After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!

Thank you Father for this mass. I am in the hospital and can't attend church today. Asking for prayers for healing.🙏

"This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it"

God bless you Father Mike Schmitz.

Lord I offer this mass for all priests and especially Father Mike may You grant them courage and love to follow You

I commit myself, my children, my Grandchildren, my family and friends through the Holy Mass. in Jesus Name 🙏 Amen

Thank you Father for the mass I am grateful to be able to attend mass online. God Bless you.

Father Mike, I will pray for your success in fundraising and building out the campus church.

I surrender myself and my family to you oh lord god !!!🙏

Father God, we gather here today under your care and protection. Thank you for your lovingkindness that never fails us. We thank you for those with us, that you would guide our thoughts and actions to bring you glory. Strengthen us and fill us with your peace. May we love and serve each other as Jesus has shown us. Fill us with the Holy Spirit to do your good work on earth. Amen.

Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for another day 🙏

I am 10 years a Protestant (from a Muslim background) and I am very involved in my church but I am craving more Jesus 😢. This moved me, Jesus was central. Praise be to you God. Thank you for posting this. Couldn’t help but pray and worship along. 😭🙏

I love you Father. Thank you so much.

Thank you Father Mike for always giving me understanding in what my Catholic faith is all about.

Glorious and gracious Father, holy and perfect in every way, thank you for your sacrificial grace, which bridges the great gulf between your perfect righteousness and my imperfection and sinfulness. Thank you for the gift of eternal life. May my mortal life be holy and pleasing to you. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

May God bless you and keep you close to His heart. Jesus, I trust in you. ✝️💕 Bless us, heal us & always show us Your mercy Amen

Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ 🙏

Lord please forgive me for all the complaints about my job

Love you Fr. Mike, God bless!

A wonderful Homily. I surrender, Lord, to you. I pray billions listen intently to this homily and adopt the prayer of Surrender as part of their daily balancing. I will aim to Surrender it all to God and do my part to help achieve His will.

Father, protect my fiance Jerry in all the ways he walks; watch over his coming and going guiding him away from any harmful situations. Protect him from traveling accidents, work accidents, sicknesses, debilitating diseases of the body or mind. Protect him from violence and the people who do it. I stand in the gap on behalf of my fiance Jerry asking that You place your mighty hand of protection around him and I pray for his healing and speedy recovery for his hip replacement surgery and safe travels homecoming here in California USA from Istanbul Turkey in Jesus name Amen 🙏

Thank you Father Mike for doing what God wants! 🙏🏽❤️

Praying for you and your mission, Fr Mike. God Bless. Claire.

Lord, I pray for humanity for the children all over the world 🙏🏼Amen

Please calm my anxieties and heal my illness. Please forgive my sins Lord and my "lack of my surrendering fully to You God". Thank You Lord for hearing my prayers, in Jesus name. ❤❤✝️

I surrender my life to you. Jesus take care of everything ❤. Your will be done. Help us to be still and know that You are God ❤.

Lord I offer this mass for my family. Praying for divine healing and protection amen

Thanks!

Thank you Father Mike I so needed to hear that sermon 🙏 God bless you and the church

Thanks be to God for the ability to watch Mass when circumstances prevent us from attending in-person 🙏 I am very fortunate to be on a cruise as a graduation gift with my family. Originally, and somewhat surprisingly, the cruise line was supposed to have a priest on board to offer Mass daily. However, the priest was not able to make it, for whatever reason, so I am celebrating Mass with you all virtually. The gospel and Psalm really stood out to me today. On the ship, we have encountered bad waves due to a big storm in the western Pacific, leading many to fall quite ill with sea sickness (including myself this morning). How relevant that today's gospel and Psalm talked of sailing in stormy and rocky seas. God makes no coincidences❤

Thank you 🙏

I offer this Mass up for all my Deceased family members and friends. Lord have Mercy on their Souls Amen 🙏

Thank you Fr Mike and all who assist you to bring us this mass. Please pray for my brother Tony who is in the hospital for third time in few months. I pray that the doctors are guided by God’s light to help determine the cause of his sickness and give my brother the strength and desire to follow their instruction in order to heal and live a better life.❤

May your msg move our convicted hearts then lead us to action, IJN 🙏✝️

Thank you Fr. Schmitz for another fine and relevant homily. What you say about "surrendering" vs "surrender" reminds me of how I should do the 12 Steps; you don't do the 12 Steps once, you keep on doing them. I say this, but I wish I would practice that dictum more often. Your prayer for surrender, dying to the Lord, is akin to Steps 1 to 3: I can't, God can, I'll let Him do it. (Edited) The above was written before I heard the end of Fr. Mike's homily. I want to emphasize that the Steps 1-3 of the 12 Steps are not quietism. We aren't supposed to just sit back and let God do everything. But we are supposed to accept God's will and not tell God what to do.

