Tag Archive: #ascensionpresents

Prepare for the Rules to be Broken

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. Vladimir Putin and Russia invading Ukraine. COVID ripping through the world. What do these all have in common? The rules get broken. We all know the rules. The lights turn on. The toilet flushes. We [read more...]

Why Don’t I Feel Holy?

Want to know what the #1 goal of Lent is? Believe it or not, we don’t have to feel the joy of the season to reach it. Instead, we have to focus on living it! Fr. Mike challenges us to go [read more...]

How to Face Temptation

Fr. Mike uses the classic myths involving the Sirens to explain some ways to avoid temptation. He points out the differences between the ways Ulysses, his crew, and Jason of the Argonauts dealt with the monsters and suggests we use [read more...]

Consistency Will Make You Holy

Have you ever wanted to become really good at something, but then quickly became discouraged as soon as you realized how much time and effort you would have to invest in it in order to master it? Well, in this [read more...]

Father Mike Schmitz: Forgive and Forget?

Have you ever heard the expression, ‘To err is human; to forgive, divine?’ Surprisingly this well-known phrase does not come from the Bible but a poem by the English poet Alexander Pope.

Fr. Mike Schmitz: Dealing With Stress

We often consider all stress to be bad for us, but in this video Fr. Mike makes the case for stress—eustress, that is, or the kind that compels us to take action. He illustrates how a life without stress can [read more...]

Chris Stefanick: There IS a God

Presents don’t appear under a Christmas tree because they put themselves there—you can assume there’s a gift-giver, right? In the same way, everything made of matter has some origin outside of itself—from your chair, to your morning coffee, to YOU, [read more...]

Giving Thanks is Necessary

Giving thanks is not only good and polite. It’s not just a thoughtful gesture. Fr. Mike says, and the words we say in Mass seem to agree, giving thanks is necessary for our salvation—especially when it comes to giving thanks [read more...]

What Does It Cost to Trust God? (+ Surrender Prayer)

Trusting God sounds like a great idea… but for most people, it’s a scary thought. Why? Because we know it will cost something. What we might not know—or might forget—is that what he’ll give us in return is worth everything. [read more...]

Can Someone be Denied Communion?

Sometimes we can be tricked into thinking that the Holy Communion we receive at Mass every Sunday is somehow owed to us; that we have a right to receive it. However, the Eucharist, which is Jesus Christ’s own body and [read more...]