Fr. Mike Schmitz Reacts to The Chosen

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike Schmitz is back, reacting to powerful scenes from The Chosen. Find out which moments brought him to tears, which ones he wrestled with, and hear his honest perspective on how the series portrays the life of Christ.

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0:00.0	Okay. I'm going to do this every time. Is it going to be like one of those?
0:06.6	My name is Father Mike Schmitz, and this is Essentially Presents. There's a Christmas tree behind me.
0:10.0	It's not Christmas yet. It's set up in here because we're filming the Advent series that we did like last year.
0:15.2	Last year was called Face to Face. And this year, upcoming, the Advent series is called Waiting Well.
0:20.5	And so stay tuned on that one.
0:21.8	We had the, I React to Confession and Movies a little while ago. And so they're like,
0:27.7	hey, let's do another one. Let's do the TV show, The Chosen. It's not a TV show because people
0:31.7	don't watch TV anymore. The series, The Chosen, not Chosen, your journey confirmation.
0:36.2	The Chosen about Jesus and the disciples.
0:38.0	I've seen the show, but I don't know what scenes these are. This one's called Mary Magdalene's
0:41.6	Return. Here we go. Hands are a drink. Oh, Jesus.
0:45.5	Sitt leave.
0:46.5	Touches her hand.
0:52.5	Man.
0:53.5	That's not for you.
0:55.0	Don't touch me.
0:57.0	Oh.
0:58.0	Really?
1:00.0	I'm so sorry.
1:02.0	I need to like, just even that little in exchange, that's not for you.
1:05.0	This is Jesus stepping in and saying, that's not going to make you happy.
1:08.0	This is not going to give you the solution.
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