Episode 123139: 12/25/25 Waiting Well: Worth the Wait
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
Ascension
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🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Homily from The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
What if all I received was HIM this Christmas?
We have waited for Jesus—and now that He is here, true gratitude is shown by living fully in the gift of His presence and love.
- Mass Readings from December 25, 2025:
- Isaiah 52:7-10
- Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6
- Hebrews 1:1-6
John 1:1-18
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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. |
| 0:31.5 | A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. |
| 0:35.7 | Glory to Lord. |
| 0:37.2 | 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. |
| 0:47.0 | He was in the beginning with God. |
| 0:49.7 | All things came to be through Him, and without Him, nothing came to be. |
| 0:55.3 | What came to be through him, and without him, nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life. |
| 0:58.1 | And this life was the light of the human race. |
| 1:00.8 | The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. |
| 1:06.0 | A man named John was sent from God. |
| 1:08.0 | He came for testimony to testify to the light so that all might believe |
| 1:11.8 | through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the light. The true light, which |
| 1:18.4 | enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came to be |
| 1:23.6 | through him, but the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, but his own people |
| 1:30.1 | did not accept him. But to those who did accept him, he gave power to become children of God, |
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