For Those Without a Clear Vocation
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- If you feel like you’re up life’s creek without a clear vocation, it's important to remember that there's only one goal worth pursuing, and that is to become a saint. But how do we do that? Fr. Mike lays out some straightforward guidelines on how to get there. Living virtuously, praying more, and actually making a decision when the time comes are some pieces of advice he offers to those who are struggling to find their calling in life.
Prayer is important to all of it, so make sure you check out Ascension's study, Oremus: A Guide to Catholic Prayer (bit.ly/2Mcdea1) to learn how to pray and get results.
Fr. Mike is also a presenter in these faith formation programs from Ascension:
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Chosen: This is Your Catholic Faith (bit.ly/2nCKKLK)
Altaration: The Mystery of the Mass Revealed (bit.ly/2vG9KX2)
YOU: Life, Love, and the Theology of the Body (bit.ly/2raspVB)
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Ascension Presents … Fr. Mike Schmitz (bit.ly/2sKUnJN)
Fr. Mike spoke at the Ascension Cafe during the World Meeting of Families. Watch him and other speakers get fired up over the gospel in the Ascension Cafe DVD (bit.ly/2sYtQaW).
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I say yes to God. Signing up for RCIA. Pray for me :)
I will pray for you indefinitely! Welcome home!
Nice Zoe!! when you say yes to God he gives you more than you ever expected God bless:)
St. Raphael will accompany you.
You go girl!
Definitely praying, Zoe!!
It is not the channel I watch the most but probably the channel I need the most.
Is that an inadvertent comparison between Father Mike and Batman?
Chris Tully now that you mention it, I don't think anyone has ever seen Father Mike and Batman in the same room....🤔🤔🤔🤔
NO! it is not the channel you need the most! Felix C? for it is just more r c lies?
@@DualFrodo NO!
but you are NOT!@@precisi0n86 ? as a lost roman catholic who is still a pagan!
It's scary how these always seem to speak about where I am in my life. God works in pretty neat ways.
agreee !
Same like right now!
Amen
It isn't scary when you get used to it! Always amazing though.
@Andrew Moneypenny Amen. HALLELUJAH
I confessed last Tuesday and since then the devil has been tormenting my thoughts with sinful ideas. But the confession was so good that I am doing very well since then.
Bulbin
Interesting.
Pray to Saint Michael prayer every time before you go to confession. AMEN.
Every time you are temped to sin, just do the sign of the cross and remember Christ's Passion and ask Our Lady for help. This helps me everytime
Read about desolation and consolation from st ignatius. Bad spirits desolate you when you are on God's path
@@rottveil6027 Ask Jesus for help or our father.
As much as I bemoan the internet, for me, it's brought me back to my Catholic Faith and Church by watching Fr. Mike Schmitz, Bishop Barron, Fr. Mark Mary and all of the Ascension Presents clergy and lay staff. I also appreciate the many Apologetics like Dr. Frank Turek and Dr. Lennox. How glorious God is in spreading the word in today's world. 😊😊😊
Eileen D wow what you wrote here is exactly the same as me!!!!
Same here! As well as Mother Angelica, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Jason and Crystalina Evert, Steubenville Conference Talks, ACatholicMom and LizzieAnswers!
The Internet, espacially youtube brought me to a Interest for my catholic Faith and now I am in :).
Happy for you. Thank God for the internet!
Hannah Ja Oh my goodness, I love Lizzie Answers too! I can't help but to mimic her, I'm all..., "Hey guyyyys, it's Liiiizzzzie" lol. She's SO sweet! And she really knows the Bible - impressive!
This is so helpful to me! I'm 45 years old and not (yet!) married, and sometimes, I feel "left out" in the Church's focus on married couples (and, to a degree, younger single people). Yet I do still obviously have a calling to holiness! I just wish that the Church would speak more often to the *many, many* people in my age range and life situation! Thank you for doing so.
christianman73
What calling are you referring to ? Are you thinking to become a priest ?
