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I just dishes father Mike hello hello

(in German accent?) This is Father Mike. Hello?

this is Hammonds father Mike Fitz and

Hello. This is ... (laughs)

this is ascension presents so all of us

Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz. And this is Ascension Presents.

are called to to at some point assess

All of us are called to—at some point—assess the past

the past so we can look forward to the

so we can look forward to the future.

future and that's I think that's what new year's do that's a birthday's view

That's what new years do, that's what birthdays do.

that's what anniversaries do there give

That's what anniversaries do.

us that's what seasons do they give us a

That's what seasons do.

time to stop to look at the past and to

They give us a time to stop, to look at the past and

stop and to look in the future but I

and to stop and to look in the future.

think when it comes to the past when it

But I think when it comes to the past,

comes to the past a lot of us attempted

a lot of us are tempted to do two things

to do two things with the past either

with the past. Either

we're tempted to ignore the past or

we're tempted to ignore the past

attempted to live in the past so what so

or tempted to live in the past.

many of us kind of bury our heads in the

sand we just we just kept living we keep

kinda bury our heads in the sand. We just keep living, we just keep moving forward.

moving forward we we just take note I can't stop I can't look at the past

We just say, "Nope I can't stop, I can't look at the past,"

because why because I'm scared of it or

because why? Because I'm scared of it.

because I don't have any time to look in

Or because I just don't have any time to look at the past.

the past or for whatever reason we tend to ignore the past or we've become

Or for whatever reason, we tend to ignore the past.

gripped by the past like our our pasts it then ends up defining us our past

Or, we become gripped by the past, like our past then ends up defining us.

ends up kind of ruling our lives it rules our thoughts and dominates us and

Our past ends up kind of ruling our lives and rules our thoughts, it dominates us

so we live in the past and and can't

and so we live in the past

move forward because if you if you're

and can't move forward

living in the past or even if you're

because if you're living in the past or even if you're ignoring the past

ignoring the past there is no clear way

there is no clear way forward;

forward you have no future in fact if you're ignoring or living in the past

you have no future. In fact, if you're ignoring or living in the past

you're not even living in a present well

you're not even living in the present well

because to live in the present means I've looked at the past and I've lived

because to live in the present means, I've looked at the past

in the past but now I've learned from

and I've lived in the past

the past and I think that's what

but now I've learned from the past.

ultimately the church and the Lord is

And I think that's what ultimately the Church and the Lord is calling us to do:

calling us to do go back over the last year over over the last week over the

Go back over the last year or over the last week

last day and to look at it and assess it

over the last day, and to look at it and assess it.

in fact this is the wisdom of the church when it comes to what Ignatius of Loyola

In fact, this is the wisdom of the Church when it comes to what Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola,

st. Ignatius of Loyola the founder of the Jesuits called the consciousness

the founder of the Jesuits called the consciousness examen,

examine that throughout certain parts of the day or typically at the end of the

that throughout certain parts of the day, or typically at the end of the day

day you'd go back over your day and say okay God where were you today would you

you go back over your day and say, OK, God where were you today?

speak to me in and where was your grace basically where did I say yes to you and

Where'd you speak to me? And where was your grace? Basically, where did I say yes to you?

then go back over again and look at it

And then you go back over again and look at it and assess it

and assess it and say no where were you speaking to me and I did not respond to your grace in a way that said yes and I

and say, now where were you speaking to me and I did not respond to your grace in a way that said yes

all right did I ignored your grace in a

and I, or I ignored your grace

in a way that couldn't move forward.

that couldn't move forward and then where you need to repent you repent

And then where you need to repent, you repent.

that's what we need to do with our whole

That's what we need to do with our whole lives.

lives right at the turn of the year or

Right? At the turn of the year or the turn of the season

at the turn of a season to stop and look at the past to assess it and then to say

to stop and look at the past to assess it and then to say, okay, where do I need to repent?

okay where do I need to repent where was God calling me forward or he was calling

Where was God calling me forward or he was calling me not to do something

me not to do something and I didn't move forward or I didn't do that thing he was

and I didn't move forward or I didn't do that thing he was asking me to do?

asking me to do because unless I learned from the past I can I will never be wise

Because unless I learn from the past I will never be wise,

because that's what ultimately wisdom is

because that's what ultimately wisdom is,

its truth times experience its truth

it's truth times experience.

times I looked at the past I've assessed

It's truth times "I've looked at the past,

it now I've learned from it so I can

I've assessed it, and now I've learned from it,

move forward into the future it also

so I can move forward into the future."

might be you that you get trapped by it

But it also might be that you get trapped by it.

right by looking at the past that's one of the reasons people ignore

Right? By looking at the past. That's one of the reasons that people ignore the past

the past is because they think if I go back there I'm just on get stuck and I'm

it's because they think, if I go back there, I'm gonna get stuck

gonna live in the past if that's the

and I'm gonna live in the past.

desperate time then it calls for

If that's the desperate time, then it calls for desperate measures.

desperate measures and here's the

And here's the desperate measure.

desperate measure here's something that happened to me a little while ago last

Here's something that happened to me a little while ago.

week last week I was doing this teaching for this big group of people in our

Last week. Last week I was doing this teaching for this big group of people in our diocese

diocese about the Eucharist and I was so excited for this and I was just I mean

about the Eucharist and I was so excited for this and I was just ... I mean it's the best thing in the world

it's the best thing in the world right

Right? Jesus in the Eucharist

Jesus in the Eucharist Jesus the best thing in the world and outside the world

Jesus, the best thing in the world and outside the world-He's the best one. Anyways, you know what I'm saying

he's the best one anyways you know I'm saying so it's about the Eucharist and I

So, it's about the Eucharist

was so excited for this and I think it

and I was so excited for this and I think it kinda bombed

kind of bombed I mean I think was okay but the next that night and the next morning in adoration I was in adoration

