How to Improve Your Prayer Life (with Fr Mike Schmitz) | Colloquy #1

[@sabrinawoodard5788]

If the world would have more Father Mike's.. I believe there would be a whole lot more praying going on

[@ctmcatholic]

So do we!

[@theclapaolini4322]

We have loads of priests on9 KZbin Fr Columba Fr Mark Mary all Fran.Friars you catch just supper.also Fr Casey Cole all short but helpful And real to daily living.EXCELLENT YOU WILL LOVE THEM ALL WE ARE BLESSED lumba excellent

[@SENIORaMOMENTS]

"As Catholics, we are taught how to repeat ... old people in their deathbed remember the Our Father Prayer" ... ohmy that is so true. When i did my work experience in an aged care home, i'd keep company a group of ladies with different levels of dementia. And the Catholic ladies they still remember "Hail Mary ... Our Father" prayers ... maybe not the complete prayer but most words.

[@yvettehale6556]

Praying the Holy Family’s and St Michael’s protection over this beautiful priest. He is pure gift to the Catholic Church today. God bless you Fr Schmitz. Thank you for your passion for Christ!!

[@ctmcatholic]

He is indeed, and thank you for joining us in prayer for him!

[@jenzielouize1348]

This conversation really spoke to me in so many ways. Not only because I realised how much my prayer life has in common with that of others but also because I was uplifted and comforted by Father Mike's teaching about dryness in prayer.

[@ctmcatholic]

That’s great to hear!

[@ygz._.kadeem]

Fr. Mike just started doing the bible in a year and the way you speak and explain things is really beyond words the most wonderful bible teaching I have ever come a cross as a pentecostal and catholic now. You are really God sent .May God continue to bless and Keep you so you can reach out to people more people like me.........Thank you.

[@ctmcatholic]

You're welcome. God bless you!

[@marylowery3845]

Hey Father! You are so Inspirational.I want to share something that I find helpful to my spiritual growth is for me when I awake, to offer my entire day to the Lord. This would include my exercise, my work, my relationships with others, as well as my misfortunes and negligence in seeking Him more deeply as I should. Then when I have more time for deeply contemplative prayer and intimacy with Jesus, I pick back up where I left off from the morning. I encourage others, to talk to Jesus throughout the day by incorporating your daily activities with Him. I have received many blessings from Him living this way. God bless you and your listeners!

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you so much for sharing this, Mary. God bles syou!

[@pattimccrory9625]

Thank you for this inspiring sharing on prayer...Bless both of you always❤️❤️😇😇🙏🏼

[@ctmcatholic]

@@pattimccrory9625 Thank you, Patti. God bless you, too 🙌

[@thelmascheunhage1909]

@@ctmcatholic ppooopopooopoooopppoooopppooplopoooop

[@rosiegirl2485]

I have a Crucifix hanging before you enter my kitchen...and as I pass by it..I always say " I love you Jesus!" For me, it keeps Jesus present to me throughout my day!

[@ctmcatholic]

Love that! Thanks for sharing, Rosie.

[@MM-rq9jc]

Thank you Father Mike Schmitz you are such a blessing. I am now following along with you reading the Bible in a year. 🙏

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you for your kind comment, and great that you're following Fr Mike's Bible in a Year - it's been such a blessing for so many people!

[@gloriapemberton1838]

Thank you Father very informative.

[@sandyk378]

Desperately needed to hear this talk on prayer! Want to feel the love and forgiveness of Jesus ❤️✝️🙏

[@ctmcatholic]

Praise God, and bless you, Sandy!

[@sandyk378]

@@ctmcatholic Thank you and God Bless you ‼️🙏✝️❤️

[@DanielFaith1000]

Hope we pray more faithfully and earnestly and come to know our true selves.

[@catherinehewson3513]

To behold and beheld by God is a loving image to hold on to.

[@ctmcatholic]

Amen!

[@MoonlightNothing]

Something we forget to do with our family loved ones.

