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The Door We Close Ourselves: Fr. Mike Schmitz and the Love That Never Leaves (Lectio Divina)
You’ve heard it said you have to choose heaven or you’ll end up in hell — but what if that choice was never a test you could fail? Fr. Mike Schmitz’s stark either/or on the Catechism in a Year raises a harder question underneath: what if hell was never a sentence handed down, but…
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The Prison of Our Own Making: Fr. Mike Schmitz and God’s Prevenient Grace (Lectio Divina)
What if the very desire to change, to turn back, to finally give in was never something you drummed up on your own? Fr. Mike Schmitz names a truth easy to miss in the middle of every struggle: God is always the one who moves first. This reflection sits with what it means to…
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Not Perfect, Not Okay, But Loved: On God’s Unconditional Love and the Gift We Cannot Earn (Lectio Divina)
When we have exhausted ourselves in the wilderness of self-will, we discover what was always true: God’s love was never withheld. Drawing on Fr. Mike Schmitz’s simple confession — “I’m not perfect. I’m not okay. But I am loved.” — this Lectio Divina reflects on the unconditional love that meets us in our imperfection,…