Love and peace to all God bless

Thank you Father Mike for your wonderful sermons. I truly enjoy listening to your messages and eagerly look forward to attending Sunday Mass online each week. Your guidance and insights always help clarify the questions in our hearts. God bless you. I’m praying for you ✨🙏🏻✨

Thank you for your homily Father Mike. It is really helping me to begin to reflect. I will keep the fundraising in my prayers for the campus.

Thank you Fr. Mike for your humble testimony. Thank you for showing us how we need to serve God. Service in complete, joyful surrender. Thank you for the prayer of surrender from St. Ignatius Loyola. May God's blessing rest on your project and may He send you many helpers to carry out the building of His church. It is such a privilege to help in the building of a church. It is a privilege which rarely presents itself.

God Bless Father Mike.

Thank you, Father Mike, and to all those helping you. I am sure the Holy Spirit led me to the live recording this morning. It helped me tremendously. You always seem so full of energy, but your schedule and what you do for everyone else must be exhausting. It doesn't go unnoticed. I hope you are able to take good care of yourself. Thank you for all you do. ❤

And with your spirit

Awesome Homily once again! I heard the following from a Priest who heard it on the radio! “ When you complain, you remain. When you Praise you are raised!” Oh how this little jingle has helped me over the years. It goes with Phil 4: Rejoice in the Always! Again I say Rejoice!” The little jingle comes from the book of Numbers when they were complaining !! May this little ni gle Less u as it has blessed my life:) Rosemarie

Father Mike God bless you! You never fail through the Holy Spirit to fill my soul with much needed food.

Stellar Homily today Fr.Mike!

Thanks Father Burke. Saint John the Baptist, thank you for opening up the door for our Baptistism. Saint John the Baptist pray for us. ❤😊❤

I always ask God "Harden not my heart" as I need him always.

I am so grateful fir this online Mass!❤

"God loves a cheerful giver." Amen, Fr. Mike! I'll pray for your fundraising efforts because I'm no good at it, either! I'm a writer/editor who worked in PR but now I'm disabled. I've had to adjust my days accordingly. I know you love the students, I appreciate you. Nurses and teachers are amazing and it's sad they get to be complainers. I have a sister who's an incredible teacher but she gets so discouraged due to the lack of respect from kids and parents. Please pray for Erin, that she soldiers on because this is the gift God gave her and she needs to use it. Just as I've used my talent for writing. God bless all the students at UMD. May your fundraising goal be met. Amen, Alleluia!

Father I pray the prayer you recommend but always feel guilty because I am always asking for more daily. Thank you for your gifts and love. Bless you.

Thank You Lord for all the Holy priests ❤

Thank you ❤️

I dedicate this mass to my family. Thank you Father Mike for your wise words on surrender.

Thank you Fr. Mike for this mass, and especially for your homily, delivered with such humility and honesty. I’m inconsistent with getting to mass right now due to multiple chronic health issues that complicate leaving my home, especially in the heat. This mass was such a blessing and balm to my soul.❤️

Father bless you always. Amen

For the eternal rest of my father Juan Ratto may he rest in peace

I need to start saying the prayer of St. Ignatious Loyola ❤

Thanks for the Surrender Prayers.🙏💖🙏Amen

Beautiful homily father 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️

Jesus loves you and is with you

Bless you Father!

The etymology of surrender is something like, to give over to restore!

Has a 20 year old I was driving on the highway at 70 mi an hour late in the evening. I saw something in the road and swerved my little white car went out of control. I hit guard rails speed signs, I said God whatever is going to happen let it happen now. I let go of the wheel. I felt a power take over the wheel at that moment my car spun around and came to a complete stop. If I had kept going my car would have

Joined from Florida 🏝️☀️🏝️. Peace be with you! 😊

Bless us all❤

Buenos Dias de le Dios Father Mike from Espanola New Mexico

I was raised the youngest of 6 children. I am a King of Complaint. Dyed in the wool, 1st class Grumbler. I am no stranger to resentment, either. We're old friends. I get annoyed by, "God loves a cheerful giver." Easy when the giving is no hardship. I hold on with a terriers tenacity. Surrender to me, is failure. Weakness.

We watched you for the first time today. Usually, we watch a mass from Maine. However, it did not work, as they were having technical difficulties. Your channel was on the screen, and I opted to listen. I believe that the Lord brought me to this Mass. it was timely and spoke to my heart about what I am going through currently. Also, an excellent reminder of how we should surrender to God every single day. It reminds me of another prayer of surrender by Thomas Merton. MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust in you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. Amen

Thank you!