Same here, in my 50s and still single. Answering the question “why aren’t you married” used to be awkward. Now I simply respond from a kind place, “sounds like you have a reason for asking?” It makes people question their own reason for asking. As if being single in mid life is somehow an issue. It used to really bother me but it does not anymore. God‘s plan plays out in our lives differently. Choosing the vocation of love regardless of marital status seems to be a great path.
@@Onlinesully I have no calling to be a priest. The calling that I am referring to is the one I mentioned above in my comment. It is the same calling that all Catholics share-- the calling to holiness. We are *all called* to live holy lives, whether we are priests, or nuns, or married, or single.
christianman73
I see, that's lovely
Elizabeth Elliot.
I am struggling with my faith and feel like I am going in and out of love and faith to God. Those who read this, pray for me that I may understand what God wants for me and live a life of faith :)
Hi, As a new dad who changes ALOT of dirty diapers, in all things pray. Offer up the little sufferings, like poopy diapers up as a prayer. Then wash your hands... and pray in that too.
Keep the Catholic messages coming FR Mike. Love em.
God bless big guy!
Jon
Hi Everyone! Remember, all things are possible through Jesus 💗.
Eileen D thank u hi eileen
Not getting through the DMV in a reasonable amount of time.
Natalia Marcondes Hi Natalia!!
Eileen D i hope your well its first friday coming up!! Ill be praying for u
Natalia Marcondes My sweet Natalia, thank you my friend 💗. I put your name in my phone so I remember to pray for you too, Sweet Girl! I love to sit in quiet prayer during Adoration so know you'll be especially prayed for this Friday too!! XoXo
This is so inspiring. I’ve always thought my vocation was the priesthood, and I still believe it is. But over the past few months I’ve been having challenges with my faith because I got accused of something I was not involved in, and my Rector asked my bishop to withdraw me. All seems lost now, but I still have faith that God will make a way for me to serve him in the ministerial priesthood. In the meantime, I’ll follow your advice and pursue the immediate vocation of virtue. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I was accused at my church for something i was innocent of, but my accusers eventually were relieved from their church duties a couple years after. I just prayed and continued to live life with faith in God.
It's ben four years what happened did you become a priest?
@@jonnystanley8720 I did not. I was rejected. Now en route to the bar.
@@JoelSamso what’s been going on now? What’s your vocation
Are you okay?
"Ever since discernment became popular no one's made a decision"
Legit.
It's because the guidance offered by the Church on HOW to discern is inconsistent and unhelpful. Some make it sound like if you jump through a few certain hoops, something magical will happen and you'll "just know" what you're supposed to do. On the other hand, there's St. Thomas Aquinas basically saying, "Just do something good that makes sense." Then you have St. Alphonsus saying, "No--you can't just do anything. You make the wrong choice and you'll be damned." Then you have those people that just spit out empty assurances of "This must be God's will" no matter WHAT is happening, as though there was no such thing as a mistake.
The laity have been abandoned by the Church. That's what it seems like to me. We're totally on our own figuring this stuff out.
@@Gangari_the_Wanderer discernment is a smaller and less essential teaching to our faith to the point I think confusion and disagreement on it does not ruin our unity or core values.
I think all 3 different opinions on discernment are right to an extent. For some, they will just know. For others, might not be as clear but they can only so their best to do good. For all, no guidance can be very dangerous and can aid in the road towards damnation.
I don't believe the church abandoned the laity. The laity make a big portion of the church, and members of the church are human and therefore make mistakes and also vary in talents and thoughts, so disagreement on a topic that is not a core issue is normal and understandable.
I had a recognition of how i was stumbling and falling away due to not cutting out my obstacles so after confession my preist was even like hows your prayer life i said since this obstacle i have felt so ashamed to even touch the rosary my obstacle is lust so i need prayer please pray for me that i grow in chastity and patience thanks and just wanna say its super cool how i really needed to hear this thank you Father Mike your so helpful every word i related to in every way
I'll pray for you, Natalia. Maybe you can pray for me, too.
