The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Jul 2, 2026 · 9 min · 4 segments
What does "Give us this day our daily bread" really mean? Fr. Mike Schmitz explores why Jesus teaches us to ask for "daily bread" and how this simple prayer invites us to trust God one day at a time…
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You might not know this, but every day throughout the entire world, priests, deacons, and religious sisters and brothers pray this thing called the Liturgy of the Hours.
Why? When we pray this, we're not only praying scripture, we're also uniting our prayer with the Holy Spirit to the entire prayer of the entire church.
I don't know if you've ever had a time where you were wondering like, "Gosh, God, I wanna pray, but I don't know what to say.
I don't have the words in my heart or in my mind to be able to express what's going on in my heart or in my mind." The Liturgy of the Hours gives shape, gives structure, and gives a voice to what's in your heart and what's in your mind.
We know that the, the first language of God is silence, but that second language is listening and speaking.
Ascension is gonna be able to publish this, a new edition of the Liturgy of the Hours, the newest translation in fact, very, very soon.
My invitation is, if you're interested in being able to listen to God's voice and to speak to the Lord, check out the Liturgy of the Hours.
It will radically transform your prayer life, and it will remarkably sanctify each hour of your day.
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You might not know this, but every day throughout the entire world, priests, deacons, and religious sisters and brothers pray this thing called the Liturgy of the Hours.
Why? When we pray this, we're not only praying scripture, we're also uniting our prayer with the Holy Spirit to the entire prayer of the entire church.
I don't know if you've ever had a time where you were wondering like, "Gosh, God, I wanna pray, but I don't know what to say.
I don't have the words in my heart or in my mind to be able to express what's going on in my heart or in my mind." The Liturgy of the Hours gives shape, gives structure, and gives a voice to what's in your heart and what's in your mind.
We know that the, the first language of God is silence, but that second language is listening and speaking.
Ascension is gonna be able to publish this, a new edition of the Liturgy of the Hours, the newest translation in fact, very, very soon.
My invitation is, if you're interested in being able to listen to God's voice and to speak to the Lord, check out the Liturgy of the Hours.
It will radically transform your prayer life, and it will remarkably sanctify each hour of your day.