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alright alright alright alright alright
Alright. Alright, alright. Alright, alright!
hi my name is father Mike Schmitz this
Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents.
is ascension presents so a number of years ago my sister had shared with me
So a number of years ago, my sister had shared with me
that she was reading a book to her oldest son as they're getting ready for
that she was reading a book to her oldest son as they're getting ready for bed.
bed the book was called hatchet by gary
The book was called Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
paulsen I'm sure many of you were
I'm sure many of you are familiar with this story.
familiar with this story it's the story of a 13 year old boy named Bryan Robson
It's the story of a 13 year old boy named Brian Robeson,
whose plane crashes in the North
whose plane crashes in the North Canadian wilderness
Canadian wilderness and he finds himself in this wilderness trying to needing to
and he finds himself in this wilderness trying to, needing to survive
survive and needing to get it make his
and needing to make his way back to civilization.
way back to civilization so as my sister who's like incredibly tough like she's that she's a type-a
So as my sister— who's like incredibly tough, like she's a type-A
awesome like just really strong person
awesome, like just really strong person.
as anyways as she was reading this book
Anyways, as she was reading this book to her oldest son,
to her oldest son they got to this point
they got to this point where— and it says this,
where and it says this he says when he sat alone in the darkness and cried and all was done all done with it nothing
"When he sat alone in the darkness and cried and all was done, all done with it,
had changed his legs still hurt it was
nothing had changed. His legs still hurt, it was still dark,
still dark he was still alone and the
he was still alone
self-pity had accomplished nothing no it
and the self-pity had accomplished nothing."
was at this moment that my sister closed
Now, it was at this moment that my sister closed the book and said,
the book and said did you notice that pay attention to this you're crying your
"Did you notice that? Pay attention to this:
self-pity doesn't do any good so this
your crying, your self-pity doesn't do any good."
this reveals a little bit about the family of origin which I was raised and
So this this reveals a little bit about the family of origin in which I was raised.
there's something good about this in
And there's something good about this.
fact there's something absolutely
In fact, there's something absolutely necessary
necessary about acceptance of our situation in order for us to grow here's
about acceptance of our situation in order for us to grow.
what I mean how many times am I talking
Here's what I mean:
to someone in the course of I mean course of a day course of a week and and
How many times am I talking to someone in the course of a day, the course of a week
what they're doing is that they're
and what they're doing is that they're saying,
saying well no here's the deal I'm like this therefore I'm stuck or my
"Well, no. Here's the deal. I'm like this, therefore I'm stuck."
wounds define me what I'm struggling with is just it means that I can't have
Or "My wounds define me. What I'm struggling with means that I can't make any progress."
make any progress and so what we do typically in our spiritual lives is our
And so, what we do typically, in our spiritual lives
first movement is to deny it all to
is our first movement is to deny it all, to ignore it all.
ignore it all yet one of the first
Yet one of the first movements of the spiritual life
movements of the spiritual life is to
is to accept yourself.
accept yourself there's a precessing was
There was a priest. His name was Father Romano Guardini.
father Amara Gardini he was just this incredible spiritual master in the church within the last hundred years or
He was just this incredible spiritual master in the Church within the last hundred years or so.
so and Ramana Gordini said this he said one of the pillars one of the beginnings
And Romano Guardini said this. He said, "One of the pillars, one of the beginnings
of any kind of real spiritual life and any kind of real spiritual growth is this one word acceptance that if we're
of any kind of real spiritual life and any kind of real spiritual growth is this one word: acceptance.
going to go anywhere we have to accept
That if we're going to go anywhere, we have to accept ourselves.
ourselves here's what that means
Here's what that means:
except the truth about Who I am so yep
that means accept the truth about who I am.
with my flaws my strengths with my weaknesses with the people who hurt me
So yep, with my flaws, with my strengths, with my weaknesses, with the people who have hurt me,
with everything I'm experiencing we have to accept who we are we have to also
with everything I'm experiencing, we have to accept who we are.
accept the reality of our situations we
We have to also accept the reality of our situations.
have to accept where we are we have to
We have to accept where we are.
accept like what we're in the midst uh
We have to accept what we're in the midst of.
we have to accept our situations their
We have to accept our situations and our circumstances.
circumstances because I can say I wish I
Because I can say, "I wish I was somewhere else. I wish things were different,"
was somewhere else I wish things were different and that's real I just
and that's real.
actually got done talking to someone whose spouse just left them and they are
I just actually got done talking with someone whose spouse just left them
profoundly hurt and part of their their
and they are profoundly hurt.
conversation was I wish that had never
And part of our conversation was,
happened I wish my spouse had kept their
"I wish that had never happened. I wish my spouse had kept their vows.
vows I wish they had not left and that's real that's totally true and yet one big
I wish they had not left," and that's real, that's totally true.
piece for them to move forward is to say
And yet, one big piece for them to move forward is to say,
okay I didn't want this to happen but I have to accept that this is where I am
"OK, I didn't want this to happen but I have to accept that this is where I am now."
now so I have to accept Who I am have to
So I have to accept who I am, I have to accept where I am
accept where I am and also this is big I have to accept where I'm made to go then
and also this is big: I have to accept where I'm made to go,
I'm not made to stay here that's why
that I'm not made to stay here.
