"True Surrender" | 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Mike's Homily)

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Rebellion, Resentment, or Rejoicing
We are called to surrender to God's will. But how do we surrender? Is it a matter of feeling or is it a matter of something else? Surrender is an active, dynamic thing. And it is the opposite of rebellion and resentment.
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@caroarling 4 күн бұрын

Our prayer of surrender at the beginning of every day and the end of every day (St. Ignatius of Loyola): “Take oh Lord and receive all my liberty, and memory, my understanding, and my entire will. Whatever I have or hold You’ve given me. I restore all to You and surrender it wholly to be governed by Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace. I am rich enough and ask for nothing more. Amen.”

@doracawley8355 4 күн бұрын

Amen🙏🏾 I will commit to pray this prayer morning and night and the in between hours too.

@jodygill8755 3 күн бұрын

❤ Amen ❤

@SurrenderNovena 4 күн бұрын

"Christianity is not a crock-pot Christianity, where you set it and forget it. Surrender is not a one time thing." We have to surrender every day in many ways. Thank you, Fr. Mike.

@ruthortega5822 4 күн бұрын

Father Mike, your homily is truly awesome. I have been struggling with surrender. I say to Jesus, "Jesus, I surrender myself to you. Take care of everything", but I still find myself being anxious and worried. Help me dear, Jesus, to truly give all that is bothering me to you and mean it and act on it. It is difficult. Thank you Lord for another day.

@b8akaratn 4 күн бұрын

Hi, fellow Anxious Person! ...just wanted to jump in and say Inside Out 2 is a wonderful movie with Anxiety as a brand new character 😊 It was soothing for me! - a Very Anxious Person

@ruthortega5822 4 күн бұрын

@@b8akaratn Thank you very much anxious person.

@TheAAnne123 4 күн бұрын

Try adding Mary Undoer of Knots Novena

@ruthortega5822 4 күн бұрын

@@TheAAnne123 I have been praying to her and will continue. God bless!

@DelaG29 4 күн бұрын

@@TheAAnne123 crazy I also struggle very much with anxiety, it is my main problem... and just today I decided to start a novena to Our Lady Undoer of Knots... I just cannot do it myself

@pam-0383 4 күн бұрын

Instructions 📝for Surrendering is: (like balancing) 1. Recognize that something is wrong 🤔 2. Pray to the Lord✝️ 3. Get to work 💪 4. Be on guard for rebellion 💂 (doing anything other than what God says) Giving God access rinse...repeat

@jamesgordon4312 4 күн бұрын

I enjoyed your sermon! I became a Catholic 4 months ago.

@annepakiam8922 5 сағат бұрын

God bless you, Fr Mike. You truly speak to my heart

@Shaluyehshua 4 күн бұрын

Thank you Father Mike. Will pray this prayer of surrender. And lord, help me die for me and help me live for you

@carmencitad.tsuchigane5556 8 сағат бұрын

AMEN 🙏

@janefosha7847 Күн бұрын

Thank you for this excellent and helpful homily! Giving access can be a real challenge, especially when confronted with situations we neither anticipated nor asked for. Thank you!

@mariechong9109 2 күн бұрын

Lord i pray for my Clemence and Zilei, heal their brokenness and bless them with the grace to surrender their disappointment, to trust in your Providence

@taragiovannone2431 17 сағат бұрын

Thank you Fr Mike

@Gillian1970Mel Күн бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you...I really needed this. I so gave up on God yesterday. ❤

@mariac4602 2 күн бұрын

Wonderful analogies! They are so helpful for understanding these concepts and how to live them. Thank you, Father Mike.

@alycemannix8338 4 күн бұрын

I pray this every day…. I surrender myself to you body and spirit; take care of everything. I don’t know if I’m being resentful. I feel like I’m praying spiritually and meaningful and I pray only for God’s will. I’ve been ill for years in pain but I’ll keep trying to really try to do God’s will and happily always. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

@mckeep3 2 күн бұрын

Father Mike, I was drawn to this video. I have done the Surrender Novena multiple times. When anxiety approaches me, I place the moment at Jesus's feet. I was in the Adoration Chapel silently, hoping to hear Jesus. I heard, “Surrender yourself to me.” The vision was before becoming ordained; the seminarian would prostrate on the floor with heels together and arms straight out, mirroring the cross in front of the Holy Host of Jesus. I am a 70-year-old woman kneeling in front of Jesus and prostrated to Jesus, saying, “I surrender my whole to You. Do as You please. I love You. I adore You. I trust You.” This was life-changing. It will not be the only time I do this.