[@sandravictoria614]

Prayer is to behold God and to be held by God. Wow it is now easy for me to pray. Thank you so much Father.

[@ctmcatholic]

Fr Mike is great at making prayer clear and accessible! Glad he was able to help.

[@renelamy733]

The term behold and be held have really struck a chord in me. Thank you for that glimpse of contemplative prayer.

[@ctmcatholic]

Our pleasure, thank you for sharing.

[@KittyM-]

The advice on dryness in prayer is so profound. And practical. Thank you, thank you ❤

[@ctmcatholic]

You are so welcome.

[@cametientaucoeur]

I have just returned to the Church of my youth ( French Canadian) after 51 years. Although I can pray in English, I find it comforting to pray in French everyday. I am a recent widow with some health challenges. I find your instructions/discussions so informative/uplifting. Jeanne

[@ctmcatholic]

Bless you, Jeanne, and welcome Home! So glad this video could be helpful in some way.

[@nenasosa8504]

Thank you for guidance. 🙏

[@ctmcatholic]

God bless you, Nena 🙏

[@nenasosa8504]

@@ctmcatholic I have shared these videos with my children so that they can implement it on their daily prayer for their children

[@ctmcatholic]

That’s amazing Nena, praise God for this use of the internet! Thank you for watching and sharing 😊🙏

[@Mommadiva01]

Thank you Fr. Mike Schmitz for expounding on the Divine Mercy Chaplet - since I cannot use a mask in Church, I can now appreciate praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet in addition to viewing Mass and participating in the Mass on the computer.

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you for sharing this. The Divine Mercy Chaplet is such a beautiful prayer 🙏

[@meandmysis2779]

This interview has been a big help. I am not Catholic but I am drawn to it. I honestly want to know more. I've listened to 'the Bible in a year' podcast 5 times already and I absolutely love it. As far as knowing how to pray I need a lot of help. I find myself being selfish so I need to understand how I can pray without unloading my wants and really talk to God with sincere adoration leaving out my desires. This interview was helpful and I thank ya'll from the bottom of my heart.

[@ctmcatholic]

You are very welcome to our channel and we are so so glad that this video was helpful for you in some way! We would love to help answer any questions you might have about the Catholic faith and we hope you might enjoy our weekly video series with Fr Columba Jordan called “Little by Little”, you can check it out on our channel. He has done several videos on prayer, here’s one where he mentions how to adore God, as you mention in your comment: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqitanaaq7-NocU God bless you, you are in our prayers!

[@anniemarques460]

Amen! Some individuals can speak...really speak and capture your attention and you remember his talks! He is the best! I pray that God keeps him safe...always!

[@ctmcatholic]

Fr Mike is incredibly talented.

[@toml.8210]

I start the day with a rosary and the Divine Chaplet.

[@ctmcatholic]

That's a great start to the day! Thanks for sharing, Don!

[@babyadorable7448]

Hi all the way from SOUTH AFRICA, I needed to hear this, thank you, great job

[@ctmcatholic]

Thanks for sharing, Audrey!

[@maryannewanjau5525]

I enjoyed every minute of the interview. Thanks

[@ctmcatholic]

So glad to hear it, God bless

[@mjwings3]

The rosary hits the time factor no doubt--20 to 30 minutes for me, for an individual. Sure it's repeating, but something happens when you take your time with it which still takes 20 to 30 minutes; focus on the mysteries. I can't explain it well, Father probably can, but you definitely feel you spent time with the Lord after it, enough time; more than enough. And if you do it early, first fruits as Father Mike has said in other videos, you are so much more focused on the day. What you need to do, and more drive to do it. Plus more focus and ability to avoid sins. Then praying with someone else, rosary is a great prayer for that, too. Two or more, I call my sister and we pray a couple of times a week over the phone, haha. Technology for the win.

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful insight on the Rosary!

[@theclapaolini4322]

It is only truth

[@MaryJo18]

❤❤❤❤ love u JESUS. Thanks for this teaching. Consistancy not perfection... We didn't realize how lucky we were when churches were always open...

