I started a workout group with my Catholic Campus Ministry a couple years ago. I called it "ChristFit".

@nurdanjotham896

4 жыл бұрын

😁😁😁😁 love it!

CrossFitter and Catholic here! Great, great, great stuff, Father!!!

@FLORIDA_BARBALES

5 жыл бұрын

Karl Gubert I have a catholic Family Health of body and spiritual life channel and it is so amazing to hear Fr. Mike

@TheBadaria

2 жыл бұрын

I agree ☝️ 😉

Thank you for always choosing to uplift instead of degrade. I hear too many spiritual leaders take the route of guilt tripping and anger to make a point, but I find these pep talks so much more inspiring and effective!

@FLORIDA_BARBALES

5 жыл бұрын

Emily Faithe so true build up!

Father Mike, you are simply the best. CrossFit hard & God bless 💪

As a Catholic who does Crossfit, (or a Crossfitter who is Catholic!) I agree with all your points and I would add one other point about what makes a Crossfit community special: it’s the shared effort and suffering (!). Everyone is working equally hard, even if you are scaling the movements. We are all challenging ourselves and getting pretty uncomfortable, but persevering to get the work done to the best of our ability. So at the end of each workout we have this great feeling of solidarity: we encourage each other and the last to finish gets the loudest cheer because we are all there to become better athletes. So thanks for the video! (Oh, and as for the Fight Club reference: I am often guilty of having more evangelical zeal about Crossfit than about my faith!!! It’s definitely a work in progress to try to reverse that!)

Love it! Crossfit draws in people from all walks of life and everyone follows unspoken rules, do your best, be honest with how many reps you did or its ok to scale because you are being honest with yourself about what you can do, and its ok to go to the pain cave because it will make you better and you can get through it. As Christians life is hard Jesus said it himself that this will not be easy. But we need to do our best at following his teachings. Be honest with each other, ourselves and God. Its not easy to live a christ centered life and sometimes its just down right painful and we need to walk into that pain cave knowing that we will make it through the otherside and the lord will make us better for it in the end.

I’m ready and willing to develop functional spirituality. I’m in the process of reestablishing my relationship with God and Jesus after a long absence from the church due to living in Asia outside my home country of Canada for over 12 years now. After years of giving up, I finally just discovered a local church here in Japan that provides Sunday Mass in English 2x/month ( wish it was offered each week). I really like the CrossFit analogy! Thanks Father Mike!

This is so true, I work in the church but was also a competitive crossfit athlete for 3 years. I miss it but have yo dry it aside due to a long commute once I got married, cant wait to get back into it once life allows it. I always saw the connection and what the church could learn. There is also an evangelical crossfit organization that combines the two, I always thought there must be a way for the catholic church to do something similar.

It's my Birthday Fr.Mike! Thank you for this awesome video! Made my day x10 better! Pray for me & everybody away from the faith :)

@mckennab6334

5 жыл бұрын

Jorge Gutierrez happy birthday!! 🙏🙏

@jorgegutierrez1776

5 жыл бұрын

@@mckennab6334 thank you!

@FLORIDA_BARBALES

5 жыл бұрын

Jorge Gutierrez happy birthday 🎉

"Over caffeinated" you just described my life lol lol... God bless you Father Mike and the entire Ascension Presents team may God continue to bless and provide videos and may the viewers continue to seek and learn and fill our churches and show others as well the way. Let us all pray for ALL PRIEST AND MOTHER CHURCH!! GLORY TO GOD!!!!

I’ve found homilies are devoid of connection to what’s going on in the world. I appreciate your awareness of that issue.

Fr S is so right for those who don't Crossfit. I'm love Mass (The Church) and Crossfit.

I'm in a camp down in Southern Maryland and we have daily mass adoration for the staff and as a aftercare station and a whole camp mass on Fridays.

This is wonderful! This is so true! My husband and myself started Crossfit 4years ago and we could never go back to a regular gym. Crossfit has helped me to dedicate my unconfort and pain to God. We are so blessed that God has given us the luxury to do Crossfit. Perspective of life has definitely changed.

