10/31/21 Learning to Lose: All is Lost

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.

When all is lost, love God with all that's left.

We are called to love God with everything. It is easier to love when we are winning, but are we able to love when we've lost? What if we have lost everything? When we've lost, we are most tempted to become bitter, resentful, and take back our love. But we are made to love God and we can trust God even in the midst of losing it all.

Mass Readings from October 31st, 2021:
Deuteronomy 6:2-6
Psalms 18:2-4, 47, 51
Hebrews 7:23-28

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Father Mike.
0:02.8	Just before the homily starts today, I just wanted to have a quick note of thanks.
0:06.9	I just wanted to, you know, it's November and it is the season of giving thanks.
0:11.0	We have Thanksgiving later on coming up and I just wanted to thank you for being part
0:14.6	of this community, for listening to these homilies and supporting this community by your
0:17.9	prayers, supporting me by your prayers and supporting this community because so many people have
0:22.2	given over the last number of years.
0:23.4	In fact, I imagine if you were part of the congregation online here or the people who
0:29.0	have listened to these homilies for the past number of years, when November hit, you
0:32.8	probably realized, oh, he's going to start talking about Give to the Max day.
0:37.1	And if that was your thought, you were correct.
0:39.7	On November 18th, we have Give to the Max day.
0:42.0	And if you're not familiar with that, it is a day in the state of Minnesota where a lot
0:46.3	of nonprofits or not for profits ask those people who believe in the mission of this organization
0:52.8	to support the organization not only through prayer, but also financially.
0:57.1	And so we're no different.
0:58.4	We rely upon the gifts we rely upon, the financial support, not only of our students and their
1:03.8	families who want them to have life changing encounter with Jesus, but also we rely upon
1:09.8	the financial support and the prayers of those who listen to these podcasts and those who
1:14.6	join us on or through our online masses.
1:17.5	So this November 18th is our Give to the Max day.
1:21.1	And if you're interested at all in supporting this mission, supporting this ministry financially,
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