✋ Let Go of the Wheel! Why Your Worry is a Failure to Trust God (Fr. Mark Beard)

Father Mark Beard delivers a passionate homily urging the faithful to stop carrying the heavy burdens of worry, fear, and problems they cannot control. He highlights that anxiety is fundamentally a failure to trust in the promise and power of God.

The Problem of Worry and Control:
You Can't Fix the World (0:09): Father Beard asks incredulously if the audience thinks they can "fix the president," "fix the church," or "fix the world" through their own worrying or human efforts. He stresses that true change comes through the Holy Spirit (Ruah, Pneumatik), unleashed through prayer and sacrifice, not through trying to control global issues.

The Problem Is You (0:29): He bluntly states that the reason the faithful still leave Mass carrying the same burden is because they take it back immediately. They struggle with distrust because they forget a fundamental truth: He is God and we are not.

Worry is a Sin (0:33): When you fail to surrender your anxiety and burdens to Christ, you violate your commitment to God's providence and grace.

The Solution: Trade Your Burden for Grace
The Easy Yoke is Grace (0:39): He cites Matthew 11:30 ("My yoke is easy and my burden is light") and clarifies that the "yoke" is Grace. When we surrender our will and our anxiety, God fills that space with Grace, making our burdens easy to bear.

The Unconditional Trade-Off (1:02): God gave us free will so we could love Him freely. The trade-off for His infinite love is that we must surrender everything to Him and take our hands off the wheel. God will bring you through any problem, provided you stop trying to steer the car yourself.

Spiritual Transformation (1:36): True, lasting change—whether in our lives or the lives of others—comes from the power of the Holy Spirit, which is activated by our prayer and sacrifice. Are you ready to truly surrender your burdens? Let go of the wheel and embrace the light burden of God's Grace today.