Hello everybody. My name is Father Mike Schmitz. I want to let you know about a one-night-only opportunity we have in Newark, New York, New Jersey on Monday, December 9th.

At the Newark Performing Arts Center, again Monday, December 9th at 7 o'clock. If you're interested in finding out more about this, go to ascensionpress.com slash Father Mike tour.

Basically, a night of reflection diving deeply

into what it is that we're preparing for in the season of Advent. If you're interested at all

Monday, December 9th, 7 o'clock, Newark Performing Arts Center, go to ascensionpress.com

slash Father Mike Tour. That's F-R-M-I-K-E tour. God bless. So this is kind of one of those

topics that you never want to step the wrong way.

You don't want to say the wrong thing because this can be a really delicate thing to talk about.

I think that is so good for us to meditate on death. In fact, my wordal word of the day,

that's my word. That's my lead off word is death. Not only because it has the E and A and a T.H. It's really, really helpful. But also, because the first thing I want to think

about every day is I want to think about my death, Memento Mori, right? That remember your death.

Remember that, here's the thing. Remember that this world is not your home. This is where we are right now in order to be where we're meant to be ultimately.

That this world means something,

but it's not our final destination.

So I'm going to talk about death,

specifically talking about how sometimes people struggle with death

in a way that shakes their faith.

I remember when I first got here on campus

since first started working with adolescents

and college students, that I would hear this a lot.

I would hear that here be someone

and they'd want to talk about someone in their life had died.

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