Generosity - The Greatest Spiritual Gift

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2017

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In Matthew 17:20, Jesus tells us if we have faith as small as a mustard seed we could move mountains. The problem is most of us don’t put our faith to use. In this video, Fr. Mike invites us to make use of the gifts God has already given us. In doing so, we may become so overjoyed by our natural gifts that we can’t help but share them with others.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents.
0:11.8	There's a time in a moment in the Gospels.
0:14.0	You might have noticed this where the apostles come to Jesus and they say, Lord, increase
0:18.0	our faith.
0:19.0	Which is a pretty good prayer, right?
0:20.8	Like, they're taking this whole thing seriously.
0:23.0	They're taking the faith thing seriously.
0:24.9	They're taking the whole like, we need more than we have things seriously.
0:28.2	They're taking their dependence on God thing seriously.
0:30.5	They're taking it seriously.
0:31.8	Lord, increase our faith.
0:33.3	Imagine you've had that prayer before.
0:35.5	Lord, just help me.
0:38.1	If I had stronger faith, I'd be able to face this.
0:39.9	So if I had stronger hope, I'd be able to face.
0:42.6	If I had stronger love, I'd be able to face this moment to increase my faith.
0:47.5	It's funny, they say, increase our faith.
0:49.8	Jesus looks at them and he says, if you had faith, the size of a mustard seed, you'd
0:55.3	be able to say to that mountain, you know, be uprooted or the mulberry tree, be uprooted.
1:00.4	The mountain, like, move from where you are and be planted in the sea and it would obey
1:06.1	you.
1:07.1	Apparently, Jesus points out and says, actually, your problem is not that you need more
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