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Fr. Mike Schmitz is a priest and the Director of the Youth and Young Adult Ministries in the Diocese of Duluth. He has been a speaker for various Catholic programming, including the Fellowship of Catholic University Students leadership summit, Ascension Press, and Steubenville conferences. Lighthouse Catholic Media publishes many of his talks.
His latest video is: What Does It Mean to be Blessed?
To be blessed means to holy, and to be holy means to be set apart for God. Fr. Mike reminds us of our calling to be holy, because, as Christians, we have already been blessed by Baptism. Being set apart doesn’t mean to be physically separated from everything else. It means that something is dedicated to fulfilling God’s purpose. For example, if you’ve ever gotten your throat blessed during the feast of St. Blase, then your throat is set apart for the purposes of God. That means when you use your voice to say something untrue or mean, you’re violating the purpose of your voice, because it has been dedicated to God’s will.
So, be blessed.