Hope in the Face of Suicide
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
4.9 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2016
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
With the way our culture disregards life sometimes, it is easy for the question “Is life worth living?” to surface. In this episode, Fr. Mike Schmitz emphatically states that not only is life worth living—it is sacred. If there is anyone you know who is weary of life, reach out to them and show them they are wanted.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm your name's Frother Mike Schmitz and this is The Sentient Presents. |
| 0:10.2 | So I'm sure you've all heard of the TV show The Walking Dead. |
| 0:12.9 | It's kind of like a worldwide phenomenon, right? |
| 0:15.5 | And it's a whole show about the zombie apocalypse. |
| 0:18.7 | And there's a little double entendre when it comes to the title. |
| 0:21.4 | The Walking Dead obviously refer to his zombies, but they also refer to the human beings because |
| 0:26.8 | they're walking and you know that they're ultimately going to die. |
| 0:29.6 | In fact, every single episode has this crisis of like, wait, we're fighting for our lives. |
| 0:36.3 | But in the end, we're all going to die. |
| 0:39.5 | Like, why keep fighting? |
| 0:40.9 | In fact, these people, they've had their lives over a completely overturned. |
| 0:45.9 | Where they're family and friends are mostly dead or walking around zombies. |
| 0:51.1 | There's no security. |
| 0:52.4 | There's no comfort. |
| 0:53.5 | There's no coffee. |
| 0:54.6 | There's no wifi. |
| 0:55.6 | Like the big question is, if at the end of the whole deal we're going to die, why keep |
| 1:01.0 | on fighting? |
| 1:02.0 | Why keep on walking? |
| 1:03.3 | Why keep on living? |
| 1:04.9 | Is life worth living? |
| 1:06.9 | You know, there's a French philosopher's name is Albert Camus. |
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