Straightforward Career and Job Advice
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- čas přidán 12. 12. 2017
- It’s all too common for us to think of our work as either the thing that gives us our identity, or something to be avoided at all cost, or some unhealthy combination of those two misleading philosophies. In this video, Fr. Mike aims to bring inspiration to our everyday jobs by showing us how our labor can be a way to share in God’s nature. By striving to look past humanity’s brokenness and sin, we can move beyond seeing work as a burden, and see how every act of work has dignity.
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Altaration: The Mystery of the Mass Revealed (bit.ly/2rIYjfE)
YOU: Life, Love and the Theology of the Body (bit.ly/2nKLug5)
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I️ just quit studying for my exams, saw this, and now I’m hitting the books again.
Lol, good old Catholic guilt, hope you do well on your exams, God Bless
Man I’m feeling this right now
Same here!
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Greetings: amen 🙏 alleluia : wonderful
I’m only 26 and I’ve had at least 20 jobs. I realize that I’ve been making work a place where I look for meaning, and tire as soon as it doesn’t offer that. I pray that the Lord purifies this disordered good & that I may offer up what I deem as “insignificant work.”
you can make meaning within any job, it is possible! i did it in retail by just being good to others around me and caring for strangers, or making the shelves look beautiful.
I’m 15 and I started getting into woodworking and after my first woodworking project ( making a cross) I got this as my daily bible verse.
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.”
Proverbs 16:3
Impressive. At 15 I was “lost.” You are now 19. I pray all is well. God bless!
@@stieg_smithDitto. God bless you both 🙏
@@Wonderpattypatty God bless you too 🙏🏻
now you 21 , how are you bro
Lower expectation, and raise standards.
Best job advice I've received.
Does he have a secret family too?
@@brendamyc3173 probably
He's like the Michael Scott of The Catholic Church.
Whenever i worried about the future, my mom would just say: "Don't worry, it doesn't matter. Just as long as you follow the will of God. Do your duty." And that's how I ended up in Japan.
Hi how is life now are you still in japan , can I ask what you think of it? Im 19 and considering it but Im worried if i wont fit in there or like it since i heard foreigners are not happy there and tend to leave
"God makes us for labor, leisure and love", very poetic, thank you Father Mike!
I especially appreciated the end when you talk about work as an act of worship when offered to God. As a seminarian, my "job" for now, my duty of the moment is to be formed and to study. This can be pretty tough sometimes because my call is not to be a seminarian, but I'm in an interim stage that is preparing me for my "career" as a priest. Sometimes, the only thing that gets me through a paper or a study session is the fact that I can offer it as a prayer to the Lord; that through self-denial and the exercise of my creative gifts, I can offer my papers, my exams and my studying as an act of worship to God. Hopefully other college students are turning their work into prayer as well!
Dcn Alex Colautti with a Physics final tomorrow and Organic Chem final on Friday I will make sure to do that while I study ! Great advice and I pray that you do great on your exams!
Make it a prayer! I'll be sure to throw a few up there to the Big Guy on your behalf. Blessings on you and your exams.
Dcn Alex Colautti May The Lord bless you
roger and with your spirit!
Dcn Alex Colautti
Thank you for taking the calling. I really appreciate all Priests and Nuns. It is unbelievably amazing what you guys do for Our Lord and his Church.
Thank you, Fr. Mike. I've hit a wall in my job search because I don't want to get locked into something that isn't "my purpose." I really needed to hear that my career is not my identity and that it can just be for financing the rest of my life.
1:07 “ What is God’s plan for work?”
2:00 Labor Leisure Love
2:46 Sin ( Curse/Burden/Identity, Folding I’m on ourself, Lust)
4:57 “ work has dignity because you’re doing it.” you’re imaging God
Wow, thank you! I’m in med school and what bothers me is that a lot that a lot of people think that if you don’t give up your life entirely to this profession you’re not going to be a good doctor. I came here for two reasons: I do want a meaningful job, but I also want a job that pays so that I can work part time and be with my future kids as much as possible. I have actually never said this to anyone because it sounds selfish, but you have given me peace about it. I want to work, rest and love. God bless!
Great goals Paula
My girlfriend wants to go to medical school for the same reasons.
You make it though med school??
This is an old post but just letting you know this isn’t selfish of you. You wanted time to spend with the kids and enough money to support the family. It’s called work- life balance .
