"True Surrender" | 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Mike's Homily)

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Rebellion, Resentment, or Rejoicing
We are called to surrender to God's will. But how do we surrender? Is it a matter of feeling or is it a matter of something else? Surrender is an active, dynamic thing. And it is the opposite of rebellion and resentment.
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[@NancyCahalan]

Thank you & God for helping me to adjust my point of view. Always surrendering sounds hard, but trying the crock pot thing is totally exhausting.

[@SurrenderNovena]

"Christianity is not a crock-pot Christianity, where you set it and forget it. Surrender is not a one time thing." We have to surrender every day in many ways. Thank you, Fr. Mike.

[@ruthortega5822]

Father Mike, your homily is truly awesome. I have been struggling with surrender. I say to Jesus, "Jesus, I surrender myself to you. Take care of everything", but I still find myself being anxious and worried. Help me dear, Jesus, to truly give all that is bothering me to you and mean it and act on it. It is difficult. Thank you Lord for another day.

[@b8akaratn]

Hi, fellow Anxious Person! ...just wanted to jump in and say Inside Out 2 is a wonderful movie with Anxiety as a brand new character 😊 It was soothing for me! - a Very Anxious Person

[@ruthortega5822]

@@b8akaratn Thank you very much anxious person.

[@TheAAnne123]

Try adding Mary Undoer of Knots Novena

[@ruthortega5822]

@@TheAAnne123 I have been praying to her and will continue. God bless!

[@DelaG29]

​@@TheAAnne123 crazy I also struggle very much with anxiety, it is my main problem... and just today I decided to start a novena to Our Lady Undoer of Knots... I just cannot do it myself

[@S_gw2011]

Thanks!

[@Mariaschild]

Thank you Father Mike. Will pray this prayer of surrender. And lord, help me die for me and help me live for you.19:45

[@jamesgordon4312]

I enjoyed your sermon! I became a Catholic 4 months ago.

[@lizettechavez3057]

❤ Thank you Father Schmitz❤

[@HJSHDL]

Our prayer of surrender at the beginning of every day and the end of every day (St. Ignatius of Loyola): “Take oh Lord and receive all my liberty, and memory, my understanding, and my entire will. Whatever I have or hold You’ve given me. I restore all to You and surrender it wholly to be governed by Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace. I am rich enough and ask for nothing more. Amen.”

[@doracawley8355]

Amen🙏🏾 I will commit to pray this prayer morning and night and the in between hours too.

[@jodygill8755]

❤ Amen ❤

[@LukeC-gi3zp]

Thanks for placing this here!

[@maryannfreeth3126]

Thank you!!

[@marywanipa]

Amen 🙏

[@alycemannix8338]

I pray this every day…. I surrender myself to you body and spirit; take care of everything. I don’t know if I’m being resentful. I feel like I’m praying spiritually and meaningful and I pray only for God’s will. I’ve been ill for years in pain but I’ll keep trying to really try to do God’s will and happily always. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Srf2311]

Thanks

[@AggieMack-m3g]

This was such a powerful homily. I missed mass due to a sick baby and was frustrated about it. This was the kick in the butt reminder I needed about where God needed me to be… still working on the cheerful heart part.

[@nickrugg]

Fr. Mike… God’s wrestling coach!!! ✝️🙏🏻❤️💪🏻

[@janefosha7847]

Thank you for this excellent and helpful homily! Giving access can be a real challenge, especially when confronted with situations we neither anticipated nor asked for. Thank you!

[@Kev1972]

I know my thinking is flawed, but sometimes I feel God created me chronically depressed. My mother always tells me to surrender to God. Father Mike, thank you for the prayer as I will devote my morning and evening prayers to surrender to him.

[@Josuzaki]

Have you ever tried renouncing prayers? Recently I had the experience that my depression was linked to a false thought I had about myself. After years of struggling, and in a desperate moment, it became clear to me what thought I had to renounce. This thought was--if the worse happens, I could do the worse. This little thought, that I was capable of evil because I might lose control of my mind, was the"in" that the devil needed to harass me all these years. Don't be afraid. God will send his angels to protect you lest you dash your foot against a stone. Trust that if you're in a state of grace, he will protect your soul and the devil has no power over you. If you choose to do God's will, then God will give you the grace to do good. Always. Begin by renouncing despair and reaffirm your trust in the power of God's goodness to you. "I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" God bless you in this struggle.

