Pray for the conversion of our nation! ONE NATION UNDER GOD!

"😊The world will not know peace until it trusts in My Mercy." - Jesus to St. Faustina

The issue is that we no longer agree on the principles.

I live in a culturally Catholic country and it pains me to see so many young people claiming to revert to the faith, when in fact they are just using Our Lord as a tool for their political position, and then using His name only to spread anti-Christian behavior (of various kinds). Our Lord is to be worshipped and He is an end, not a means toward elections or anything. He is present in the Eucharist, not in politics! No left, no right, "Up, up, to God!"

Thank you this guy and Bible in a year are big in me coming back into the faith

God bless everyone plz keep me in your prayers

Its a shame that he can't run for office! FR. Mike, You are Awesome! keep up the great work!!!!

What’s happening is so much bigger than we are But Our God is so much bigger than what’s happening 🙏 As always, thank you Father Mike 😊

You are fabulous! My husband is finishing up confirmation, at 53, and he came home so excited. He said ‘Father Schmitz was in the DVD I was watching!’! I’m going with him next week! Blessings to you Father, in Christ’s name and to all watching. Those not watching as well.

Thank you Fr Mike for tackling such a hard issue. Please keep talking about things that are hard and not being addressed by others

I wish every person could hear this. Thank you, Father.

Thank you, Fr. Mike for lighting the candle in a dark room. God bless you always! 🙏❤🔥

Thank you for your talk about principles Fr. Mike. You’re an incredible voice of reason and truth in a world slowly losing its sense of faith in God.

Father Mike for president.

So true Father Mike, but there are those who do not care about these principles!!

Thank you Fr. Mike for your insight during this tumultuous time in our country, God bless.🙏

First of all. Thank you for your words of encouragement for hope. Sadly and unfortunately I see these days people who claim to be Christians (of any denomination, including Catholics) who are full of hatred and divisiveness incited by someone who behaves and claims to be the chosen one. How is it possible that there are people who fall in the trap of this false prophet? How can a Christian put a human above God, and think is doing right? These people have been blinded by... I pray for them to realize what they are doing. I pray and hope for them to return to the path of Christ. To return to the fundamentals of Christianity. 🙏✝️ Once again thank you Father Mike. God bless.

Praise to you God and Jesus Christ😇🙏❤

Fr. Mike for president!

3:47 "If we unite on the principle...we're still one." (John 17: 20-23)

⭐️🙏🏼 Thank you Fr. Mike 🙏🏼🕊️💙 GOD BLESS YOU 🪴 What a gift you are ~ to our Beautiful world 🌎 and especially our United States 🇺🇸 and to all God’s children…every precious soul… wherever we are, wherever we live. We are so grateful to God for the incredible opportunity to learn from you and witness the Holy Spirit working through you. You are and will remain, in our unceasing prayer🙏🏼 🌹

Unity doesn't have to mean unanimity. Unity is the willingness to stick together, despite incongruent beliefs, as long as some core principles are agreed upon. Our political discourse has become so polarized, and so bifurcated into Left vs Right, that any discussion regarding common ground is seen as a betrayal or affront to one side or the other. I hope we can mature past this tribalism. The best way to do this is to restore historical literacy in the classrooms. Without a common narrative, an agreement on core principles will be hard to achieve.

Gracias Father Mike, GOD Bless You and All Listening ☝️💯💯✌️💯

God bless you Fr. Mike! We love you! Thank you always for your service to us.

Thank you Father Mike for your wise words.🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thank you, Fr. Mike. Hope is always on the table, and this is what I remind my middle school students. We are the U.S.A.

You are such a wonderful teacher. I am so glad I found you.

words of reason and a pathway for healing. Thank you, Father Mike!

The only way to have Unity is to have Love in our Hearts. It starts with our self..

Thank you Father

Thanks Fr. Mike. I actually emailed Catholic Answers a similar question yesterday. In short, I think part of the problem is people are confusing Caesar and God, which is inflaming hatred in others across the aisle. It is a problem akin to the Israelites' at the beginning of 1 Samuel - a reaction to the years of lawlessness and disarray during the time of the judges.

Thank you for bringing these thoughts before us to re-consider. God Bless. Claire.

Love father Mike. Keep teaching and keep preaching Ty

Thank you father Mike . God bless you and keep you.

The only way to have Unity and Peace, we need Love in our Hearts.

Thank you Father Mike. I really needed to hear this today, especially coming from you. I am praying for our country, our world, the people who seem to think that violence is the solution to everything. Please, Jesus, help us and give us more priests like Father Mike. What an inspiration he is!

This is such a beautiful message! BUT how do we do this when we live in a world (and country) where Christianity is labeled “domestic terrorism” and many would like to eradicate? How do we do this when many are calling for the annihilation of the Jewish state of Israel? I do understand that our faith requires we love our neighbor as the Lord loves us but very challenging some days. God bless the world and God bless you for keeping us focused on the Lord!