Ran into the same thing in technology. The few I’ve mentioned this too just don’t get it.
Having been a teacher for some 40 years I want to tell the young ones. Find what you love but able to keep a roof over your head, food on your table ect. My Grandparents and Parents went through the Great Depression I was taught to work and put money away, spend some save some. American Standard Version
And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
This was EXACTLY what I needed to hear. I have been going back and forth a billion times with my major, and I have had no idea what I want to do for a career. Please pray for me! Prayers much appreciated! This really helped to put in perspective the idea that work isn't supposed to fulfill me, God is; whenever I move away from that I become stressed. Thank you for being a light Fr. Mike!
Right! I am in the same situation as you except I haven't changed my major but thought about changing my major. I agree. God is supposed to fulfill us...not only work. I am actually a Labour Studies Major. We talk about how work is viewed in people's lives.
@@traceylewis5376 "Labor Studies Major" Wow; you are literally the *perfect* person to discuss this topic with lol
God bless you with prosperity and abundance 🙏🏼
@@garrettevans9193 this is why I love the internet
What job do you have now and do you enjoy it?
I feel like I always run into this unhappiness in jobs because society has this idea that your final career/the spot you should settle on is a job you'd do for free. Because of that, I'm always looking to jump ship to get closer to whatever that might be (even if I'm not quite sure what that job would be). Thank you, Father Mike, for putting work in a realistic view.
I am a carpenter .. and it has been a grueling job for many year . sliced off fingers and broken hip.. blood is part of the job . scared of falling to my death but also seeing the divinity in what I do .. So many times I have stood back and cried .. I worried how I will make it the next week when injured and wondered why I was injured .. I would go to work and in my truck and pray .. I saw God in my work ! .. I would cry and get so excited when I'd see what I was able to do .. I felt The Lord and wondered why me .. Not why me in the sense of struggle .. But why me in .. Why did you give this Gift to me ? Things I couldn't figure beforehand .. I'd ask .. Show me .. and it happened .. I was witnessing like an observer and I'd get so excited .. I know my job might not pay that great .. I go to bed tired and wake up the next day excited and have never lacked food . I was provided for by God .. I was given an opportunity as a young man to build my parents house in 1986 .. I didn;t know what I was doing but it happened !! I hugged my mother in the back yard and told her " I didn't have a clue " and she said to me .. You have been given a Gift .. both of my parents passed in their beloved house years later .. and many years ago .. I understood the Gift and not only the work and toil .. But pass it on !! .. Show others what you know , teach and tell them they can do it and though they might not believe in God .. Testify always .. That it was Through The Lord unashamedly .. I will never take credit for all I have .. It was a Gift .. I will never curse God for the struggles ..I was taught through them and learned to love work and I see work as like a prayer .. I can give Glory to God through these hands .. .
Your story is beautiful, it makes me see ur job through ur eyes. Jesus Christ our Lord was also a carpenter until God the Father called Him for ministry. Your job is absolutely worthy and valued. Thank you for your service 🙏❤️
I am now at a point in my life where I feel like im a slave of work because of too much pressure... And now i am watching you (mentioning the word dignity rings a bell) and now my work makes sense. God bless you Father Mike.
I think God is talking to me right now.
I needed this video right now. I am way passed my college years and have been working in my current industry for about 10 years now and always feel like the work I do is meaningless but I am clearly not viewing it in the right way. I am trying to be more grateful that I have a job that helps support my families needs. I love your videos Fr. Mike!
If you get paid and come home to provide for your family. You're no different from a guy who has a 3 million dollar Bugatti. It doesn't matter what job you have. Because we all try to do the same thing. Provide.
A week before I got married, you released a video on 'how do you know you're with the one'. Now, two weeks before the end of my job contract (which I have had for several years), I have seen this - at a time when I want to do something else but cannot figure what. I guess I shall go ponder a bit. You are right Fr. Mike. Work should be about purpose, not money. Thank you!
I am currently on a no work no pay situation due to Covid 19. I'm sure everyone is going through a lot of painful struggles with regards to their employment status.
All the free time has got me in a plateau. I don't know which skill to focus on honing that would give me complete confidence to go back to work and finally enjoy my job.
This was an amazing eye-opener and guidance.
