A Message to Catholic Men
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
4.9 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
If you or someone you know has benefited from Ascension's free media, would you consider giving a gift of financial support? (https://tinyurl.com/2g7flrnp)
While Ascension is not a non-profit organization, support from Catholics around the world helps us produce this free Media content and reach as many people as possible. Because of the generosity of viewers like you, Ascension is able to secure the resources necessary to continue delivering podcasts and videos that seek to draw Catholics closer to the heart of the Father. Learn more about what Ascension does with the financial support of our audience here: https://tinyurl.com/2g7flrnp
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Today Fr. Mike encourages all men watching to consider taking the 90 day journey of Exodus 90. Learn more about Exodus 90 at www.Exodus90.com
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| 0:00.0 | Before we get started, I just wanted to take a minute to ask for your help. Since 2014, |
| 0:05.1 | Ascension has been producing videos on YouTube and podcasts and articles that have just |
| 0:11.3 | blessed a bunch of people with the truth and the beauty of the Catholic faith. Now, every week, |
| 0:16.0 | Ascension produces 18 different podcasts and YouTube videos, including the Bible in here, |
| 0:21.9 | including Ascension Presents, and even this show as well. Now, while the content is free to consume, |
| 0:29.0 | it is not necessarily free to make. With the rising costs of everything in the world these days, |
| 0:34.8 | Ascension is asking you to do something kind of bold, if you or someone you love has been blessed |
| 0:39.8 | by the content that has been created by Ascension, would you be willing to perfectly consider |
| 0:45.5 | supporting this ministry? You can visit AscensionPress.com slash support, or you can even just follow |
| 0:50.7 | the link in the description below. Again, the website is AscensionPress.com slash support. |
| 0:56.5 | And even if you can't give financially at this time, please keep the Ascension team and every |
| 1:01.5 | one of us involved in your prayers. That would be phenomenal. Thank you and God bless. |
| 1:08.2 | I know I don't need to, but it's okay. I'm going to do it in any way. Nope. |
| 1:12.0 | Gonna do it anywhere. Nope. Clap. Hi, my name is Father Mike Smith and this is Ascension Presents. |
| 1:17.6 | So I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that we're in the midst of a bit of a crisis. |
| 1:22.3 | In fact, you know, you kind of pick your crisis right now. We have an epidemic of loneliness |
| 1:27.9 | among people, particularly men. We have an epidemic of meaninglessness among so many people, |
| 1:33.9 | particularly men. We have an epidemic of a loss of purpose and direction among so many people, |
| 1:39.7 | especially men. We have a loss of even a sense of God and a sense of the fact that he actually has |
| 1:44.6 | commissioned every Christian, every baptized Catholic into the world to like have a vocation. |
| 1:49.5 | We have a crisis of not knowing who God is, not knowing the heart of the Father. |
| 1:55.6 | And this is not just situational, not just occasional. This is kind of pervasive. It's cultural. |
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