In the grand scheme of things, we don't matter. Nothing we do matters in the grand scheme of things. *BUT WE DO NOT LIVE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS!* We live here and now, and we value things here snd now. Isn't that enough?

@raulzavala4546

3 ай бұрын

Fr like aren't we a detail that makes up the grand scheme. There's beauty in it regardless. I think it's our own thoughts that attack us with worry about wether we're important enough, wether we matter, wether we are significant

@internetuser969

3 ай бұрын

@@Enrique0097 Why would your friends and family not matter to you if God didn't exist? If they only matter to you under that condition then they don't actually matter to you at all

@Hobbiville

3 ай бұрын

I have this feeling that even the most isolated particle lost in the universe has a meaning in the grand scheme of things

@maxxam3590

3 ай бұрын

@@Enrique0097 Nah, we're not transcendental. Which is fine, we don't need to be.

@maxxam3590

3 ай бұрын

@@Hobbiville An unobserved particle can't have meaning because meaning is only given, never intrinsic. It's okay that things aren't transcendental.

Today at adoration I started to feel dry and questioning if there is a God. Came home and that depressed thought still lingered. After going to bed I woke up now in the middle of the night and just felt hopeless and dry . I anointed myself with holy oil and I just pray for God’s peace and assurance he’s with me . Then I was scrolling on YT and came across this video. Please pray for me. ❤

@allanmason3201

4 ай бұрын

Oil of any brand applied topically will never hydrate you. I suggest you try something with electrolytes. I've heard that many of your faith rely on Brawndo.

@chokispokis

Ай бұрын

God please, be with us ❤

Sometimes I doubt God unfortunately, and that makes me desperate and even crying. Then I remember that's a good thing. If it bothers you that you're doubting God that's precisely why you know God exists. If you stopped believing in God, the thought of no God wouldn't hurt you. Also remember everything He had done for you (Psalm 103) God bless

@michelita2704

5 ай бұрын

Wow I always felt guilty doubting sometimes. But you're right if it bothers me so much then deep down I know he exists! Thank u❤

@mgvilaca

5 ай бұрын

@@michelita2704 you're welcome! The thought of God not existing cuts my breath. That's why I hang on

@destined4purgatory643

5 ай бұрын

I doubt His plans for my life but I never truly doubt His existence. Besides I can't be pissed at someone who doesn't exist. I'm speaking to Him again after almost 2 years so that's good 😊

@Dee-eq9eq

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@destined4purgatory643That is definitely good! Never stop talking to Him, He is always listening.

@almasakic1148

5 ай бұрын

Thank you friend. I had been entertaining this very same thought many times myself. It's nice to see that I'm not crazy to think this way. I appreciate that you shared your thoughts and I feel less alone. God bless you for existing. :)

One-time many many years ago, I was lying in bed all of a sudden I got the worst feeling that there was no God. I became very scared and felt so empty. Then I started reasoning with myself and talked myself back into the realization that there is my God. The feeling of Joy overwhelmed me. Was a real epiphany.

@highground3609

5 ай бұрын

Reminds of Ignatius of Loyola!! (Maybe he interceded? 🤔)

@nomadman5288

5 ай бұрын

So, basically you believe it because you're too afraid not to... The better thing to think on would be whether or not you have the right version. Isn't it a bit convenient that the one that exists just happens to be the one you believe in? You're far more likely to be wrong than right.

@Rogue-nc3pl

5 ай бұрын

Our brain play tricks to us all the time in order to survive that is basic biology.

@FourthExile

5 ай бұрын

@@nomadman5288 She might've already done all that. And whose to say someone would be 'far more likely to be wrong'? If you're so uncertain/doubtful, how can you be certain someone is leading themselves up the garden path and that, according to your authority, it would be 'better' to turn back and reconsider? Regardless, living in doubt/ambivalence is not satisfying long term. Sure, you can be The Great Man of Doubt and Reason, but so long as you remain human, solipsism and/or agnosticism isn't gonna cut the mustard, especially when you get old and death starts texting you: "I'll be there in 5"...

@rjskeptic5273

5 ай бұрын

Yes. It's amazing how we can fool ourselves into believing anything.

Ascension's team is truly living Christ's command to be the Salt of the Earth and the Light of the World.

Thank you for your message here. I lost my aunt last Thursday (1/11/24) after the nurses stopped the ventilator. Quality of life was terminal. She kept her faith until the end. Family surrounded her. And I'm also looking at my own father's situation, which is another cancer battle that's taking him too. My aunt turned 60 in Nov '23, and my dad might turn 53 if he can make it to his birthday on 2/18. A few days before Christmas he told me the Drs said 2-6 months. Through my deep sorrow, I will still speak of the goodness of God. He gives and takes. He is so very good, and that is all. I said much here so I'll stop. (Ecclesiastes 5:2) Please pray for me.

