Responding to 'Expressing Your Opinion' Video
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
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🗓️ 5 September 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Mike responds to last week’s episode, “Expressing Your Opinions”, where he said when we speak our mind we need to consider why, what, who, and how. We need to discern why we think we should express our opinion. What’s our motive? We need to consider what it is we are commenting on, and whether we are in a position to do so. We need to keep in mind who we are talking to. Are we in an advisory role in their lives? And finally, how are we addressing the issue? Are we being coy or passive aggressive? Are we being harsh and inconsiderate?
The apostle James speaks of the tongue being a fire (see James 3:6). He wrote:
“Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness” (James 3:1).
In this video, Fr. Mike is not referring to any comments regarding current events in the Church. He’s talking about his experience as a member of his parish and campus ministry community, and the daily experiences we all have as members of the Church.
So how do we say what we strongly feel needs to be said? Speak the truth creatively and wisely after discerning things. That’s how the saints did it. In fact, many saints died rather than withholding the truth that needed to be said. But they did this after great prayer and discernment.
We have exciting news! Fr. Mike will be joining Jeff Cavins on a pilgrimage to Israel June 1-12, 2020. The pilgrimage is for young adults ages 18-30, and will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deepen your faith by visiting the places where Jesus walked. Find out more here.
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| 0:00.0 | Why don't you just make me in the middle? |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents. |
| 0:12.7 | So kind of funny, there was a video that was posted last week when I was like, hey, you |
| 0:16.1 | guys don't share your opinions. |
| 0:17.8 | Actually, I didn't, well, I said that at the end, it's a little joke. |
| 0:20.0 | Like, keep your opinions to yourself. |
| 0:21.6 | Really interesting because there was so much response. |
| 0:24.0 | Here was the, just an interesting response I thought. |
| 0:28.0 | And so I wanted to make a response to the response because this is kind of fun. |
| 0:30.8 | It's like a give and take and there was so much, it's so interesting because people |
| 0:35.0 | were like, okay, Father, I get it. |
| 0:37.0 | This is because of, and they were filling in the blanks. |
| 0:39.2 | Like, oh, this is because of, do you, your interview with Matt Fred where he asked about |
| 0:45.2 | Father James Martin? |
| 0:46.3 | This is, this is about that, isn't it? |
| 0:48.1 | Like, no, no. |
| 0:49.7 | When he asked me about my thoughts on Father Martin, I tried to apply those four questions, |
| 0:55.8 | you know, the, why would I say something? |
| 0:58.7 | What is there to say? |
| 1:00.3 | Who am I in relation to him? |
| 1:02.5 | And how, what I go about saying it, so I tried to apply those things, but this is like, |
| 1:06.1 | no, it's not about that. |
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