Natalia Marcondes I have the same problem as you, we need to be more consistent with our prayers, be around good company, avoid being alone and avoid temptations , I know there’s sometimes that we may think that our prayers and everything we do is useless but this changes usually take a lot of time so we need to keep the faith, be patient and let Jesus work in us. God bless you 😊
Joachim Zachary oh my gosh! thank u yes i did watch that same video of fr don just forgot the words its true tho your words gave me so much hope! last night i went mass there was a big painting of st maria goretti and a statue of our lady and i just bawled as if a child seeing her family and i was filled with some hope again. Thank you so much you should be a preist😁 lol im also going to the first friday saturday masses im hoping for a miracle tnite this lust has crawled into my life exactly as u say as a snake so please pray i have the strength to lift the rosary for our lady to crush satans head and im praying for zeal and ferver again rather then giving up that ill never change
God bless you thank you my brother in Christ
Joachim Zachary God bless u brother again i needed to hear this cuz im battling today i just keep thinking how could i do this after all Jesus has done....i know what u mean with the prodigal son but how many times do we have to fall until this is buried once for all i need a resurrection here i fear ill do it again and i dunno this gut wrenching pain over what i did.... what graces i lost... how did you keep getting back up to keep going to the sacraments frequently? Because that in itself is a grace i feel sick to my stomach to even lift my hands be an alter of God the Holy one in the Eucharist how can He entrust Himself to me after what i did i feel like hiding
Benjamin Flynn thank u so much thank u for reaching out to tell me this cuz i feel ashamed thank u for prayer as well i need it cuz although i confessed it in confession im still feeling the shame
Funny thing: as Father starts talking about being a saint humorously I thought to myself "the only thing I'm good at is going to confession"... the first example he gave was going to confession. Then, right before he mentioned virtues to focus on I was having a spat of road rage and right during that spat he first mentions the virtue of gentleness.
AMEN, Father Mike. And a Saint is a sinner who keeps trying to do God's Will! THANK YOU LORD for the Saints who went before us, those canonized and those that will never be canonized. Thank you for letting us have their example in our life.
Thankyou father Mike for those words. I think the world needs someone like Fr Mike who can lead people by explaining the god's will in a simple yet impactful manner. Today's generation needs to be taught in this way. Thankyou
Thank you Father Mike. This channel has been a huge help to me in my conversion from Protestantism.
Thank you so much for this message ☺️ I really needed to hear once again the huge importance that prayer has in our lives as Christians. Also, about God's will for us to be saints. I have been asking Jesus about these things lately. This is a very practical video. I decided to apply it from this moment on. God bless 🤗
Thanks, Father Mike. In this complicated world, you remind us how easy it is.
AMEN. Someone told me once and it resonated within me, if you can't strive to be a Saint WHERE you are, in the place where GOD has placed you NOW...you won't be a Saint anywhere.
I think this must be the best video I have even seen on vocations.... Having struggled my whole life with discernment of vocation the message here absolutely rings true with what I have painstakingly come to sense from deep within - God simply needs me to be holy now, today - that is really the only thing that matters! And if He wants to reveal some "major plan" or decision at some point - He will. THANK YOU for laying this out so clear and confirming something I and probably many, many more needed to hear!
Indeed!👌
I thought this is the way of life (holy)everybody should strive for? My god wants me to be happy and live a fulfilling life, but devil wants to abuse and hurt me and on this plain he is winning, but God gives me strength and not break.
That was odd i literally have been asking God what he wanted me to be, and here i am
Gents
I find it very distracting the way this is portrayed.
Surely we need to make up our own minds what we want to do.
I'm starting over in my 40s. I've been lost, the Prodigal son. But coming back to faith is the best thing to happen. I've done some acting, some regular jobs. Now I'm doing acrylic painting and it's amazing!