[@JenniferKrichbaum]

I've been stalled in my spiritual life and I think it's because I had a "Jesus Take the Wheel" approach of resignation rather than the Sully approach of say a prayer and get to work. Thanks once again for a direct and great homily!

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

In all fairness she did some better work later in her career. Blown Away is a solid song. And the one where she beats up his truck?

[@monikacoates7661]

I loved your words! :) Thank you for the prayer. God Bless! ♥

[@marywanipa]

Thanks alot Fr

[@courtjensen9004]

Thank you for the beautiful homily. I also thank you all for the beautiful reflections of struggle, faith, and hope. All these words you are sharing in here are giving me hope before a stressful work day.

[@b8akaratn]

Hope u have a good day! 😊

[@glynvavasseur6274]

Awesome homily Father Mike. I love your homily so much. You always hit the nail on the head.

[@bonk668]

Fr. Mike always gives a great homily

[@blancarosaalvarez8211]

Father Mike, I love all your homilies but this one is outstanding, you help me to understand the true meaning of surrender, thanks for Saint Ignacio’s prayer at the end. God bless you and God help us to surrender, to die to ourselves and to live for Him.

[@user-kg1zv5xb1m]

Father.. in my lifetime.. no priest has ever impacted me with any homily like yours.. you are expressive and clear so we understand and that is so appreciated. Some things in our faith are confusing.. but when you explain.. it’s like a light bulb 💡 goes off !! Thank you for bringing me closer to Our Lord ✝️🙏🏻🌹

[@alycemannix8338]

I’ll also pray for you Father Mike for there is no one else that can do God’s Will as you can and from what I see you are. Thank you Father Mike, you’re such a gift to everyone and that’s why God has given you this project. Maybe resentful but you’re willing to do what GOD has asked of you. So far so good! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@reginaclaire4680]

What a perfect prayer ❤

[@linda.pvangapandu8917]

Thank you Father Mike. That really is a beautiful sermon. I love how you explain everything and you help me to see things differently. I never thought that I was a complainer or even held on to resentment. But I now see that I do. Because my situation has not changed. And I have felt frustrated. I have been surrendering to Jesus. And I have caught myself complaining a lot. And I do ask for forgiveness. But what I need to do is ask God to help me do more things cheerfully without complaining. So I can completely surrender everything to him. I will spend more time with God and ask him to lead me and guide me. Thank you Father Mike! May God bless you abundantly! And may he shine his light upon you! 😊

[@shj0792]

We are so blessed by your love & authenticity. Praise God !

[@ChildofGod98765]

Give me strength Lord Jesus. I’m struggling providing for my children. I will keep faith. I have two beautiful boys both have special needs. I’m overwhelmed because they require so much from me. I’m fearful because every month is a struggle to not end up on the streets with my boys. Lord restore my faith. I’m so tired Lord Jesus of constantly struggling to pay bills and struggling to buy groceries. Ashamed because I’m failing as a mother. Please Lord continue to give me strength.❤️

[@pattysayssew3609]

I will pray for you. You are not a failing mother, you're clearly a loving, faithful daughter of God and a mother dealing with the issues of our day. I will pray for strength and blessings for you.

[@Fiery154]

You have been given a great weight, but the Lord knows you can bear it, but you need not bear it alone. Lean on your school team. In some states there is respite care service tied to the Foster Care system, so it could be free or low cost. Take care of yourself, maybe find a caregivers support group. Financial Peace University transformed my life, it’s biblical and more than just money. You can watch the radio show and back episodes on KZbin, and you will no longer feel like a slave to your money. It is freeing to have control of your finances with a budget. I will pray for you in your struggle.

[@jhamberg8968]

Keep praying. I am praying for you too. Just remember that surrendering does not mean giving up.

[@lindaharper2870]

Do you just copy and paste your comment on every religious site??? You’re a fake!

