Day 115: Wounds to Unity (2025)

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 25 April 2025

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Summary

Together, with Fr. Mike, we examine the wounds to the unity of Christ’s one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church. The Catechism emphasizes that people on both sides of this division are to blame for this broken unity. God did not intend for the disunity of Chrstians that we see today, but rather, intended for the unity of all Christians. Fr. Mike, therefore, concludes with asking us to pray and hope for the miracle of the unity, once again, of all Christians. Today’s readings from the Catechism are paragraphs 817-822.

This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

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Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Catechism in the Year podcast,
0:09.3	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed it down
0:13.8	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in the year is brought to you by
0:17.4	Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic
0:21.3	Church, discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.7	This is day 115. We're reading paragraphs 817 to 222. As always, I'm using the Ascension
0:31.4	edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith approach, but you can follow
0:35.0	along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:38.1	You knock all ahead.
0:39.3	I'm also using, you can also download your catechism and your reading plan.
0:43.0	That's what I'm using by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY.
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0:51.3	What a gift to be able to do that.
0:52.7	Also, speaking of gifts, just a quick thank
0:54.4	you to all those who have supported the production of this podcast with prayers, financial gifts.
0:58.6	Literally, we could not do this without you. I'm so grateful, so grateful for every one of you.
1:03.0	Today, wow, you know, yesterday we talked about how the church is one, and it's one of the church. You know, the four marks are one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic. So that's a
1:12.2	real thing. Today, we recognize, right? We recognize that unity, that oneness, has some wounds.
1:18.8	In fact, there are wounds that have led to division. There are wounds that have been caused by
1:25.5	Christians in the past. And, you know, sometimes we don't really,
1:28.5	we don't undo those wounds. We're not healing those wounds. In fact, a lot of times, us Christians,
1:33.6	Catholics and non-Catholics, were really just kind of okay. We're okay with the fact that
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