A Fr. Mike Christmas Special

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike explains why "It's a Wonderful Life" is his favorite Christmas movie and how it can help us understand the importance of duty and love. Spoiler Alert

"It's a Wonderful Life" is a classic, but there's a theme carried through the movie that is rarely discussed—the role of duty.

If you lived a life without responsibilities, you would be living a life without relationships.

In "It's a Wonderful Life," George Bailey's life is driven by duty, but it's transformed by the love he finds in his relationships with others.

Hopefully, our life is driven by a sense of duty towards God, but we need to remember that our lives are transformed by the love of God.

This Christmas, remember that your life has meaning, your life carries with it important duties, and that God, who has not forgotten you, will transform your life.

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0:00.0	In this room, it smells like a Christmas tree.
0:02.6	You can't tell because you don't have the ability to,
0:04.5	I don't know if you know this,
0:05.4	you don't have the ability to smell what my house smells like
0:08.0	through the YouTube.
0:09.7	Also, there's no tree in the back.
0:11.0	Also, there's no decorations.
0:12.1	Also, I'm not wearing another sweater.
0:13.7	Also, I don't have a Santa hat on.
0:15.8	So how are, in the world are you supposed to tell
0:17.6	that this is a Christmas video?
0:18.9	I have a name to spot the mic,
0:23.3	it's an essential present.
0:24.9	So one of my favorite movies of all time
0:27.9	is The Movie It's Wonderful Life.
0:29.2	I wanted to talk a little bit about It's Wonderful Life.
0:31.0	If you've seen The Movie, you are a winner.
0:33.5	If you haven't seen The Movie,
0:34.6	you have the chance to win still.
0:36.3	But here's what the movie's about.
0:37.4	So I'm gonna spoil a lot of things about it.
0:39.0	But I can't spoil the heart of it
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