I am in the midst of making one of those bigger life decisions and this advice is very timely for me.
1) choose a virtue and work on it
2) pray
Thank you. I’m converting to Catholicism and you’re doing great work and helping me! God Bless You 🙏🏼
I love the suggestion to think about what does my Yes to God look like right now? And, to pick a specific virtue to work on weekly. Very useful reflections! Amen! I need this! And I love your humor, Father Mike! :)
Thank you, Fr. Mike. Timely, as usual. That's a good realization from that guy you were talking about: being virtuous. Something I myself need to work on. We're all called to be saints. The one vocation everyone shares in common.
Having spent some years for a third order to join, I only recently joined the Dominicans, being the only thing in my life so far I am absolutely 100% certain I am called to (praise be to God for this). For a long time I couldn't understand why God was so slow in answering my ardent prayers on vocation and purpose, but I came to understand why - it had to happen in GOD'S time, not mine. HIS timing is right. So I am happy, even at 38 years old now - knowing that He answers when and where He wishes, for our sake and His purpose. I came to understand the same thing Fr. Mike says here, that our no. 1 vocation is to be holy HERE AND NOW - and then all else will fall into place! God will reveal what needs to be revealed. To be holy is to be in His presence, so in that way we will always be where we are supposed to be! I no longer need "the big plan laid out" - I KNOW now that I am simply to say "here I am, Lord" - and HE will lead me - it is not I who do the work, but Him - in His time. This has given me the peace of mind and rest I needed so badly - I am no longer "anxious" about all these things. God will answer in His time - and He actually answers every day by wanting to live in communion with us by us simply being near Him. (An add-on to my comment below.)
Amazing. Thank you, Father.
Thank you Father Mike! There were so many people including myself that needed to hear this!
Wow God's wisdom from his word is just too amazing! Thank you for helping me figure out where God wants me today. 😊
Thank you for supporting Ascension! 💛 We're honored to be walking alongside you!
i need to be with you guys becouse i LOVE praying the roserey i love JESUS and mother MARY AMEN GOD LOVES YOU ALL GOD BLESS YOU ALL AMEN
It's true..and it's not boring at all. Almighty father, I am planning to start technical writer course, although I am a computer Science engineer. But after a break of 8yrs I feel this will be better for me. But, may your will and not mine be done. I wanted to be a nun...when I was like 4-5. Yes...he wants me to be virtuous. God, give me the strength to pull the trigger. St. Michael I need you right now.
Thank God we have good priests like you
“The only goal worth pursuing is to be a saint.” Thank you @frmikeschmitz for your faith-filled message. I will continue to live a virtuous life as a loving and faithful husband and father according to God’s will. God bless you in your ministry!
Prayer is the most important thing at any given moment, thank you Fr Mike, I needed to hear that today
I need to work on many virtues. I pray that we all say yes to God.
I’m a senior in Highschool and honestly this channel has been such a blessing in my life and journey as a Catholic. I teach religious Ed for 1st grade as well, so it helps me have answers for difficult questions my students ask. This channel helps me sort my priorities better and keep my focus on faith. Thank you 😊
Out of all of your video's Father, this is the first time I've felt genuinely blessed by one. Thank you. ...I've been struggling to know my vocation for a long time now and this past year feeling greatly discouraged; you may think you are pointing out the obvious, but never underestimate the power of encouragement. Most people seem to be on the bandwagon of beating others with the rod of correction (wounds of love right? yet they never remain with the person to "suffer with" as Christ asks - we are very careless with our help I think) ..but how many people are building up the church with words of encouragement? A little goes a long way.
So glad I am here early! Love you Father Mike Schmitz!
God is on YOUR side!
Amen 🙏
Dear father mike
Thanks so much for this video it really helped at my mature age of 57 Your inspiration to live a single life consecrated to god was just what I was looking for but could not put my finger on it
I know what I was meant to do ❤️
I like that p pic of virtue and study it for a week. Excellent . thanks
I really love listening to this man, you can see The Light of Christ Shining through his eyes.
