The Absolute Necessity of Saying "Thank You"

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3 жыл бұрын

When was the last time you told God “thank you”?
We live in an extremely hectic world, full of distractions, complaining, and longing for things we don’t have. And while it can be good to look at the things we do have and count up our blessings, how often do we then turn to God and thank him for those gifts?
God is the reason we have anything in this life. Even our very existence day-to-day is a gift. There’s nothing better than thankfulness-and nothing worse than unthankfulness. We can all point out moments in our lives where we failed to be thankful, and it often leads to general feelings of unhappiness. So how do we stop feeling this way? How do we practice thankfulness more?
There’s a simple solution: every morning and evening, ask the Holy Spirit to help you count your blessings, and then thank the Lord for all those gifts.
St. Paul echoes this in his letter to the Thessalonians, saying that we should give thanks in everything we have and everything we are able to do. It’s what we are called to do as Christians, and it’s how we can reverence God and all he’s given us every day. The person who continually gives thanks is a person who is seeking God’s plan in their life. And one of the greatest gifts that comes from this attitude of gratitude is that every day becomes an opportunity to use those blessings.
The celebration of the Mass is a very specific way we can express this gratitude towards God. The word Eucharist literally means “thanksgiving”! It’s in the Mass that we profess our love for Christ’s sacrifice, and thank him by performing a like sacrifice with the body and blood. We can go to Mass every day, and we can give thanks every day. And the beautiful thing about gratitude is that, the more we practice it, the more God will reveal blessings around us.
Do you seek authentic joy for the life you’re living? Practice thanksgiving towards God.
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@gabriellemileti3702 9 ай бұрын

Thank you God for giving the world Jesus. For without HIM we don't have eternal life.

@chicccky 3 жыл бұрын

Gratitude is the remedy to greed, envy, entitlement, anger, etc. It's difficult to cultivate the gratitude attitude, but oh my, it is so needed in order to be a joyful person in a fallen world!

@bryanchavez8102 3 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@brendanphelan321 3 жыл бұрын

So true

@connienavarette1948 Жыл бұрын

New Year’s Eve 9:30 PM in New Mexico. Gratitude is everything. I realized that the reason why I would get angry at my husband was not because I did so much for him and I felt like he didn’t do much for me. It was the fact that he wouldn’t write in appreciate me he didn’t even notice all of the ways that I made his life more comfortable and enjoyable it was seeing gratitude and lack of appreciation that bothered me so much. Until listening to this well, I mean, I figured it out. You know a few years back, but I’ve been married 50 years. it’s such a relief to know that that was why my problem was not feeling appreciated. Can you imagine how God feels? What do you think how we feel and then ponder on it.

@hollypepen4012 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite teachers in high school used to start every class with "thank you God for where we're at, what we're doing, and who we're doing it with." Still resonates with me 9 years later :)

@ievaa.3930 3 жыл бұрын

That’s so beautiful! I’ll have to remember that

@hendersonhenry7919 3 жыл бұрын

To be thankful, u have to 1) remember what GOD has done for u 2) be humble enough to accept everything is a gift from GOD and not of ur own

@GodNod 3 жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@vanessamarquez5651 3 жыл бұрын

My parents kind of made me do this when I was little. Except I had to do it when ever I complained. They had me think of what was good out of something and then write down in my 'thankful journal.' If I complained I was hot, they would say "aren't you glad we have air conditioning" and I would thank God for giving me a family with air conditioning so I could escape the heat. I am so thankful for the month of tediously caring around that notebook because it changed the way I thought. The amount of joy thankfulness brought to me is immersible.

@laura-ioana 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! 😊

@annabeljames9146 3 жыл бұрын

amazing parenting.

@meekthegeek3428 3 жыл бұрын

"In everything give thanks, not when you feel like it."

@IONov990 3 жыл бұрын

I need to practice gratitude. I think gratitude cancels envy. If I was thankful for what God has given me, I'd be less envious of others and what gifts God has given them.