[@priscillabarr9542]

Do you have an Amazon page

[@angrypotato_fz]

Beautiful and thoughtful teaching. I think I need to write this prayer down and have at hand.

[@tracysandoval2338]

Thank you Father Mike! 🙏🏻 I will definitely be praying this!

[@lauraantos3105]

Thank you Fr Mike for your heart felt and inspiring words.

[@Gillian1970Mel]

Thank you, thank you, thank you...I really needed this. I so gave up on God yesterday. ❤

[@annemcgoff8495]

Thank you, Fr Mike. I needed this❤

[@christmastavares8120]

That was a powerful prayer

[@R_Thomp]

Thank you Father❤

[@lindaharper2870]

Can relate to your words… thanks Fr. Mike

[@patriciatims7275]

Your homely is always so inspirational and so true.MGBY❤

[@marcin4497]

Beautiful prayer ❤️‍🔥

[@roselineho8675]

I can listen to you the whole day!! In fact I am cuz Glad I am still able to re-attend the Bible in a year..year after year!!

[@MoMo-mo8bg]

Thank you Fr Mike…in today’s world it is hard to have a grateful heart. As a nurse I will say one of my worst jobs at a very large hospital and I became familiar with the term ‘horizontal violence’….i was dumbfounded by how ppl in the medical field could be so horrible to coworkers and patients….it broke me. I left and worked in hospice for 4.5 yrs, it was such a valuable lesson. I almost left a field I worked so hard to get into bc I saw the dark side of ppl. Hospice showed me so much love, caring and forgiveness….it saved my caregiver heart. I was mad at God for a spell there, as a single mom I felt stuck in the hospital job just so we could survive. The day after I gave my 2 week notice is when I was called about the hospice job…..he hears you, has a plan and even though it can be tough…..things will get better. I try to live by the mantra, be the person you wish you had growing up, same with nursing, I treat every person as though they were family. Be kind and keep faith.

[@michellehyde1473]

God bless you for your service as a nurse! I worked in the medical field for 40 years…I loved it until people stopped caring for one another! I’m so glad the The Lord lead you to the right place!

[@mlsim8062]

For me the opposite of surrender is control which equates to a form of rebellion

[@chantalsmalley400]

I so love your homily, Father Mike - thank you … we are not and will never be balanced --> we are constantly BALANCING. Help me every day, Jesus, to make adjustments according to Your will 🙏❤️

[@babyshooz]

Father Mike coming through with the timely messages! Thank you for the high energy, joy, and deep reflection!

[@carolhensen8005]

Profound words Father Mike, I needed this message today more than any other I’ve heard in the past. I will surrender all to thee Lord, I’m praying for you Father Mike God Bless…

[@marymiller7432]

Say 10 times, Jesus i trust in you n you will feel better

[@LadyKayye]

My day just got so much better. Hope you’re doing well Fr. Mike. ❤

[@Andistillhope]

It nearly took me 24 hours to listen to this talk completely… Hard to hear but thank you. ❤️🙏🏼

[@bobgorski5326]

Thank you Father Mike, it is indeed an awesome book

[@benjieansah4431]

God bless can umar 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@cherylawitherell1800]

Thank you 🙏❤ Father Mike

[@marykmartin7946]

This is exactly what I needed to hear. My son in law of 2 months has just been diagnosed with a fast moving form of acute leukemia. It is devestating.

[@muskaan3333]

I’m so sorry to hear this. May the good lord heal your son in law and may he enjoy a healthy and long life

[@jeantrafecanty3225]

Thank you so much for this. I’ve been struggling with surrendering my worries to the Lord in the midst of infertility issues and with suffering a miscarriage in Feb. I pray daily for comfort and His graces to help heal me ❤️ Praying for you all in your struggles

[@psarmijo5256]

Thank You Father Mike! That was beautiful. I would've never known You were having troubles. You're always so happy & inspiring! God Bless YOU!

[@Hazelcontent]

Thank you i needed this 🙏 ❤️

[@janelanzon6011]

Thank you Fr. Mike.

[@geniuszeal205]

People, if there is anything that you are hearing and have heard, you better ask God to show you if that is true or false! Ask God to show you the truth! Pray this prayer: “Lord God, if there is anything that I’m hearing and have heard is true or false, show it to me. Show me the truth. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus Christ name I pray. Amen.” Share this!

