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In 365 days, we will read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. It's day 128. We're reading paragraphs 925 to 933. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach. But you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in your reading plan by visiting Accentrumpress.com slash CIY. If you did, if yours looks like mine, this is the last day of this page, which is awesome. It's great. Also, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Today is day 128. So yesterday we talked about the arametic life,

right? Hermits, we talked about consecrated virgins and widows. Today we're talking about two more

aspects. Actually, a couple different aspects. Religious life, secular institutes and societies

of apostolic life. So I guess that's three things. What are those things? That's a great question,

Camper. Religious life is, as I understand

this, religious life are those communities. I mentioned them yesterday, like the Benedictans or like

the Franciscans or like those people who are Carmelites, like those religious communities,

sometimes they're of men, sometimes they're of women, but they live the evangelical councils.

They have a fraternal life, you know, of women, but they live the evangelical councils.

They have a fraternal life, you know, the brotherhood or sisterhood led in common, and they give witness to the union of Christ and the church.

Kind of like yesterday, we talked about how consecrated virgins or anybody consecrated to the Lord

gives witness to the union of Jesus and the church.

We have secular institutes which are different.

So those can include priests at times

that they include consecrated people, but they are typically lived in the world. So secular institutes

are, I mean, gosh, there's, I think, man, 30 different secular institutes, 50 different secular

institutes in the United States alone. And they're basically

communities that are dedicated to the evangelical councils, remember, poverty, chastity, obedience,

but they also live those councils. They live their mission in the world. And so rather than living

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