Fr. Mike Schmitz

Give us wisdom to number our days correctly. Give us wisdom to know who we are. Yes, yesterday we prayed that Psalm, Psalm 8, of how, who are we that you mind to care for us? Who are we that as human beings that you even keep us in mind? And now today, Lord God, we just are struck. We're struck by our need to ask you, please be reminded us

of how we need you to care for us, how we need you to pay attention to us because of the fact that there are so many obstacles, there are so many battles, there are so many things that are facing us this day that we just ask you for your grace and for your strength.

of how we need you to care for us, how we need you to pay attention to us because of the fact that there are so many obstacles, there are so many battles, there are so many things that are facing us this day that we just ask you for your grace and for your strength.

of how we need you to care for us, how we need you to pay attention to us because of the fact that there are so many obstacles, there are so many battles, there are so many things that are facing us this day that we just ask you for your grace and for your strength.

We ask for your attentiveness and your love to be present in our lives, especially in the midst of battle, in the midst of struggle, in the midst of this life. We trust in you. We praise you and we love you. Please receive this in Jesus name. Amen. In the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy spirit. Amen. Oh gosh, here we go. You guys.

We ask for your attentiveness and your love to be present in our lives, especially in the midst of battle, in the midst of struggle, in the midst of this life. We trust in you. We praise you and we love you. Please receive this in Jesus name. Amen. In the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy spirit. Amen. Oh gosh, here we go. You guys.

We ask for your attentiveness and your love to be present in our lives, especially in the midst of battle, in the midst of struggle, in the midst of this life. We trust in you. We praise you and we love you. Please receive this in Jesus name. Amen. In the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy spirit. Amen. Oh gosh, here we go. You guys.

So King Solomon, and we started off by talking about King Solomon. Here he is in first Kings chapter 11, that he started out well and he did not end well. He started out wise, and he ended foolishly. He started out even as relatively good, and he did not end as a good person. He did not end as a good man. He did not end as a good king.

So King Solomon, and we started off by talking about King Solomon. Here he is in first Kings chapter 11, that he started out well and he did not end well. He started out wise, and he ended foolishly. He started out even as relatively good, and he did not end as a good person. He did not end as a good man. He did not end as a good king.

So King Solomon, and we started off by talking about King Solomon. Here he is in first Kings chapter 11, that he started out well and he did not end well. He started out wise, and he ended foolishly. He started out even as relatively good, and he did not end as a good person. He did not end as a good man. He did not end as a good king.

And what we're gonna see is what we've been talking about a bunch in the course of this Bible in a year. It's that sometimes we make decisions, we make choices, and other people have to experience the consequences of those choices, not because someone else is being punished arbitrarily for my own decisions,

And what we're gonna see is what we've been talking about a bunch in the course of this Bible in a year. It's that sometimes we make decisions, we make choices, and other people have to experience the consequences of those choices, not because someone else is being punished arbitrarily for my own decisions,

And what we're gonna see is what we've been talking about a bunch in the course of this Bible in a year. It's that sometimes we make decisions, we make choices, and other people have to experience the consequences of those choices, not because someone else is being punished arbitrarily for my own decisions,

But we realize that our decisions have consequences and those consequences don't always end with us. They don't always just end with our own lives, but we pass those on. The way in which parents can raise their kids, those bad decisions can pass on the consequences of those decisions in their kids' lives.

But we realize that our decisions have consequences and those consequences don't always end with us. They don't always just end with our own lives, but we pass those on. The way in which parents can raise their kids, those bad decisions can pass on the consequences of those decisions in their kids' lives.

But we realize that our decisions have consequences and those consequences don't always end with us. They don't always just end with our own lives, but we pass those on. The way in which parents can raise their kids, those bad decisions can pass on the consequences of those decisions in their kids' lives.

How I serve the campus here and how I serve the people in our diocese, if I choose the wrong thing, it has consequences in their lives. And if I choose the right thing, it has consequences in their lives. And here we have King David, right? Who was an absent father who did not pass on that holiness or that his relationship with the Lord to Solomon.

How I serve the campus here and how I serve the people in our diocese, if I choose the wrong thing, it has consequences in their lives. And if I choose the right thing, it has consequences in their lives. And here we have King David, right? Who was an absent father who did not pass on that holiness or that his relationship with the Lord to Solomon.

How I serve the campus here and how I serve the people in our diocese, if I choose the wrong thing, it has consequences in their lives. And if I choose the right thing, it has consequences in their lives. And here we have King David, right? Who was an absent father who did not pass on that holiness or that his relationship with the Lord to Solomon.

And here's Solomon who, even though he was blessed so much by God, not only with wisdom, but also, I mean, the Lord spoke to him. It reminded him of the need that he had to be faithful and he refused. Now, this is one of the things we just want to make a note of before we move on to the last chapters of Ecclesiastes. And that is, a lot of us have knowledge. We don't always have the will.