@bonk668 4 күн бұрын

Fr. Mike always gives a great homily

@marcin4497 2 күн бұрын

Beautiful prayer ❤️‍🔥

@user-ec7bt4zm2u 4 күн бұрын

I've been stalled in my spiritual life and I think it's because I had a "Jesus Take the Wheel" approach of resignation rather than the Sully approach of say a prayer and get to work. Thanks once again for a direct and great homily!

@blaisemacpherson7637 4 күн бұрын

In all fairness she did some better work later in her career. Blown Away is a solid song. And the one where she beats up his truck?

@blancarosaalvarez8211 4 күн бұрын

Father Mike, I love all your homilies but this one is outstanding, you help me to understand the true meaning of surrender, thanks for Saint Ignacio’s prayer at the end. God bless you and God help us to surrender, to die to ourselves and to live for Him.

@marykmartin7946 3 күн бұрын

This is exactly what I needed to hear. My son in law of 2 months has just been diagnosed with a fast moving form of acute leukemia. It is devestating.

@muskaan3333 17 сағат бұрын

I’m so sorry to hear this. May the good lord heal your son in law and may he enjoy a healthy and long life

@christmastavares8120 3 күн бұрын

That was a powerful prayer

@LadyKayye 4 күн бұрын

My day just got so much better. Hope you’re doing well Fr. Mike. ❤

@AggieMack-m3g 3 күн бұрын

This was such a powerful homily. I missed mass due to a sick baby and was frustrated about it. This was the kick in the butt reminder I needed about where God needed me to be… still working on the cheerful heart part.

@chantalsmalley400 4 күн бұрын

I so love your homily, Father Mike - thank you … we are not and will never be balanced --> we are constantly BALANCING. Help me every day, Jesus, to make adjustments according to Your will 🙏❤️

@ludovicoc7046 4 күн бұрын

The one thing I learned (other than the cool Bible stuff) from watching this video is to never playback Fr. Mike at 2X.

@Srf2311 4 күн бұрын

Thanks

@angrypotato_fz 17 сағат бұрын

Beautiful and thoughtful teaching. I think I need to write this prayer down and have at hand.

@courtjensen9004 4 күн бұрын

Thank you for the beautiful homily. I also thank you all for the beautiful reflections of struggle, faith, and hope. All these words you are sharing in here are giving me hope before a stressful work day.

@b8akaratn 4 күн бұрын

Hope u have a good day! 😊

@glynvavasseur6274 4 күн бұрын

Awesome homily Father Mike. I love your homily so much. You always hit the nail on the head.

@michellehyde1473 4 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@user-kg1zv5xb1m 4 күн бұрын

Father.. in my lifetime.. no priest has ever impacted me with any homily like yours.. you are expressive and clear so we understand and that is so appreciated. Some things in our faith are confusing.. but when you explain.. it’s like a light bulb 💡 goes off !! Thank you for bringing me closer to Our Lord ✝️🙏🏻🌹

@VioletMomLisa 4 күн бұрын

I also like Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney Australia found in KZfaq here too.

@savannahgonzalez5333 2 күн бұрын

Thank you i needed this 🙏 ❤️

@MoMo-mo8bg 4 күн бұрын

Thank you Fr Mike…in today’s world it is hard to have a grateful heart. As a nurse I will say one of my worst jobs at a very large hospital and I became familiar with the term ‘horizontal violence’….i was dumbfounded by how ppl in the medical field could be so horrible to coworkers and patients….it broke me. I left and worked in hospice for 4.5 yrs, it was such a valuable lesson. I almost left a field I worked so hard to get into bc I saw the dark side of ppl. Hospice showed me so much love, caring and forgiveness….it saved my caregiver heart. I was mad at God for a spell there, as a single mom I felt stuck in the hospital job just so we could survive. The day after I gave my 2 week notice is when I was called about the hospice job…..he hears you, has a plan and even though it can be tough…..things will get better. I try to live by the mantra, be the person you wish you had growing up, same with nursing, I treat every person as though they were family. Be kind and keep faith.

