Fr. Mike’s Prayer for Beginners

We can fall into two traps when it comes to the body: believing the body is nothing, or believing the body is everything. Both are distortions of the truth. Fr. Mike Schmitz reminds us that we are both body and soul. Your body is part of who you are, and your soul is part of who ...  Show more

Struggling to pray? Fr. Mike Schmitz shows how Ignatian prayer makes prayer simple again by using Scripture and your imagination to enter into the Gospel. Begin by asking the Holy Spirit for help, choosing a short Gospel passage, and slowly immersing yourself in it one sense at a ...  Show more

What is prayer? How do we pray? Why is it important? Girly, I get it. I've asked these questions a thousand times over and I have struggled with prayer since I could speak. But, as I've learned and grown, I've come to realize that prayer is one of the most importan ...

In this episode I talk about my own personal experience with prayer & the miraculous things it's been doing for me in the last couple weeks. We'll dive into specific scripture that guides us on how, when, and why we pray. It's a goodie.

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Fr. Mike highlights how Jesus didn't pray in order get something from God, he prayed in order to be close to God. He also points to Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane as a perfect example of how we should pray with honesty and trust. Lastly, Fr. Mike provides insights on t ...  Show more

Fr. Mike reflects on the prayer of Jesus before his sacrifice, where he not only prays for all his disciples but for us as well. We also dive into Christ's trial with Pilate, and how the actions of the Jews are much like ours today. Today's readings are John 16-18 and Proverbs 6: ...  Show more