The Devil’s Last Weapon Against You (w/ Fr. Mike Schmitz)
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
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🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Falling into the same sin again and again? Don't let the devil fool you, there is hope!
Fr. Mike Schmitz warns us of the lies of the devil and encourages us to go immediately to confession when we sin. Don't get discouraged, but have the humility to confess your sins and the hope that Christ can transform you!
If in weakness you sin, in freedom, claim the Lord.
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| 0:00.0 | Oftentimes, when we're bound by sins of weakness, we think that all we are is weak. |
| 0:05.0 | When we experience that everyone who commits sin is slave of sin, we think all I am is a slave. |
| 0:09.0 | No. |
| 0:10.0 | Here's what I need you to do. |
| 0:11.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and this is Ascension Presents. |
| 0:14.0 | So one of the things that happens to a lot of us is we find ourselves falling into the same sin again and again. And typically these kinds of sins that we fall into again and again are sins of weakness, right? |
| 0:25.6 | So it's so discouraging. |
| 0:27.6 | It can be so defeating to fall into these sins of weakness because it's just like, my gosh, |
| 0:32.6 | and we can have that prayer like, God, please, will I always have this experience? |
| 0:35.6 | Like, will I always be captured by |
| 0:37.7 | this scripture that says anyone who commits sin is a slave of sin and it's so easy to feel exactly |
| 0:43.5 | like that a slave of sin if I keep falling back into these sins of weakness what do I do no number one is |
| 0:50.1 | this go to confession well yeah I don't want to go I don't go to confession because it feels like I'm taking advantage of God's mercy. It feels like it's like I'm using his mercy. Well, maybe. It's more likely what's happening as maybe I've said this before, but I'll say it again. The evil one, he's a liar. Like the devil's a liar. He's saying, hey, listen, go ahead and sin because you can go to confession afterwards. Hey, go to sin. They have confession tomorrow before |
| 1:14.6 | mass. like the devil's a liar he's saying hey listen go ahead and sin because you can go to confession |
| 1:11.7 | afterwards hey go to sin they have confession tomorrow before mass just just go ahead just do it |
| 1:16.2 | whatever it's fine and then what happens is after we sin he says you can't go to confession |
| 1:21.3 | are you kidding me are you kidding me you just you sin actually intending to a confession, you could not possibly. |
| 1:29.2 | You're now beyond God's mercy. |
| 1:30.4 | See, on one hand, he says, you need to resume upon God's mercy. |
| 1:34.0 | On the other hand, he says you can't trust in God's mercy. |
| 1:38.4 | And so if you find yourself having fallen into sin because of weakness, don't allow discouragement or believing that your sins are greater |
| 1:50.9 | than God's mercy to keep you from receiving his love. Because that's what he wants to give you. |
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