Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz. I am so excited to be joining the Courage Under Fire

Gala on May 23rd in Nashville, Tennessee, and I would love for you to be there too. I believe that

this world needs people of faith, who are willing to live with clarity, conviction, and compassion.

That's what this night is all about, standing in truth, rooted in Christ, and unshaken by the storms

around us.

You know this.

We weren't made for comfort.

We were made for courage.

So go to the Courage Underfire Gala by grabbing your ticket at courage underfiregala.

That's courage underfiregala.org.

And God bless.

The Lord be with you.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.

Lord is you a Lord.

Chapter 20 verses 19 through 31.

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked where the disciples

were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, peace be with

you. When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they

saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you. And when he had said this,

he breathed on them and said to them, receive the Holy Spirit, whose sins you forgive are forgiven

them, and whose sins you retain are retained. Thomas called Didomis, one of the twelve, was not

with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, we have seen the Lord, but he said to them,

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