I mean, I think it was OK, but that night and the next morning at adoration—I was in adoration

in front Jesus in the Eucharist and I'm like god I'm so sorry like I geez him so I feel like such a

in front of Jesus in the Eucharist—and I'm like, God I'm so sorry. Like Jesus, I'm so ...

moron I'm so sorry that I failed you and

I feel like such a moron. I'm so sorry that I failed you.

it's interesting because in that moment I look in the past right and I was

And it's interesting because in that moment, I'm looking in the past, right, and I was assessing it

assessing it and I was repenting where I needed to repent and I was like okay you know what next time I need I learned

and I was repenting where I needed to repent and I was like, OK, you know what next time—I learned from it—

from it I need to make it shorter I need

I need to make it shorter, I need to do this, I need to highlight this.

to do this and he's a high like this so I had looked the past I had assessed the past I had repented where I needed to

So I had looked at the past, I had assessed the past, I had repented where I needed to repent

repent and I had learned where I needed

and I had learned where I needed to learn

to learn but I was stuck there like in Jesus is funny Jesus in the in the prayer that was like okay just sheesh up

but I was stuck there. And Jesus is funny, Jesus in the prayer there was like, "OK, just shhh.

here like look at me like yeah I know

Up here. Like, look at me." I'm like, "Yeah, I know Jesus.

Jesus I'm trying to look at you but I I feel so badly I can't believe that I

I'm trying to look at you but I feel so badly. I can't believe that I bombed this whole thing."

died in a bombed this whole thing he's like sheesh it's not about you it's

And he's like, "Shh. It's not about you.

about me I'm like I know everything's

It's about me."

about you and I failed you like I was

And I'm like, "I know, everything is about you and I failed you.

supposed to be there for you and I

I was supposed to be there for you and I didn't do it."

didn't do it he's like she's just Jesus

And he's like, "Shh, shh, shh!"

was he was touching me quite a bit in my

(laughs) And Jesus was, he was shushing me quite a bit in my prayer that day.

prayer that day and he looks just up

And he's like, "Shh!

here like yeah I know up here Lord I know that it's all about you and I know

"Up here!" I'm like, "Yeah, I know 'Up here'. Lord, I know that it's all about you and I know that it's not about me."

it's not about me instead well then stopped talking about yourself laugh at yourself

And he said, "Well, then, stop talking about yourself.

how ridiculously self-obsessed you are

Laugh at yourself, how ridiculously self-obsessed you are at this moment."

at this moment when you look over your past and you live there that's just

When you look over your past and you live there,

you're obsessed with yourself no I'm not

you're just obsessed with yourself.

I'm taking my sin seriously no no taking

"Well, no I'm not. I'm taking my sins seriously."

your sin seriously is repenting you've

No, no, no. Taking your sins seriously is repenting. You've already done that.

already done that what I'm trying to

"Well, I'm trying to learn from it."

learn from it yeah learning from it is here's what I've learned now I'm gonna apply it to right now so I can move forward not laughing

Learning from it is, "Well, here is what I've learned. Now I am going to apply it right now so I can move forward."

at my sin or my failure I'm laughing at

I'm not laughing at my sin or my failure.

myself so that I can love Jesus laughing

I'm laughing at myself. so that I can love Jesus.

at myself so I don't live in the past

I'm laughing at myself

but I can live in Christ and look

so I don't live in the past. but I can live in Christ

forward to the future this I think in so

and look forward to the future.

many ways is what st. Paul is talking

This, I think in so many ways, is what St. Paul is talking about in Philippians Chapter 3.

about in Philippians chapter 3 Philippians chapter 3 st. Paul says he says um I haven't I haven't I haven't gotten there yet there's a destination

Philippians Chapter 3, St. Paul says, I haven't gotten there yet. There's a destination - it's Jesus.

it's Jesus and I want him so badly

And I want him so badly. I have not reached maturity.

I have not reached maturity but he said this he says just one thing forgetting what lies behind and straining forward

But he said this, "Just one thing: forgetting what lies behind,

to what lies ahead I continue towards

but straining forward to what lies ahead, I continue my toward the pursuit of my goal

the pursuit of my goal the prize of God's upward calling in Christ Jesus

the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus."

now st. Paul is not saying he'd seen he forgot the past and since he didn't

Now St. Paul is not saying he forgot the past and said he didn't learn from it,

learn from it he's saying I'm forgetting the past in the sense that listen I've repented of what I need to repent of

he's saying I'm forgetting the past in the sense that, listen, I've repented of what I needed to repent of,

I've learned what I need to learn and

I've learned what I need to learn, and I am moving forward.

I'm moving forward I've learned from the past I am not living in the past and if

I've learned from the past. I am NOT living in the past.

I ever get pulled back there I'm gonna

And if I ever get pulled back there, I'm going to laugh at myself

laugh at myself because I need to live

because I need to live in Jesus today.

in Jesus today for almost here at ascension presents my name is father

From all of us here at Ascension Presents, my name is Father Mike.

and have a happy new year or a happy

And have a Happy New Year!

summertime or happy uh Thanksgiving or

Or a happy... summertime or happy... uh...

whenever you're watching this just have

Thanksgiving or whenever you're watching this.

it happy that thing happy day happy

Just have a happy "that thing".

Happy Day! Happy Wednesday.

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