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    <itunes:summary>Every week, Catholic priest Fr. Mike Schmitz delivers powerful homilies based on the Sunday Mass Scripture readings, inviting you to live more fully as the person God created you to be. Engaging and motivating, these 20-30 minute homilies will help ground your faith, fortify your heart, and transform your life. Fr. Mike Schmitz preaches from Duluth Minnesota, where he serves as the Newman chaplain for University Minnesota Duluth’s Bulldog Catholic campus ministry. 
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  <itunes:subtitle>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.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from December 21, 2025:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Isaiah 7:10-14&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;Romans 1:1-7&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Matthew 1:18-24&lt;/p&gt;

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