🚫 Stop Living in Yesterday! Fr. Mark Beard on Conquering Worry and Regret

Father Mark Beard delivers a passionate homily addressing the two spiritual traps the devil uses to derail our lives: regret (yesterday) and worry (tomorrow). He challenges the faithful to live in the present day by reminding them that God is the great "I AM," not the "I Was" or the "I Will Be."

The Devil's Strategy:
Yesterday's Regrets (0:15): Father Beard asks how much of your day is spent haunted by things that happened last week, last year, or 20 years ago. He points out that the devil uses your past to derail you.

Tomorrow's Worries (0:41): If the devil can't get you with regret, he gets you with worry—about health issues, job loss, or uncertain contracts. He wants you to jump ahead so you are never fully present in the day where God resides.

Robbing Your Peace (0:53): He explains that holding onto hurts, despising people, or failing to forgive allows those who wronged you to continue to rob your peace and ruin your life decades later.

The Spiritual Solution:
Forgive Anyway (1:03): Citing Mother Teresa's wisdom, he urges forgiveness, even if people are unreasonable or self-centered. If you don't forgive them, the bitterness will still ruin your day and your life.

God is the Great I AM (0:08): The solution to the traps of the past and the future is remembering the physical presence of God in the Eucharist. When you forget that He is the great I AM, you are consumed by anxiety.

The Present is the Day (0:43): The devil must get you "out of the day," because the day—the present moment—is the only time you have to work toward salvation.

Are you ready to break free from the chains of worry and regret? Learn to live fully in the presence of the great I AM.