Episode 123138: 12/21/25 Waiting Well: Unconditional Hope

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent

What happens when I don't get what I've been waiting for?

All through the Bible, God makes certain promises. He always fulfills them. But we cannot expect God to fulfill a promise that He has never made. No matter what, whether we get what we've waited for or not, we can hope in HIM.

Mass Readings from December 21, 2025:
Isaiah 7:10-14
Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Romans 1:1-7

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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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0:25.3	on your podcast app for weekly notifications. God bless. The Lord be with you.
0:31.4	You're reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
0:36.3	Chapter 1 verses 18, through 24.
0:39.8	This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.
0:42.8	When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
0:45.2	but before they lived together,
0:46.4	she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.
0:49.2	Joseph, her husband, since he was a righteous man,
0:51.4	yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
0:53.1	decided to divorce her quietly.
0:55.3	Such was his intention when,
0:57.0	Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
1:00.4	Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
1:04.7	For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her.
1:08.5	She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will
1:12.4	save his people from their sins. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through
1:17.4	the prophet, behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,
1:23.3	which means God is with us. When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him
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