[@ctmcatholic]

Thanks, Marie-Josée! Too true

[@johnfitzsimmons3293]

Sometimes it is nice to just be with the Lord. If you have said your general prayer and don’t know what else to say, you can always just say that God knows what is in your heart and what your needs are, you don’t have to say it out loud. Just be with him. I personally try to read the daily readings on Laudate and the reflection with my morning coffee. As Fr Mike said, any prayers from that point forward us working on that relationship with God. The rosary while commuting is also a wonderful way to spend that time. The words pray for us now and at the hour of our death is quite comforting during travel as if you were to die, isn’t it wonderful that you are asking the mother of Jesus to pray for you. Great interview!

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you so much, John! Love what you had to say here. God bless.

[@sabrinawoodard5788]

So well explain father thank you so much

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you, Sabrina 🙏

[@rosamariaruvalcaba5252]

I have learned through the Prayer and Life Workshops to rest in the Lord through contemplation. There are many forms of prayer recited prayers are one of them. The important thing to remember is that the objective is not to recite them automatically but to take each phrase and offer it to our Lord from our heart as if it were our own words. Then these words have a true meaning as we use them to lift our hearts to the Lord. If there is a phrase that touches our heart, we can pause for a moment in silence as we place ourselves in the presence of the Lord. During this silence we open our hearts to the Lord so that his love may fill us and fill us with his peace.

[@barbarawilson8952]

Psalm 131 is my way of starting contemplative prayer. I try to remember how it felt to sit on my mother's lap and just be there. God is my mother/father and it is in Him that I find that peace/rest.

[@teresaota6543]

How sweet! ❤ PRAISE GOD!

[@ctmcatholic]

That's beautiful, thank you for sharing, Barbara.

[@nataliahilse3752]

i appreciate your detailed talk about prayers.. watching & listening to you from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦

[@loiskarpf8932]

The more I see and hear Father Mike, the more excited I become. I became familiar with this being available when I started 'Bible in a Year" the beginning of 2021. I'm repeating again, in 2022, and I am learning so much. Thank you for making this available to me on my phone....I love it all. How can we tell more people about all that's available to them?? How to tell the world?! Lois

[@cheryllittlepage2096]

WOW-what an amazing interview! The picture of going to prayer/Adoration just to BEHOLD GOD and to be HELD BY HIM...that is so moving and brought tears to my eyes. And actually yesterday when I went to Adoration, I did not read the Adoration book that I had brought with me. Instead I did just try and sit there in silence. Well darn-I found that I had closed my eyes and had taken a little nap. Fail!! When I shifted my position and woke myself up, I reached for my Rosary to say the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Maybe I just need to try again with the picture of Beholding Jesus and being Held by Him... Thanks for this-I thoroughly enjoyed this❣️

[@ctmcatholic]

So glad this interview could be helpful, keep up the great work!

[@salesnavigatepower4580]

Maybe while you napped, you were in His lap, being held!

[@cheryllittlepage2096]

Sales Navigate Power - oh maybe you’re right; I will think of it that way instead of me failing 😉🙏

[@kojoarmah3915]

Thank you for the video. God bless you Katie, Fr Schmitz and the entire Called to More team! I have a lot to do to make my prayer life work

[@ctmcatholic]

Don’t we all! Keep going. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the kind words. God bless!

[@ruthnoelmarie...9061]

Thoroughly enjoyed this discussion Katie and Father Mike. Thank you, kindly. God Bless. 🙏🏻☘️🙏🏻

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you so much Ruthie, we're so glad to hear it! :)

[@mstuohy]

Always admire your work Katie. Inspirational. 🙏

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you so much, Ms Tuohy. Really appreciate your kind words :)

[@samuelasare9840]

Thank you so much for this. Really touched by this.

[@ctmcatholic]

We're so glad to hear that, Samuel. God bless you!

[@cookeeee1962]

This has been an answer to my prayer 😊

[@ctmcatholic]

So glad to hear that Sharon, God bless you 😊🙏

[@joannemccourt9336]

This was so refreshing to hear. A really great interview. Thanks for sharing

[@ctmcatholic]

Our pleasure!

