Father Mike Schmitz

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The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) · Day 269: Our Missionary Witness (2026) · 26 Sep 2026 podcast

And next is here is God who says yes. matched

And the fact that you don't have as much as you want, as much as the world around you needs, is simply a reminder that you still need me. matched

And that's that's a good that's good news. matched

Even when it comes to this missionary witness that we're all called to, the fact that God's still working on me is a good thing because it reminds me that I still need his grace. matched

It reminds me that, okay, he's not done with me yet, and I have still so far to go. matched

And it brings me back back to this place of humility and brings me back to that place of a child who says, Father, I still matched

Still need your help because if the call is to be a missionary witness by my moral life that's been transformed, and I look at my moral life and I say, What the heck? matched

I have to keep going to confession for new things, for the same things all the time. matched

How could I be a missionary witness? matched

Well, the witness there is humility. matched

The witness there is perseverance. matched

The witness there is even in the midst of my broken heart, my broken life, I haven't stopped asking the Lord for help. matched

And that might be you. matched

today you say how could I possibly be a missionary witness when I keep keep having to go back to confession? matched

How could I possibly my how could how could my life authenticate the truth of the gospel when I look at myself and I think, oh my goodness, I have to keep going back to the Lord and asking for his help. matched

Well that going back to the Lord is part of the missionary witness. matched

I mean just to realize that matched

You know how deeply and how profoundly you need the Lord God, and you keep going back to Him and not giving into discouragement and not giving into despair and not giving up. matched

But living in hope. matched

To live in hope and perseverance, to live in humility is also part of a missionary witness that also authenticates the gospel. matched

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