"Praise First...and Last" | 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Mike's Homily)

[@sarahtafoya1034]

Thank you ❤

[@_eemjee_]

WOW Father. thank you for sharing these beautiful testimonies to us. God bless you! 🙏✝️

[@linda.pvangapandu8917]

Thank you Father Mike Schmidt. You always give such beautiful homilies! And I truly love 💗 how you explain everything so many can reach a better understanding! You truly are doing what you are called to do! I truly believe that God is with you during mass and that he's speaking through you! 😊 Thank you for all that you do! May God continue to bless you and your family and may he continue to bless Ascension Presents! 🙏 Once again. Thank you 🙏🙌😊

[@AlexandraDiehl]

Bendito y Alabado seas por siempre señor!

[@JacylnFord-l6r]

Father Mike's Enthusiasm is so fun and keeps me motivated to listen and go to Mass, just to listen to the message of the day. Thank You Father Mike for being you.🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@GurgaGeorgiTaylor]

Same...I love his voice + sometimes sounds like he is speaking french its so fast?wondering if he has Neufie in his history...

[@smc4jmj1]

Once again Father you make me cry. So very beautiful! Your words always go straight to my heart. I love the LOTH. Ugh how I wish you can do Morning and night prayers with us on KZbin. Thank you for all that you do Father. 🙏🏼❤️ you are in our our prayers always

[@caroldoidge3044]

Ooh Father this is power and also sad 🙌🏽 but what a lesson Thank you Father 🙌🏽

[@JMAG710]

I haven't been to confession for a while. But now I'm convinced I need to go. I'm trying to rededicate my life to Christ. But it ain't an easy road. I've fallen a time or two. But I'm learning how to stand back up. I'm definitely going to take this to heart. Thanks, Fr. Mike.

[@nancyemery4717]

Beautiful teaching! One day you shall hear our Heavenly Father say to you ..” Well done , thou good and faithful servant” Matthew 25:21 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@aWitness33]

Amen!

[@jmkm333]

Amen Fr Mike. Hit the nail on the head again!

[@priscillakoenig9413]

It is such a pleasure to hear a homily so alive and fresh thank you Father Mike for the uplifting 🙏

[@Kudus-r5x]

Thank you Fatber Mike. Praise the Lord always amen.

[@LauriE-jl4tc]

The account of the Carmelite nuns brought tears to my eyes..i want to be that dedicated to the Lord..❤

[@sandra_orrego]

Thank you Father excellent homily 🙏🏻 I love the explanation ❤️

[@stuartbowenjr8393]

So many great sermons - I watch every week - but none better than this one. I was in tears by the end. Tears of joy. Than you, Father Mike, for being so absolutely real! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@joycalabrese4349]

PRAISE is the antidote. ❤🙏

[@belindasandoval7134]

Thank you Fr. Mike. This sermon was so helpful as I have been in a season of sadness. I will praise God in every season, good or bad.

[@josh39684]

Went to my first Mass yesterday. I've been trying to pinpoint exactly what I was feeling during Mass. It was a mix of excitement and nervousness-the kind of feeling you get when you're about to meet someone you've always longed to meet but are unsure of how it will go. Then, out of nowhere, as the Eucharist was about to be presented, I started crying and couldn’t stop. The emotion was even more intense than I can describe, but that's the closest I can get to explaining it.

[@Coolcatsbricks]

Pray for peace 🙏

[@Coolcatsbricks]

Israel

[@Crystal-nw1zn]

I was reluctant to listen to the video but finally ended up listening till the end and was greatly blessed ✝️ Thank you Father ❤️ God bless you

[@jesseca1272]

Gracias Padre, I am happy to hear how highly you speak of nun's. Not many people do.

[@andip.9808]

Even if things don’t get better , I will still praise You. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@mariechong9109]

Lord, I praise and thank you for this moment of my life 💖 I praise and thank you for being my loving Father who knows me even before I was born, ❤

[@niranfernando65]

no matter what happens !!!!!

[@marianmilne6009]

Wow!! What a wonderful homily. Praise be Jesus Christ Our King🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@Renewed1985]

The story of the nuns is sad but beautiful 😢 I know they heard well done, good and faithful servant. 🎉😇😇

[@priscillakoenig9413]

Praise the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me Praise His Holy Name. Praise you Jesus and thank you for all you do amen 🙏

[@kellyl8425]

At the beginning of this year, one of my adult “children”’was going through a major mental health crisis. He was literally on the verge of suicide -tetering on the brink. He came to me and somehow we stepped far enough away from the darkness to survive this crisis. I was pleading and praying for protection. Also, I only listened to praise music and truly thanked God for this crisis. I proclaimed God’s victory over the evil blanketing my son. My eyes could not convince my heart but my soul trusted that God would turn this to good.