@michellehyde1473 4 күн бұрын

God bless you for your service as a nurse! I worked in the medical field for 40 years…I loved it until people stopped caring for one another! I’m so glad the The Lord lead you to the right place!

@annemcgoff8495 4 күн бұрын

Thank you, Fr Mike. I needed this❤

@franciscos.a.l.135 3 күн бұрын

peace

@jeantrafecanty3225 3 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this. I’ve been struggling with surrendering my worries to the Lord in the midst of infertility issues and with suffering a miscarriage in Feb. I pray daily for comfort and His graces to help heal me ❤️ Praying for you all in your struggles

@Kev1972 3 күн бұрын

I know my thinking is flawed, but sometimes I feel God created me chronically depressed. My mother always tells me to surrender to God. Father Mike, thank you for the prayer as I will devote my morning and evening prayers to surrender to him.

@Josuzaki 2 күн бұрын

Have you ever tried renouncing prayers? Recently I had the experience that my depression was linked to a false thought I had about myself. After years of struggling, and in a desperate moment, it became clear to me what thought I had to renounce. This thought was--if the worse happens, I could do the worse. This little thought, that I was capable of evil because I might lose control of my mind, was the"in" that the devil needed to harass me all these years. Don't be afraid. God will send his angels to protect you lest you dash your foot against a stone. Trust that if you're in a state of grace, he will protect your soul and the devil has no power over you. If you choose to do God's will, then God will give you the grace to do good. Always. Begin by renouncing despair and reaffirm your trust in the power of God's goodness to you. "I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" God bless you in this struggle.

@carolhensen8005 4 күн бұрын

Profound words Father Mike, I needed this message today more than any other I’ve heard in the past. I will surrender all to thee Lord, I’m praying for you Father Mike God Bless…

@monikacoates7661 4 күн бұрын

I loved your words! :) Thank you for the prayer. God Bless! ♥

@stephanieholderfield2475 3 күн бұрын

beautiful

@lindaharper2870 4 күн бұрын

Can relate to your words… thanks Fr. Mike

@mlsim8062 3 күн бұрын

For me the opposite of surrender is control which equates to a form of rebellion

@tracysandoval2338 4 күн бұрын

Thank you Father Mike! 🙏🏻 I will definitely be praying this!

@benjieansah4431 3 күн бұрын

God bless can umar 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

@evelynsintimappiah1888 4 күн бұрын

Lord Jesus Christ have Mercy on us 🙏

@patriciatims7275 4 күн бұрын

Your homely is always so inspirational and so true.MGBY❤

@marystermer5983 3 күн бұрын

I get it! Thank you 😊

@elvacantu7821 4 күн бұрын

How do I surrender my pain of having alcoholic children? Adult children, married with spouse and adult children. I am 87 yrs old and at the age of 21 I married an alcoholic. I had never seen an intoxicated person in my life. I want to surrender my anxiety and pain to something I am not able to change. Prayers for my children----for me? Father Mike please in the future discussions in the hidden illness of alcoholism.

@elvacantu7821 4 күн бұрын

Thank you, God bless you 🙏💕

@gaylepaul2976 3 күн бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@marymiller7432 4 күн бұрын

Say 10 times, Jesus i trust in you n you will feel better

@bobgorski5326 4 күн бұрын

Thank you Father Mike, it is indeed an awesome book

@salvazquez6348 4 күн бұрын

God bless you Father Schmitz

@lauraantos3105 4 күн бұрын

Thank you Fr Mike for your heart felt and inspiring words.

@janelanzon6011 4 күн бұрын

Thank you Fr. Mike.

@andip.9808 3 күн бұрын

It nearly took me 24 hours to listen to this talk completely… Hard to hear but thank you. ❤️🙏🏼

@babyshooz 4 күн бұрын

Father Mike coming through with the timely messages! Thank you for the high energy, joy, and deep reflection!

@cherylawitherell1800 4 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏❤ Father Mike

@alycemannix8338 4 күн бұрын

I’ll also pray for you Father Mike for there is no one else that can do God’s Will as you can and from what I see you are. Thank you Father Mike, you’re such a gift to everyone and that’s why God has given you this project. Maybe resentful but you’re willing to do what GOD has asked of you. So far so good! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

@nickrugg 4 күн бұрын

Fr. Mike… God’s wrestling coach!!! ✝️🙏🏻❤️💪🏻

@kindjewels4511 3 күн бұрын

I've been struggling big time with surrendering. My whole life. I really need help with this, and this has come, as always, at the right time.

