"Three Sadnesses of Holy Thursday" | Holy Thursday (Fr. Mike's Homily)

[@christianlotter6402]

Wow

[@Jerzey-o7e]

I’m Russian orthodox but this really helped me this Holy Thursday I was going through a really rough time

[@carmenroa2181]

Thank you because on this Easter Sunday my only friend is darkness. I've never spent this beautiful, joyous, glorious day feeling like this. God bless you.

[@in.my.fillingss]

This really resonated with me as I’ve been really down and sad because of the stress from my job. Thanks Father Mike 🙏🏽

[@ava3602]

Prayers!!!

[@jocinaldoza4099]

Turn to the Lord for comfort. I feel sad and anxious also for my family and I close my eyes to focus on the face of Jesus saying ‘Be still fir I am God’. 🙏🏻

[@barbarawalsh2875]

And I am very sad and heartbroken. Will never being able to have a conversation with my mother that last more than 15 minutes when we don’t wanna kill each other. She’s 86 she’s not gonna be here forever I wish we could get along. We haven’t gotten along my whole life, I’ve tried my hardest. I pray that someday before she goes, she’ll see me in a better light.

[@stephenjacklyncato3778]

May Our Lord Bless Father Mike in a unique and special way this Easter....as he brings each of us so much closer to Jesus....he speaks to us where we listen and hear!

[@StacieBussey]

I have heard MANY sermons on Holy Thursday, but this was the best one I've ever heard!!

[@mikebingham976]

We thank God for your priesthood Father !

[@KolokaiKalai]

Fr.Mike ...Your homilies are valuable...You are the best. God bless you abundantly 🙏

[@cyako88]

Thank you Father for delivering such a beautiful homily. I know many can empathize with this sadness as I myself am battling a debilitating illness that has affected my quality of life. It's comforting to know that God has allowed this season of isolation for a reason, and I understand the importance of surrendering to His will. However, there are moments when I feel overwhelmed with sadness, as if I have been abandoned and lonely which leads me to isolate in every aspect even from the Lord. In those times, I struggle to see the light in it all but know deep down that Jesus understands our suffering and has undergone the depth of it all so we will not be alone in our struggles. Yet, there are days when the darkness and sadness seem to consume me, and I also realize my own weakness. During this Holy Triduum, thank you for reminding me to walk this journey with the Lord, knowing that He is by my side.🙏

[@MyraDeLuca-sq3sd]

I’m so sorry. I prayed for you. May you feel the peace at Grace to carry this cross

[@tarey05]

Thank you Fr. Mike for a stunningly thoughtful sermon! I will carry it with me always. God bless and keep you this Easter season 2024.

[@myriamc.]

If only I would never sin anymore after hearing this homily! Lord, have mercy!😔🙏🏽

[@ChildofGod98765]

We are unstoppable with the power of Christ. Satan get thee behind me in Jesus name you have caused too much pain in this world and in my life! I will not lose hope even as I struggle as a single mother. Both of my sons are special needs children. They require so much from me yet I know I AM BLESSED to be their mother. So as I struggle with rent and as I struggle provide for my children. I PRAISE GOD. I know a blessing is on the way.

[@mariechong9109]

Lord Jesus I lift up my nephew Clemence who is having a desert experience now

[@marybrokaw5344]

Thanks, Fr Mike. You don't know what your words mean to us.

[@joeg3965]

Beautiful, Fr. Mike. Thank you and God bless you !

[@jenlovesjesus]

Beautiful reflection, Father. Regarding St. Peter's denial: I read somewhere that the devil's attack on St. Peter was the most intense, sustained spiritual attack in the history of the Church, after Our Lord and the Blessed Mother, because of St. Peter's role as the head of the Apostles and the first Pope. Regarding Judas: his heart was hardened since he had so many times stolen, lied, and posed as a faithful apostle. His so-called repentance wasn't for Jesus' sake, but for his own. Judas only tried to undo it because of how the consequences of his choice affected him.