[@erikadeslauriers3403]

Thank you for this! I am working on surrender and this was helpful to me!

[@mariechong9109]

Lord I pray for Grace to surrender to you, to let go and allow you to work in me and with me

[@mariac4602]

Wonderful analogies! They are so helpful for understanding these concepts and how to live them. Thank you, Father Mike.

[@reginaclaire4680]

Ohmygoodness I am absolutely an uncheerful resentful doer of His will. I’ll do it, but I’m miserable- hopefully this homily will plant a seed in me but my hearty might be too hardened.

[@JacksonD0716]

So good. Thank you, Father.

[@ludovicoc7046]

The one thing I learned (other than the cool Bible stuff) from watching this video is to never playback Fr. Mike at 2X.

[@storykli5137]

So good

[@salvazquez6348]

God bless you Father Schmitz

[@benjieansah4431]

God bless CSm umar🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@christinenguyen2530]

Blessings

[@EliB567a]

That’s a wonderful sermon & must remember to pray that prayer every day. 🙏

[@PhilipShawn]

No one knows it all; except, of course...

[@DescriptionofHeaven-uf7hl]

Amen Amen Amen Thank you Jesus for your grace and mercies. Thank you Jesus for this new day. Thank you Jesus for loving me.

[@mlsim8062]

Amazing homily! Amazing prayer!

[@ICMLJ]

Fr Mike, awesome!! Your homilies hit home for me every single time... You need to do a book of your homilies, because I am the first in line for it 🙏🙏

[@caroldoidge3044]

Truly amazing and awesome homily and advice 🙏🏼👏 Thank you Fr Mike this is what we suffer from daily How to trust and allow God to come into our lives Amen

[@evelynsintimappiah1888]

Lord Jesus Christ have Mercy on us 🙏

[@PhilipShawn]

The fantastic one

[@rayazzopardi3408]

Dear Father Mike I been struggling with my relationship and hearing you today’s homily gives me hope. Thank you and god bless. Pray for me. Raymond from Toronto Canada

[@KathAnn-p3o]

*Larry Burkett's book on "Giving and Tithing" drew me closer to God and helped my spirituality. 2020 was a year I literally lived it. I cashed in my life savings and gave it all away. My total giving amounted to 40,000 dollars. Everyone thought I was delusional. Today, 1 receive 85,000 dollars every two months. I have a property in Calabasas, CA, and travel a lot. God has promoted me more than once and opened doors for me to live beyond my dreams. God kept to his promises to and for me*

[@CharlesRogers-sv4in]

There's wonder working power in following Kingdom principles on giving and tithing. Hallelujah!

[@JimHoke-n3i]

But then, how do you get all that in that period of time? What is it you do please, mind sharing?

[@SaraBaxter-bf4rt]

It is the digital market. That's been the secret to this wealth transfer. A lot of folks in the US and abroad are getting so much from it, God has been good to my household Thank you Jesus

[@SaraBaxter-bf4rt]

Big thanks to Ms. Chisty Fiore❤️✨💯May God bless Christy Fiore services,she have changed thousands of lives globally

[@HarrisWay-kc7li]

How can I start this digital market, any guidelines and how can I reach out to her?

[@rosamariaruvalcaba5252]

Thank you, Fr. Mike, for such a lovely homily. Abandonment in the Lords hands is difficult at first but as we abandon the small things it is easier to place the difficult things in the loving hands of the Lord. It is one of the most wonderful things I learned from the Prayer and Life Workshops founded by Fr. Ignacio Larrañaga.

[@amdg9683]

Thank you father, exactly what I needed

[@dorothyarensindependentcon3328]

This hit home and I’m grateful I listened. God bless you Father Mike.

