Fr. Mike Schmitz

I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatlings with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams. I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Come and hear all you who fear God and I will tell him what he has done for me. I cried aloud to him. and he was extolled with my tongue. If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened, but truly God has listened.

I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatlings with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams. I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Come and hear all you who fear God and I will tell him what he has done for me. I cried aloud to him. and he was extolled with my tongue. If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened, but truly God has listened.

I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatlings with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams. I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Come and hear all you who fear God and I will tell him what he has done for me. I cried aloud to him. and he was extolled with my tongue. If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened, but truly God has listened.

He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his merciful love from me.

He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his merciful love from me.

He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his merciful love from me.

You do hear our prayers. God, I mean, every time we talk to you, Lord, you hear our voices. You know the longing of our hearts. You know the depth of our prayer. You also know our distraction. You know how easily we can be distracted from loving you with our whole heart, with our whole mind, with our whole strength. You know how easily it is that we are turned aside from you. And so...

You do hear our prayers. God, I mean, every time we talk to you, Lord, you hear our voices. You know the longing of our hearts. You know the depth of our prayer. You also know our distraction. You know how easily we can be distracted from loving you with our whole heart, with our whole mind, with our whole strength. You know how easily it is that we are turned aside from you. And so...

You do hear our prayers. God, I mean, every time we talk to you, Lord, you hear our voices. You know the longing of our hearts. You know the depth of our prayer. You also know our distraction. You know how easily we can be distracted from loving you with our whole heart, with our whole mind, with our whole strength. You know how easily it is that we are turned aside from you. And so...

We thank you for being able to hear through all the noise, cutting through all of the distraction, cutting through all of the turmoil that our hearts can experience because you know our hearts. You not only know the peace in our hearts, you know the troubled hearts that live in our chests. And so we ask you, please.

We thank you for being able to hear through all the noise, cutting through all of the distraction, cutting through all of the turmoil that our hearts can experience because you know our hearts. You not only know the peace in our hearts, you know the troubled hearts that live in our chests. And so we ask you, please.

We thank you for being able to hear through all the noise, cutting through all of the distraction, cutting through all of the turmoil that our hearts can experience because you know our hearts. You not only know the peace in our hearts, you know the troubled hearts that live in our chests. And so we ask you, please.

Once again, let your ears be open, let your eyes be open to see who we are, to see us truly and to hear our voice and to hear our prayers this day and every day. You make this prayer in Jesus' name, amen. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. So, okay, this is one of those kind of

Once again, let your ears be open, let your eyes be open to see who we are, to see us truly and to hear our voice and to hear our prayers this day and every day. You make this prayer in Jesus' name, amen. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. So, okay, this is one of those kind of

Once again, let your ears be open, let your eyes be open to see who we are, to see us truly and to hear our voice and to hear our prayers this day and every day. You make this prayer in Jesus' name, amen. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. So, okay, this is one of those kind of

moments where, yes, clearly 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles are connected, but they're a little bit disconnected, right? In the sense that they're talking about some of the same things, but we're just on a little bit of a different timeline. Yesterday, we had King David dedicate the great prayer. The temple is dedicated. The Ark of the Lord is there. This is what we're going to be worshiping.

moments where, yes, clearly 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles are connected, but they're a little bit disconnected, right? In the sense that they're talking about some of the same things, but we're just on a little bit of a different timeline. Yesterday, we had King David dedicate the great prayer. The temple is dedicated. The Ark of the Lord is there. This is what we're going to be worshiping.

moments where, yes, clearly 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles are connected, but they're a little bit disconnected, right? In the sense that they're talking about some of the same things, but we're just on a little bit of a different timeline. Yesterday, we had King David dedicate the great prayer. The temple is dedicated. The Ark of the Lord is there. This is what we're going to be worshiping.

And today in 1 Kings chapter 5, we're back with him getting the cedars and the cypress trees for building the temple. And so it's one of those things where we just kind of remember Oh, that's right. First Kings are a little bit behind Second Chronicles. They're a little bit ahead and they're looking back over this history and recounting what had gone down then.

And today in 1 Kings chapter 5, we're back with him getting the cedars and the cypress trees for building the temple. And so it's one of those things where we just kind of remember Oh, that's right. First Kings are a little bit behind Second Chronicles. They're a little bit ahead and they're looking back over this history and recounting what had gone down then.