[@maryfredell4929]

Thank you for this interview. I set up a time & silence first then I pray. This pandemic has given me a closer, deeper relationship with God. I have so much joy, peace & a Trust from my prayer. I also started medication in my prayer life 🕊🕍♥

[@ctmcatholic]

Thanks for sharing, Mary! Great to hear how even in difficult times God is drawing you closer to Him.

[@Cb489]

Great video

[@ctmcatholic]

Thanks for watching!

[@tracyboak9806]

Wonderful!💝

[@ctmcatholic]

Glad you like it! :)

[@princessanj87]

Thank you for this! :)

[@ctmcatholic]

You're so welcome!

[@IngridFelfly]

Beautiful! Thank you so much🙏❤

[@ctmcatholic]

Thanks, Ingrid!

[@christiandpaul631]

I LOVE CATHOLIC COMPOSED PRAYERS. If I had to come up with something original i would be done i n five minutes. The Catholic prayers are so beautiful. Psalm are really great too. I gravitate to the psalms that are protection and hope.

[@ctmcatholic]

Thanks for sharing, Christian!

[@christiandpaul631]

@@footballforever3065 I guess you reject the Lord's Prayer commonly referred to as the Our Father. I say that all the time. You only said it once in your life and never again? I guess the living things in heaven saying holy holy holy Lord God of hosts... Over and over again are objectional to God as well. Reading scripture is also prayer. To read it more than once is a waste of time. have you ever asked a friend to pray for you or has a friend ever asked you to pray for them? Why are you doing that why don't you just go directly to God. I guess you have no family pictures in your home either? Pictures and statues of saints our pictures and statues our Christian family. You objected pictures of your family?

[@inesamaral8932]

Just found your channel and I'm definitely subscribing!! Thanks for this amazing interview!

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you Inês! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@jent9116]

Beautiful...

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you!

[@annb9669]

This was such a helpful video. What is in the picture behind Father's head? It looks like a meteor hitting the earth!

[@anothercasual8170]

Great video, just found it randomly on my feed. Thanks to both you and Fr. Mike!

[@ctmcatholic]

Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more on our website that might interest you: www.calledtomore.org/

[@marymcdermott6203]

A great interview, thank you!

[@ctmcatholic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sabrinawoodard5788]

I usually wake up my eyes in the morning and I say thank you Father thank you you kept me safe last night a lot of times my dogs are all over me and give me slobber kisses and then after my first coffee it's suddenly hit me that I didn't say it. And I immediately feel guilty and not turn to the cross and apologize that he was not in my thought first thing.. but maybe God laughter when he saw the love of my dogs he maybe thought you go girl enjoy your coffee..

[@ctmcatholic]

Haha, that sounds like a great way to wake up, Sabrina! As Fr Mike says, he works out first before prayer, so it's fine to do something first that wakes you up (even slobbery dog kisses!) - just so long as it doesn't become an obstacle to prayer. Hope that helps! 😊

[@nicoleyoshihara4011]

Amazing!^_^❤

[@shirleymarthaler3237]

You make me want to do more prayer time

[@ctmcatholic]

Amen to that! :)

[@sheenafoy6820]

Loved this interview.... Thanks

[@ctmcatholic]

Thanks, Sheena!

[@annemykytyn]

It’s so great! Thank you🧡

[@ctmcatholic]

Thanks, Anna!

[@JYO2023]

What I understandt we should pray without ceasing . That’s what I do

[@ctmcatholic]

Amen! 🙏

[@JYO2023]

@@ctmcatholic I speak to God how i speak to you. He knows everything I’m going to say anyhow, every thought etc. He knows me and I know Him. I don’t have to prove anything about what I do or how much because even the apostles couldn’t watch and pray. It boils down to God knows my heart. I can’t imagine not praying.

[@ctmcatholic]

@@JYO2023 So true, only God knows our hearts - and what a shame it would be if we didn't have a relationship with Him!