Thank you, Father Mike, for speaking this truth. So many times I have thought, why would people choose the word "Diversity" to focus on as a "positive," rather than "Unity"? And sadly that DEI fosters more "Division, Exclusion (along with some Envy) and Indoctrination" than anything else. Apart from the very real, intentional indoctrination of our youth/society to think negatively and cause division, my only conclusion is that this indoctrination appeals to mainly selfish motives - what can I get? Rather than, what can I give? With those attitudes, it's hard to get people to recognize our founding Principles as good. They seem to only see the holes, not the doughnuts, embodied in those Principles and our Founding Fathers (if they are even educated about them at all). There are those who come from the most oppressed circumstances, who choose to focus on using their God-given gifts to improve the lives of their families and their community, rather than just what they can get. What makes a person focus on himself / herself, rather than the group or community, and embrace a victimhood mentality? Usually the root of this is spoiling and/or neglect, or frankly, an innately selfish character. Their hearts must be changed, in order for people to recognize our founding principles as good so we can agree on those uniting beliefs. How is that changed? Religious/spiritual training from a young age and a nurturing upbringing from a father and mother who emphasize the right values would help some, and the rest we can only pray for, hoping God will inspire them to express more sincere and giving hearts. At least those are my thoughts.

Unfortunately many people have forgotten this. " We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal." good and evil are still at it.

Father, this is very well said. I and we appreciate your talk. Peace.

YES!!! 💙💙💙 Thank you, Father Mike!!!

As ALWAYS Father Mike, WELL SAID! You r The best!! 🙏🫶🏼

Hey father Mike, hope you're doing well. You're on point. And all I can say is you're completely right about the difference of opinion it is sad that it can divide so much. Completely on point. You're awesome father Mike, take it easy. God bless.

Good job, preach. 🙏🙏🙏

Very insightful.

Thank you father Mike for this message.

Amen to that!

Just Trust God!!!

Thank you FATHER Mike, world pray day, I hope you made video ❤✝️🙏💯

Time to get back to respect and assuming good faith until proven otherwise. Social media has led us to disagree with our likely misinterpretation of others amd fail to seek understanding an emissors intention. Good faith amd dignity...I'm woth you Father

More wise words from Father Mike ✝️🙏🏻🌹

Empires have come and gone but the Catholic Church ⛪️ is still here 2,000 years later 📿📿📿

Weigh in! Please! Validation and clarification would be helpful here, Father.

Thank you Fr Mike. All people are endowed with unalienable rights…life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As much as people want to “help” pregnant women who do not want to mother this human life growing inside, abortion is ending a valuable human life. Abortion It is thereby unconstitutional. Is it mostly the “right” to abortion that is dividing our country? Which is nothing more than placing one human life’s value above the value of another human life.

Amen.

Thanks!

The foundation of our belief..."endowed by our Creator!"

Thanks

I've noticed Father usually avoids political comment! Pretty wise! It keeps his videos timeless, and prevents alienating opinionated people.

Prayers for Israel, America, and the West.

Greetings Father Mike, Key Thoughts :- -> Message reflect with, "Lord Jesus Christ's Greatest Commandment of Love within Our Life in every aspects." -> Message highlights,"The Holy Church's views on Politically Apolitical for Common Good around the World in all aspects." -> Clear Insightful Words Father. With regards, Ranjith Joseph (R.J)

I KNOW we all agree on fundamental truths like “the desire to improve the country” “to look out for the safety of our children” and stuff but we are going at it in opposing directions. Then one side looks at the other side like they’re immoral when in reality… most of us have very similar morals because God gave it to us. All of us of any religion.

Great! The challenge is to agree on Godly principles. Unfortunately, nowadays society from its core doesn’t even believe all Men (Women) were created equal. With God all things are possible though. 😊

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I think a good first step for unity is to hope. Hope is one of the theological virtues for a reason. So many wise Catholics deep in life forget to hope. I’ve actually had to remind priests to hope. To live a life void of hope is not realism. It’s pessimism.

One of the problems with the current church is that it either does not addressed political issues or it confuses them. Morales are morales. Ethics are ethics. Right is right.

“Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” - John Adams

The Declaration is "triggering" to many people just by having the Creator acknowledged... So are we united?

David Wemhoff "John Courtney Murray". Read it and you'll understand.

The principles of American Freedom is that every individual has the unalienable right to Life, Liberty, and the Persuit of Happiness!! 🥰

This might be a bit of a stretch Father. Evil is certainly on the move in our country.

I wish the common principles were more common.