@vinesco5270

5 ай бұрын

Will pray for you. I lost my precious mom a few months ago. When I saw you wrote 1/11 I thought of the amount of time she survived off the ventilator. 1 hr 11 mins. Then you said "after the nurses stopped the ventilator" and im thinking okay it was a coincidence. Who knows. God bless 🙏

@Jen-CelticWarrior

5 ай бұрын

Prayers up for peace and comfort, and may everyone get closer to God. 🙏💕💜

@Spectrometer

5 ай бұрын

Praying for you, your aunt and your dad.

@silviaruiz5378

5 ай бұрын

Praying for your dad. Unite your suffering to Jesus. The Mass is the highest form of prayer there is. Go to your Parish and have Mass offered for him and your Aunt as soon as possible. Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for him daily. God knows the outcome and if he’s not healed in this life, he’ll be healed in the next. The prayers and Masses offered will prepare him for the journey and judgment. Most of all…keep trusting God. Hugs

@tsvetanstoychev655

4 ай бұрын

Thank your all loving God for giving your dad cancer!

One of the greatest messages in front of a church I saw many years ago up in Vermont. On our way to Saint Ann’s Island retreat (a stones throw from Canada.) The sign said: “God exists, whether you believe in him, or not” Honestly…. For me, the opposite is also true! “ I believe in God, whether he exists or not!”

@nicolepodojil3078

5 ай бұрын

So true, my husband likes to tell people, if he’s wrong believing in God, he has nothing to lose following Him, but if they are wrong and God exists, then they have everything to lose by not believing.

I needed to hear this. I cried while listening. There is no such thing as unplanned. Psalm 139:14-16: 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be

@beantown_billy2405

5 ай бұрын

He knitted me in my mother's womb

@mariolopez627

5 ай бұрын

Where can I go from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; If I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

*Almighty God, when I face challenges and difficulties, grant me the strength to persevere. Help me find courage in times of weakness and the determination to overcome obstacles. I place my trust in you. Amen.*

@michaelhawk6847

4 ай бұрын

😂 Bahahahahahahaha!

"Our hearts are restless till they rest in You." St Augustine.

@pointlesskid7779

4 ай бұрын

'If you understood him, it would not be God.' - St. Augustine of Hippo

I don't know if u realise but u mean so much to my life Fr Mike. All the way off in Ireland and England where I reside. Thanks be to God 4ur faithful message. 🙏

@charlesm7589

4 ай бұрын

I think that there are a lot of AI comments here.

Thank you. I’ve known and felt this for a long time but needed to hear this today. God bless you, Father.

@AlexanderBrown77

5 ай бұрын

It’s good to ♥️Know♥️ 1 John 5 kJV 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 1 Corinthians 15 kJV ✝️🩸 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 4 kJV 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 🤔 Faith in what? Romans 3 kJV 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Thank you, Fr Mike. A good reminder for us. I believe there is most definitely a God. I have felt His love. Pray. God Bless. Claire.

@FilipinaVegana

5 ай бұрын

Well, Slave, we all have our own particular BELIEFS, but ultimately, there exists objective truth, which is not subject to our misconceptions and misunderstandings. One who has transcended mundane relative truth is said to be an ENLIGHTENED soul. 😇

"if there is no God, then you do not matter." Whoa. I think that defines so much of what people are going through. They don't feel like they matter. We don't know who we are. Our identity is found in Our Father. Without us knowing the Father, we don't know who we are. What makes me a son, is the fact that I have a Father. And if I am a son of the Father, that gives me an identity, a purpose, a family and I belong. I am a beloved son of the Father. Outside of that, I have no identity.

@GeorgiaPeach2024

5 ай бұрын

Well said!

@ROBLANG365

5 ай бұрын

@Interactivepage OK. Please do.

@vinoneil

5 ай бұрын

​@@ROBLANG365 It's a spam bot

@Michael-cb3uw

5 ай бұрын

Bad human bad using herd mentality and disowning your real identity in favor of following some bs use research and learn that the biblical Yahweh and modern day religion is all historical fiction and modern day propaganda/fairy tale.

@jangohemmes352

4 ай бұрын

I live in a country where almost noone around me believes in a God. I'm interested, do you think we all think we do not matter, or do you suppose that might just be something theists are projecting onto us?

I go back and forth. But this man is a good speaker. I'm getting old and too tired to go back and forth :) I should set a decision date :)

@steelmongoose4956

5 ай бұрын

And you already know what that date should be. 😄

I think God is bigger and more awesome than our human minds can comprehend. We see now through a "glass darkly."