[@Ladyoffidelity14]

This was an amazing homily

[@Jimmy-d9n]

Happy Easter Father Mike God bless you and Love to all

[@carolmeyer4461]

Thank you. Life is easier when we can share this sadness.

[@jackieann5494]

Yes , Our deeply disappoiinting weakness. Trusting that God loves us anyway ? It's deeply humbling . Without His grace , utter fail . Thank you , Lord . Thank you , Father Mike .

[@JakeWang]

My Lord and my God, remember us when you come into your kingdom.

[@doming1949]

Thanks Fr Mike for Good homily 🙏 we also sing to the choir here @ St. Michael Poway Ca. 92064

[@mariechong9109]

Thanks Lord Jesus for all your suffering and sadness, you understand me as you have undergone the depth of suffering, sadness and pain

[@gvasqu]

❤❤❤

[@lisajguo]

Thanks!

[@johnmccloskey3660]

Preach it Fr. Mike. An interesting take on Peter. I had always thought of Peter's attack on the Roman soldier as the response of an untutored brute. A skilled soldier would have surgically dispatched the Roman, Peter cut off his ear. You can see our Lord look at him and say: "Really?" Even the untutored can be brave. Peter clearly wanted to fight, our Lord showed him how. Judas has been portrayed as the villain of the story, but his story is the most tragic. Both Peter and Judas were offered the gift of grace, only Peter accepted.

[@burkeiowa]

For that church in Jerusalem, I will always remember visiting it. When I travel, it seems I always bring bad weather. It rained that day, as it did most of our days in that city. After checking out the interior of that church, I stepped out to the courtyard where Peter betrayed Jesus. The sun had just come out. The thing is, some people raise chickens, and when the sun comes out, regardless of the time of day, roosters do what roosters do. I heard the crowing of the rooster while standing in that courtyard. That burned into my memory that location and experience. It made me reflect even more on that passage of scripture.

[@JJ-hx4tc]

Thank you. God Bless you Father🙏

[@florvelleano9985]

Thank you for opening our hearts, Fr. Mike. Thank you for leading us to Jesus during sadness.

[@gracerobbins831]

Beautiful sadness.

[@marybeth8028]

I do realize for for as long as I can remember Holy Thursday has felt somber and profound sadness for me. Thank you for this homily Father Mike. Much to mediate.

[@celinamejia4154]

thank you Father Mike for these lovely words full of forgivness and compasion. Jesus thank You for Your infinite Mercy.

[@victoriasoto7335]

Yes I think it’s a terrible feeling when you want to change your life and be closer to God and you realize that when the opportunity is there , you are weak. Very sad and disappointed lonely. Sacred heart of Jesus i places my trust in you . Lord Jesus Son of the Living God have mercy on me a sinner.

[@abrahamrobles8047]

Thank you Father, for the understanding how our Lord loves me in my sinful weaknesses.

[@hopestill5163]

❤😢❤

[@CarolCool-t5o]

Amen. Thank you, praise Jesus

[@cozyhomemakingvibes]

Thank you, Father. 🩵🤍❤️‍🔥🕊️

[@evelynsintimappiah1888]

Amen, Amen 🙏 Amen God bless Father Mike.

[@claudinepotvin-giordano1154]

Amen.

[@leftwrite]

Today is my brother's birthday. He would have been 62. In the month since his passing there has been a sadness that has co-existed with me, sometimes in the background, sometimes a overwhelming distraction. It is not lost on me his birthday this year falls on Good Friday. As I thank the Lord for his sacrifice, my prayers remain for my brother's soul to be uplifted into His loving arms - then that sadness will fade as my memories of my brother take its place.🙏

[@olgasedla5937]

AMÉN

[@janefosha7847]

Thank you!

