Father Mike Schmitz

h amen in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen you know before we get into the the history of this feast and the meaning of corpus christi i want to just share something personal uh just about the gift of the eucharist and and what has really meant to me you know i when

at least have a conversation start talking about these things being open minded and just listening to each other you know so and just to say that we are going to be doing q and A's I'm going to share a little word father PT is going to share a little word but we really want to hear your questions an

t only the  temptation of suggestion but also the temptation   to delight in that suggestion and the temptation  to consent to that suggestion that the enemy   speaks to us whenever he communicates lies to  us so how do we respond then how do we respond   whenever we perceive these lies that we're g

eful. Um, now that you've you've been back and we're talking about the Bible. Um, so as an adult, well, maybe even could be just as someone who was starting out too, starting out reading the the scriptures, starting out as a disciple, >> was there ever or is there a passage or something in the Bible

and as he was going to battle with the enemy uh he  began to proclaim the word of god right the enemy   tempted him with suggestions again he never  delighted in or consented to those suggestions   but he responded to those temptations he responded  to those attacks from the enemy by proclaiming   o

sult of it. Now I I want to talk to you just for a moment here about a couple of things that I think are really really important. One is that when you start to get into the scriptures every single day, I'm going to encourage you to do a couple of things. Uh, one is I'm going to encourage you to have

. >> Book or audio book? >> Audio book. >> Have I read my books to you? >> Yes. >> Oh, nice. >> Yeah. I appreciate >> the tones of my voice. >> I appreciate that. By the way, [laughter] what time do you wake up in the morning? >> 4. 4 in. >> 4 a.m. actually 4:30 generally speaking. 4 if I'm being re

ot created it's not self-evident that we're created equal it's actually only through divine revelation that we realize in spite of all our differences we're all equal in dignity that in the midst of all of our differences that that the person who is the greatest genius who ever lived on this Earth i

light in the confessional receive god's grace receive god's love receive god's mercy receive god's healing it is for you but another thing that dorothy day did that i think we oftentimes don't focus on but it's really important for us is she devoted her life to working for charity and justice for ta

in Matthew chapter 25, he said, "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." In every episode, we'll explore how ordinary people are answering that call in extraordinary ways and how you and I can do the same. Today we're talking about what it means