"Unwritten" | Solemnity of Christ the King (Fr. Mike's Homily)

Your part of the story (Act IV) remains unwritten.
Jesus has bridged the unbridgeable gap between God and humanity. We can believe that and remain unchanged. But if we are willing to respond, we can write the final act of the story. We can place ourselves under the Lordship of Christ and live an entirely new life.
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[@RobinBaich]

Just leaving this here: Our priest has cancer and tomorrow he starts treatment. If it's okay, I'd like to request prayers for him to make a full recovery. He's in dire need of a Christmas miracle. Thank you.

[@EugenieKikango]

I will keep him in my prayers. Let's pray for all our priests who are battling illness! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@anne89-D]

I’m praying with you 🙏

[@HG-vf5ld]

I'll join you in prayer for your priest.

[@rogerward3390]

God bless him...Will say a prayer for him at the Novena this Wednesday

[@RobinBaich]

@@rogerward3390 Thank you! :)

[@kelkabot]

Whenever I hear Fr. Mike talk about his family, I wish I had a more steady family setup. I am a single woman and I just have my mom and brother, who are both very angry, mentally ill people. I realize that my response to Father is just a variant of self-pity and that I need to put my focus on how I can love and support others rather than collecting love and support, but I wrestle with profound loneliness and occasionally bitterness. The tales of the lake house make me cry. Please pray for me to be stronger and find a way to commit to serving the Lord without waiting for social support or a loving environment. I do attend Mass a few times a week and the Eucharist is sustaining, but I still struggle. Thank you, friends. Praying for Fr. Mike and everyone here!

[@doryannedemille3961]

Thank you for your honesty. I can relate to a lot of it. The ONLY thing I envy is other people who have loving, supportive families.

[@sandragourgel2101]

Thank you, Father Mike, because of you I’ve had a heart transformation. I was raised Catholic but there is so much I didn’t know. God Bless you 🙏🏽

[@ChildofGod98765]

I wanted to give up! But God won’t allow me. People have put me down over my situation but God lifts me up! Please God give me strength. I have always kept faith and trust in you. Even as I constantly struggle to provide groceries and basic necessities for my children both of my sons are autistic and non verbal. Walking with faith is all we can do as christian’s. Like most single parents things are hard on me. I’m constantly struggling to pay bills. I’m overwhelmed and now that I’m home schooling my sons my hours to work are very limited. My health is also failing. I suffered a heart attack two years ago and battling lupus. Heavenly and merciful Father, I come in humble adoration please help me overcome my struggles and my constant fears.

[@directinprint]

God bless you and your children!! ❤✝️🙏

[@wendyt1023]

I will Pray for you, your sons and your situation 🙏🏼. May God Bless You 🙏🏼✝️🙏🏼

[@Theresa-and-Eric-love-Jesus]

Child of God, I am praying for you. I know it’s hard. I just watched one of your videos about when you had a heart attack and you seen the light of God on the throne. You just hang in there. Your right it’s all we have is our faith in God to keep us going. I’m struggling also. I am having some health issues, Idt anything major major but still affecting my life. I am sad and calling out to Jesus for strength. I went to church today , the pastors message was really good about when Jesus wept. He feels our pain. I hope He comes soon. Please pray for me. I will pray for you. Our souls are connected all to God.

[@hrabmv]

ask for help in your local church, i am sure they can help you financialy to ease your burden

[@user-yw8cl1tx3l]

I checked “Like,” but I hate what you’re going through. Though often in darkness and loneliness, I keep trusting and believing while asking God to help my lack of all values. I certainly will pray for you & even if I knew you personally, I could only provide prayers for you and let you know you are not alone. I keep going because I know Jesus, our King, is serving us, unlike most kings here who wouldn’t do. I pray to keep this Faith no matter how I feel. For me, feelings can lead me the wrong way. I so hope and pray Jesus, our Father, and the Holy Spirit, gives you relief in body and soul, like Now! Well God knows I’m thinking “Now” so I tell you. Prayers for you and your children.

[@MaryLasica]

Fr Mike you rock! Thanks for your insight and knowledge!

[@sheilazanella1294]

I pray every day that God continues to give me His beautiful graces, and that my love will grow ever stronger ❤️ 🙏

[@arryserrano4373]

Holy Mother Bless our Holy Church🕊🔥 Ty 🙏🏼 for Fr Mike please bless & protect him always 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️♥️♥️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@rhenapalmarist9965]

makes so much sense for someone who's been struggling to understand what does it means that works also needed for salvation

[@marybussey4473]

Thank you for helping my life be transformed!!! And thank you for making your homilies available to all of us. 💙💙💙

[@eddyhuerta89]

I Heard that ! “This 4th Act is the act that remains unwritten “ that was so clear and amazing!!! Awesome!

