05/09/21 Spark Joy

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter.

Joy is rooted in confidence and comes as a consequence.

We can choose joy only insofar as we can choose the source of our joy. Joy comes as a consequence; it is a fruit. And the depth and permanence of our joy is only going to be as deep and long lasting as what we place our confidence in. Only when we surrender to the love of God can we have a joy that is deeper and more permanent than any amount of suffering that comes from life.

Mass Readings from May 9, 2021:
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48
Psalms 98:1-4
1 John 4:7-10

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0:00.0	So I'm not sure if I mentioned this like a long time ago,
0:04.4	but I got on this like minimalist kick over Christmas break.
0:08.2	And so I was watching all the YouTube videos,
0:10.8	all the tutorials on how to throw away stuff
0:12.8	because you need this tutorial on how to throw away stuff.
0:15.0	Because I came across some stats that said that
0:17.8	the average American household has over 300,000 items.
0:21.3	We just own so much stuff that the rental property
0:24.6	or the rental storage unit business is in this country alone,
0:28.1	is an eight billion dollars a year industry, billion,
0:31.1	just to buy another thing to store our stuff.
0:33.8	Like we have so much stuff that it's just like,
0:35.9	there's this desire to get rid of it.
0:37.0	So I of course came across, we all know her,
0:40.4	we all love her.
0:41.0	Her name is Marie Kondo.
0:42.2	If you know Marie Kondo and she has this whole minimalist thing,
0:44.6	we're basically if you go through your home
0:45.8	and you want to know, should I get rid of this thing
0:47.7	or should I keep this thing?
0:49.4	She has you do this thing.
0:50.9	She, we like the word thing apparently.
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