@johngriebel5509

5 ай бұрын

I've always thought that

Thank you!

If God is real I have everything to gain in eternal life and have lived a life according to His will. If God isn’t real I will have still lived a life forgiving others, treating others how I’d like to be treated & I will never have the gut wrenching feeling of knowing it was all a fantasy because my brain is shut off in the ground. I have real faith God exists but even if i was proven wrong , there will never be any downside for me to experience other than missing out on eternal life I thought I would have, but as I say, because I’m dead I do not actually know I’m missing out on it- it’s just nothingness. Thankfully that won’t happen and I will spend forever in His loving presence with all my brothers and sisters in Christ

@sirfluffybunnyvii6329

5 ай бұрын

Marcus Aurelius said something similar and you've baptized the sentiment well. Here's the quote: "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."

@victordiazdeleonjr.911

5 ай бұрын

Amen, Amen, Amen!!!

@MonkeyDWolff

5 ай бұрын

I am an atheist, yet I forgive and treat others the way I would like to be treated.

@seleniummat-pd7zh

4 ай бұрын

How would you know which religion's teaching about God to follow?

@vincentmcnabb939

4 ай бұрын

@@seleniummat-pd7zhTry reading CS Lewis’ Mere Christianity. I think Lewis is the perfect author for someone coming from a skeptical and agnostic position wishing to best understand the Christian candidacy. Lewis’ work ‘Miracles’ is also a fabulous read for someone struggling with accepting the supernatural. It might be a better starting point and then onto Mere Christianity. Personally, I think Mracles is the best philosophical treatise on the issue and a wonderous read. You won’t be disappointed. Indeed, I try to read Miracles once a year. Lewis asked the very same question you do, having moved from Atheism to Agnosticism to Deism to Theism and finally to Christian apologist. Good luck. It is the ultimate quest you are on.

Glad you brought it to its final conclusion, Father. Thinking that you and all the people you love will eventually not matter has to be the most depressing thing anyone could believe. Just love each other? Get that platitude out of here. Embrace meaning

@Wiggimus

3 ай бұрын

Actually, if Christianity were true, then *that* would make everything not matter anymore. Taking God out of the equation makes it all infinitely more meaningful.

Thank you Fr Mike! 🙏🏻🕊️🙏🏻

I know that God is there. I know that the Holy Spirit resides in me. I know Jesus died on the cross for my sins. I totally 100% know this. I fell God's presence in my life. But yet I choked up when Fr. Mike said I matter.

@druvidefonseka9463

5 ай бұрын

Knowing that Jesus died on the cross for you, is tryuly hvaing his presence in you. Hallelujah!

@AlexanderBrown77

5 ай бұрын

@@druvidefonseka9463♥️ It’s good to know. 1 John 5 kJV 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 1 Corinthians 15 kJV ✝️🩸 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 4 kJV ♥️ 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 🤔 Faith in what? Romans 3 kJV 🩸 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

@richardgregory3684

5 ай бұрын

Yeah and there are hundreds of millions of people whop say exactly the same, except it's about Allah and Brahma and Buddha, they are just as sure as you...but either they are wrong, or you're wrong, or you're all wrong. Because you can;t all be right.

@AlexanderBrown77

5 ай бұрын

@@richardgregory3684 ♥️Isaiah 45 kJV 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

@richardgregory3684

5 ай бұрын

@@AlexanderBrown77 Oh look, bible quotes, who cares about the bible? Holy book says it;s god is the one and only true god, amazing, who'd hae thought it?

My question is...in the times when I forget God, hate God, resent God, just don't care and am agnostic or apathetic for long periods....will God forgive me even then? Is God there even then? I always think of Him, even at my most degenerate points, even at my most lazy, hypocritical, callous points. My heart is always thinking of him, if that makes sense. And so I never feel like he is "not there". Only distant. My question is why is God so distant and why does it take so much work to find him?

@heathervancalcar4446

5 ай бұрын

Yes, He is always there waiting for you to call to him, return to Him and find Him again... He's always there... It is you that pulls away, or are blinded etc... well not "you" but all of us when we sin. God is always there and He always loves you... not matter what. He is that Good and Great and Merciful.

@almasakic1148

5 ай бұрын

@@thenamelessme thank you friend

Thank you, Father Mike.

I willfully ignored the evil of sin. I told myself it's not that bad. It really doesn't matter. That led to me fully believing that I don't matter. The fact is, animals can mate with whatever they want and kill whatever they want and do whatever they want and it doesn't matter. They are not children of God. We are children of God and are truly worth far more than 1000 stars. Even the hairs on our heads are counted. Every word we speak, every act we do matters a great deal.