@BarbaraTheViolinist 3 жыл бұрын

A video of Father Mike a day keeps the devil away 😂 Thank you! ❤️

@martyvestal1222 11 ай бұрын

So literally true!!!! 🙏✝️❤️

@kielerjim 3 жыл бұрын

Every morning say" good morning Jesus. " Then think about what you just said.

@diannaachando9160 3 жыл бұрын

🤯 can’t wait to try this. Thank you

@Richie016 3 жыл бұрын

Christ paid the final price by his crucified death on the cross, redeeming the sinner of the faults. 😇Thanks be to God.

@ericleming1734 3 жыл бұрын

We should give God thanks when we get up.

@sylviareta6697 2 жыл бұрын

My father used to take us to areas in a neighboring city that had some very poor sections. It made us terribly grateful for what we had. I am especially grateful that God gave me two loving parents. Who taught us to be grateful and not be scared of hard work. But the most important thing was love for family, love for neighbor and love for God and Our Blessed Mother Mary. Thank you God !

@HunterGilligan 3 жыл бұрын

Father mike, I’m not Catholic but I am Christian, I’ve used drugs to cover up my depression for years, it got to the point where I was using lsd to answer my questions in life, it ended when I attempted to take my own life, since then I found god and saw his work within my life. I was an agnostic for so long and I’ve done so many bad things in my life, and I worry about what could’ve happened to my soul if I had died that night. I’m not Catholic but I went to a Catholic school I now identify as a non denominational Christian and I come to you today seeking your forgiveness and seeking gods forgiveness.

@gabriellek7334 3 жыл бұрын

Take comfort in the fact that God loves you, no matter what. He is all loving and all merciful and just wants to see is children happy in heaven. I hope that you have found peace. God bless.

@nicolecorter3533 3 жыл бұрын

Saying thank you will make you humble. I say thank you for literally everything anybody does to me.

@run4cmt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you to Ascension Presents and you Fr. Mike for these videos. They are such a blessing to me!

@crenshaw2186 3 жыл бұрын

I have posted this before on this channel and I'm going to post it again: I remember several years ago one morning after feeling depressed and anxious for months, I said thank you to God with my whole heart. Then something remarkable happened. For the next 12 hours ( the rest of the day) I felt this feeling of indescribable bliss. It was total peace and joy and I was in the best mood I had ever been in. I was also completely in the present moment. It brought me to tears it was so beautiful. My mom was driving my aunt to the airport and I was in the back seat literally staring out the car window at the clouds in the sky, noticing how beautiful they were. Then I remembered that when I was a small child I felt this way all the time. Unfortunately it went away at the end of the day, but who knew a simple thank you could have such a profound effect. Later when I went to mass and I heard "it is our duty and SALVATION always and everywhere to give you thanks and praise", it dawned upon me that THIS is what happens when you are thankful to God, it literally saves your soul. I wish I could feel this way every day.

@marybethknappwilliston4503 3 жыл бұрын

🙏❤🙏❤🙏

@unclemoriarty1436 3 жыл бұрын

you opened your heart to God, and he came in :') that's a very beautiful consolation. i suggest praying while remembering that experience and asking God what he wants to teach you through that, how he wants to use that experience to deepen your relationship with him. he wants to give you that experience all the time, just as you'd like to experience it. that experience was a small union with God, like an image of what heaven will be like. have courage and continue marching forward in life with that gift from God as your helmet, to influence your perspective, and the rosary, as your weapon 😄

@crenshaw2186 3 жыл бұрын

@@unclemoriarty1436 Thank you for the advice and explanation. I wasn’t sure what to label my experience. “ consolation” was the word I was looking for.

@lolitarazo 3 жыл бұрын

Gratitude to God changed my life... to beloveds changed our relationships... Thank you Father Mike!!!

@christophewakim3587 3 жыл бұрын

Hey guys pray for my cousins plz they need prayers a lot

@GodNod 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I will pray for them! Thanks for sharing!