[@JYO2023]

@@ctmcatholic but I do and have since I was in high school. Agree with your talk to those who don’t. Enjoy listening to you. Don’t always agree with everything but mostly.

[@ctmcatholic]

@@JYO2023 Thank you, Judith, God bless you! 🙏

[@christiandpaul631]

I wish you were around years ago. You are addressing answers that, I think, are universal questions but have never heard anyone discuss. So many people quit praying even before they get started. They pray for something that is truly not for selfish reasons and get no (apparent ) answer. They try it again and again and then just stop because they now feel no one is there. This was the same for people generations ago but they didn't give up. I think they prayed for their children and hoped even if God didn't answer them He would take care of their children. I don't think people back then prayed for themselves as much, they prayed for each other.

[@ctmcatholic]

Thanks for your comment, Christian! We agree, the world needs more Fr Mike's.

[@seamusaseire1992]

Great interview, and much wisdom shared. God bless this new initiative👍

[@ctmcatholic]

Thank you, James! God bless you.

[@ctmcatholic]

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[@robinslate6209]

Hello my God Bless! Robin E. Slate

[@ctmcatholic]

@@robinslate6209 God bless!

[@juliapersaudsavedandsancti4853]

I love the Chaplets of divine mercy... I’ve been praying it for years now and everything I ever pray and ask for through this prayer I have gotten!!!!

[@sandraescobar9149]

Jesus went to rest in the Father, and we should also go and rest in the Father. 😇

[@ctmcatholic]

Couldn't have said it better!

[@victoriaalonzo4421]

🙏🙏🙏

[@ctmcatholic]

🙏

[@no_prisoners6474]

I've been getting drowsy praying first thing in the morning. Feeling like going back to bed. Thinking of praying rather after my morning run. I end up feeling very empty from praying when I am half conscious. So, short prayer when I wake up, and reaaaaallll talk when I return. I have found that it even makes me stay in bed longer cause I'm like, I'm too asleep to pray but I know I can't run before praying. Its complicated 🙆‍♀️

[@ctmcatholic]

That sounds like a great plan!

[@tinuvielkofs2069]

Sounds like that is what Fr. Mike does, too. Wake up first, then a real convo! 💞💞

[@catherinehewson3513]

🙏✝️💕

[@freshliving4199]

Be still and know God. Then God show's you the rest.

[@ctmcatholic]

Amen!

[@meme7018]

I just want to say this here cuz I can't get over it, so I sleeping while listening to this and I had a dream about this guy that shoots Christians, he shot one of my friend but he kept missing me and my other friend. He even shot the other old man. It was ugh made me mad but sad at the same time. I can't get over the fact that my friend is a ghost now cuz of that dumb guy that killed him. I know it's just a nightmare but I cant get over it... I'm gonna go cry now

[@ctmcatholic]

Sorry to hear about the nightmare! Have you tried praying against your nightmares, particularly before falling asleep? I can find that really helpful sometimes. Katie

[@trudyaddis681]

He's cool. I'm glad I stumbled on to this. I don't think it was coincidental. I don't believe in coincident. Do you?

[@ctmcatholic]

He is an incredibly, holy priest. We're so blessed to have him! Sounds like it wasn't a coincidence at all 😊

[@michaelphillips5786]

Father I pray to our Lord that you never believe all the good things I and others have said about you. God love you 🤣😉

[@ctmcatholic]

💙

[@sangkuriang7597]

