" 💦❣️🕊️ Soo beautiful, Thank You!

[@ChildofGod98765]

Faith is all I have left. It is truly the only armor against the enemy. Jesus give me guidance please. The devil is attacking me. These past three years have been difficult on me. As a single mom things are hard on me both of my sons are autistic and I’m constantly struggling to provide the basic necessities for them especially now that I’m homeschooling them. People have put me down over my situation but God lifts me up! I suffered an heart attack two years ago and still battling lupus. Give me strength Lord as I constantly struggle to pay bills and constantly struggle to buy groceries for my children. BUT no matter what I face I will KEEP FAITH. Even though the devil wants me to give up. I will not! Jesus is King and I will serve him no matter my struggles.

[@marsharr2877]

Let Him carry this cross with you. ❤🌹🙏🏻

[@dianefrank3688]

I comment you for keeping strong in your faith and prayer life. God is stronger than the devil, so keep leaning on Him. ❤🙏

[@kathywiens9852]

Not sure who you are or if there's more than one of you. I've been seeing this exact comment on a few Catholic podcast for at least a year. Something about it feels like you're looking for more than prayers. For one thing when others reply or give suggestions about places to seek help you've never responded. 🤔 Just saying!

[@ginaanelli9717]

@@kathywiens9852I saw that too. Scammers are everywhere.

[@dianefrank3688]

@@kathywiens9852 Thanks for letting the group know. We do have that one person who just wants to debate and has no real interest in the faith and he too shows up on several religious podcasts.

[@56Tyskie]

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world ♥️🙏✝️

[@StAlphonsusHasAPosse]

❤

[@dianefrank3688]

@@StAlphonsusHasAPosse I hope your little family Thanksgiving day gathering was a success. The nearest Catholic Church is 33miles from me; so most of my friends attend the little bible filled Christian church in our little community. With the health problems I had lately the only place I had been was to Sat. vigil or Sunday mass with my son. I saw so many of my Christian friends at the VFW Thanksgiving dinner that I had a lot of catching up to do. I enjoyed myself, but I am more of a loner now.❤🙏🙏🙏

[@StAlphonsusHasAPosse]

@dianefrank3688 We had a nice Thanksgiving. I don't get to see one of my brothers much, so it was good to eat together. My son was home for the week, so I was overjoyed to spend time with him. I've seen you mention your son, and he seems to do a lot for you. It seems that God has blessed us both with loving sons. What a wonderful gift. I'm glad you had a good time eating with friends. VFW's are always fun. I don't get out much anymore other than mass. I like to be alone and quiet and to read a lot. I tend to get anxious sometimes, so I admire people who enjoy lots of friends. I hope your health is holding up. Mine seems okay after being hospitalized twice in six weeks. We can only give it to God and pray for healing. I will pray for your health also. Best regards!

[@jennyharvey1074]

That is sooo good...I just want to spend ages on this just absorbing. the gentleness and love of God!!... thank You so much For Mike!!!

[@LDP-33]

Oh Lord I’m ever so grateful to You my God for giving me the gift of pray. It gives me so much of warmth n joy and love n happiness to know that you thirst for me! Praise your holy name, Father Son n Holy Spirit.

[@roystonfernandes8305]

Prayer is always the gift of God as He thirsts for us. It is a response of God's love who called us from nothingness. It is a covenant relationship between God and man since creation. It is God first of all who ceaselessly draws everyone of us to the mysterious encounter known as prayer. It is cry of His recognition and His love. Lord let me raise my mind and heart towards you with a humble and contrite heart 🙏

[@artorefalnera3055]

Fr. Thank you ❤. Praying for you, for the Ascension team and for all my CIY brothers and sisters. God bless ❤🙏

[@628jeb]

Truly one of the best siscint expliations I have heard! Amazing! God bless Fr. Mike!

[@KB_2161]

The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus . As we do our part rejoice in the Lord, pursue a gentle spirit, pray about everything, and cling to gratitude, God does His part. He bestows upon us the peace of God. Note, this is not A peace from God. Our Father gives us the Very Peace of God. He downloads the Tranquility of the Throne Room into our world, resulting in an inexplicable calm. ❤❤❤

[@dianefrank3688]

I always say that little prayer. I know several people that have had so much turmoil in their life, yet remain so calm and accept it all as coming from God❤🙏

[@marianmilne6009]

WOW! To hear it spoken like this is just amazing 🙏🏻. To answer God's call to us to pray is even more amazing. Our Hearts belong to you Lord.......Tgznj you Fr Mike. Praying for you and everyone here have. God bless 🙏🏻 ❤️ 🙏🏻

[@mercymercy331]

Absolutely beautiful and one of the best episode for me. Thank you Jesus❤ Thank you Father Mike!🙏

[@R_Thomp]

Thank you Father

[@almapuritaparcon3435]

Day 329. 🙏❤🙏

[@NAMASIVAYAMANANDASAKARAN]

Greeting! Brethren greetings! According to St Therese of Lisieux, Prayer is " prayer is a surge of the heart, it's a simple look turned towards heaven, it's a cry of recognition and of love trial and joy." St John Damascene's defines prayer as "Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." When we pray, we speak from our humble and contrite heart. Humility is the foundation of prayer. Prayer is a covenant relationship between God and man in Christ. prayer is when our thirst for God meet our thirst. Our is the place of decision, encounter, and covenant. Let us pray for Fr Mike Schmitz, all the clergy, all the Seminarians, and all of us in the CIY community including all our brothers and sisters in Christ. Amen!

