Fr. Mike Schmitz

Oh my gosh, how did you know that?

He's like, well, it's in the Bible.

And I, you told us that camp to read it 10 to 15 minutes a day.

So of course I do.

And I was just like, man, oh man.

Timothy's good report.

And even just last weekend, I was talking with him

But now that Timothy has come to us from you and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us as we long to see you.

And the way that even just starting at sixth grade, and now he's in 12th grade, those six years of regular, not perfect, but regular exposing himself to scripture, he just knew so much.

For this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction, we have been comforted about you through your faith.

We just came out in a normal conversation of just, oh, this is such and such about scripture.

For now we live if you stand fast in the Lord.

And that's the thing is like,

That's the goal, right?

For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God, praying earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith.

That's one of the things we want is for all Catholics, not just those who have gone through the great adventure and not just those who, you know, as you said, social media or here on our campus, but all Catholics to be able to say this is accessible to me and I know it like it gets in my bones.

Now, may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men as we do to you, so that he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

So my question for you, I'm going to throw this back to you, is when did you first let the word of God, like when did it first like impact you and get in your bones?

The leech has two daughters.