@Dexuz

3 ай бұрын

Animals cannot do that actually, assuming you mean a social animal like wolves, if they don't behave in their packs, they get expelled or killed. The same applies to us, we are never free, as long as we live in society, which makes sense, and likely from where morality comes.

Thanks for sharing this ~

Throughout my dark times, where i was losing hope, God has lifted me up each time stronger. God exists in us, with us, and loves us.

@AlexanderBrown77

5 ай бұрын

What is your faith in? 🤔 Romans 3 kJV 🩸 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

@ivonnehernanandez3057

5 ай бұрын

@AlexanderBrown77 My faith is God, Son, and Holy Spirit. I admire some priests and Popes for their devotion to the Lord and don't care for corrupt Pope Bergoglio. Basically I have no religion, my relationship is with God and follow my 10 commandments.

@AlexanderBrown77

5 ай бұрын

@@ivonnehernanandez3057 ♥️ Hi ivonne Are you born again? ✝️🩸 1 Peter 1 kJV 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. ✝️ Gospel 🩸 1 Corinthians 15 kJV 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 3 kJV 🩸 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 1 John 5 kJV 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

@gamermixy.t3664

4 ай бұрын

Yeah , spot nonsense, you just needed something to believe in , and God ,word ", just made you feel better, that doesn't prove the existence

We don't need God to know when we are doing something wrong.

Saw a bumper sticker that said "America- The Relentless Pursuit of Pleasure and Happiness". That is our problem, pursuing pleasure that never fulfills and causing enormous pain to others as we use them up for pleasure and profit. Outstanding message of hope, Fr. Mike!

@AlvinLovesAnime

5 ай бұрын

Amen.

@n4ughty_knight

5 ай бұрын

"I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil-this is the gift of God". - Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

@emperorzombie1420

5 ай бұрын

Yet the people are not satisfied! They grumble for more, even though they have everything a human needs tenfold. They will pursue till exhaustion and they will collapse and die. The worms will have everything for a day.

@steele8280

5 ай бұрын

The difference between happiness and joy. That’s where much of humanity goes wrong.

@ruthortega5822

5 ай бұрын

Excellent message Father Mike! Thank you for sharing this with us. It came exactly when I needed to hear it. Thank you, Lord Jesus, that I matter, that we all matter.

Thanks!

@AscensionPresents

2 ай бұрын

We are so grateful for your support!

"Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate the two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then without hesitation that he is." - Pascal

This is the first time I've seen (or noticed) a youtube video with zero downvotes. (As of 11:15 AM, 1/20/24) It would be cool if it stayed that way. Also, thank you Fr. Mike, and everyone who helps with this channel. This video reminded me of who I used to be, why I started on this path, and why I still try in spite of constant and sometimes egregious failure. Needed that.

Godspeed

This is the very question an atheist friend of mine asked me. I chuckled. Then I said, "Well, if there's no God, then I go back and become part of the earth" (ashes to ashes and all), and I will have a lived a good , if imperfect life; my question to you is, 'What if you're wrong?' He looked at me like this never had occurred to him. I pray for him daily.

@nomadman5288

5 ай бұрын

Take it a step further and apply it to yourself: What if you're wrong about which God? Has that ever occured to you?

@tomandrews1429

5 ай бұрын

But what if you're wrong about Allah, Vishnu, Thor, Zeus and all of the rest of the proposed gods and religions? You're in just as much, if not arguably more, existential danger as an atheist if you're wrong as well. Did this thought ever occur to you?

@thekatarnalchemist

5 ай бұрын

​​​@@tomandrews1429You're an atheist, why do you care? If OP was a pagan who worshipped Thor, would you still have bothered pestering them with your question?

@feliciagallo9832

5 ай бұрын

​@@nomadman5288I already answered that in my post.

@feliciagallo9832

5 ай бұрын

​@@tomandrews1429I already answered that. Then I just become part of the earth.

Amen really powerful thanks God bless you

You nod quite a lot in your videos Father. You make a good point at the start, which I agree with as a non-theistic Buddhist. The truth of the existence or absence of a God does not affect how I live and I want to continue treating others with respect and kindness regardless.

Very Good. Very Good. May God bless Fr Mike.

I needed this video Father Mike. A friend who gave up her Catholic faith way before I knew her just told me today she is now an agnostic. She has been trying to get me to question my faith by sending me videos. I've tried to evangelize, but she gets angry with me. I will continue to pray for her.