[@תןלילראות]

I wonder if after the turn of events that occurred (how everything seemed to be ending), if maybe Peter didn't believe he did "know" Jesus as he thought he did... it didn't go as "expected". He was more than disappointed, upset and hurt, and this was his reaction due to those extreme emotions of hurt , anger and disappointment. But, after Jesus' gaze, he realized, it didn't matter -- he knew he loved Him, regardless, and that trumped all of his disappointment/expectations. [If that makes any sense].

[@jojomcelwee1380]

❤️

[@rickbukantis3597]

🙏🙏

[@xscarecrowxx]

Yea fr fr

[@keithdaragon]

Will you always speak so deeply about the story of the Bible? I know it is like a bubble, but it is my safe bubble

[@majorfrank1167]

Joseph went to see Pontius Pilate and asked that he be allowed to bury Jesus in his Family Tomb. Pilate agreed but asked why he would give that tomb to Jesus. Joseph replied "oh it's only for the weekend.

[@katherinelindsay3844]

Is this true?

[@rhwinner]

The only time Jesus is recorded singing is on Holy Thursday, the night before his death. 😢

[@LydiaVacs]

I wonder if Simon Peter denied knowing Jesus because Jesus told him to stop fighting against the soldiers. He knew there was nothing more he could do to stop what was going to happen. I’m not saying it was right, but as a fellow sinner, I get it.

[@Magdalene777]

Could Father Mike look into the Red Heifers? Is this a bad sign?

[@MangoJamsPiano]

Father, I was wondering if maybe Peter denied knowing Jesus so that he could sneak inside the boundaries and break Jesus away before they killed him. ? Just a thought considering his string devotion. So technically he denied him, but it was for a good reason?

[@GreasyBaconMan]

I like the thought of that being a possible angle that scripture may have not fully described. Scripture is like that sometimes where you feel in certain places where a story was meant to told or parts were taken out but wasn’t.

[@RedRedReds]

when did Catholics stop calling it Maundy Thursday?

[@Heene1028]

As a non catholic (non Christian, actually) studying the Catechism, I am confused by a few things. First… I understand why the people who were with Jesus were sad. It’s before the actual resurrection (that they see with their own eyes) and this is all new and this is their brother and teacher who is being tortured … so they are sad. I don’t understand why, 2000 years later, we are still sad. And I’m gonna bring this question to my other question which is why was there ever even a question anywhere in history of “Blaming” the Jews (I was often subjected to ridicule by some of my closest friends of having killed Jesus, so I know the feeling behind the question I ask) Is the whole point of salvation rest upon Jesus on the cross and then his resurrection why is anybody being blamed for anything it’s what was supposed to happen. I think the true faith in the word, and in God‘s plan, who would have it be that we should not only rejoice in what happened, but bring into the fold, whether they believe in the story or not , everybody as what happened was supposed to happen… There is no blame… Not to mention somewhere in the Bible it says vengeance is mine, says the lord and you know what God is love, so there is no vengeance, so just think about just something to think about on this Good Friday, this year, and by the way, I love Jesus to me, Jesus was born a Jew and died a Jew and he is my brother and he is still my rabbi after 2000 years… And yes I do believe he’s God also and yes he is my personal savior, so do you wanna hear about a mystery there’s a mystery for ya, ha ha ha ha happy Easter, everybody❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@Joe-gi3nj]

While, yes, Good Friday brings rejoice because of what it accomplished, we are sorrowful for what it entailed for the person of Jesus Christ. While it brought about salvation of the World, Christ truly suffered an excruciating death (literally). We are sorrowful because we seek to be with Christ in the garden of Gethsemane and walk with him to Calvary during this Holy Week. As far as your second question; I would say it’s for a similar reason the Pharisees killed Christ; because of our hardened hearts and tendency to sin. You’re right, Jesus died for Jews and gentiles alike. People sought to blame the Jews of the time, or generally, because they’re still sinful. Even though Jesus’ death was enough to atone for the sins of the world, that doesn’t mean we stop sinning. But look to Christ on the cross. “Forgive them father for they know not what they do”. Not only did he not blame “all Jews”, but he forgave those that actually put him through that