[@glorianova7557]

🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@freedominjesus499]

It’s so hard to surrender. Even when I say the words I retreat back to the vicious cycle of doubt , fear and anxiety. I want God to take it all but so hard not to want to try control a situation or catastrophise everything. I am in a bad place now and I need prayers to get through a certain situation. I am a single mum with no family support and a DV survivor. I live in fear and loneliness every day. I believe God is with me because he told us He always is but I find my faith is not strong. I need to be patient. I pray the Lord sends His angels to befriend me and help me get through this next phase of my life. Please pray for me and my children. I want to surrender and believe God will look after this. Thank you for your prayers

[@mariechong9109]

Lord i pray for my Clemence and Zilei, heal their brokenness and bless them with the grace to surrender their disappointment, to trust in your Providence

[@KB_2161]

Dear Jesus Help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that my life may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me, but only Jesus! Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as You shine; so to shine as to be a light to others; the light, O Jesus, will be all from you. None of it will be mine; it will be You shining on others through me. Amen. ❤ Fr Mike, need I say it? You are the perfect example of a person, yes a priest, but an individual who lives and breathes the True Radiance of God above. Peace of the Lord be with you always. Also note that we already have the funds and the knowledge to help you. We just have to share it. 👀 ❤🙏❤

[@s.s8665]

The prayer of surrender at the end is gonna be so hard for me but i will definitely try my best !!! Thank you father mike for this eye opening sermon!! Praise the lord!!!

[@EscMML-vu2yi]

Thank you so so much. God bless you

[@rjam24]

“ My life is no longer mine “

[@marijo.4694]

Lord, I surrender. St. Ignatius pray for us.

[@gedat5538]

This Catholic hymn captures the true meaning of SURRENDER: Take oh Lord and receive all my liberty, and memory, my understanding, and my entire will. Whatever I have or hold You’ve given me. I restore all to You and surrender it wholly to be governed by Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace. I am rich enough and ask for nothing more.

[@brettgurda1356]

Thank you 🙏

[@michellehyde1473]

Wow, St Loyola’s prayer is a hard one to accept! I think that as Christians we WANT to completely surrender, but s humans, we want some thread of control…! Thanks for opening my eyes to this!

[@elvacantu7821]

How do I surrender my pain of having alcoholic children? Adult children, married with spouse and adult children. I am 87 yrs old and at the age of 21 I married an alcoholic. I had never seen an intoxicated person in my life. I want to surrender my anxiety and pain to something I am not able to change. Prayers for my children----for me? Father Mike please in the future discussions in the hidden illness of alcoholism.

[@elvacantu7821]

Thank you, God bless you 🙏💕

[@gaylepaul2976]

🙏🙏🙏

[@juliep47378]

You are not alone sister. Keep praying to Jesus for healing in your family and in every area. God s divine timing is perfect. He has helped us before, so why wouldn't He now? He will keep praying and tell Him. Your will be done. Just like Jesus our Lord said on His cross before He died. Amen

[@marystermer5983]

I get it! Thank you 😊

[@mckeep3]

Father Mike, I was drawn to this video. I have done the Surrender Novena multiple times. When anxiety approaches me, I place the moment at Jesus's feet. I was in the Adoration Chapel silently, hoping to hear Jesus. I heard, “Surrender yourself to me.” The vision was before becoming ordained; the seminarian would prostrate on the floor with heels together and arms straight out, mirroring the cross in front of the Holy Host of Jesus. I am a 70-year-old woman kneeling in front of Jesus and prostrated to Jesus, saying, “I surrender my whole to You. Do as You please. I love You. I adore You. I trust You.” This was life-changing. It will not be the only time I do this.

[@katerinafar]

Every time I start to think I can't listen to any priest anymore, I must remember the pillars of my fate are not homilies, but, besides the eucharist and the bible, they are Rosary, Adoration and Breviary. Priests can fail. Rosary never fails I assure :)

[@stephanieholderfield2475]

beautiful

[@xuxito]

And for those who think that the heart being spoken of is not the pumping heart,rather, your conscience. Hardening your heart is the same as blocking a suggestion to do Gods will but unblocking it to do your will.

[@franciscos.a.l.135]

peace

[@jojomcelwee1380]

❤️

[@kindjewelsjewellery]

I've been struggling big time with surrendering. My whole life. I really need help with this, and this has come, as always, at the right time.

[@PhilipShawn]

That the undeserving one.

[@maealberto9445]

Also, delayed obedience is still disobedience.

[@PhilipsSajan]

Amen