@masterlee9822

5 ай бұрын

Rules , right and wrong made it possible for the tribes of Europe to survive the brutal ice age and aids in dealing with internal conflicts. Early European religions seem to be the collection of stories and rules that aid in survival. Following a hunter god can be as simple as trying to increase your luck on a hunt, A deers antlers offered to a shrine or fire in the hope of a lucky shot or a deer crossing your path. Sending out mulible hunters increases the chance of some finding food and genetics very much effect behavior and what kind of culture will rise even interacting between men and woman to what is to do be done with those who threaten the existence of the tribe or tribes members. Rules seem to evolve around threats and interactions with common benefits spread across the tribe of men and woman. The tears and cries of woman effect men differently, some will come to their defense while other will try to prey upon them, Rules may allow the killing of the predator that strengthens the tribe. Marriage may be limited to 1 man , 1 woman to reduce internal conflicts and violence between males. Predators may be exile to the ice and snow causing them to die reducing the predators effect on the gene pool. Cutting enough evil blood-lines may increase the survival of the tribe in that type of climate. 1 man, 1 woman marriage may also increase survival by reducing incompetent genetics spreading through the tribe causing the tribe to die out and this can also be said of poor parenting.Some parents may attempt to give their children a foot up while others try to give their children the foot down and in the modern age may require the child escaping the parents and needing time to recover and progress and may not have the experience to deal with predators increasing his chances of dying or being maimed.

@flaviaantao9076

5 ай бұрын

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@tomandrews1429

5 ай бұрын

Have you considered that she might be right? Think about if you have more reason to believe in Jesus than other gods like Allah.

@Wiggimus

3 ай бұрын

Don't evangelize to people. It's never a good thing to do.

@teresahuston6650

3 ай бұрын

​@@WiggimusThere are many ways God shows us on how to evangelize. I have ordered the Blessed Miraculous Medals to hand out or place in discreet places. Catholics on utube channels, Rumble, or X use their platforms to evangelize.

The GOAT!

Brilliant video.

We might not know the meaning in every moment, but we know that every moment has meaning. Thanks Fr. Mike, I needed that. I've been stuck in a rough place for a while.

@RoninTF2011

4 ай бұрын

Why rely on someone else to tell you about your "meaning"?

@bmusicjr101

4 ай бұрын

@@RoninTF2011 no man is an island. Sometimes it takes an outsider to help pull you out of your rut. Only then can you see the moments and the meanings within, that you've been missing.

@RoninTF2011

4 ай бұрын

@@bmusicjr101 Outside perspective is good...outside myth and baseless truthclaims, are not

@bmusicjr101

4 ай бұрын

@@RoninTF2011 don't worry about me and what I believe. You worry about you and what you don't.

@RoninTF2011

4 ай бұрын

@@bmusicjr101 How is that in any way connected to the comments above?

To summarize: If you're just matter, you don't matter, but if you're more than matter, you matter.

@edwardwicks304

5 ай бұрын

😅Great synopsis... Love it.

@Kimberlyanne-uu7yu

5 ай бұрын

That's a great post. I agree whole-heartedly. Im going to copy it and save it to look at periodically. Thank you!

@charlesm7589

4 ай бұрын

To summarize, who is this guy or anyone else to tell you whether and why you matter? Grow up, stop looking for someone else to justify you. That argument is classic transference. People want to matter, so tell them that it is religion that makes them matter.

@michaelevans1690

4 ай бұрын

@charlesm7589 it's not a religious statement and isn't specific to Christianity. Its a commentary on the logical conclusions of a materialistic worldview. If you believe that the universe is an eternally existent set of arbitrary physical laws acting without purpose or reason, then any experience of meaning you have is only a delusion created by blind indifferent forces of evolution because the delusion of meaning increases the chances of self replication. To hold a materialistic view, you must admit that meaning is not objectively real but subjectively imagined and ultimately delusional. You don't matter. The universe got by fine without you for billions of years and will get by fine without you when you're gone. You're a meaningless spec of dust. Unless there is a mind behind the universe that created you for a meaningful purpose with intent and forethought. This is an argument for theism and belief in a personal, intentional force behind the universe. But it is not an argument for any specific religion. Rather, it is a point many religions agree on. You're free to disagree. But you might find it curious to wonder why you don't act as though you are meaningless, and whether or not a blind indifferent meaningless universe is really the explanation that best aligns with your personal observation and experience.

@timeshark8727

4 ай бұрын

How silly and illogical. Things don't matter or not because of what they are, but because of what they do and what they mean to us.