[@Heene1028]

@@Joe-gi3nj Beautiful lesson, Brother! ❤ I am a great believer that the atonement… Forgiveness is actually at the core of all healing in this world from Jesus from God to us. Yes, yes, yes thank you so much for answering me and have a blessed happy Easter, and as I have read in many churches, I’ve gone into… Let us remember this most important truth of all: “Do this in remembrance of me!”🎉❤

[@jasonthornton748]

Not only did KZbin add commercials to this video, but it added EXTRA commercials. Utterly disgusting. That shows clearly the fight we have with Satan. Nothing but greed on you tube's part.

[@rhwinner]

Get YT Premium. Never see a commercial again.❤

[@jasonthornton748]

@@rhwinner You want me to pay them $!?!? Who's side are you on? But also, I hardly afford groceries. I'd never give this site a bloody cent!!!! That feeds Satan.

[@ClosedDoor35]

​@@rhwinnerlmao

[@katerinafar]

Follow my history of abuse, I ate food in my dorm room, I suddenly fell asleep, I suddenly woke up in a dark room, my own, and I had a strange feeling, which the doctor then confirmed. Nothing before and lots of sl_t shaming after, even though I didn't have s_x before or after until the wedding. It was all so strange that one could think of a nightmare and a sudden psychosis. If it wasn't for the behaviour of those people around. The people around me seriously tried to make me commit suicide and convince me that I should earn money by prostit_tion because I have no other option and I am just a toy for the students around. Strange, isn't it? I honestly see a nationalistic reason for it after all these years, considering how the Czechs have resented my nationality since the age of 13, when my parents brought me to Prague.

[@princewembo8905]

Which bible version do you read from?

[@katerinafar]

I don't know why everyone is coming at me saying that I should feel some shame, really? Give me a specific reason, I'll consider whether or not to be embarrassed. Tell some reason. Even my history of abuse does not presuppose an automatic sense of shame. No one should feel guilt and shame about rape, but I know women suffer of it, because they remember the process and some story before. Something like have a date, abuse, be drunk, abuse, go through a dark park, abuse, but I have nothing.

[@katerinafar]

I'm not sad I don't go to churches, it became unbearable, not just because of bullying, but because of bothering me and fake smiling at me and forcing me to talk. I don't want to talk ppl who gossip about me. Also, men started to abuse me again in Prague churches, I hate it, I just escaped. Why don't you have some protection laws for women, as muslims have, that women don't have an obligation to go to church or have a separate place in the church? I don't want to say, a woman can't feel protected in church, but she must not have boobs. I just quit, I've had enough.

[@rhwinner]

God bless you and be merciful to you. ❤

[@katerinafar]

@@rhwinner God is merciful. The church is full of jerks

[@MisterBlisters]

Buncha malarkey

[@jamesmcgrath3841]

@Mister Your comment? Indeed. Real buncha malarkey.

[@MisterBlisters]

@@jamesmcgrath3841 maybe I don’t mean what you think I mean

[@theresmore2learn516]

I can’t even follow this priest! Is there a time limit on what he has to say??? SLOW DOWN! Please

[@ClosedDoor35]

playback speed

[@jamesmcgrath3841]

@theresmore Maybe ya could speed up a little? Easy to sit on the sideline and throw the cheap criticism.

[@Erkencie666]

Can priests have sex and get tatoos???😢

[@mypublicchannel3884]

Let me ask you something, Gumby. How does being without your kid for 36 hours only to get him back less than two days later, good as new, constutite an ultimate sacrifice? Even a regular sacrifice means you lose something forever. How can an ultimate sacrifice be something you get right back, good as new in 36 hours? And then of course, having your little mini god return to your side FOREVER. What exactly did your god lose or give up or sacrifice?

[@alexistartaglia-kz8yv]

Thanks!