C&SI - Reality is not fair. God doesn’t owe us anything - Fr Mike Schmitz @ SEEK2026 - 18 Jan 2026 (S06E09)

On this weeks programme/podcast we take a jaunt across the Atlantic to the SEEK2026 conference in the USA and share with listeners an input by Fr Mike Schmitz where he reminded 17,000+ Catholics that life isn't fair but God stepped into our world, into our suffering to redeem it from the inside out. 

We have our regular liturgical odds and ends in part one including up coming saints of the week.

In part three we have our reflection on the weekly Sunday gospel where we encounter John the Baptist again in the gospel of St John and his proclamation of Jesus as the Lamb of God.

SEEK2026 - “Reality is not fair. God doesn’t owe us anything.” 🔥✝️ @fathermikeschmitz

SEEK 2026 was held from January 1 to 5 simultaneously in three cities: Columbus, Denver, and Fort Worth, Texas. In total, the event attracted more than 26,000 participants, a 24 percent increase from the previous year. Columbus alone welcomed over 16,000 attendees, making it the conference's main hub.

Attendees included primarily university students and young adults, joined by priests, consecrated persons, lay leaders, and bishops. Notably, 58 bishops from across the United States were present, while the number of seminarians rose by 43 percent.

On this weeks podcast we share a powerful keynote at SEEK26 in Columbus, Ohio. Fr. Mike Schmitz spoke before 17,000+ Catholics, cutting straight to the heart of the Gospel.
Life isn’t fair.
Suffering is real.
Brokenness is unavoidable.
But God stepped into our world.
Into pain.
Into sin.
Into death.
Christianity isn’t the promise of an easy life—it’s the proclamation that God entered our suffering to redeem it from the inside out.
The words “But God” change everything.
They transform despair into hope and the Cross into resurrection.
Where do you need to let “But God” rewrite your story right now?