Thank you so much. From France 🇫🇷

Heavenly Father I pray that you bless me with your love and grace,as I tirelessly care for my children with special needs. As a single mom I’m overwhelmed. Bless me Lord as I constantly struggle to pay rent and as I constantly struggle to buy groceries help me to find peace and give me the resources and support I need to overcome anything life brings against me. I offer this prayer in the Name of Jesus, my Lord and Savior.❤

@eyesofblue1050

5 ай бұрын

Thinking of you as a single Mom with two special needs blessings. They are blessings. And some great day, they will be lifted of their handicap! What a day that will be! Until then, God bless you and continue to be the wonderful hardworking Mom that you are. You are capable and you are doing it!

@Jen-CelticWarrior

5 ай бұрын

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let us immerse ourselves in the word of God, finding guidance, Solace, and inspiration in its pages. let us lean on the holy spirit for discernment and strength, allowing his presence to guide us on the path of righteousness

Yes!!! 💙💙💙

What a wonderful and realistic take on this topic, Fr. Mike! Thank you for always letting God direct and teach you HIS truths

@AlexanderBrown77

5 ай бұрын

Romans 3 kJV 🩸 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

If God doesn't exist, then He's of no importance. If He does, then he's of INFINITE importance. There is no middle ground. Even faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains. Have patience and trust in God, even when you have little more than a mustard seed.

@MultiJoe84

5 ай бұрын

-CS Lewis

@FilipinaVegana

5 ай бұрын

There’s only one TINY little problem with what you wrote above, Sir.☝🏼 There has never been, nor will there ever be, even the SLIGHTEST shred of evidence for the existence of the Godhead, that is, a Supreme Person or Deity.‬🤓 It is high time for humanity to awaken from all INANE superstitions such as the belief in a Personal God who created the Universe, would you not agree, Slave? 😩

@aenigmatica8

5 ай бұрын

Yes!! Don’t forget to cite the source!

@user-or4ut2qi3q

5 ай бұрын

​@@FilipinaVegana is this satire?

@MKMcDonald287

5 ай бұрын

If God doesn’t exist, then neither does the word ‘importance’

I just listened to John Maxwell who quoted cs Lewis. “Hunger is absurd if there was no such thing as food, thirst would be absurd if there was no such thing as drink. A longing for God would be absurd if there was no such thing as God. “

@richardgregory3684

5 ай бұрын

And why is a longing for god not absurd? Human beings long for all sorts of ridiculous things. It;s liek saying, a child longing for Santa to drop down the chimney with a piny would be absurd if there was no Santa. Well, of course, Santa is absurd. lol

@indie25hotmail

4 ай бұрын

I think that this is not a very good analogy, because, one could simply say if we are all just space dust and why should I care about "other" space dust that doesn't benefit me directly in anyway. Unless there is truly a purpose (i.e. a creator) @@jimmygrieves2909

Word.

God bless Father Mike. May Our Lady bless you with all the graces necessary for you to fulfill your life's mission.

Great video

I think it takes more faith not to believe in in God, this planet sings creation. The student said ' do what you want just love each other' We were made for love ( good title for a book eh Father Mike!) I believe it is the Christian influence that holds back utter carnage in this world. We were made higher than the animals, we are hard wired to love. Why even bother to love if there is no God?

@TheCosmicGuy0111

2 ай бұрын

Weird cause for thousands of years before Christ and thousands of other god that people lived under there was never “carnage”. Ironically a lot of carnage has happened cause of Christianity. Now ask why love? Cause it’s a natural thing? Animals love too, dogs love, cats love, donkeys love, birds love, ect. What is love? Well it’s driven by biochemical processes that occurs in our body and mostly our brain. Also to be honest if you need god to be kind, loving and compassionate I’d take a serious look at yourself.

Amen.

I’ve always had the mindset of if He does exist I’m good, and if He doesn’t I’m still good as He comforts me here on earth, and Let’s say He truly doesn’t when I finally go to meet Him I’m the only one it’s affecting.

dust in the wind, that really cheapens our whole existence and experience here on earth when I look at the sun and how it supports all life on this planet that's not a chance accident we were meant to be!

Thank you for being the voice of reason and religious education. We all need to hear this. Your a gift for your ability to explain the unexplained in layman terms 🥰

God bless Father Mike Schmitz!

I just got to day 40 in Catechism in a Year today and you just began providing some explanation for this!

I made the biggest mistake of my life I left the church for many years I got baptized in 1979 I was 22 years old. I've been back for 13 months now me and my wife got married in the Catholic Church 2006 I love the Catholic Church father Mike what's the one that got me to come back buy me listening to him on KZread took the classes over again

Thank you father Mike Schmidt for teaching and preaching the truth!