Thanks, Fr. Mike. I can sort of relate to this. When I entered the convent, I literally gave up everything as I was so sure I wanted to be a nun. When I got out after 11 months, I was in a state of confusion, finding myself asking God what He really wants from me.
Excellent. Thanks Mike.
Thank you for this awesome video, Father!
Awesome video. Thank you Father Mike! :)
This means so much to me Fr. Mike!
Needed to hear this, thanks Fr. Mike!
So beautiful and brings hope to my heart!
Thank you Father Mike. Good stuff.
Muy acertado padre. Muchas gracias y saludos desde España :)
👍 Great follow-up Father Mike!
Thank you!
God bless you Fr. Mike, great msg thank you for taking the time.
This really spoke to my heart! Thank you Fr. Mike
Thank you Father Mike!
Love your stuff!
God bless you Father. Keep it up we need you.
Wonderful Father! Thank you! Michael
Thank you for the advice Father!
Thank you father, this is just the message I need in this time of my life
This video is so good. I was struggling these days because i don't know what to study after plus two and my parents kept asking me. But now I'm confident coz my greatest wish is to become a saint, like u said, nd i don't need a degree certificate / good job for that. All i need is to love all & do some virtue.
Thank you Fr. Mike &
THANK GOD💖
Encapsulates what we should all be doing. Thank you.
This helped me so incredibly much! I was struggling with this for a while! Thank you Father!
The way Fr. Schmitz portrays these ideas is scarily similar to how I think about these kinds of things.. I guess that's a very good thing. Praise be to God
Father Mike, thanks so much for this. God love ya
What an encouraging video. Thank you very much.
This video was for me. Thank you God
Thanks Fr. Mike. I've been listening to you. Thanks for the words of wisdom. God bless you and yours.
This is so good. May the Lord help us to keep saying yes.
Wow, this one message in particular was so important to me. Thank you so much, Father, for all of them. The Lord bless you...
Thank you, father Mike!
Amen! 🙏🙏🙏! GOD is number ONE!!! ✝️✝️✝️❤️❤️❤️!!!
Wow wow wow !!! Great video father just what I needed God Bless!!🙏🏻😇
The “pulling the trigger” and adjusting is such great advice. Thank you!
I was meant to watch this today. All praise be to thy Lord
Thank you, Father. God used you to answer my prayers of the past few weeks.
Thank you Father for another great video. God bless you.
I am so blessed by this message .Thank you Fr
Thank you so much. I really needed this right now especially the message that you steadily grow in faith not a sudden change.
This is a keeper....thanks, Father Mike.
Fr. Schmitt, thank you for this video. It could not have come at a more appropriate time for me. God bless!
Awesome! This makes it so simple. Thanks Fr. Mike!
One of the best sermons in history, thanks.
Thank you
God bless you through Mary,most loving,Amen.
Perfect timing,always. Thank you Father. I am getting the answer for my question.
Thank you Ascension presents, thank you Father Mike; thank you Heavenly Father!
Thank you Father Mike! I needed to hear this today. Felt as if the Holy Spirit was talking to me through you!
Thanks needed to hear this
I love this!! I love Fr Bendedict Groeschel too! His rosaries are life changing.
Praise God!! Needed to listen to this talk!! Thank you Fr. Mike. God bless. 🙏🙏🙏
Yes! will pick a virtue each week. THANK you.☺
Thank you so much Fr. Mike!
Thank you Father Mike, this was a much needed video. You always know what to say when to say it. You don't know how much I appreciate this video. Thank you once again.
Fr. Mike is the best
So this was exactly what I needed. Praise the Lord for He is gooooood!
You best video so far! Thank you father!
Awesome thanks Fr Mike!!!
"if we wait until we are perfect to do anything we will do nothing!" Don't remember who this but wasn't me.