[@RobinBaich]

I needed to hear this. Thank you.

[@joedulis]

Yea.. me too..

[@loistaczala1026]

Thank you Father Mike God bless you

[@mmudisefoka6154]

Praise God for the word shared by your faithful servant ,revived my soul, I will Praise God in the morning, noon time and when the sun goes down, summer or winter of my life. Lord give me the strength to persist.

[@suzannemoloney9465]

I love fr Mikes bible in a year. Im doing it for the 2nd time

[@meihui7767]

I am on my 4th round. God’s Word are so good to listen to again and again

[@robinpalaima8500]

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost 🙏🙏🙏

[@campbekful]

Wow, this homily was excellent and it brought me back to a time when I went to an opera at Indiana University based on this story. It was called Dialogues of the Carmelites and it was so very moving. I highly recommend all to go if given the chance. Thank you Father Mike! God bless you too!

[@Yogagirl-bq4kw]

This homily is exceptional ❤. Fr Mike was born to bring the gospel to life!

[@kevinkane9446]

@@Yogagirl-bq4kw Maybe you should start following it and turn away from your wickedness.

[@dontravis5657]

Incredible and wonderful Homily. Thank you Father Mike.

[@jaydarlin331]

Thank you for reminding me to praise God first, no matter the condition 🙏

[@judym.2124]

Father Mike, Your praise inspires me every week. May God bless you. I could not watch or follow the Olympics after the mockery. I don’t know if that was right or not. I just couldn’t. Praise God! My friends who watched said a lot of athletes wore crosses and praised God for their success. Praise God!

[@speckledtruth4577]

Praise be to God! Thanks Father

[@heleneasley9530]

Hymn: Holy God, we praise thy name. Lord of all, we bow before thee. All on earth, thy scepter claim. All in heaven above adore thee. Infinite, thy vast domain, everlasting is thy reign.

[@emilypandolfo7702]

Amen ❤praise be to God!

[@Kim-ug4hc]

Thank you Fr. Mike! Another homily that has touched my heart and brought me comfort. I am a young widow - my husband died unexpectedly in July of 2022. Sundays are especially difficult days for me. Your homily was inspiring.....yes, the Lord has given and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. God is still God, I'm clinging to that. Thank you

[@Eternallyhopeful7788]

🙏🙏🙏

[@markbrown9558]

"To Quell the Terror: The True Story of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne" by William Bush is the book about the 16 nuns Fr. Mike is recounting. Excellent read.

[@corinabecerra953]

🙏🏼praise Jesus

[@marymacdonell4707]

Beautiful homily.

[@HumanChained]

That story of Carmelite nuns is heartbreakingly beautiful, just like our Lord's Passion.

[@mary_quin]

Thank you as always @Father Mike for reminding me to praise God first and without condition, no matter what! May you continuously be granted the grace to guide and lead more people back to God along with your ministry and the people who helps you make it happen!

[@sidneyloggins2487]

Thanks Padre,m please lead the church to repentance.

[@mariechong9109]

Lord, I praise and thank you for the gift of family and friends 💕

[@carissacantu8362]

That was beautiful. Thank you Father.

[@MariaMunoz-qs5ft]

Sad sad 😔 story about the nuns but once again a beautiful homily to remind us to always praise the Lord ❤

[@lize169]

Viva Christo Rey!

[@fayefern9535]

Praise be to God forever!

[@Dustbunny01]

God I praise you even through the wilderness I’m in right now. Forgive me of my sins. I praise you forever and ever amen!!! God give it and God can take it amen

[@mariechong9109]

Lord, I praise and thank you for all your blessings as well as pains, In my pain and suffering, I am reminded that I am only human, All I have are yours Lord, I surrender them to you, knowing you will guide me to use them in praising You. Thank you Lord 🙏

[@TrixiCorker]

Thank you fr Smidt for reminding me to praise our LORD through the bad and the good things he blesses me with. Amen

[@anurobert3587]

Thank you, Fr. Mike.Prayers from India❤

[@shareenchoudhury-leighton1748]

💙 Keep praising the Lord to bring us deliverance and victory in our joy and in our sorror ... 💙 💙 At the risk of seeming "judgemental," I lived in Toulouse for 2 yrs (South of France). I found it to be one of the most unholy & sad places 💙

[@janierodriguez3017]

Another wonderful homily. Thank you Father Mike. Pray for the world's and the Catholic church's restoration.

