Day 131: The Communion of the Church (2025)

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

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🗓️ 11 May 2025

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Summary

The Catechism further unpacks the communion of saints and shows us how the Church lives in communion with those members who have passed on to eternal life with Christ in heaven. If you’re listening to this podcast and you’re not Catholic—or if you still have questions about the communion of saints—Fr. Mike has a word for you. This is your family, interceding on your behalf that you might receive the fullness of Faith here on earth. Today’s readings are from Catechism paragraphs 954-962.

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 a Year podcast,
0:09.3	where we encounter God's plan of pure goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed down
0:13.7	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by
0:17.1	Ascension in 365 days. We'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic
0:21.2	Church, discovering our identity and God's family. As we journey together toward our heavenly
0:24.9	home, it is Day 131. We're reading paragraphs 954 to 962. It's a little bit of nugget day,
0:30.6	a little three little nuggets at the end of the day. As always, I'm using the Ascension
0:34.1	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.
0:40.2	You can also download your own catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:44.5	slash C-I-Y.
0:45.7	And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily
0:50.2	notifications.
0:50.8	I know that was a little bit of a speed round right there, but you know the
0:54.8	drill? You know what we're doing? Today's 131. We're talking about the second half of this paragraph
0:59.1	on the communion of the saints. And today we're talking about the communion of the church of heaven
1:03.8	and earth. And so we recognize in paragraph 954, there are three states of the church. And the three
1:09.3	states are known as the church triumphant, right in
1:11.7	heaven, the church suffering in purgatory, and the church militant here on earth. And we don't actually
1:16.9	use those terms here in the catechism. I mean, other places, the church uses those terms. But what it says
1:21.3	in paragraph 954 is this, it's just pretty remarkable. It says, at the present time, some of his
1:27.1	disciples, that means the disciples of Jesus. at the present time, some of his disciples,
1:27.9	that means the disciples of Jesus. At the present time, some of his disciples are pilgrims on earth.
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