[@susannebrule3160]

Humility is the foundation of prayer.

[@chavelasalas9151]

Enjoyed this reading very much. praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. Prayers father Mike amen amen

[@patriciaczech8696]

Heavenly Father,please help and gv me the grace and right way to always pray to pray wt a humble and contrived heart. Please send the Holy Spirit to guide me wt my prayers. Amen 🙏 ❤

[@joeyunger6460]

God Bless Fr. Mike!

[@SuperRuthJ]

Thank you father Mike! God bless you and everyone here in CIY family!❤🙏❤🙏❤

[@wreloise1]

“Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭13‬

[@KolokaiKalai]

Day 329...The gift of Prayer. .Thankyou Fr.Mike..Keeping you in prayers 🙏 and all in the Ascension team 🙏 ❤... BLESSINGS.

[@robehrgonzales77494]

I likie likie the colour purple in the final fourth pillar

[@elizabethcronin3074]

Hello everyone & Happy Day 329!🙏😊

[@TrixRN]

Hi y’all 👋 Happy day 329. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Now we celebrate Christ the King this weekend. In our RCIA class half of the participants enter the Church tomorrow night. I sponsor a catechumen who’ll enter at Easter vigil, but we’ll have a new class start in January that’s the next Christ the King catechumen. My parish is very active in teaching converts. People come from other parishes to go through our RCIA.🙏❤️

[@elizabethcronin3074]

@@TrixRN hi Theresa! God bless your ministry!🙏 How are you feeling? Had a lovely Thanksgiving at my brothers & was sent home with leftovers for 2 days. Also given the Turkey carcass & made a big pot of soup! Yum!🦃🥣

[@KB_2161]

❤❤❤

[@dianefrank3688]

🙋Elizabeth & All 😊Day329 ❤🙏 Heading to the vigil mass with my son, Jonathan.

[@dianefrank3688]

@@TrixRN It is so good that you devote your time to volunteering for RCIA even though you have health issues. I am glad to hear that your RCIA is so thorough, because lately I have gotten feed back from several people that their RCIA & sermons have not been as Catholic as they should be.🥰🙏

[@susannebrule3160]

Amen! Thank you Father

[@MrDarshD]

A great analysis of what Jesus meant when He mentioned that we should not babble like pagans. The words uttered while in humility gets our prayers heard. "Our Father'' is an effective prayer because it covers most of our emotions and relationship with God. Being in obedience with God is important and we must not think of prayers as a way of giving orders to God. God thirsts for our love, and we thirst for Him. If we know the living water of Jesus, we never thirst. Thus, if we follow Jesus' way of prayer and worship, we will always be satisfied. "We don't have to seek God's attention. God is seeking our attention. Our heart is God's dwelling place." We are beggars before God. Even King David humbled himself while praying. Thank you so much for your work, Fr. Mike and Team Ascension. I'm praying for you all and for the fellow listeners. God bless

[@alnotter4717]

Wonderful. Amen

[@richardbergmark6722]

Thank you Father.

[@R.C.425]

Thank you, Father Mike

[@dawnmireles2912]

November 25, 2023 Please consider listening to Saint Faustina’s Diary in a year and/or EWTN Mother Angelica’s Classics to add to your Catholic learning? Oh my goodness so much life guidance in conjunction with Father Mike’s Bible and Catechism in a Year!

[@manfrey1]

Amen!

[@CarmenRodriguez-vx1km]

Praying from my heart 🛐.

[@elizabethlockner3968]

❤. It's all coming together. Amen!

[@carolradlinger8661]

Come to God In humility, so true and beautiful ❤ This section is going to be so awesome 🙏

[@MorreHope]

Amen.

[@MorreHope]

I never knew that there was such a thing as coming to God; in an unrighteous way; like you are the boss; and he's the foot lacky. But it does make sense; to why people might become Atheists with this mentality. It never even dawned on me. Now I know. Now it inspires me to write. Jesus talking to the woman at the well. He gave her his identity; that he was not a foot lacky; though at the last supper; he yielded - and they washed each other's feet. But that was because: the Passover Lamb had to be washed. This is the identity of God On two feet standing before you: He healed the sick; no what kind of sickness. That identified who he was; in order to boldly make a proclamation; GO AND SIN NO MORE. YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. He had to identify himself; and the more important aspect was to save you of your sins; BUT HE HAD TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF FIRST; THEN YOU KNEW.

