Father Mike Schmitz

His name was Father John McHugh.

And Father John McHugh is one of the co-founders of a religious community called the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity.

And Father John was this, by the time I met him, he was an old priest, a wise priest, such a holy man.

And he had just given, he poured his life out for the Lord and for the people of the village in which I was living in.

and father john was from oklahoma so he had a little bit of an oklahoma accent and man this man he incredible he was a prisoner of war in world war ii uh his plane was shot down and it's just incredible story but he would always say lord willing that's what they always say you know god will lord he didn't say god willing he said lord willing lord willing he never said father john i'll see you tomorrow lord willing father john are we gonna go into town tomorrow

Lord willing, that was it.

And he just took exactly what James said.

Don't say, tomorrow I'm gonna go do such and such.

He says, no, no, no.

Always say, if the Lord wills, we shall live and we shall do this or that.

Because we have no idea what tomorrow holds.

And so Father John always reminds me, when I think of this, when I think of plans, I'm always reminded of Father John.

And then because of Father John, the letter of James here,

One thing also James is warning people, James is warning those who are rich, not only warning to those who have wealth.

And again, if you're living in the United States of America, you are worldwide most likely top 1% when it comes to those who are wealth holders, even if by American standards, you might not have a lot.

Just the fact is the standard of living in America is so high that we worldwide are wealthy.

And so we just have to always allow God's words when he speaks about wealth to convict us.

Also, to use God's words when he speaks about wealth that's built off of oppression to convict us.

I think of this every time I have products that are made in another country where I am not sure about the practices they have in assembling these products or of stitching together these shirts or making these shoes.

I always wonder and I realize that I need to figure this out because I