Episode 123142: 1/4/26 Proximity or Intimacy

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the The Epiphany of the Lord

Indifference can turn into hostility.

Christ has come close. And yet, we all still have a choice: will we remain indifferent to His presence or will we seek Him out? If we choose indifference, we will not remain indifferent. When it comes to God, we either give Him our hearts or we remove Him from our lives.

Mass Readings from January 4, 2026:
Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13
Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6

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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	And with your spirit.
0:32.6	A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
0:35.3	Glory to you, Lord.
0:37.0	Chapter 2 verses 1 through 12.
0:39.7	When Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold,
0:44.6	Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, where is the newborn king of the Jews?
0:49.8	We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.
0:53.8	When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled in all Jerusalem with him.
0:58.2	Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where
1:01.3	the Christ was to be born.
1:03.5	They said to him, in Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet
1:08.5	and you Bethlehem, Land of Judah, are by no means least
1:11.6	among the rulers of Judah, since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.
1:17.3	Then Herod called the Magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the Tsar's appearance.
1:21.9	He sent them to Bethlehem and said, go and search diligently for the child. When you have found
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