.Novena Santo Tadeus. Rasul yang amat suci, Santo Yudas Tadeus, pelayan dan sahabat Yesus yang setia, Gereja Semesta menghormati dan memohon kepadamu, sebagai penolong dari masalah-masalah yang tampaknya tidak ada harapannya, hal-hal yang tidak ada jalan keluarnya. . Doakanlah aku, karena aku merasa sendirian dan tidak mempunyai penolong. Aku mohon padamu, gunakanlah kekuatan khusus yang diberikan kepadamu untuk memberikan padaku bantuan nyata dan sesegera mungkin disaat aku merasa bantuan itu hampir tidak ada. Dampingilah aku dalam kebutuhanku yang mendesak ini sehingga aku boleh menerima penghiburan dan bantuan Surgawi atas semua kebutuhanku, masalah dan penderitaanku, khususnya .......... (sebutkan permintaan anda) dan sehingga aku akan memuji Tuhan bersamamu dan semua orang terpilih selamanya. Aku berjanji, oh Santo Yudas Tadeus untuk selalu mengingat bantuan besar ini, untuk selalu menghormati sebagai Rasul yang istimewa dan perkasa diantara kedua belas Rasul lainnya dan untuk meningkatkan devosi kepadamu Semoga Hati Yesus yang Mahakudus selalu dihormati, dicintai disemua Tabernakel sampai akhir zaman. Semoga Hati Yesus yang Mahakudus dihormati dan dimuliakan sekarang dan selama-lamanya. Santo Yudas Tadeus doakanlah aku dan dengarlah doaku. Terberkatilah Hati Kudus Yesus. Terberkatilah Hati Maria yang tak bernoda. Terberkatilah Santo Yudas Tadeus. Diseluruh bumi dan selalu disepanjang masa. Amin. Anda mengawali doa novena ini dengan Syahadat Para Rasul, doa Bapa Kami, Salam Maria, Kemuliaan, dan Terpujilah. Doakan doa novena ini 6 kali sehari selama 9 hari berturut-turut, tinggalkan 9 salinannya di gereja setiap kali habis berdoa. Doa Anda akan dijawab pada hari ke-9, tak peduli bagaimana mustahilnya perkara Anda.. Doa ini terbukti tak pernah gagal sebelumnya.

[@bcfriardoyle7697]

Maybe Jesus wanted comfort fromGod the Father.

[@ctmcatholic]

That's a lovely thought actually :)

[@jeanb.5405]

It is not right to say Catholics are not taught to pray they are taught to repeat. Perhaps you had a bad teacher but my mom tuaght me to Mean the Words, listen to the words your saying so even though its the same prayer I have memorized it is Prayer from the heart.

[@ctmcatholic]

Glad that you that teaching when you were young but it is entirely fair to say that the vast majority of us Catholics are not taught to pray with connection. Especially in the context that Fr Mike is speaking into here which is modern day Ireland.

[@stevegannaway1787]

Banacek

[@narellejohnson1230]

I am sorry, but its the truth, this Father is way too handsome, its distracting ! Sorry

[@ctmcatholic]

😅

[@artist1758]

leftovers!

[@pinkpaprika8410]

Thank you for addressing some of my major concerns about personal prayer! For years I felt frustrated with rote prayers, and especially with the rosary, because I knew the words so well I didn’t need to think about them and my thoughts went wool-gathering all over the place, even though I wanted to be present when I prayed. About 18 months ago I got really frustrated because I spent a lot of time on social media but somehow couldn’t find time for regular prayer. Soon after, I discovered the YouCat app, which now helps me to start each day with God in spite of my short attention span, and a couple of channels like CTM which have been of great help. As a result, my prayer life has definitely changed for the better.

[@stevenlotz8755]

Again this guy represents the"new modern" Catholic priest. He speaks more like a Protestant than a Catholic. Although what he says is not untrue, he says it in a Protestant perspective. So I dont want to say he is lying but he fails to teach the Catholic perspective. Contemplative prayer is new age not Catholic prayer. Catholics need to learn and understand that our prayers and faith is perfect the way it is. It doesnt need to be " re-imagined."

[@ctmcatholic]

Countless saints, doctors of the church, and church fathers would disagree with you. There’s nothing New Age about contemplative prayer, it’s been a Catholic practice since the early days of the Church (see St John Chrysostum and St Antony of the Desert) although one which is greatly misunderstood today. We’d highly recommend reading anything by St Teresa of Avila on prayer. “Contemplative prayer is nothing else than a close sharing between friends.” - St Teresa of Avila (16th Century)