@reginaclaire4680 4 күн бұрын

What a perfect prayer ❤

@rayazzopardi3408 4 күн бұрын

Dear Father Mike I been struggling with my relationship and hearing you today’s homily gives me hope. Thank you and god bless. Pray for me. Raymond from Toronto Canada

@katerinafarlikova3807 4 күн бұрын

Every time I start to think I can't listen to any priest anymore, I must remember the pillars of my fate are not homilies, but, besides the eucharist and the bible, they are Rosary, Adoration and Breviary. Priests can fail. Rosary never fails I assure :)

@erikadeslauriers3403 4 күн бұрын

Thank you for this! I am working on surrender and this was helpful to me!

@mariechong9109 2 күн бұрын

Lord I pray for Grace to surrender to you, to let go and allow you to work in me and with me

@Godzilla-el2li 4 күн бұрын

Greetings 🍦 good afternoon darling brothers and sisters of faith 🙏🏻 venting and complaining are different 😮 I am excited for the students and the projects they accomplish thank you father Mike 🙏🏻 all praises go to God thank you Jesus for all the good 🙏🏻👼👼🏻👼🏼👼🏼👼🏽👼🏾👼🏿

@christinenguyen2530 4 күн бұрын

Blessings

@psarmijo5256 3 күн бұрын

Thank You Father Mike! That was beautiful. I would've never known You were having troubles. You're always so happy & inspiring! God Bless YOU!

@R_Thomp 4 күн бұрын

Thank you Father❤

@roselineho8675 3 күн бұрын

I can listen to you the whole day!! In fact I am cuz Glad I am still able to re-attend the Bible in a year..year after year!!

@benjieansah4431 3 күн бұрын

God bless CSm umar🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

@reginaclaire4680 4 күн бұрын

Ohmygoodness I am absolutely an uncheerful resentful doer of His will. I’ll do it, but I’m miserable- hopefully this homily will plant a seed in me but my hearty might be too hardened.

@DescriptionofHeaven-uf7hl 4 күн бұрын

Amen Amen Amen Thank you Jesus for your grace and mercies. Thank you Jesus for this new day. Thank you Jesus for loving me.

@EliB567a 3 күн бұрын

That’s a wonderful sermon & must remember to pray that prayer every day. 🙏

@maealberto9445 4 күн бұрын

Also, delayed obedience is still disobedience.

@gedat5538 4 күн бұрын

This Catholic hymn captures the true meaning of SURRENDER: Take oh Lord and receive all my liberty, and memory, my understanding, and my entire will. Whatever I have or hold You’ve given me. I restore all to You and surrender it wholly to be governed by Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace. I am rich enough and ask for nothing more.

@dorothyarensindependentcon3328 4 күн бұрын

This hit home and I’m grateful I listened. God bless you Father Mike.

@caroldoidge3044 3 күн бұрын

Truly amazing and awesome homily and advice 🙏🏼👏 Thank you Fr Mike this is what we suffer from daily How to trust and allow God to come into our lives Amen

@rosamariaruvalcaba5252 3 күн бұрын

Thank you, Fr. Mike, for such a lovely homily. Abandonment in the Lords hands is difficult at first but as we abandon the small things it is easier to place the difficult things in the loving hands of the Lord. It is one of the most wonderful things I learned from the Prayer and Life Workshops founded by Fr. Ignacio Larrañaga.

@JWellsUp 4 күн бұрын

And for those who think that the heart being spoken of is not the pumping heart,rather, your conscience. Hardening your heart is the same as blocking a suggestion to do Gods will but unblocking it to do your will.

@amdg9683 4 күн бұрын

Thank you father, exactly what I needed

@marijo.4694 3 күн бұрын

Lord, I surrender. St. Ignatius pray for us.

@user-ix7lz3mw2n 4 күн бұрын

Amen

@JacksonD0716 4 күн бұрын

So good. Thank you, Father.

@mlsim8062 3 күн бұрын

Amazing homily! Amazing prayer!

@KB_2161 4 күн бұрын

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. 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. 👀 ❤🙏❤

@michellehyde1473 4 күн бұрын

Wow, St Loyola’s prayer is a hard one to accept! I think that as Christians we WANT to completely surrender, but s humans, we want some thread of control…! Thanks for opening my eyes to this!

