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Full disclosure: If I was as handsome as Fr. Mike Schmitz (and I’m not) I don’t think I would have ever thought about becoming a priest (and I did). Let’s face it, he’s the Brad Pitt of Catholicism.
He’s so good-looking, my wife recently admitted to me that she can only listen to his podcasts because his good looks are too distracting.
For Catholic answers, my go-to-guys were always Patrick Madrid, Scott Hahn, Brant Pitre and alike. Because of this, Fr. Mike’s face kept on popping up in my queue.
I kept ignoring them because, well, he was just too handsome.
Because of his looks, I just thought that he was just a silly front man for some kind of watered-down ecumenical theological program. So, for the longest time, I simply ignored him.
One day, I was scrolling through a series of YouTube videos from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, I came across a panel discussion for the “Defending the Faith Conference” with Patrick Madrid — and Fr. Mike Schmitz.
So, I listened — and discovered that I was dead wrong about the handsome dude in the Roman collar. The next time he appeared in my queue, I took the bait. Eventually, I began regularly watching his short vlogs for Ascension Presents.
Not only did I find Fr. Mike Schmitz entertaining, I also found his vlogs informative, spiritually enlightening and, above all, in line with Church teachings.
A few weeks ago, while going forth from Mass, my boys and I stopped to preview the Catholic Lighthouse Media display at the back of our church for something new. On the rack, I spotted Fr. Mike Schmitz’s Jesus is… CD.
“I think you might enjoy this one,” I told my boys.
My five-year-old protested when I put it in the CD player in our car as we drove home. (Yes, our car still has a CD player.) Fr. Mike, however, immediately grabbed my five-year-old jokester’s attention.
“Let’s start off with a prayer, Amen?”
The crowd replies, “Amen!”
“Alright, that was it.”
That’s all it took!
Above all, no pun intended, they can not just tell you who Jesus [truly] is…, they can also tell you who He truly is not!
Once my boys discovered Fr. Mike Schmitz was a YouTuber, his status catapulted him into a totally new sphere of awesomeness. He’s now up there with Zach King, EvanTube HD, Dude Perfect, and Halfway Memes.
Listening to theological podcasts went from something I do to something we do together! To be more precise, its something my boys want to do together with me. For that, I am forever grateful. That is why I say …
“Thank you, Fr. Mike Schmitz!”
James Henry is also the author of Corporation YOU: A Business Plan for the Soul, 
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