Living in the Present Moment

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Never before was there and never again will there be a moment quite like the present, yet so often we find ourselves wishing we were in another time in our lives, wishing we could be enjoying the achievement of our future goals or the past times when things were better for us. In this video, Fr. Mike challenges us to notice the “sacrament of the present moment” and see what graces God wants us to enjoy right now.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents.
0:06.9	It's fall right now here in Minnesota.
0:08.9	I imagine it's fall other places as well.
0:12.0	It has to do with the tilt of the earth.
0:14.4	I love the fall.
0:15.4	I love the fall.
0:16.4	But I sometimes find myself.
0:17.4	I've found myself in the past having this kind of attitude of like, oh, it's this season.
0:22.2	I wish it was this season.
0:23.2	You know, it's some other season.
0:24.8	It's winter.
0:25.8	I wish it was summer.
0:26.8	It was summer.
0:27.8	So hot.
0:28.8	I wish it was fall.
0:29.8	Sometimes we can be so dissatisfied with the season that we are in that we wish it
0:34.7	was another time.
0:37.0	So this happens in our lives as well, not just with like weather and whatnot.
0:40.8	But it happens all of the time when people are saying, okay, I'm in this stage of my life.
0:44.6	I'm in this season of my life.
0:45.8	And I just wish all I'm doing is looking forward to the next season or the next stage of
0:50.2	my life.
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