Fr. Mike Schmitz talks about his tattoo decision … and his trip to the world’s oldest parlor

[Michie]

The priest's uplifting video reveals more about tattoos and Christianity, and also his very own inking!

Tattoos have become increasingly popular in recent years, but they’ve left Catholics in a bit of quandary. After all, in the Old Testament, Leviticus states very clearly: “Do not lacerate your bodies for the dead, and do not tattoo yourselves.” (Leviticus 19:28)

However, in his most recent video on Youtube, Fr. Mike Schmitz talks about tattoos, his recent decision to get one — and then reveals it to his viewers.

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Fr. Mike Schmitz talks about his tattoo decision ... and his trip to the world's oldest parlor

 

[Wolseley]

In the military, it's almost a rite of passage to get a tattoo; a lot of guys get them during their first town pass in Basic.

I never did; I'd read that very passage in Leviticus and that made me leery to begin with, and my Dad, who served in the Army in World War II, had gotten a couple of tattoos and always regretted it. He advised me to forego them, and I took his advice.

As it turns out, I ended up with enough souvenirs as it was; I have scars all over my arms, legs, and back; I have a divot in the top of my skull, and I have little bit and pieces of metal, wood, and other junk embedded in my body in various places that they couldn't remove----I don't need a tattoo to show that I've been there and done that, LOL!