@AlexanderBrown77

5 ай бұрын

Ephesians 1 kJV ✝️🩸 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 1 Corinthians 15 kJV 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Galatians 1 kJV 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Thank you so much! I just had a religion student ask me this! I gave a brief answer but told her we would revisit this when after I had time to organize my thoughts. This is a perfect addition to my answer and I will be showing this tonight in my classroom. The timing of so much that I hear from you is always so on point that I know that God is constantly intervening for me. Too much to be a happy coincidence. God is so Good!

The guy in this video has it reversed: If the Christian god were shown to be real, then my life would instantly become meaningless.

God bless you Fr Mike

This is so timely for me, thank you Fr. Mike!

There still would be right and wrong even if god didn’t exist. Right and wrong being subjective based on what society dictates for a certain time, which arguably is always the case

@smith123p

5 ай бұрын

For sure. Morality is something built over time, with human beings understanding themselves, understanding interpersonal relationships and understanding the dynamics of the world. The creation of a god was just a way to speed up the process (and even then there were countless fights fought in the name of these gods)

God is real and I believe thank you Lord

No God no people no drama😊

I sometimes think this too. What if as believers we are wrong and this life is all that there is and when you die, you die. Or maybe doubt is part of the spiritual journey? Who knows.

@WolfA4

4 ай бұрын

If as believers you are wrong you still matter, in fact you matter more if your beliefs are wrong. We value things that are limited, the rarer something is the more value it tends to have in our eyes as people. Our lives being limited and unique means that each and every life is priceless because each of us is rarer than the rarest gem or precious metal, on the other hand if we were all immortal then you would be worthless, you would be like a grain of sand on an infinitely large beach.

@nickikey9807

3 ай бұрын

Doubt creeps up into my thoughts sometimes. It does happen in this spiritual journey. Sometimes I reflect on how slim the chances would be for humans to exist. How so many processes work in harmony with human life. I'll keep trying to learn more about God.

But we know He exists 🙏 As always, thank you 😊

Love your humor on a serious topic❤

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Without God our whole being and this physical reality would dis-integrate. The integrity of what keeps us together would literally fall apart

We’re not just matter; we matter!

God bless you Fr. Mike!😊 Thank You God for Fr. Mike!

@tsvetanstoychev655

4 ай бұрын

Does God have youtube?

@mapinoita279

4 ай бұрын

God bless you too,@@tsvetanstoychev655!

Wow. Today...I needed this. Thank you Father.

I prayed for someone before and they got healed

@malogibeaux4946

5 ай бұрын

Coincidence

God is the beginning,the end & what's in beteeen. He Is the love force putting order in everything & everyone. There is too much beauty in the universe & this comes from Him❤

@Steelmage99

4 ай бұрын

And all the horror and suffering also comes from Him, right?

@aniadelvecchio

3 ай бұрын

@@Steelmage99 They r the product of the evil prince of this world...

The only way to know God exits is by God’s Grace of revealing himself. When Moses said, we are lost without God. He didn’t lie

love this reality check, it's kinda wild. before I was saved, I could "do whatever I want" but it was TO BE SAVED, and now that i'm saved, I look back and some days i'm like ah to be "free" but I always remember, that wasn't free, that was a prison. and every day I spent trying to break out, and one day Jesus unlocked the door. thanks for this video Father Mike!

Thank you so much for this video. God bless you.

Gracias Father Mike, GOD Bless ya. ✌💯☝💯💯

without God nothing can exist, and nothing can be made without someone making existence. God existed before time began and he made us with a purpose.

@Deuterocomical is going to have an absolute field day with this

I struggle with this in a different way. I believe in Christ Jesus as true God and true man, however I have a bit of anti social personality and am very bent toward utilitarian thinking. My Faith keeps me on the straight and narrow, but I am still struggling to obey God out of love rather than fear and duty. It has always shocked me how people want God not to be real because the way the world works if that belief would come to be dominate 99% of people’s lives would end up terrible as we returned to empires built upon slavery and subjugation. It seems so natural to follow your desire to do whatever you can get away with once the rules are stripped away and you don’t have to care about anything other than your own self interest that I can’t even fathom the high minded ideas of those who argue for societal morality developing independently.

Very profound. Also, many (including me) have this feeling of this world not being our actual beginning nor the end. Sort of longing for our true home and family where no suffering nor needs exist

@4ndytrout46

4 ай бұрын

Your feelings don't change the fact that the earth is your beginning and end.

@davidesacco-nn6zz

4 ай бұрын

There is no end

Very well said and agree with you 100%, Fr. Mike. Thank you and God bless you. 🙏🤍🕊💫

If something like god existed kids wouldn’t suffer….. period.

I think we can call this psychological manipulation at best, it's abusive though, let's be honest.

