How to See God in Everything, Everyday (and How to Respond)
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
4.9 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
“It is good to guard the secret of a king, but gloriously to reveal the works of God, and with fitting honor to acknowledge him.” – Tobit 12:7
How often do you acknowledge the works of God? How often do you recognize what he’s doing in your life? In this passage from Tobit, the Archangel Raphael is encouraging us to pay attention to the works of God—not only in our lives, but in the lives of those around us. He is constantly present, even in our most mundane tasks. But how often do we notice his works, note his presence and goodness, and declare it to the world?
Today, Fr. Mike encourages us to acknowledge the presence of God in our lives through 3 steps: noticing, noting, and declaring.
This is just an introduction to discovering God in your everyday life. To go deeper, check out Danielle Bean’s new book, Whisper: Finding God in the Everyday.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, here we go. |
| 0:08.4 | Here we go. |
| 0:10.1 | How many of you spelled the mic's Schmitz and this is essentially a essentially... |
| 0:13.5 | How many of you spelled the mic's Schmitz and this is essentially a sentence. |
| 0:15.9 | Let's try it again. |
| 0:16.9 | Let's slow it down. |
| 0:17.9 | Hi, my name is spelled the mic's Schmitz and this is essentially a sentence. |
| 0:22.4 | Let's speed back up. |
| 0:31.7 | So I was recently reading the book of Tobit in the great adventure Bible for this thing |
| 0:35.3 | called the Bible in a year and I thought, you know what? |
| 0:38.7 | The book of Tobit is full of just incredible wisdom and full of incredible guidance for |
| 0:43.2 | life. |
| 0:44.2 | But there is a moment at the end of the book of Tobit. |
| 0:46.0 | It's in Tobit chapter 12 where Raphael, the angel, Raphael, right, whose name means |
| 0:49.9 | God heals and he actually heals some folk in the book of Tobit. |
| 0:53.3 | Stay tuned or listen to the Bible in here. |
| 0:55.0 | Raphael gives words of wisdom and one of the words of wisdom is just struck me and I've |
| 0:59.8 | been praying with it for a gosh weeks and weeks now. |
| 1:02.6 | It has been this. |
| 1:04.1 | It says, it is good to guard the secret of the king. |
| 1:08.3 | It is good to guard the secret of the king but gloriously to reveal the works of God |
| 1:13.4 | and with fitting honor to acknowledge him. |
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