[@luce5665]

God bless you and your family Father Mike. I'm caring for my 92 yr old Mom and can't get to Mass , but we truly enjoy watching the Mass and love how you always make the connection to daily life. Sometimes I actually take notes so I can reread things you say. 🙏

[@ruthvholland]

Peace be. May I use this path to express the need for us Americans (north to (central) south + east to (Atlantic sea - Caribbean sea land) west) to be knowledgeable of the division of Jesus Christ already existing geographically for us so that our heart be not troubled when those migrants from the East- Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica comes to as they did to Jesus in Mathew 19:1-12, with trickery because they chose not to understand The Father, choose not to understand the son and still to date choose not to understand the Holy Spirit; hence, they prowl around the Americas trying the same mind game as the serpent upon Eve and then to Adam - disobedience. Let us pray for all people of the Americas to count our blessings one day at a time as the prowlers prowl to loose their prowling and gain their feet to see, hear, walk in the earth of the Americas with The Word of Jesus Christ for The Father with The Holy Spirit back east where they will spread not COVID -19 or it's likes but Commandments -10/2 and it's like Commandment - 1 throughout the land North, South, East, West and NNW, SSW, etc. Amen.

[@Jazinta01]

For weeks on end I have been trying to listen to many apologists and theologians to gain knowledge and grow my faith. I felt overloaded and unable to remember a lot. Things have seemed to not be able to break through the barrier of something new or give me that ahha moment as well. Father Mike, I wish I could give you the biggest hug. After listening to your video… I will never be the same. Isn’t it amazing that with such a simple message, you can change a life completely? Thank you for this. I will pray for other’s hearts and minds to be open to feel and to hear what I felt and heard just now.

[@philfrank5601]

Father Mike knows his guitar brands, I'm impressed! God bless all guitarists!

[@monicapopovici4660]

Thank you Fr. Mike for this beautiful homily! I lived under a tyrant - Ceaușescu. And i lived in freedom too. People were not free to do whatever they wanted under that tyrant. A lot of Christians died in communst prisons. With freedom there is more responsibilities ...more.responses

[@user-ki7sr4hq4i]

❤

[@user-iw1zp5bx3b]

Amen

[@KolokaiKalai]

Created...Captured and Rescued...ones respond is to allow the Lord to be the center of ones life...that he takes Lordship of ones life...Thankyou Fr.Mike for the beautiful homily...

[@crizayasao2424]

Thank you Fr. Mike for your amazing fruitful homily todays Feast day of the CHRIST THE KING. Thank you Lord Jesus Christ tor coming into my life as my King and the king of my houe. Lord Jesus Christ you are the King of the universe. Have mercy on us.❤❤❤

[@lindab3293]

Praying! 🙏🏼❤️

[@catherinespierce]

Amen. "With rights come responsibilities." May we all write Jesus into the center of our stories and follow His lead. Thank you, Fr. Mike! 🙏💙

[@maureenhd1685]

Thank you Fr Mike, beautiful homily 🙏

[@peytonfamily1198]

This was a very beautiful series. Thank you! This last homily reminds me of the end of the parable of the prodigal son. You don't actually know if the older son accepts the invitation to enter the Father's house again. We're supposed to finish that story ourselves with our own response to the Lord.

[@amytovar344]

God Bless you Father Mike , You are a gift from God for our spiritual journey home !! I thank God for you and I’m grateful for my Catholic Faith . 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️🥰🎁

[@walterreiter8780]

OUTSTANDING SERMON!!!!!

[@justindesouza977]

Lovely sermon again Father, thank you

[@chinothedreamgiver1629]

This guy really delivers the message🎯

[@orestsowirka2348]

The Rescue Project - ❤Jesus volunteers to be sent by The Father to rescue us by humbling himself to become born of a woman, sleep in a feeding trough, and willingly allow himself to be put to death in the most barbaric way possible, in order to free all of us from the strongman who rules this world, and makes it possible for all of us to return home to the Father! What a great disguise it is to have You Jesus come to us in this way on Christmas Day! What can I do to thank You? Yes, I will tell as many people that I can that You love them and are waiting for them to just simply reach out to your always outstretched hand! Let me help them to KNOW You! Thank you also Lord for such great disciples that you have sent us - Fr Mike & Fr John! Holy Family of Nazareth protect them both from the evil one, and pray for us!