@LuminesBreezer--

4 ай бұрын

Just listening to the entire movie made it so clear too, and how so many have fallen prey to what this guy's said for _this_ long too. . I can only imagine what it'd be like, as I've told my family, if it's finally realized they've been lying to themselves throughout this one life.

@chocolatestraw3971

3 ай бұрын

An abusive priest? That's unheard of.

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I'm now tempted to send this video to my agnostic or atheist friends or people i know...God bless you Father!

@sebasticus9167

5 ай бұрын

Please do. Its numbskulling drivell like this that got me out of faith.

@malogibeaux4946

5 ай бұрын

please don't. Most of us don't want our friends to act like some Jeovah's witeness.

@childofGod999

5 ай бұрын

@@malogibeaux4946 lol I ain’t here to force conversions, I’m just trying to show them that there could be more to their life. God bless

@tomandrews1429

5 ай бұрын

I don't think this video would convince anyone to believe. Non-believers don't believe in God because they don't see any evidence of his existence. Claiming that their life has some non-justifiable, objective meaning is not going to change anything for them.

@childofGod999

5 ай бұрын

@@tomandrews1429 Good point my friend, but what also know about people who don’t believe in God or is atheist is that sometimes they are trying to seek something better in their lives and especially purpose that is fulfilling, this video might spark a interest. God bless

Very true when you don't have Christ feels like there's something missing what do you have a hole in your heart

What’s extra cool is that you reading this was one of the few who believe in the exact right religion and the right version of it. What if you had been born in a Hindu family in India. Bad luck!

Thanks again, Fr. Mike. Your videos mean a lot to us. Every day.

@AlexanderBrown77

5 ай бұрын

Galatians 1 kJV ✝️🩸 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 1 Corinthians 15 kJV 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

I for one have witnessed first hand that supernatural evil indeed exists though I hadn’t looked for it. A demon exposed its presence to me due to the actions of someone else, and although I was very scared at the time, this also served as proof that God indeed exists and that He hears my prayers just as He says He does.

I love the holy Catholic Church I love going to mass I love being part of the church I have wonderful friends on my family if I have a question about the church I text him or her they've been very supportive of me since I came back to the church.

"you're not a mistake, you matter" REALLY needed to hear that 😭 thank you

@IanM-id8or

4 ай бұрын

You really matter whether there's a god or not

@vladd415

4 ай бұрын

A mistake implies intent. You were not created. You evolved. If you consider your evolution a mistake, then that's your problem. And yes, you do matter. To yourself, to your friends, family and to anyone you ever interacted with, directly or indirectly. This is true whether or not your god, or any other god, exists.

What if God doesn't exist? If this is the case, the world will look _exactly_ as it does. The only possible difference would be in the next world. Things that matter to us, still matter just as much. If anything, our lives, the people around us, and the universe in general matter MORE because they are finite/limited. What is more valuable... a single apple to someone who owns an orchard, or a single apple to someone who is starving? By having an end, we become MORE VALUABLE, our lives MORE WORTHWHILE, not less.

Your opening starts, “If there’s no God, then we’re just space dust then that’s it …” - Church theology combines Aristotelian philosophy, including logic, doesn’t it? And when we consider Aristotle’s methods, where is the argument in the premise that ‘all’ we are is ‘just’ space dust? And because of this unargued-for premise, how does ‘it follow’ that if “we’re just space dust then that’s it?” This is a False Dichotomy, isn’t it? This is also the Composition / Division fallacy, right? - Let’s now imagine various god-believers (Muslims, Hindus, Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses, for example) saying, “If my worldview regarding God / the Gods is mistaken, “that’s it.”” You wouldn’t accept the conclusion, would you? In fact, you believe that, for some at least, it would be better for them to have been just “space dust,” don’t you? - And for someone who is unconvinced of the existence of gods or goddesses, it ‘does not follow’ there’s a requirement that person be a materialist, let alone a crude reductive materialist that many theists seem to want to foist on the unconvinced or the non-believers in gods or goddesses, does it? They are free to be substance dualists, property dualists, idealists, etc., aren’t they? They can allow for a Platonic heaven of abstract entities, etc., can’t they? - For the sake of argument, let’s grant the foundation for your opening, namely “there’s no God.” If that’s assumed, then what explains why you believe there is-including everything about your specific god-type?

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It's really depressing that your religion puts you in a mindspace where you can't imagine any other meaning but to be a slave to an imaginary wizard. Don't you have goals, passions, people and things you love? Or did your religion teach you that all of this doesn't matter?

@Typhoon2142

4 ай бұрын

That's the thing. Many of them put their grand wizard above everyone, even their own children. It is considered a "virtue"....

@midlander4

4 ай бұрын

Like the rest of the catholic organization, he's chasing the money