@marybethknappwilliston4503 3 жыл бұрын

🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤

@sammyc8217 3 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@JPCStLouis 3 жыл бұрын

Will do!

@run4cmt 3 жыл бұрын

I am thankful that I found these Father Mike videos. They have been such a blessing for my faith.

@BertoldSzekeres Жыл бұрын

I started saying thank you for things that were good but I wasn't particularly thankful for. It really changes the way I see these things. I started enjoying things more and be more happy for what I have rather than craving for more.

@debbieoconnell9308 3 жыл бұрын

Your positive teaching is a gift and thank you.

@JohnR.T.B. 3 жыл бұрын

Now I know the meaning of the Holy Eucharist 😁 Thanks Fr. Mike for your reminder to be thankful always, please pray for us sinners 🙏 God please protect and bless Fr. Mike always. 🕊

@user-ji2on8eg3l Жыл бұрын

Jesus, Mary & Joseph, I love you. Save souls.

@charlottebarnes6761 10 ай бұрын

I thank Jesus every morning for another day and when something wonderful things that happen I thank Jesus. Oh and say Good Morning Jesus and than say my rosary. Yes I thank Jesus

@bartomiejbednarz778 3 жыл бұрын

As always: when i need Word from the Lord Fr. Mike speeks exactly the Word I need . so cool 😊 pozdrowienia z Polski. God bless 🇺🇸

@kevinchahine7553 3 жыл бұрын

I know me too

@Eliza7568 3 жыл бұрын

Pozdrowienia!

@jula5417 3 жыл бұрын

Jest nas więcej z Polski 😄😄😄

@bartomiejbednarz778 3 жыл бұрын

@@jula5417 Fajno

@zrobert66 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Fr. Mike I appreciate your time Blessings 👏

@florecitamora1421 3 жыл бұрын

Thank God for giving us the gift of Priest like Fr. Mike... Please say a prayer for our Priest. 🙏

@carole-linejoachim1536 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning Father Mikes God Bless you and thank you so much for this beautiful journey with the bible of the year this his the Best GIFT EVER

@ks7343 3 жыл бұрын

so glad for daily Mass! Thank You Fr Mike for this encouragement!

@Winterdog6 3 жыл бұрын

It would be great to do a video on how to get past your feelings of guilt over past sins and failings and feeling God's love for you.

@michaelgilroy4211 Жыл бұрын

Thanks father Mike and thank God and the holy spirit for your holy wisdom and faith and may God guide you in righteousness for directing the faithful people to ways of God and Jesus and the holy family. God bless

@jayorilla3696 11 ай бұрын

I dont know abiut you guys, but it really seems to me, Jesus speaks to me through you Fr. Mike..I THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING..I MAGNIFY HIM..MAGNIFICAT DOMINUM..

@flydivajacs 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Fr. Mike for always reminding us to give praise, count our blessings and give Thanks. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@chissstardestroyer 3 жыл бұрын

Unthankfulness and ingratitude are the fruits of humility, Fr. Mike; they are what comes out when humility is focused upon in one's life. Thus all forms of self-respect are extinguished and cruelty towards neighbor comes out in man in the process.

@annah3246 3 жыл бұрын

Can everyone please pray for my mum, who passed away back in 2008. She had cancer and passed away in hospital. She recently appeared to me in my dream. Thank you.

@sammyc8217 3 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@rudy4626 3 жыл бұрын

Amen! Its so important to express gratitude to the people you love and people around you 💕but above all thank God for everything 💖

@grandjette 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Fr. Mike Schmitz. It's good to hear this advise you gave to someone, especially giving more background on the person's circumstances.

@dc_rocker 2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU Father Mike, and everyone else who is responsible for these videos. Your delivery of the Word and comforting presence have inspired and informed me in my journey to salvation through Christ. God is doing great work through you all.