Hi father Mike, I enjoy your videos so much. I’ve recently started my journey to be a better catholic Christian and I’ve had some amazing experiences. I realize how much God has been calling me to open my heart to him. And through your videos I’ve gain courage to be more persistent in my faith. Now I have hope but I gave faith in God’s will.

@versionarabederevelacionesmari

5 жыл бұрын

Praise the Lord dear sister

This is how I feel about my spin studio. I've found such a strong community there and they have pushed me to get stronger on and off the bike. Some of the things I've learned there have definitely translated into other aspects of my life, including my spiritual life. In the studio, I am solely focused on what my body is doing and to keep going. I love it.

@FLORIDA_BARBALES

5 жыл бұрын

Jennifer I know I work out and I definitely need a community

This is great! Don’t forget good old fashioned offering up the WOD for friends and enemies.

I Really like the energy that you get with the daily WOD!

Really enjoyed this. What I do like about going to Mass was the greeters really made us feel welcomed.

I love CrossFit for all the reasons you mentioned Fr Mike. And the analogy is spot on.

You have so much energy and make learning something new amazing. Keep up the great work Father Mike.

I'm a proud Catholic crossfitter, it was the best thing I did for my health 😁

I'm reading your book. "Made for love". It is amazing

I’m a crossfitter!!! Ahh!!! This made me so happy!!!

I liked this analogy, it combines two of my favorite things, faith and fitness!

We have a Cross Fit in our town. I've wondered what it was all about. Thanks for enlightening me. God Bless. Claire.

Exactly how I’ve always thought!

Functional Spirituality needs to be addressed in every Catholic Church around the country. Fr. Mike, this analogy makes so much sense! Physical, Emotional and Spiritual well-being are all connected. Makes me wonder if parishioners where asked to document their spiritual encounters in a Gratitude Journal and share those with the congregation, could that make as much of an impact as seeing the results from physical exercise? Transformation is both tangible and intangible.......Thank you for your insight and inspiration!

I love your videos, Fr. Mike. I always learn something new, and that is priceless. The analogy in this video is perfect. Great use of a modern-day phenomenon to explain what we should bring to and get out of church!

Oh my gosh, I’ve thought of a few of these points before and you LEGIT put it into words. This is so wild!! Thank you Father!

@FLORIDA_BARBALES

5 жыл бұрын

Daniella Semas isn’t so true

Lift for Jesus

CrossFit or being Cross fit? That is a spiritual question. Exercising one’s faith has a practical purpose: to get one ready for the next challenge God will permit. Being joyful as much as you can due to one’s confidence in God will have others notice how unique you are and how attractive is your life style. This is how we help make ourselves look fit: now this applies to the physical gym or our spiritual one. I need a break now, Coach.

Ready to be led and ready to be coached😍!! Yes!! I like the crossfit model better than the accompaniment model. Maybe an assessment of youth should be made before putting them all in the accompaniment model. I am going to share your crossfit idea for our parish teens. 🤗The hungry will be fed. The others will be accompanied untill the get hungry.. Thx Fr. Mike

I'm Catholic and I love Crossfit!!!

@FLORIDA_BARBALES

5 жыл бұрын

Catherine Williams me too! I’m instagramming workouts all the time

@catherinewilliams1263

5 жыл бұрын

@@FLORIDA_BARBALES love that!

1 Hail Mary = 1 push-up

@thomasquintanilla8202

5 жыл бұрын

Just imagine implementing that in a Rosary 🙏 💪

@kleinefuchsdrachen3621

5 жыл бұрын

The crusades would've been without swords

@kleinefuchsdrachen3621

5 жыл бұрын

@@paulgerard4503 with huge arms

Wow keep it up father mike!! That's so true.

@FLORIDA_BARBALES

5 жыл бұрын

Santiago Mancera so valuable

Great message for these times because people who have been battered around by the world may be scared away if they have to perfect on day one. At this point it is more like a rescue mission.

one of the few things I look forward to during your week Father Mike are your videos, Thank you !!!!!!!!!