Please pray for me and everyone struggling this time. For clarity, consistency & confidence to push forward through these very trying times.
Anne Catherine I’m with you. Prayers💕
I will pray for you
I am in time in my life where I could really use the advice of this kind. Thank you, Fr. Mike - your timing couldn't have been more perfect!
Bible Illustrated I am thinking the same thing. 21 currently in college just contemplating what it is I'm called to do for work and here comes along Father Mike with this video. Great timing!! I've always looked at it like my profession=value or identity but clear that's not the case I love his advice and it did wonders to revolutionize my way of thinking.
Bible Illustrated Hang in there! Those that struggle and feel farthest from Our Lord are far closer than they realize. I needed this video as well, God Bless!
GOD's timing couldn't be more perfect
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now this is an epic crossover
"Work doesn't have to have the inherent meaning that you would do it even if they didn't pay you" that really changed my perspective on work. Also, that we shouldn't try to find identity in our career/work. Awesome stuff!
This is crazy!!! I’ve had the same job for 5 years, really sick of it and wanted a change. I’ve been applying to multiple places. All of a sudden, today I received 2 interviews to 2 different jobs and I was having a difficult time picking between the two. In college, I changed my major multiple times from the health field to social science to business and now I’m so satisfied with my major and don’t have the anxiety I used to. Perfect timing for this video! God is good, all the time!
It's definitely a jungle out there. Count your blessings.
@jessica auri how did you know what to choose
Count your blessings for sure!!
Thank you. This video cleared a lot of confusion I had about my career path of choice. Like going to make money to provide for a family and yourself is ok. Simply put God first and its ok to have a career that pays the bills and enjoy life. Of Course as long as the job is not of Sin.
I work for a Catholic Life insurance company and the greatest part is when the company gives back! Catholic School scholarships, helping people, and helping protect them. Doesn’t feel like work when you do good things by helping others! Work hard and follow God and it doesn’t feel like work anymore.
I found this very inspiring. I am 25 and I blew my opportunity of studying straight after school. Sometimes I doubt my ways; I felt that the Blessed Mother was calling me to become a doctor.. I guess because I wanted it so much I might have imagined it. I am studying accounting at the moment (2nd year) I plan to do some coding courses and then holefully by the Grace of God get employed in Denver, to never lose sight of the mountains and be close to Jesus there. This story is kinda messy, please mention me in your prayers.
Maria
St. Joseph Pray For Us 🙏
Dear Father, your comments are awesome. It's the really the Holy Spirit talking by you. Thanks!
Father Mike, your videos were recommended to me about a month ago and I watched through all of your videos on this channel. Your advice has been so helpful to me despite the fact I don't consider myself religious. I appreciate the love and compassion you spread through your messages and it gives me hope there are good people in the world. Thank you so much!
What an eye opening video. This video cleared all the loopholes and doubts about god's creation in my mind.
Father Mike, you truly are a Blessing!!
Thank you so much Father Mike, finally i get a new motivation after watch this video. I'm 22 right now and still looking for a job. Hopefully, i can work like God wants for my life 😊.
Thank you Fr Mike! I really needed this!!! God bless you
I’ve been applying to jobs, and the rejection is tough. I got rejected from one (of many) jobs on December 1st, and yesterday, they sent me the rejection email again. Talk about kicking me when I’m down. I’m feeling so down because for the first time in my life, I don’t know anything. I graduated college. No more school. No more structure. I feel like I’m sitting around collecting dust. All I do is search for jobs every waking hour. I’ve been praying and praying, looking at scripture like proverbs 3 and psalm 23, but I just feel so scared and abandoned. Everyone else is finding jobs. I hate this.
Jessica L. Don't loose hope, Dear. God will lead you to the right job for you. I will pray for you. I was once in your position, searched and searched, and was rejected and almost lost hope, when one day I opened the New York Times (I am dating myself here, uff) and there was the job God had me wait for to find. You'll get there. I'll be rootin' for ya :)
Jessica L. Never give up Sweet heart..my self just recently got divorced 5 months ago..and i don't have job..i did everything to get job..pray ...i couldn't count it...i almost surrender..it seems there is no way for me...i will apply job again after New Year..i only know that Jesus never abandone me..He never leave me..just pray and pray Sweet heart...you are not alone dear
Have hope Jessica
I graduated June 2015 and the Lord finally answered my prayer. Today is my first day doing what I absolutely love to do. Everything indeed in His perfect time. Dont lose hope, PUSH (Pray until something happens)
Jessica, being unemployed and only hearing "no"s are really tough. Keep asking for the grace to grow in hope and faith (as it seems you are). I know this sounds trite - but you really only have to hear one "yes". Here's a practical tip: create some daily routines, go to Mass and Adoration as often as possible, and keep contacting your network of friends and family for help. We are praying for you. God bless you!
