Fr. Mike Schmitz

Here is the creator of everything, and I am a measly creation.

That sometimes I think we have this, maybe not you, but we can have this cavalier attitude of, yes, I just approach God however I want.

Come as you are.

There's a sense of this.

Of course, God loves us as we are.

But man, if I turned and saw the Lord God himself standing in front of me, I would do, this is John the beloved.

He didn't even run away at the crucifixion.

This is John who was faithful.

This is John who suffered.

John was boiled alive and didn't die.

And then here he is.

If anyone could boast, like St.

Paul says, if anyone could boast, it'd be John.

If anyone could just run up to Jesus and say, hey, Jesus, we were best friends when you walked on this earth in the incarnation, it'd be John.

But when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead.

I just think that next time you go to adoration, next time you go to adoration, just realize, here's the truth.

Next time you go to mass and you see the Eucharist elevated, that's Jesus.

Sometimes we just get so distracted.

Sometimes we're so blah.

Sometimes we're dead inside about this.