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The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Have You Mastered the Basics of Your Faith?

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.97.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike makes the case that, before you claim a certain “style” in practicing the faith, you have to master the basics. He tells a story about when he was learning guitar. The teacher told his students to hold their guitar on an angle with their left knee higher than their right. This way they could play all kinds of music. Some of the students decided they wanted to hold the guitar their own way. This limited what they could play. Living the Faith is the same way.

If you’re told to do something and don’t, is it because you can’t do it, or because you won’t? When practicing the Faith, you may say you’re not into prayer, or service, or witnessing about Jesus, but all these things are essential to growing in holiness.

The saints are all different, true. Their fruit was unique, but the soil where they flourished is the same. Every saint started with prayer. They all did service, they all talked about Jesus. Fr. Mike recommends that we take advantage of all the riches our Catholic Faith gives us: the Rosary, Ignatian meditation, lectio divina, charismatic prayer, and so on. Let’s not limit our experience of God by saying some tradition is not our style.

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0:00.0

If you don't do something, is it because you can't do it or because you won't do it?

0:04.8

I'm an expert on the make-smiths and this is The Scent of Resents.

0:15.9

So back in the day, when I was in college, I took a guitar class.

0:19.1

How to play guitar class?

0:20.1

Now that's how to make guitars.

0:21.1

I was taught by this guy who was a professional guitarist.

0:24.0

He actually was a studio musician down in the Twin Cities and he was awesome.

0:27.7

He was incredible.

0:28.7

One of the things, you know, I was in a class, wasn't just a one-on-one lesson in this class.

0:33.6

There are a bunch of guys, including myself, who had some experience playing guitar.

0:38.0

And the first class, the teacher said, okay, here's how I want you to hold your guitar.

0:44.2

And it was like in what you call, I guess, the classical style.

0:46.6

So your left leg is a little higher and the guitar is kind of positioned like in a way

0:51.3

that it's a little more upright than it is like way down here.

0:54.7

You'll say, this is the best way to play the guitar.

0:57.1

Because if you play like this, you'll be able to play any kind of guitar music.

1:01.6

Because if you hold it in this angle, you'll be able to reach the fretboard and the whole

1:06.0

thing and like all the stuff.

1:07.8

Basically, this is the best way to be able to play any kind of music.

1:12.0

And the number of the guys, and I guess, so I'm very dassa.

1:15.2

I did what I was told.

1:16.2

This is the pro, right?

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