Yes, I agree, Number 1 shows that attendance at Mass is very selfish in a way, that it seems each person is in his own cubicle of spirituality... although some Church people are very noisy... in gossip... This is what I have experienced. Great video... as others have said: the Catholic Faith in its entirety is spiritual fitness for the soul Many God's blessings

I go to fit clubs where they Tabata workout and cardio, and what I really loved about them is the sense of community that there is and that everyone is willing to help in what they can. These are things which I strive to have in the youth group that I attend.

Awesome analogy! Workingout can definitely help you grow in faith and virtue through challenge and suffering just like taking up your cross daily strengthens your soul

Well said my brother...you seem to be the kind of man who can relate well to others.....may God always bless you.......

I think that commitment and intensity are important in real relationships. People put this into their exercise life which is love and care of self. So when we turn this type of relationship to a commitment to Christ we can learn a lot

I'm rooting for Fr. Mike to get one of the Wildcard invites to the CrossFit Games next year! :D

Father Mike I did not know you did CrossFit!! This is so cool :) I love this video. Well done. Made me realize things I didn’t see in my everyday life at the box 😊

Please send prayers to those whose faith has faltered and to whom the Mass has lost meaning.

I'm sorry this video title is so goofy, but it's a really nice way to spend nine minutes. Love videos from people spreading ways to grow in the faith. God bless.

Solid video. God is the source of all goodness, so if CrossFit has good in it, it makes sense for the Church as well!

Thank you Fr. Mike!

Fight club is my favorite movie! Lots of chemistry in it!

:34 - yep. How do you know if someone does crossfit?...they'll tell you!!! Love your stuff Fr. Mike. Crossfit, not so much.

This is over my head. Although I did just finish the Big and Loud program; that took work, got me sweaty, stronger, able to get out of a chair without help, walk without a Walker, etc. Haven't gone to a parish that misses me, although I always miss them.

Yay I love CrossFit

The new pastor at our parish is encouraging us to reach out and be an inviting parish!

GREAT analogy!

Analogies always help me better understand different aspects of the faith. Thanks Father Mike!

👍 Wonderful insights Father Mike! I love the ideas you have shared! Awesome!😃

Fr. Mike, I need to add # 6. I kept waiting for you to mention it. I know tons of people who have gotten hurt doing cross fit for a few reasons, they did not talk to a physician before starting, they did too much or went beyond what they should have, they did some move or exercise incorrectly. Same we need to talk to a spiritual physician to make sure we are on the right path (aka priest), we need to make sure we are not testing God, We need to follow church teaching

Oh this is really great, Fr. Mike!! Great connections!

I quit Crossfit after I nearly broke my neck haha. Now I train for bodybuilding. There are sooo many parallels between fitness and faith. While I'm not a fan of CF, this is a fantastic topic.

YES...!

Great analogy! This would make my religious experience my way of life! I love it. 💖🙏 I think you are mostly over caffeinated 😁

Love my Church and i like Cross fit too

This makes a lot of sense to me. Also makes me want to check out CrossFit!!

I love the way you explain things Father , I have so many questions .

This is great, inspirational and motivational as well. Thanks! Let’s embrace every day and the challenges it contains!!!

Nailed it again Fr. Mike!

Crossfit: *Has been around for over a decade.* Father Mike: "Crossfit is the latest fitness craze"

This is such a good example!👏🏼👏🏼

Ahh I see...CrossFit is how Fr. Mike looks so good!

@Dwijhaixuj

5 жыл бұрын

Awkward

@lovelast4evergemma508

5 жыл бұрын

👍😂

@TheJoyoftheFaith

5 жыл бұрын

D Rob I mean we all know it is the truth!

@ArtyCraftZ

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dwijhaixuj Go be a zoomer somewhere else, kid. 🙏🏿

Great stuff

You're the best Fr. Mike! God Bless you and your work on behalf of our Lord and Savior

Reps for Jesus!

You might have left something important out. Everyone says they will not judge you at crossfit but when your form is not correct the instructor points out your error so you can do better. There needs to be a clear difference between judgement and correction.

My gosh great analogy. I love this!

This is my FAVORITE.