@michellemigone7739 3 жыл бұрын

Ever since you talked about this in the homily way long ago I have been giving this advice to so many people. It really does change how we think of our lives . Thank you Father Mike for your wisdom.

@dakota9919 3 жыл бұрын

Why do you call him father only god is your father.

@jula5417 3 жыл бұрын

This is such an important message for all of us. Thank you and God bless you Hugs from Poland 🧡💛💚💙

@sc1131 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing advice. Thank you, Father!

@jellybeans5295 3 жыл бұрын

This video was absolutely amazing and eye opening. Thank God for directing me to this video, and for working through you to deliver it to us! (See what I did there?... 😉)

@pujaghosh3774 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Father Mike for every thing..

@coolliger 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This is a timely message I needed to here. Coincidences don't exist, God does.

@dominicflanagan6416 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Fr Mike..you are God's blessing to us all. Thank you Lord for Fr Mike

@al5030 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lord for this message, I just forwarded it to my daughter who is in college and sometimes she doesn't seem to see all the blessings she has in her life 🙏🧡🍁

@billsd13 3 жыл бұрын

Sacrifice at Calvary, we are at Calvary at every Mass. I am grateful for the reverence that you demonstrate when offering Mass, father. We watch your livestream. God-bless you.

@210SAi 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this beautiful message Father. My life is not what I thought it’d be but I know I need to be thankful to God in all things

@Elif99646 3 жыл бұрын

I'm thankful to the Creator for making me meet with Father Mike Schmitz's videos 3 years ago for the first time. Elhamdulillah.

@jen9774 3 жыл бұрын

A good reminder especially when feeling down and 'why me Lord' - thanks Fr Mike

@Caroline.A.joseph 3 жыл бұрын

Give thanks for all the wonderful blessings in your life and when things go bad.. Thank him for the solutions and his divine intervention in our lives.. That's the way to always be thankful.. 😘

@kathleensarachinsky1460 3 жыл бұрын

I say thank you to everything. While driving I say thank you for Stop sign, for my steering wheel, for the coming green traffic light. Waking up I thank my water faucet, my toothbrush, my hair brush. These things assist to make our life helpful and they are blessings

@bellarue22 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for stepping in front of the camera to make these videos. It is such a blessing to hear you speak on several topics to allow those of us listening the blessings to take it in and find peace

@oonwing 3 жыл бұрын

On point!!! As usual, Father Mike, GOD bless you and your Church, and personal family.

@antoniohirama.z.8946 3 жыл бұрын

100! And, there's the Holy Spirit!

@neysadsouza6966 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, just what was needed especially when one feels like there is no hope. And I liked the informative bit too! God bless!

@majorfrank1167 3 жыл бұрын

Please pray for me I suffer from wounds received in combat also pray for my buddies who were kia by my side Faybert Bradshaw, Stan Kierzek, and Frank Badolatti, Len Hanawald also pray for my daughter Natalie who died from a drug overdose God Bless

@Donna-cc1kt 3 жыл бұрын

I pray for you , your friends, daughter, and add your guardian angels. Sweet Jesus, have mercy on the suffering. Teach them how to please You and walk gently with their Guardian Angels. Though You we seek the Peace only You can give. Help me Lord to be always mindful of Your Will rather than our own. I know Your Way and Plan for my life is best. Jesus, I Trust in you.

@Shaun1977 3 жыл бұрын

I genuinely see Christ in this Man God Bless you Father🕊💜🙏

@donnaessig3139 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your inspiration Father Mike!

@dylanrunner2001 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you to Fr. Mike and crew. 🦃

@marybethknappwilliston4503 3 жыл бұрын

Fr. Mike, you words are amazing and always lift me up! I can feel the Holy Spirit in your words and homilies. I gives thanks to you! God Bless you and your family on Thanksgiving 🙏❤.