I love Father Mike! He always offers such great perspective!
Praying for you and your vocation. God will keep you strong in your faith. Thank you for your words.
Love your humor and insights Father! You are a blessing! Thank you
Thanks Fr Mike! This was perfectly timed! I have been in a deep despair of late, regarding my current job. A new outlook on my job is the result of your video. Your gift is working well in this medium. I will pray for you to continue....the world needs a voice lie yours now, more than ever! Go with God!
It took me a long time to realize that what I did for a living was not my identity. I thought to be happy I had to have this amazing career that I loved. Now I know that I am so much more than that. I no longer feel like a failure.
God made us for labor leisure and love! Beautiful!
Thank you, Fr. Mike. I was in need of advice in regards to my career that I've been doing for the past seven years. I asked God for what HE wants and not what I want and I felt that your words here was His answer/guidance to most, if not all, questions I had.
This remind me of “look at every obligation as an opportunity” God bless Fr mike 💕
WOW! Very inspiring. I'm feeling in a pause motion about work, and this message has really spoke to me. Thanks again father.
Father Mike. You are Amazing! I needed this. Pray for me!
Perfect timing as always.
Amen to that
Beautifully said! Any work is an offering to God as worship. Amen.
Father Mike, your videos have helped me in so many ways. Between the Priest at my parish and you, my life is slow changing and turning so much closer to God! Bless you Father!!! ❤️
Thank you for your advice may the LORD our GOD bless you all abundantly in JESUS mighty and precious name AMEN!!!!!!!🙏🏽🤲🏽☝🏽❤️☝🏽✝️
Great video Fr Mike, best priest on CZcams
Thank you father .. there were so many new points to ponder and so many corrections to be made in the way i think . Please do remember us all in your prayers so that we constantly try and get closer to God . Merry Christmas!!
Definitely one of the best, if not the best, perspectives I’ve heard on work.
Thank you Father Mike! This is something I needed to hear. God Bless!
Beautiful video, so much truth in this segment,especially loved the 3 points of labor, leisure, love, and the job dignity part! God bless !
"I say dumb things sometimes."
A legit LOL
Thanks Father Mike!
Very helpful. You makes it clear. You made me smile. You showed me purpose in a different way. A very much a blessing. God bless you
Holy insights! Thank you, Fr Mike.
Thank you Father Mike, I've just graduated and that's really what I needed to hear.
I love this channel and all its videos. All the videos are so helpful. Weather it’s life advice, prayer advice or just guidance. I always find the answers to the questions I have never asked. I learn so much from these videos! 😇
Needed to hear this! thank you!
Happy, Happy Birthday Father Mike!🎂
You have fulfilled my mind...Thanks Father
Oh gosh this is great! I've been praying about work and reflecting on how Jesus's dad was St Joseph the Worker. I definitely have more to pray about regarding work, this video helped
Thank you, thank you, thank you Father Mike! I have enjoyed all of your videos (the ones I have seen so far), but this one has spoken to my life in particular, in a time when I have been struggling with this very topic. God bless you abundantly always, and keep up the good work! 😁
Thanks, Fr. Mike. I am 64 years old and I needed to hear that.
That was really good advice, very encouraging! I never thought of my work as worship! Thank you for posting!
Father, you are a gift to the Church, I pray for you daily. Please continue your preaching, we need these sermons. You make me love the Lord more each time I hear you. God bless you Padre.
God bless your Father Mike.
Watched it as I was getting ready to work, Thanks for making this video Fr.Mike
So good! Thank you again, Father!
You made more sense than a lot of the entrepreneurs out there that keep preaching about do what you love even if it's free. I like working. But this helps explain why I like work. Thank you.. This helps me out..and was an answer to a prayer.
Thanks Father Mike. I love all your videos, especially your reactions. ❤
I always feel like this guy is about to cry when he talks. So filled with emotion. But super nice guy.
