Giving Thanks is Necessary

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 22 November 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike says giving thanks is not only good and polite. It’s not just a thoughtful gesture. Giving thanks is necessary.

We begin Mass by saying “It is right and just” to give God thanks. Not only that, the priest continues by saying:

“It is our duty and salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks.”

Our duty and our salvation.

We proclaim this every week, and giving thanks is a huge part of the Mass (the very word Eucharist means to give thanks). But do we mean it?

Do we give proper thanks to God for the miraculous gifts he has given us to enjoy every day? Our health, sight, hearing, even simply having someone who cares about you, all of these things are blessings we should thank God for because there are many who do not enjoy them.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents.
0:02.3	Happy Thanksgiving.
0:03.6	Why?
0:04.6	Because I think a lot of times on a day like Thanksgiving, we think, ah, giving thanks is
0:09.7	nice.
0:10.7	Giving thanks is a good thing to do.
0:12.3	Giving thanks is a really positive thing.
0:15.8	It is all three of those things.
0:17.2	It's nice.
0:18.2	It's good.
0:19.2	It's positive.
0:20.2	Do we ever stop to realize that giving thanks is actually more than that.
0:22.4	That giving thanks is necessary.
0:25.8	I mean, like, that it's not just an op, it's not optional.
0:32.9	That it's one of those things where it's, it's, we give thanks or we don't have the Lord.
0:42.0	We give thanks or we don't have the life he's one for us.
0:46.8	We give thanks or we're not saved.
0:50.0	I mean, I think there's an element here.
0:52.8	And now that might be, is that, is that overstating things maybe, but then again, maybe
0:58.1	not.
0:59.1	Let's go back to the Mass.
1:00.3	In the Mass, I'll say my part, you say your part.
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