Ramana Gordini he actually makes the point he says like as I won't to read it
That's why Romano Guardini, he actually makes the point he says—as I want to read it out of here— he says,
out of here he says this does not mean that we should approve of everything and
"This does not mean that we should approve of everything and leave everything unchanged."
leave everything unchanged like well I just that's what's called resignation
"Like well, I just—" that's what's called resignation.
resignation is the end resignation is
Resignation is the end.
when I say I can stop moving now because
Resignation is when I say, "I can stop moving now
I'm just resigned to well I guess this is how I'm gonna be I guess this is
because I'm just resigned to—well, I guess this is how I'm gonna be. I guess this is where I'm at."
where I'm at this is if bryan robson
This is if Brian Robeson, that thirteen year old boy
that thirteen year old boy was in the
was in the middle of the North Canadian wilderness
middle of the North Canyon wilderness and he was resigned to this well I guess I crashed I guess I'm dying here he
and he was resigned to this, "Well, I guess I crashed. I guess I'm dying here."
didn't resign himself to this is where I
He didn't resign himself to, "This is where I die."
died he accepted okay I don't want to be a 13 year old boy in the middle of the
He accepted, "OK, I don't want to be a 13-year-old boy in the middle of the wilderness,
wilderness but I am I wish I was a 30
but I am."
year old you know wilderness expert in the world
"I wish I was a 30-year-old, you know, wilderness expert in the middle— but I'm not."
but I'm not I'm made for more than this and I'm made to get home so I start
"I'm made for more than this and I'm made to get home."
moving that's what Gordini says he said
So I start moving, that's what Guardini says.
I don't leave everything unchanged I can and should work on myself and on my life
He said, "I don't leave everything unchanged. I can and should work on myself
and mold and improve it first however I
and on my life and mold and improve it.
must admit the existing facts otherwise
First, however, I must admit the existing facts."
everything else becomes false you have
Otherwise, everything else becomes false.
to understand if we're gonna have a real
You have to understand, if we're gonna have a real relationship with God,
relationship with God I have to admit God this is the this is the person that
I have to admit, "God, this is the person that I am."
I am I'm just recently talking with a young man and he revealed a big part of
I was just recently talking with a young man and he revealed a big part of his heart.
his heart he had said that um he was in
He had said that he was in prayer
prayer and he this man has experienced up same-sex attraction for much of his
and this man has experienced same-sex attraction for much of his life.
life he was in adoration in high school and he was praying in front of Jesus and
He was in adoration in high school and he was praying in front of Jesus
said I don't want this I wish was different I wish I didn't feel this way
and said, "I don't want this. I wish it was different. I wish I didn't feel this way."
and at one point he said he looked at
And at one point, he said, he looked at the Eucharist and he said,
the Eucharist and he said Jesus I accept
"Jesus,
that I am a gay man and I accept that
I accept that I am a gay man
you love me and I accept that you're
and I accept that you love me
calling me to be a saint to be a chaste
and I accept that you're calling me to be a saint,
Celtic Saint he said at that moment he
to be a chaste celibate saint.
experienced so much freedom that this is
He said at that moment, he experienced so much freedom.
where on that okay this is part of my
Like, "This is where I'm at. OK, this is part of my identity,
identity as part of who I am this is
This is part of who I am, this is part of my reality,
part of my reality but I'm also made for something more I'm also made to go
but I'm also made for something more. I'm also made to go further."
further where Dini has this last note he says
Guardini has this last note. He says this, he says,
this he says what gives us the strength to accept who we are where we are and
"What gives us the strength to accept who we are, where we are, and what we're made for
what we're made for is our confidence in the love of God through Jesus Christ who
is our confidence in the love of God through Jesus Christ,
loved you and gave himself up for you
who loved you and gave himself up for you,
that even if there's real brokenness in your life even if there's real evil in
that even if there's real brokenness in your life, even if there's real evil in your life,
your life while I was still a sinner as Saint Paul says while we were still sinners Christ died for us the truth is
"While I was still a sinner," as St. Paul says, "while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
you can accept who you are where you are and your destiny because of the fact
The truth is you can accept who you are, where you are, and your destiny
that you have a God who loves you and
because of the fact that you have a God who loves you and gave himself up for you.
gave himself up for you and while we
And while we were still broken,
were still broken or we're still in the
while we're still in the middle of the North Canadian wilderness
middle of the North Canadian wilderness well where's just a kid stuck somewhere
while we're just a kid stuck somewhere
or people who are wounded in situations
or we're people who are wounded, in situations that are broken,
that are broken he loved us that's what
he loved us.
we have trust in and that's why we can accept ourselves in our situation
That's what we have trust in and that's why we can accept ourselves and our situation
because we accept his love from all of
because we accept his love.
us here at ascension presents my name's
From all of us here at Ascension Presents, my name's Father Mike.
father Mike godless
God bless.
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