12/25/24 Face to Face: Two Words

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas).

The one who has gratitude has enough.

At the moment we get to stand before the Lord face to face, what will the automatic and overwhelming response be? Will it be a word of love? Of contrition? Or will it be two words that summarize everything that could be said to the God who has used everything to get us ready to stand before Him?

Mass Readings from December 25, 2024:
Isaiah 52:7-10
Psalms 98:1-6.
Hebrews 1:1-6

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sunday homilies with me, Father Mike Schmitz. I hope today's homily inspires and motivates you,
0:07.6	and I also hope that it leaves you hungry for the one who gave everything to feed you.
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0:28.3	God bless.
0:29.9	The Lord be with you.
0:31.4	A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.
0:35.4	Lord of you, Lord.
0:37.0	Chapter 1 verses 1 through 18.
0:40.6	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
0:47.4	He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through Him, and without Him, nothing
0:52.5	came to be. What came to be through him was life.
0:57.0	And this life was the light of the human race. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness
1:02.3	has not overcome it. A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony to testify to the light
1:09.4	so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the light so that all might believe through him.
1:11.6	He was not the light, but came to testify to the light.
1:15.6	The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
1:18.6	He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him.
1:24.6	He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him. But to all
1:30.1	who did accept him, he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,
1:35.6	who were born not by natural generation, nor by human choice, nor by a man's decision, but
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