[@mariechong9109]

Lord, I praise and thank you for the gift of Faith, the precious gift of knowing you, my Lord and My God for creating me and blessings me 🙏

[@antoniov64]

Very moving sermon. Thank you Father

[@paddyglover3380]

Praise God now and forever Amen God bless you Father Mike 🙏🙏 🙏

[@joanholtzapple6854]

Praise God! Thank you Fr. Mike for that homily and powerful reminder!

[@barreflynn]

That has to leave you speechless. Praise God.

[@navismichaelbearlyj6736]

Thanks Father Mike, great message and inspiring incident. Proud to be catholic

[@BigBenMadLadGladTrad]

Fr. Mike Schmitz. The John Cena of the Catholic Church :)

[@MOGO8907]

Haha thanks for the laugh

[@caratkate2860]

struggling to read the Bible again and suddenly I am like yes, I know Leah!

[@bsteezy3944]

thank you father.

[@brettgurda1356]

Thank you Fr Mike

[@PhilipsSajan]

Amen

[@MoonlightNothing]

I love You, Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen ❤️

[@michelleharkness7549]

Act of Spiritual Holy Communion/ My Spiritual Holy Communion Prayer 🙏

[@heleneasley9530]

Hymn: Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise him all creatures here below. Praise him above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

[@patriciaczech8696]

Regardless of what happens, I shall praise God at all time.Amen ❤

[@raba650]

When father says that Job says at the end, "I will praise you more and more", it reminds me of the passage in the book of the minor prophet, Habakkuk, that starts, "... For though the fig tree blossom not..."

[@TN-bi9qf]

So beautiful!! Thank you God for your goodness and Fr Mike!!

[@natalieperez69]

Lord just say the Word and my soul shall be healed. Amen. Hear the voice of the desolate your daughter of Jerusalem.

[@Echolifelove]

Wow after feeling persecution is nothing compared to our beloved saints and Jesus Christ. Im picking up my cross with all of my heart ❤

[@tranghieu2196]

Thank you Father❤

[@JoseCerv-et6nf]

Thank your Father Mike. This just goes to show me and all of us that all of our scriptures are so full of God's Wisdom, if only we seek it and only if we desire it. This is just more food for our weary souls...

[@mansawearcustom-made8627]

Thanks for this amazing sermon about praising God.

[@evelynsintimappiah1888]

God bless you Father Mike Schmitz

[@cozyhomemakingvibes]

Amen. Thank you, Father.

[@rosamontalvo6600]

Loved your humily it brought tears to my eyes 🙏❤

[@TraceyHannecart-bu6zz]

Wow, this sermon today was so profound to just Praise God first without conditions. Thank you Father for this heartfelt sermon today. It has brought tears to my eyes.

[@azCatherine]

Thanks!

[@Codycreek]

Bless you, Father Mike. 🙏🏼❤️✝️

[@MrAghogho]

Thank you Father Mike. God speaks to me by your homilies

[@SimitraRodrigues]

Praise you Jesus.

[@NoyPi6step]

God bless father Mike

[@TraceyHannecart-bu6zz]

Also Father thank you for the review in the book of Genesis about Jacob and Leah.

[@andreabiro2357]

Yes!

[@MsMaribibi]

I do not feel persecuted as a Catholic/Christian at all. I think we need to take pause when having this type of thinking because it separates you from others and brings friction in your life that does not need to be there. God’s love for us is so much more powerful than what other people say and do, and as for myself, I try and and behave as Christ would, and pray for those who may hurt me. “You can catch more bees with honey” is how I try to live in Christ.

[@jessicaparis-adorno1737]

God Bless you, Father Mike✝️

[@SngewbhalangMaryRymbai]

❤❤❤

[@raquelcuevas5847]

AMEN

[@britaahonen1489]

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[@OlgaVladislav]

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[@DRAKENAP]

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[@OlgaVladislav]

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[@SadeeK-l5i]

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[@sandra_orrego]

❤

[@Heidigal943]

How do you think that level of persecution starts Fr. Mike? We must defend our faith and indeed call out all of the persecution regardless of its severity. We cannot afford to be weak any longer.