The Church should have their own gyms I don't mind paying for it as long it is cheaper.

and am about to skip today because of the WOD but I think this is a sign to come and show up lol

Great analogy! Some good challenges, and I'm thinking/praying about how to apply them.

Awesome! Solid analogies!

Wisdom 👏👏👏✌

@roniquebreauxjordan1302

5 жыл бұрын

..but..not grandkids. .my kids are too young 😊😊

I love CrossFit

Interesting, I did crossfit for 7 years. You definitely may be noticed but you may not be fully incorporated and included. Each CF box has a owner and character, you maynot click with a box. It's important to keep searching for a place you fit. The goal is good [pursing Christ pursuing firness] that needs to be kept.

This is great! I think you are right.

Great analogy! Thank you!

Wow lovely perspective , thank you 😊

I try to keep a low profile but my youngest son always makes an impression with our Parish Priest. He always talks about zombies or aliens with the Priest after Mass on Sundays. Fr. TJ always enjoyed these conversations with our youngest our new Priest Fr. Peter really doesn't know what to say. It's actually amusing I just wish he would ask more serious questions about the faith but of course he's only 8 years old.

👍🏻👍🏻’s up!

What’s your Fran time father mike? Haha. And thank you again for all your videos. God Bless 🙏🏻🙏🏻.

Hey my cousin is in the hospital with 2 blood clots in her lung, could u, person scrolling through the comments, please pray for her? Thanks. God bless.

@srftilu

5 жыл бұрын

Praying for your cousin from Japan. God bless. Would you please pray for Sr. Catherine Furuya who is having a surgery today for her injury? Thank you.

@jacquelineharrod6386

5 жыл бұрын

Praying for both.

@srftilu

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kindness, Ms. Jacqueline. God bless. Love, Marika

@ryanpetner1030

5 жыл бұрын

I’ll pray for her bu bu

@srftilu

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Ryan. I am praying for you, too. God bless!

Great as always

Nice analogy...in your analogy..Would the Eucharist be considered a Performance Enhancing Drug?

@hayleymarse2853

5 жыл бұрын

Haha! That’s a great question

@paulmiller3469

5 жыл бұрын

It's hard to think of our daily (super essential) bread as a drug, though.

@gillianlindeen5823

5 жыл бұрын

G Rod maybe it’s your water bottle 😂

@Ca8tisawesome

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe more like your nutrition!

@Grainexpress

5 жыл бұрын

I like your thinking. 😉Best antibiotic ever for the illnesses of the soul and refills are free. Only side effects are the urge to go to confession. 😇

When and how can you ask a leader for guidance in a church? I generally find priests are unavailable or only available specifically to fill their role for mass or confession. How can we identify the leaders that are willing to help us. When I have a question, I've tried asking other people, I often feel dismissed or misunderstood. I continue to ask, but it is difficult and I'd imagine most people who need help don't have the same level of perseverance. When I do find help it feels wonderful. I don't feel welcome in most churches. Is there anything I can do to help change this?

at the beginning of the video: what? comparing church with gym? alright. at the end of the video: wow I like this idea, ready to go to my spiritual gym this sunday.

Because it's better to be surrounded by people who can give you first aid when you're injured (church leaders/members) than when you're working out alone (trying to go it solo on our Christian journey).

This #1 rule of Crossfit is pure genius hahaha

Imo the ability to run 5 miles is more functional than deadlift As someone who rides a bicycle, the ability to run 5 miles has improved my ability to transport myself Deadlift is probably the most functional of any weight lift but it still is beyond idealized. In lifting heavy objects I have never had such an ideal bar to grip. Actually, as a general rule of thumb, the heavier the object, the more unwieldy it will be, and the more you will need to widen your stance and squat in order to hoist it off the ground.

Fr. you should talk about confession more.

Nice vid, God bless you Fr. Mike!

Agreed and please dont sit in cafe's and do your groceries in your workout clothing/underwear. The reason apart from my congenital deformities I wouldn't attend is due to the revealing workout attire worn at gyms, something to do with vanity and immodesty. Love the analogy though. 🏋🏽🏆🐨