@s.s8665 3 күн бұрын

The prayer of surrender at the end is gonna be so hard for me but i will definitely try my best !!! Thank you father mike for this eye opening sermon!! Praise the lord!!!

@EscMML-vu2yi 4 күн бұрын

Thank you so so much. God bless you

@traciewestbrook3974 4 күн бұрын

As a single mom that was when I surrendered to let God take my life over and he did and my life was never the same that’s what she meant in the song. That was a prayer to God that she wanted him to lead her because she was making the wrong choices.

@brettgurda1356 4 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@_eemjee_ 3 күн бұрын

this is also my problem Father. i am kinda getting tired of people asking for financial help. when i give them a little amount, i will receive a reaction like, "is this all?" what hurts the most is they are my own mom and grandma. it is not easy to be the breadwinner, yet my mom will talk to others about "the things i CANNOT provide, instead of what i gave." so most of the time, i cannot give to them with a cheerful heart. my siblings are more appreciative and grateful though.

@corinabecerra953 4 күн бұрын

🙏🏼

@jojomcelwee1380 4 күн бұрын

❤️

@whereeverthemind 4 күн бұрын

Some of us cheerfully gave but got nothing back but sorrow, thanks for nothing

@Shaluyehshua 4 күн бұрын

❤❤

@elisanbgeladuarte6996 5 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@ks7343 4 күн бұрын

Father Mike, I want to help you! I’m not in Minnesota, but I’m a Director of Development, who has success with online fundraising, and with direct mail fundraising! I know you have people there at the university who might be willing to help you, but I’m truly interested in helping you! If you want to talk, please reach out!

@ChildofGod98765 4 күн бұрын

Give me strength Lord Jesus. I’m struggling providing for my children. I will keep faith. I have two beautiful boys both have special needs. I’m overwhelmed because they require so much from me. I’m fearful because every month is a struggle to not end up on the streets with my boys. Lord restore my faith. I’m so tired Lord Jesus of constantly struggling to pay bills and struggling to buy groceries. Ashamed because I’m failing as a mother. Please Lord continue to give me strength.❤️

@pattysayssew3609 4 күн бұрын

I will pray for you. You are not a failing mother, you're clearly a loving, faithful daughter of God and a mother dealing with the issues of our day. I will pray for strength and blessings for you.

@Fiery154 4 күн бұрын

You have been given a great weight, but the Lord knows you can bear it, but you need not bear it alone. Lean on your school team. In some states there is respite care service tied to the Foster Care system, so it could be free or low cost. Take care of yourself, maybe find a caregivers support group. Financial Peace University transformed my life, it’s biblical and more than just money. You can watch the radio show and back episodes on KZfaq, and you will no longer feel like a slave to your money. It is freeing to have control of your finances with a budget. I will pray for you in your struggle.

@jhamberg8968 4 күн бұрын

Keep praying. I am praying for you too. Just remember that surrendering does not mean giving up.

@lindaharper2870 4 күн бұрын

Do you just copy and paste your comment on every religious site??? You’re a fake!

@priscillabarr9542 4 күн бұрын

Do you have an Amazon page

@KathAnn-p3o Күн бұрын

*Larry Burkett's book on "Giving and Tithing" drew me closer to God and helped my spirituality. 2020 was a year I literally lived it. I cashed in my life savings and gave it all away. My total giving amounted to 40,000 dollars. Everyone thought I was delusional. Today, 1 receive 85,000 dollars every two months. I have a property in Calabasas, CA, and travel a lot. God has promoted me more than once and opened doors for me to live beyond my dreams. God kept to his promises to and for me*

@CharlesRogers-sv4in Күн бұрын

There's wonder working power in following Kingdom principles on giving and tithing. Hallelujah!

@JimHoke-n3i Күн бұрын

But then, how do you get all that in that period of time? What is it you do please, mind sharing?

@SaraBaxter-bf4rt Күн бұрын

It is the digital market. That's been the secret to this wealth transfer. A lot of folks in the US and abroad are getting so much from it, God has been good to my household Thank you Jesus

@SaraBaxter-bf4rt Күн бұрын

Big thanks to Ms. Chisty Fiore❤️✨💯May God bless Christy Fiore services,she have changed thousands of lives globally

@HarrisWay-kc7li Күн бұрын

How can I start this digital market, any guidelines and how can I reach out to her?