[@dianefrank3688]

@@MorreHope Thanks for this beautiful reflection. I think a person who is a narcissist would have a difficult time humbling their self to prayer.❤🙏

[@MorreHope]

@@dianefrank3688 Yepper

[@dianefrank3688]

@@MorreHope Getting ready now for the Sat. Vigil mass. My son is going to pick me up and he is always early and I tend to run late so I better get moving. 🥰

[@MorreHope]

@@dianefrank3688 I am homesick. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@joseguzman1051]

Amen 🙏.

[@metildajoseph5265]

Greetings Father Mike, Thoughts :- -> Message reflect with, "The Prayer is simple, Consolidated Integration of Spiritual Relationship with Lord Jesus Christ in every sense in all aspects of Life." -> Thanks Father, Team CIY, Team Ascension Press.. With regards and Prayers, Ranjith Joseph (R.J)

[@paulacevedo8814]

Praise to you God and Jesus Christ😇🙏❤

[@ElviaAlamilla-cr2ge]

Thank u Father Mike

[@teenacameron5921]

Like the new color😊😊

[@deedeebuhler9610]

May God bless you always 🙏

[@phylliscory2105]

Blaise Pascal: The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know… We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

[@adriennemarie]

Wow!🙏♥️

[@kattydeleo9035]

🙏🙏🙏🤗❤️

[@gloriaruiz2332]

❤

[@moniquearseneault1460]

❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@adelaidawallaert287]

🙏🙏🙏

[@joannebywaters4154]

Praying in Thanksgiving for you Fr Mike, CIY & all those who will listen eventually❤🙏🏻

[@patmendell381]

I often wonder if I’m praying as I should, does God get tried of hearing the same prayers and request over and over again?

[@moniqueaubin4696]

❤❤❤

[@christineramos6208]

❤️🙏🙏

[@dawnmireles2912]

November 25, 2023 Please, I am looking for people to take a moment and pray with me for Souls in Purgatory. Can you help? According to tradition, St. Gertrude the Great was told by Our Lord that each time she piously recited the following prayer, it would release 1,000 souls (or a vast number) from their suffering in purgatory: Eternal Father, I offer You the most precious blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, for those in my own home, and in my family. Amen. In her account of another vision, St. Faustina describes Purgatory as a "great crowd of suffering souls" undergoing purification. Further, she says that the souls are "praying fervently, but to no avail, for themselves; only we can come to their aid" (Diary, 20)

[@ipatecek]

One of my favorite prayers, 1000 souls released from purgatory each time we pray it.

[@patmendell381]

I pray for them daily…. At least…..

[@dianefrank3688]

I usually say this prayer in the morning and at bedtime. I forgot this morning so I said it right now. Thanks for posting. ❤🙏

[@dawnmireles2912]

@@ipatecek God Bless you for praying for Souls in Purgatory. I am so grateful as are they!

[@dawnmireles2912]

@@patmendell381 I am so happy about this and so are the Souls in Purgatory. You are making a difference.

[@DIS6103]

❤🕊

[@robehrgonzales77494]

DaY 329(24-MaY-2024) HaPpY FriDaY (TGIF) Katy, Tx 77494 (Cinco RancH) A❤m❤e❤N❤

[@robertdelgadocapetillo8684]

I rarely believe in the power of prayer.

[@loubee8503]

The fruit of prayer is our relationship with God, who calls us to do His will. Sometimes, praying for something we want (intercessory prayers) may not be part of God's plan for us. Trust in God - you may not get everything you want, but He will always give you what you need. ❤️

[@robertdelgadocapetillo8684]

​@@loubee8503Well damn that sucks.

[@dianefrank3688]

@@robertdelgadocapetillo8684 It sure does, especially if it looks like all your friends & family are just sailing along..

[@robertdelgadocapetillo8684]

​@@dianefrank3688Oh yeah most definitely.

[@rjskeptic5273]

I can not return love to a god, but i have plenty of love for the things I love.

[@grmalinda6251]

Love people Use things. God Is Love and Truth in perfect Harmony Personified in Three, Father Son and Holy Spirit.

[@rjskeptic5273]

@@grmalinda6251 love how you make up stuff.

[@KB_2161]

God is near whether you sense His presence or not. On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you. ❤❤❤ prayers for your intentions ❤❤❤

[@glenapereira3492]

​@@KB_2161Wow. How true. God bless you. 🙌

[@rjskeptic5273]

@@KB_2161 let me know when he is observable

[@meanchoolee5845]

Thank you Father Mike

[@munchlax9715]

Amen

[@peggybruening4415]

❤

[@DwellinginFaith]

🙏🙏🙏

[@munchlax9715]

Amen

[@stephenspain9167]

🙏

[@josecesarvivares5005]

🙏🙏🙏

[@maryellenrose1764]

❤