Fr. Mike Schmitz

I got to get back to the thing because I'm worried about the bills and I'm worried about the mortgage and I'm worried about these things that are real, right? Obviously. But maybe you have kids and maybe God's calling you to stop and just, okay, enjoy the fact that you have kids.

I got to get back to the thing because I'm worried about the bills and I'm worried about the mortgage and I'm worried about these things that are real, right? Obviously. But maybe you have kids and maybe God's calling you to stop and just, okay, enjoy the fact that you have kids.

I got to get back to the thing because I'm worried about the bills and I'm worried about the mortgage and I'm worried about these things that are real, right? Obviously. But maybe you have kids and maybe God's calling you to stop and just, okay, enjoy the fact that you have kids.

Yeah, but they're noisy and they're messy and they're, yeah, but they won't be noisy and messy for long or forever at least. Maybe you're alone and you're like, I can't enjoy this time alone. Well, yeah, but you've been given silence.

Yeah, but they're noisy and they're messy and they're, yeah, but they won't be noisy and messy for long or forever at least. Maybe you're alone and you're like, I can't enjoy this time alone. Well, yeah, but you've been given silence.

Yeah, but they're noisy and they're messy and they're, yeah, but they won't be noisy and messy for long or forever at least. Maybe you're alone and you're like, I can't enjoy this time alone. Well, yeah, but you've been given silence.

You've been given the gift of, of quiet and peace and time to think, um, freedom, maybe even to travel or freedom to serve that there are so many people who, ah, they have other obligations because their lives are full of family. I'm just trying to spin this and I don't mean to spin it in a, in a way that is overly Pollyanna ish, but are overly naive by that sense of, okay, so I'm single and

You've been given the gift of, of quiet and peace and time to think, um, freedom, maybe even to travel or freedom to serve that there are so many people who, ah, they have other obligations because their lives are full of family. I'm just trying to spin this and I don't mean to spin it in a, in a way that is overly Pollyanna ish, but are overly naive by that sense of, okay, so I'm single and

You've been given the gift of, of quiet and peace and time to think, um, freedom, maybe even to travel or freedom to serve that there are so many people who, ah, they have other obligations because their lives are full of family. I'm just trying to spin this and I don't mean to spin it in a, in a way that is overly Pollyanna ish, but are overly naive by that sense of, okay, so I'm single and

Yes, I'd love to have a family. Yes, I'd love to have a spouse, you might say. But okay, but I also am free. I'm free to serve people who would not be able to be served by me if I had a family or by me if I had a spouse. And so to be able to say that, to see that and say, okay, let me take joy in what I do have, not be sorrowful of what I don't have. Last couple of things.

Yes, I'd love to have a family. Yes, I'd love to have a spouse, you might say. But okay, but I also am free. I'm free to serve people who would not be able to be served by me if I had a family or by me if I had a spouse. And so to be able to say that, to see that and say, okay, let me take joy in what I do have, not be sorrowful of what I don't have. Last couple of things.

Yes, I'd love to have a family. Yes, I'd love to have a spouse, you might say. But okay, but I also am free. I'm free to serve people who would not be able to be served by me if I had a family or by me if I had a spouse. And so to be able to say that, to see that and say, okay, let me take joy in what I do have, not be sorrowful of what I don't have. Last couple of things.

There is just this great verse in chapter seven, verse 10, that says, And basically, Coleth is pointing out, the author of Ecclesiastes is pointing out, yeah, you're not being smart when you say that. You're not being wise when you ask the question, Back in the day, why was it so much better than today? Because that is not the case. I think it was Augustine, St.

There is just this great verse in chapter seven, verse 10, that says, And basically, Coleth is pointing out, the author of Ecclesiastes is pointing out, yeah, you're not being smart when you say that. You're not being wise when you ask the question, Back in the day, why was it so much better than today? Because that is not the case. I think it was Augustine, St.

There is just this great verse in chapter seven, verse 10, that says, And basically, Coleth is pointing out, the author of Ecclesiastes is pointing out, yeah, you're not being smart when you say that. You're not being wise when you ask the question, Back in the day, why was it so much better than today? Because that is not the case. I think it was Augustine, St.

Augustine, who had once said something along the lines of, do not wish for the good old days, essentially, because back in the good old days, you wouldn't have thought they were the good old days. Something along those lines. Yeah, that was a, that was a pretty much a butchering of his quote.

Augustine, who had once said something along the lines of, do not wish for the good old days, essentially, because back in the good old days, you wouldn't have thought they were the good old days. Something along those lines. Yeah, that was a, that was a pretty much a butchering of his quote.

Augustine, who had once said something along the lines of, do not wish for the good old days, essentially, because back in the good old days, you wouldn't have thought they were the good old days. Something along those lines. Yeah, that was a, that was a pretty much a butchering of his quote.

But the last, last little note, verse 21 in chapter seven, it says, do not give heed to all the things that men say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. It says, do not give heed to all things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you or anybody cursing you. Because that can really make us sad. It can really ruin our day. Here's someone saying something negative about you.

But the last, last little note, verse 21 in chapter seven, it says, do not give heed to all the things that men say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. It says, do not give heed to all things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you or anybody cursing you. Because that can really make us sad. It can really ruin our day. Here's someone saying something negative about you.