Comparison: The Great Distraction
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
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🗓️ 22 February 2024
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
St. Francis De Sales, often referred to as the "Saint-maker," liked to say, "Be who you are, and be that well." Each of us is called to pursue a life of holiness, a journey that unfolds uniquely for every individual. But comparing ourselves to others and judging ourselves harshly can be tempting.
Fr. Mike Schmitz delves into the harmful effects of comparison and invites us instead to focus on embracing our true identity and "paint our own sunrise."
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, there we go. |
| 0:02.0 | BAM, why'd you, why you, why are you hitting yourself? |
| 0:05.0 | My name's Father Mike Schmitz, this is a Central present. |
| 0:08.0 | Slow it down, bro. |
| 0:10.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and this is a Central Presents. |
| 0:12.0 | So, one of my favorite Saints, maybe of all time. |
| 0:15.0 | It's one of the top, top five, at least top 10. |
| 0:16.8 | St. Francis of Sales, I have a book on him called The Saint Maker, |
| 0:20.2 | and one of the reasons they called him the Saint Maker is because I don't want to say his holiness rubbed off on you, but a lot of folks who knew St. Francis of Sales ended up becoming saints themselves. |
| 0:29.2 | And I just think that's a, not only is that amazing about him, but what an incredible way to live the recognition of I'm pursuing God and I'm not I don't just want holiness for myself I want to I want to it's that that notion I've seen on t-shirts and sweatshirts make heaven crowded like I just want to go to heaven I want to bring as many people as possible with me being like a St Francis of Sales a saint maker but one of the reasons why St Francis the Sales is known as the saint maker is because one of the many things he did is that he spoke about holiness |
| 0:56.8 | as something that is possible for anybody. That it's not just for the monks |
| 1:01.5 | and nuns, not just for the priests and nuns, not just for the priests or whoever, |
| 1:04.8 | the holiness is for every one of us. |
| 1:07.4 | And then he had this line that I think was just, it's so beautiful and so simple. |
| 1:12.4 | He said this, he said, be who you are and be that well. |
| 1:17.4 | Be who you are and be that well. So, you know, one of the things things priest read in the office of readings on |
| 1:24.4 | the his beast day is how St. Francis de Sales was saying he listen if you're |
| 1:29.1 | if you're a bishop you shouldn't want to live the life of a monk and if you're a monk you shouldn't want to live the life of a monk. |
| 1:32.5 | And if you're a monk, you shouldn't want to live the life of a businessman. |
| 1:35.5 | If you're a businessman, you shouldn't want to live the life of a, you know, fill in the blank. |
| 1:38.5 | Basically, he was reminding people like, no, no, no, no, be who you are, be who God made you to be and be that well but here's |
| 1:44.7 | our problem here's one of our many problems I don't know maybe you don't have these problems one of our |
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