Some seminarians used to tell me that, while we may have been “created” equal, we were not “made” equal. Seems to me our Gov’t is too intrusive, too arbitrary in making laws to force something unnatural, sub-natural if you will.

There are those that, if they realize that is a Christian idea, they will immediately turn against it. I pray for Father Mike’s vision, and for his faith to express it.

Politics is pointless without religion. If we aren't pursuing the truth together and governing in accordance with truth, we might as well have anarchy.

My question is the fact that priests wear traditional clothing and nuns don't always wear the long habits. I live in Oregon and on Mt Angel Benedictine Sisters (see website lol), all look like ordinary old ladies. No habits. I find personally that I like the nuns to look like nuns. I respect the long, modest habits! Is that wrong of me?

PS Please do a pilgrimage to MEDJUGORJE! I would love to go on it and experience it with your insight and wisdom🙏🙏 any chance of this happening???

Great message Fr Mike. Get some rest, you look a little tired. I often think you work too hard!

Fr Mike you’re assuming that the candidates and the voters believe in the common principles. This upcoming election may just throw out the principles that this country has held for the past 200 yrs. The fundamental principle of democracy is at stake.

06:24 - here’s the key point

Dear Fr. Mike, I'm doing this 54 day Novena but I'm having a doubt whether il receive my petition or not... how can I have my faith back? The trust I had for my God is like no more... but iv not given up... I'm praying my holy Rosary daily and trying to trust him...what can I do Fr.? 😢

Can this video apply to Christian denominations? Like a Catholic and a Baptist can still unite because we worship the same God, yet we still have our differences in practicing our faiths

Hi Father Mike can you talk about Taylor Swift’s new album and whether Catholics agree with the other Christian denominations that her new music is not just secular but anti-Christian? I love her music but have held off on listening to the new album just in case

It shouldn’t be about the “left” vs. the “right”; It should be about right vs. wrong. That line between “conservatives” and “liberals” has become so incredibly blurred and caused so much confusion, especially during the past six months.

Can u do a video on RFK

The HEAD of my Church is CHRIST (not a pope/priest) and represented on earth by HIS HOLY SPIRIT dwelling within each true believer forever making us Kings and Priests of the true Church.

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."-John Adams. We are fast-tracking away from being a moral and religious people, with a push to do so by our current leaders for the very reason of transforming away from the idea of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Many of our unalienable rights are being trampled on now by a government that has become more powerful than the people. Take away God and something will always replace him. We are not united in principles and we are seeing the results.

Please Father Mike pray that if my Grandaughter does not change her mind and gives her baby away please pray that it gets a wonderGod filled life.

What about Roman Catholicism uniting of pagan religions under Vatican?

Father , i really need to know that are angle numbers from god ir satan like 111, 222,333,444,555,777,77,888? 😐

Father the problem I have is with how you started....(paraphrasing) The US was founded on this principle that we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal. While in the same breath the founders made excuses as to why black slaves were indeed not equal and they justified it using bible quotes. That is why I waiver in my hope (although I do put my trust in Christ that God will illuminate falsehoods) because I see lots of Christians today professing their love of God quoting with conviction how good the Gospel is and then their actions completly betray the message. I have heated discussions with "conservative" Catholics about how one cnadidate that never goes to service, cheats on his wife, is dishonest in buisness, lies all the time, has NO love for his enemis, is always causing division is God's chosen while the one cnadidate that goes to Mass every Sunday and has a track record of living the Gospel to the best of his abilities is in league with the devil. ANd I have heard lots of priest quitely preacing the same. Can you go-over how can we hope when our religious leaders themselves don't live what they preach. Thanks for your always lifting words.

More priests need to inform Catholics that abortion is NOT an option for voting for someone. Its directly against the teachings of the Catholic Church. Clarity is needed.

Thank you Fr. for the message, however, I feel there's a bit of danger in saying there's no ethnicity or race in America's founding? This country was founded for, in the words of the 1790 naturalization act, "free White persons of good character". I feel omitting this is dangerous because we're being force-flooded with strangers and being opposed to globalization is not evil, in fact, I believe it's a necessary way of honoring one's mother and father, to make sure your progeny can enjoy a country of their own just as was passed down to our great grandparents by their great grandparents, etc. Thank you for the vid., and God bless

Pope John Paul II was famous for talking about this

That’s the problem Father Mike, many people these days could care less about principles.

Hi

I have an internal battle going on about "A;; men are created in God's image and likeness" there are some evil people that are out there, and that I also come into contact with...

There is Caesar’s law and this world. Then there is our Almighty Father’s law. I do not love this world or care for its politics. Though I admit, like everything else, it is hard to not be sucked into it.

I just dont understand how our own Catholic president can be pro-choice. It goes against everything we believe. I pray for a turn of heart.

Yes, politicians try to push people, God and servant leaders do not.