[@reginaclaire4680]

❤❤❤

[@dianalozano6130]

God bless u Father Mike. Viva Cristo Rey!!♥️👑♥️

[@lagranorac]

Viva CRISTO REY 🙌🏽

[@HG-vf5ld]

¡Viva!

[@cesarmananes4105]

That's me and I'm not an American. After school and 2 companies, at past 50, the pandemic hit... And now I see that none of my classmates and past co-workers (except one) remained a friend. 😢

[@corinabecerra953]

He is the king of my life❤

[@valeriasantana3597]

Thank you, Father Mike! Beautiful additional homily for my day! Love the visuals! So good!

[@RosemarieAmbrosio-hp9vs]

LOve the visuals! I am going to borrow them with my students.

[@fionaabavire5509]

Bless you father. Amen

[@carole-vl8qt]

Thank you Fr Mike 💜🙏✝️

[@maplemel3072]

What a convicting homily. Thank you Fr Mike

[@azucena.valentine]

Thank you for this Homily, I am sick and I am not able to attend Holy Mass. I will be seeing Mass until late today at 11pm on EWTN. I am so grateful for you Father Mike, you're a true Man of God.

[@ceciliaserrano3521]

Beautiful n challenging reflection Fr. Mike❤ very much disturbed yet directed on how i should end my life story. 😊

[@kaydeelethal]

😢 Oh GOD! How can I make u the epicenter of my life consistently ? Remover me from these waters that always move my priorities over u

[@SS-zg6of]

Have to say, those images were thought provoking and relevant. I am bookmarking this and will come back to it.

[@caterinadc5567]

I hope Fr. Mike keeps doing this. I'm a recurring mess, but his videos always point me in a good direction. I need people to keep pointing me in a good direction.

[@MR-sr5gh]

Thank you, father mike and ascension

[@janefosha7847]

Thank you! You gave us so much to think about!

[@nathanngumi8467]

Amen.

[@dileakadias3455]

God bless father

[@hrabmv]

I want Jesus because i want to be happy. What can i do better than that?

[@loisaumann7200]

Beautiful imagery ❤

[@R_Thomp]

Thank you Father

[@travisstreeter5092]

such a solid father figure

[@karmasAmuther]

I hope kids that don't have a fancy guitar feel like theres is any less special ❤️🙏✨💥👆

[@DwellinginFaith]

amen

[@ramondiaz2494]

@RobinBaich Ave Maria cheia da graca o Senhor e convosco. Bendita vos sois entre as mulheres e bendito e o frutto do vosso ventre Jesus.

[@caterinadc5567]

Pausing halfway through this video to listen to the Catechism in a Year. I'm over a hundred episodes behind. Hope to be caught up by the end of the year (but one way or another want to listen to every word).

[@kandyestepho807]

Amazing homily ❤ I love the series. I hope you do more in the future 🌸

[@Ricardo4650]

Nice Homily Father Mike !

[@jesusworksbro4Life]

Jesus loves you

[@b8akaratn]

This was Great!! i've been seeing the Bible as source code and Catechism as a codec; i can't help but wonder if there is a means to making a hybrid between the third and second image, if that ring representing one's life, were elastic. ...and GO TANNER!!! 🤭🙏🤣🎉

[@jojomcelwee1380]

❤️

[@colinbarber7848]

Hi Father Mike, Would you be willing to post links to those three depiction of our relationship to Christ in printable form at the bottom of this video? This is such a helpful teaching. Thank you so much for all that you do for all of us through Christ Jesus.

[@maryannware7870]

Father Mike do you have on 2watches? Why?.

[@Peggy_Lyons-tu1sj]

Not everyone has been rescued, not everyone is living free...

[@_eemjee_]

i hope someone notice this. May i ask if it is okay to attend N.O mass and TLM alternately? only problem i have is they have different church calendar. someone please answer. thank you and God bless you all!

[@MariaM-bb1qv]

Pretty sure that's fine, they're both acceptable forms

[@_eemjee_]

@@MariaM-bb1qv thanks so much for the reply. i love both forms. God bless!

[@danieljohn9602]

Please ask god who they are

[@britaahonen1489]

Yeah, I'll completely understand you. Well stop existing for you.

[@Guesswho490]

Is he saying only Catholics are saved ?

[@britaahonen1489]

So why do this to me if they have to learn to live with God,

[@britaahonen1489]

No, they are mostly confused, those illnesses are not illnesses in space, well, we could take them to space and see what happens,

[@randomguy_764]

Cody Rhodes Fan? 😮😮😮

[@user-nu2ti4jz4x]

Come and we will finish it 😂

[@britaahonen1489]

Your weeping and crying is for things you've imagined, It's constant crying for things WE PAYED FOR in the past. Maybe THIS, is the problem. Huh?