Ofrezco esta Santa Misa, por intercesión de Nuestra Madre María Santísima, por las almas del purgatorio, las personas presas y los enfermos. Agradezco todas las bendiciones recibidas por todos. Pido por la paz mundial, la paz en los corazones, la salud física y mental, y las familias. Amén 💙

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Thanku for you posting this video on utube can’t attend currently but I need prayers for my son he’s an alcoholic and is needs Jesus in his life

Thank you

Please, I humbly ask for prayers for my adult children Alcoholism has changed their life. I could write a story but I am not. They are professional not in need of material things . But blind to what their "illness" is doing to their children. Virgin Mary in the name of Your Son Jesus, please help my children. ❤ Help me understand and continue to have faith .

Thank you Fr! This is the answer I needed as I struggle not to complain or be negative!🙏✝️🙏♥️🙏

deAR FR SCHMITZ THAnks be to God for everthing without are God we have nothing. God bless yu. Amen❤❤

감사합니다.

Thanks

Peace!

Who to contact with our time, talent and treasure to help fathe Mike for the building project at the university? Fundraising, design, building...

Dear Jesus Help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that my life may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me, but only Jesus! Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as You shine; so to shine as to be a light to others; the light, O Jesus, will be all from you. None of it will be mine; it will be You shining on others through me. Amen. ❤ Fr Mike, need I say it? You are the perfect example of a person, yes a priest, but an individual who lives and breathes the True Radiance of God above. May the Peace of the Lord be with you always. Also note that we already have the funds and the knowledge to help you. We just have to share it. ❤🙏❤

"Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O lord, I return it. All is Thine, dispose of it wholly according to Thy will. Give me Thy love and thy grace, for this is sufficient for me." Ignatius Loyola - Prescription: twice a day, morning and night, from now and until the end of our days. Perhaps someone else can transcribe - 28:30

Amém ❤

Amen

My church talked about surrender as well ❤

There's no Sanctity without the Cross.

Prayer’s For Bryan LaHaise.

Actually FR. MIKE, if you ever see this... I had a miracle happen ---(12/28(?)/2000, after 3 months of a walking pneumonia prior while working as an RN leaving work at around 8 PM on a Friday night)--- when I had to literally take my hands off the wheel after attempting to get my car under control as it fishtailed after someone in a black SUV almost hit me (left side) & I'd swerved hard to avoid... then my car hit the guardrail on the on-ramp (back/right side just to middle of!) as I was getting onto the next freeway... As I lifted my hands OFF THE WHEEL knowing I had NO control of the car anymore & could do NOTHING, I said my shortest prayer, "I accept", and I looked up expecting to die next (small Mazda Miata) & then hands raised, wasn't there... (literally, not there from that moment with any memory of!) My car then careened across all 4-(5?) lanes of the 405 S (from the 10) freeway from the on-ramp (not to freeway yet!) to the other side of, (front of!) into a cement wall. When I came to, my car was an accordion (smashed/totaled) with cars in fast lane whipping by behind me, & a cop was walking up the guardrail parked way up in front of me, off to the left (in the small space there of the left of the freeway). The airbag had gone off & a chemical burn was on the inside of my right arm (a literal boomerang scar burn, gone for years now) not hitting my face!!, & was burning like crazy. I hit no one & no one hit me!! My walking pneumonia was gone... ---& I'd almost been hit on La Cienga (just prior!) by a woman going into my lane just before the red light & I'd had to quickly move to the parked cars area (Luckily, there weren't any!) before the 10--- And I started to angrily (first time in ages, if ever like that??), was having it out with God!! I was tired of being able to do nothing on my days off & would go back to exhaustion in the middle of second 12 hour shift in a row... start to heal, & it just kept reoccurring. Couldn't take time off; not enough nurses... (There was so much else to the miracle/(s) related to, but I'll leave it there.) All that to say, if you ever hear that song again, know that God 🕊✝/angels took over! And so much else to that miracle; (too private & long already!) I had to stop & say at this point in your sermon. Hope you read this! And anyone else to know, miracles (one of several in my life...) do happen!! (Turned into a mini-project here to convey!! Unexpectedly!!)

Bam

Pray for Isaac’s soul

28:00 prayer of surrender

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It was so heartwarming to hear all the voices today. Is there a location to make donations for the new church build?

Would somebody let me know where I can find that prayer of surrender, please? Thank you,

Father Mike, is there a website that someone can log on to donate toward your church project?

Dear Father Mike So Jesus was born in a stable of cave So I think the garage thing is great But even Jesus had a committee ( all the animals who kept watch) You need a committee too With you at the helm At possibly a portico attached to your church to have a sunrise service Bless you all god!! And a - what is it ?

Render is part of surrender.isnt rendering an extraction and tenderizing way?

27:50

Protect Jeffrey from harm and evil. Find him a day job.

I fear I must protest the use of the word "surrender" here. Or at least demand the use of "surrender to" instead of simply "surrender". As a means of common parlance "surrender" is to throw the game, or give up the fight in hopes of salvaging life. I get there is the aspect here of "surrender to God, the almighty" but I fear that might be lost by a certain carelessness that muddles instead of clarifies.