When You Have to Go It Alone

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Published 2021-04-07
The Wednesday of Holy Week is known to many as “Spy Wednesday”, but it’s also known as the “Day of Aloneness.” The backstory behind this moniker can have a profound impact on the way we live our lives.

There are two people in the Holy Week narrative that experience profound loneliness: Jesus and Judas. There’s an honorable form of aloneness that we feel when we’re doing something we ought to be doing (walking a road that no one else can), but there’s also a sadder form of loneliness that exists when we are doing something we shouldn’t be doing.

Today, Father Mike explains the difference between the aloneness Jesus felt during Holy Week, and what Judas felt.

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All Comments (21)
  • @MJT409
    Please pray for me as I take the next step towards the priesthood. I’m meeting with my bishop next week.
  • Hey guys Pray for me. The Bible in a year podcast is making an impact in my life. Praise and thanks to God!
  • @Katherine-ug5dl
    I was saved out of atheism in a moment of aloneness and quiet contemplation. Solitude is so important for us to be able to hear the still, small voice of God.
  • @lgi6131
    Woah. This hits hard right now. My husband is leaving next to work and live overseas for an open ended contract. We have three teenagers at home who are each challenging in their own way. Please pray for me. Pray for my kids. Pray for my marriage.
  • @Spugizakom
    Please pray for me and my family. I am about to tell my father that I am Christian. This may split our family. Pray for us brothers and sisters. ✝️
  • So true. The Aloneness of Judas is arid and meaningless, An Aloneness born of betrayal is awful. The Aloneness of Christ is the fulfillment of destiny, difficult and demanding but very much part of who we are.
  • @nathanalex6880
    This is such a godsend as I am trying to follow the path God has set before, including my choice to join the Church this month, from Protestantism without my family. So pray for me brothers and sisters and Fr. Mike.
  • @dv7361
    My eyes can’t stop the tears, my throat is constricting. This message on aloneness touched me so deeply. Life has been lonely but the loneliness has brought me closer to Jesus. I love you Jesus!
  • @justkon1789
    I needed this video. I’m so scared of college. Scared of leaving everyone. Pray for me
  • @milyvento5537
    I offer my loneliness in honor of Jesus .. I feel his presence when I pray to him for help .. he promised us he is always with us . 🙏🏻💜
  • 'This is practice for when I close my eyes and wake up... in the Father's gaze' 🥺🥺
  • Am a young nun, 1,5 year in the congregation and just experiencing both of this types of loneliness: Jesus's with congregation and Judas's with my sin, falling out of the rules- unorganised etc. Just found out after 22 years😭that I have ADHD (which makes me unorganised and not sticking to the day plan) but still waiting for the professional diagnosis so can't really talk about it while still being misunderstood and still judged as"chaotic one". So hard...😞 ( please don't get me wrong, I love my Sisters, they just don't know, as I didn't) I am gonna wach this once again every day until We (Jesus & me) will resurrect from it. Please people, DON'T JUDGE OTHERS! It can slowly kill anybody. Thank you Fr Mike... right on time💔😢😌 Thank you Jesus...You know...
  • I am in the aloneness of not having family near me as I moved from the east side of the US all the way to the west coast for an engineering job. Please pray that I will stay reliant on God and work hard to get the job experience I need.
  • @michaelnims5218
    Bless you Fr. Mike. I was just confirmed as a catechumen at Saint Rose of Lima in Murfreesboro, TN. My wife isn’t Catholic, and recently said she has no interest in becoming a Catholic as well, which has left me raising my daughter Mary by myself, but I know I must do it. This video was at the perfect time. 🙏
  • @retroman9164
    So true, I am a night owl. I know when I sleep it will be the next day. It's a mix for me, knowing a new day will dawn and if I wake up I know God woke me up, he is grace. Then a new day means life gets busy and will have stresses. I can't imagine how Jesus felt!
  • @SuperRuthJ
    You really said how I feel. Since my husband passed away I feel so alone. I have accepted that I am alone. However I trust that Jesus is with me always. If I were to died now I entrust my soul to Him🙏 Thank you Fr. Mike you are amazing in BIAY. God bless you🙏