Podcaster priest preaches answer to ‘weight of your sins’ at LA breakfast
Experiencing the mercy of God requires discovering one’s own brokenness, keynote speaker Father Mike Schmitz told the sold-out crowd at this year’s Los Angeles Catholic Prayer Breakfast.
“Mercy is the love we need the most and deserve the least,” Schmitz said during his keynote talk at the Sept. 17 event. “God’s mercy is strong enough to carry the weight of your sins.”
The event began with a 6:30 a.m. rosary and a 7:00 a.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop José H. Gomez inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels before a nearly full capacity crowd. Afterwards, more than 2,000 people gathered in the Cathedral plaza for breakfast. This year’s crowd was the largest turnout in the event’s history, organizers said.