Very helpful Fr Mike thank you and God bless!!
So much love from Kenya!❤️❤️👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you so much Fr. For your Godly guidance🙏🏾
Thank you Father. Just the answer I was looking for.
Great reflection! Thanks, Father!! 😇🙏
Thank you Fr. Mike 🙏.
Hey...you’re the man...I needed to see this and hear this. Thank you Mike
I lost my job..... Am trying to learn for a new profession but my dyslexia prevents me from making any progress... Thank you god!!
I know there are online courses for free that can help you...
This exactly what I've been waiting to hear and more, Fr. Mike. Thank you Ascension Presents!
"Any work when offered to God can also become an act of worship, its not your identity, not meant to fulfill you but-" ahhh powerful. Thank you 🙏🏽
This came really in the right time to me. I've been struggling for a long time now doing jobs on and off but i really know in my heart what I want to do and I'm just too scared to try and figure things out. Thanks therefore for this advice. Even that 'you do you' taken in a good way sounded right. God bless:)
Thank you Fr. Mike for this amazing video! I have been struggling with these questions, thinking and praying about it before moving forward, and after morning prayers this morning, went on CZcams and there was your video! Thank you so much, it really helped.
So great!
God bless Father Mike Thank you...
Wow. I sooooo needed to receive this message. Thank youuuu.🙏🏾
I'm Calvinist, but I just love Father Mike's videos. This is some of the best career advice I've ever heard.
Father, you’re so funny! Loved the end remark. And I loved the whole video, especially since I’m about to start new work! Thank you, God bless you!!
This and earlier videos on this topic have been helpful for me leaving college and working and now married. Very different outlook and helpful inisght. Its so true that we can have what we do or how much money we make define our dignity or value as a person. When really there is dignity in all work and we work to live and for liesure. Making a living is a good life, with dignity and truly is a blessing.
Thank you Father. So well said.....
I love you. I’ll pray for you father. Your videos have been so eye opening because they are leading me closer to the LORD I’m 18 years old. Happy New Years
God bless father Mike....
Thamk, thanks, thanks father Mike! A hundred of thanks!
I really appreciated this video. Such a good way to look at the work that we do.
Fr. Mike, I just want to say thank you so much for always giving such great, practical advice! I have a degree in Theology which is great, but not always helpful in practical spirituality. I value your advice so much!!
I haven't been a college student for 9 years... But this hit me hard and I sincerely appreciate the message
Well, i got out of the corporate life and the shirts and ties to open a Window Cleaning business and I love it. We had a great opening(Oct-Dec) but, now we are dying on the vine and everything is in place. Digital advertising, website, 3rd party leads and it's not going so well, I have prayed that my family needs this but, to no avail so far, weather is still spotty(and the forecast looks as good as it can be) in my area hopefully God will answer our prayers so, I can feed my family.
I even named my company after God.
I needed this video. It put me on the right framework for life.
Thanks Father, I needed this.
Respect Father Mike!
Hope you're enjoying your special day Fr. Mike, I wish you many many more full of blessings!!! Happy birthday!!! 🎂
Thank you father for your insightful thoughts on work.Work is not a drudgery especially when we offer it to God as worship.It takes away the pride that goes with it when we are successful .It takes away the mundaneness in it as it becomes a joyful sacrifice.God bless you father .
Beautiful! It seems right now, my 'work' is a life of prayer. I do plan on volunteering (other than street side praying in front of abortion facilities) and have started to inquire about that. Prayer does give me joy. It helps me pray for God's goodness to prevail, and God shields me from judging individuals, (though it is very difficult when even late term children who can live with help are left to die in agony, torn apart, or 'anesthetized' and killed --- and The Lord showed me it is all the same from the moment of conception for the conscious soul, known before the womb, with a natural ardent zealous emphatic will to live); I do pray for change of heart and mind. I pray for a greater voice for the Church, not just in words, but for their to be zeal throughout the Church to spread Good Counsel Homes and Sisters of Life to every parish. I can't understand the disconnect from Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, John Paul ii, Mother Teresa, John Cardinal O'Connor, and more. And those, no matter how high in station in the Church who champion this are relegated to a 'quiet' witness. God help us!
Thankyou father mike you are Changing my life I hope I get to meet you one day to shake your hand x