[@ameliaolson7580]

Yeah, we were captured all right. If you look at Genesis objectively you can see exactly when and how. In the first creation story the earth was created and in the second creation story, if you line it up with the first like I said to do 7 months ago, you see that the garden was created. The Elohim captured humans and put them into the "paradise" of material wealth. El used the Egyptian creation stories to form the heavens, the earth, the "word", and the stars that informed Gematria, astrology, magic, the power of the gods, etc. It was CHRIST who overcame this capture, these false gods (i.e. Sin, Death, El, YAh-Weh, Hu, Ha, Asherah, etc (all still mentioned in the OT in the Hebrew, by the way)) and false idols (i.e. the Ashra trees, the golden calf, the rituals of exterbal cleanliness, etc). At some point we are gonna have to come up with a way that no Christian ever finds himself ever calling El or Yah-weh "our god" again. Maybe everyone should start studying Egyptian theology so that they can recognize the names when the see them when they are reading the Hebrew and other paleo-semetic to English lexicons. I'm just thinking this might be the only way to un-do the did, smh.

[@ameliaolson7580]

And........, by "stars", I mean demons and deities. I forgot that you might know that stars weren't "stars" to the ppl of that era.

[@AileenSerrantes-po6wg]

No. Never.

[@thejacenxpress]

Editor: can you please stop the constant zoom in and out. It's very distracting

[@directinprint]

Yes… the distance at 22 mins in, head & shoulders, is about right. In and out without change of angle is jarring. This is not a dramatic scene, it’s a homily… it’s dialogical in nature, so the camera doesn’t need to go back and forth. That doesn’t happen when we listen to others… we may lean in, or away… and I think that’s the effect they are going for. But sadly, this comment is correct. It’s a disturbing effect. It’s hard to make critical comments about such a gift as a homily, but as Catholics we are always trying to learn and seek excellence. So I think the spirit of this comment is corrective and loving. Note… Bishop Barron’s homilies often take different angles… the effect, since done with multiple cameras, is quite different. The effect of multiple angles is different from single camera back up and pan back… it’s the effect of hearing the conversation from different perspectives, almost as different people. It gives you a multi view perspective and creates the congregation effect… as though you could see the speaker from many different places within a group of listeners. Note that the multiple angles are not highly differentiated by distance, only slightly. If there is only one camera, going in and out doesn’t help. Yet, it’s a visual trope used by podcasters. Yes… but the good ones use it exceedingly sparingly, lest the audience notice and the effect takes you out of listening, rather than sort of perking you up. So, if you are going to have “leaning in” segments, they must be rare… it’s a spice… don’t over season. If you have but one camera, let the viewer get comfortable with the distance. Then, as the homily reaches the crux, or climax, you could get closer in, but stay a while. Going back and forth will only give the viewer a headache and distract. There are no action scenes here… it’s a man sharing theology…. Let the viewer listen in a relaxed and contemplative state. With love, Janice ❤

[@editamongirdaite6006]

Never noticed. The homilies are a perfection.

[@editamongirdaite6006]

Not boring to watch.

[@user-rl4bs8ly1i]

Just enjoy and be thankful....

[@hrabmv]

​​@@directinprintso many words over.....yadadada relaxed state?? omg just listen...do not watch and problem solved

[@britaahonen1489]

Yeah who is this be careful it could be a nasty infection,.. something tropical?

[@britaahonen1489]

Your not awake you don't pay for these dreams your talking about, I payed for all of that in the past. You'll be left behind.

[@billbill4392]

Stop talking so fast. Your pressured speech is nerve racking. Learn the TLM

[@kelkabot]

It seems that plenty of people enjoy his style. I think there are many other Catholic priests and other Catholic speakers on the Internet who might suit you better. The TLM is wonderful, but the Novus Ordo is perfectly acceptable to Holy Mother Church. In any case, maybe consider using a respectful tone toward those in holy orders, who have studied and sacrificed. Have a blessed day!

[@billbill4392]

How is it perfectly acceptable? It is a sacrilegious, protestantized monstrosity. It was conceived in malice as a means of attacking and destroying the Church from its very core. I don't know how much more damage has to occur before everyone's eyes open to the fact that the N.O. is a cancer. Not only do you not agree with this, you think it's "perfectly acceptable." How can you sit through a N.O. Mass without writhing in discomfort?