@jenniferwhite546 3 жыл бұрын

Gratitude is so vital and what you are saying has been studied many times. Gratitude is in my profession as a Psychological Therapist one of the most underestimated tools. This proves again that so many answers are already in the Bible. Thanks for doing the Bible Podcast. This will help a lot of people and will transform not only a lot of individual people, but it will have a massive effect on their families, friends, communities and with this, we make this world a better place. I am very grateful for this.

@AnimalsAndCritters 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jesus!!!

@vivianlacolla825 3 жыл бұрын

Fr Mike, you are adorable! Thank you!

@Rebeccar219 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Fr. Mike for your wisdom today " creme de la creme"! 🍾 Bonjour, Rochelle.

@CARS63 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Father Mike 🙏 ♥️ 🤗

@eduardog9243 3 жыл бұрын

I humbly ask for prayers brothers and sisters struggling with addiction and lust

@ajperez3537 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Father, for your videos and your lessons. I tell you they are very helpful. Thank you.

@diegovazquez5088 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about praying to God how I can say thank you and this comes up 🙏❤✝️

@vanessarodrigues124 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Father. True we've got so much to thank God for...

@kevymoranski3887 3 жыл бұрын

Very timely Father. Happy Thanksgiving Day !!!

@louisehine1 3 жыл бұрын

Fr Mike, you and Fr Casey should do a video together.

@debbie4503 3 ай бұрын

I'm thankful that God brought my Great Niece from the brink of death.

@lolytar.1271 3 жыл бұрын

We thank God for you, Fr. Mike!!! May God always bless you and your family!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!!

@rebeccaliepman4991 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Ascension! Could you guys make Closed Captions because the auto-generated one doesn’t capitalize God or other things. Thank you :)

@evanelias9937 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u father

@jamesnoriega4698 3 жыл бұрын

Father Mike is the GOAT

@joolz5747 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FR. Mike! Am grateful for so much and sometimes forget it. Love your connection to God that you share! Yes.....THANK YOU!!!!!

@cruizing 3 жыл бұрын

Fr. Mike, thank you for this video. It is great to be reminded of the importance to be thankful to God for what we have and to create a routine around such an important gesture. I find this simple exercise to be so important because it keeps us humble and helps to reconnect us with God. Keep those videos coming.

@marrenja8773 3 жыл бұрын

Great advice as always. For me personally, practicing gratefulness is of course being thankful for what I have and what other people have (be happy seeing them happy, not gossiping about anyone). By no means it's all easy to do, but as Catholics, there's always greater fulfillment in doing it with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

@-gina1114 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Father Mike!!! Loved it so much!!! Thank you very much and Thank you Ascension Presents!!! God bless you!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!!

@alciraproenza-collazo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jesus, just thank You!

@vuhoang7109 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Fr. Mike, for all that you do, for our eListeners, myself included. It's a blessing to have you guide us in life through our our Lord Jesus Christ, especially, in this covid time. God bless.

@TebowTheNextKilmer 3 жыл бұрын

Straight up. Well done, Father.

@ivonnemedrano8937 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Father Mike for sharing your insight and videos; God bless you and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

@charb8142 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Father!🙏❤

@eduardoandemilysaires5463 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving, Father Schmidt. I am so grateful for your ministry. May God continue to bless us through your important work. May your worship be especially passionate this holy season of Advent.

@marym5043 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving day with your family and friends with the help of God next year be better God bless you and your family

@eduardog9243 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Father Mike Schmitz

@williamkamahele2388 3 жыл бұрын

A KNIGHT. Right on. Awesome Amen. More than...Say I AM THAT I AM

@susanna3486 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do an episode about depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts and how to respond to them the Catholic way?

@Steven-my4nj 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Father mike

@PaulPaullus 3 жыл бұрын

Going to Confession is saying 'Thank You' to God.....

@dakota9919 3 жыл бұрын

No it is not. Going to confession is the farthest thing from telling god thank you. You are telling a man your sins even though the bible says that nobody gets to the father except through jesus. There so many things that is wrong with the catholic church and that is one of them.