Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://realcad.org/video/?vid=SNTSwjZjBmc Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Why Total Surrender Is the Only Way to Heaven | Fr. Mike Schmitz and Bishop Robert Barron [HS41WqqzYk2] Health Updated on August 05, 2026 EDT — Published on August 05, 2026 EDT What does it really mean to wait for Heaven? And how do we live that waiting well? In this conversation, Fr. Mike Schmitz sits down with Bishop Robert Barron to talk about one of the most essential (and challenging) parts of the spiritual life: learning to wait for the summum bonum—the highest good, God Himself. Bishop Barron and Fr. Mike explore how every joy, loss, desire, and disappointment in this life can become a training in love—preparing us to receive the only one who can truly satisfy the human heart. Discover how to wait with hope, how to loosen your grip on the passing things of this world, and how to let God ready your heart for Heaven. 💜 Be sure to check out Ascension's Advent Study: Waiting Well which includes daily reflections from Fr. Mike on the Ascension App. Go to to find out more. — MORE FROM ASCENSION — 🔸Ascension App: 🔸The Great Adventure Bible: 🔸 Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ascension Edition: — SOCIAL MEDIA — 🔸Facebook: / ascensionpress 🔸Twitter: / ascensionpress 🔸LinkedIn: / ascension-press 🔸Instagram: / ascensionpress 🔸Subscribe: @AscensionPresents — BULLDOG CATHOLIC — 🔸YouTube: / @bulldogcatholic 🔸iTunes: LJ7LbJj38ku iHL6ufoGz71 r5KJrXgIVAW Zqf9Oeroh3t y84s8NJeZsC
What does it really mean to wait for Heaven? And how do we live that waiting well? In this conversation, Fr. Mike Schmitz sits down with Bishop Robert Barron to talk about one of the most essential (and challenging) parts of the spiritual life: learning to wait for the summum bonum—the highest good, God Himself. Bishop Barron and Fr. Mike explore how every joy, loss, desire, and disappointment in this life can become a training in love—preparing us to receive the only one who can truly satisfy the human heart. Discover how to wait with hope, how to loosen your grip on the passing things of this world, and how to let God ready your heart for Heaven. 💜 Be sure to check out Ascension's Advent Study: Waiting Well which includes daily reflections from Fr. Mike on the Ascension App. Go to to find out more. — MORE FROM ASCENSION — 🔸Ascension App: 🔸The Great Adventure Bible: 🔸 Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ascension Edition: — SOCIAL MEDIA — 🔸Facebook: / ascensionpress 🔸Twitter: / ascensionpress 🔸LinkedIn: / ascension-press 🔸Instagram: / ascensionpress 🔸Subscribe: @AscensionPresents — BULLDOG CATHOLIC — 🔸YouTube: / @bulldogcatholic 🔸iTunes: LJ7LbJj38ku iHL6ufoGz71 r5KJrXgIVAW Zqf9Oeroh3t y84s8NJeZsC