If This Doesn’t Bother You, That’s a Problem (w/ Fr. Mike Schmitz)

What's in our heart that refuses to celebrate when good things happen to someone else? Fr. Mike Schmitz reflects on the story of the man healed on the Sabbath. Many focus on the fact that Jesus healed on the Sabbath, though technically allowed, but Fr. Mike invites us to look deeper. The real issue isn’t the law. It’s the heart. More than Jesus performing the miracle, what this story exposes is that sometimes we fail to value the suffering of others, or even the joy of others, because they simply don’t matter enough to us.

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If This Doesn’t Bother You, That’s a Problem (w/ Fr. Mike Schmitz) is an episode from The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast by Ascension.

This episode is 6:18 long.

This episode was published on Feb 5, 2026.

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