Day 139: I Believe in Life Everlasting (2025)

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

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Together, with Fr. Mike, we explore what happens to us at and after the moment of our death. We examine the importance of understanding that the Christian, who unites his death with Christ Jesus, takes a step towards Christ in everlasting life. Fr. Mike emphasizes that we have an active choice in our journey to our Father in heaven. We should not simply desire Heaven, but actively choose it. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1020-1029.

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 sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed it down
0:13.4	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by ascension.
0:17.8	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic
0:20.9	Church discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.1	This is Day 139. You guys, we're reading paragraphs 1020 to 1029. As always, I'm using the
0:30.1	Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith Approach.
0:33.5	But you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:41.3	slash CIY.
0:42.3	And you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications.
0:47.0	As I said, it's day 139.
0:48.7	We're reading.
0:49.3	We just, we closed yesterday.
0:51.4	We closed what is to die with Christ, to die in Christ, how Jesus gives,
0:56.4	not only reframes, but transforms, redeems death. And so we talked about that today.
1:02.7	We're talking about what happens after death. I believe in Life Everlasting is Article 12 of the
1:08.4	Apostles Creed. And so the very beginning of this whole thing is, okay, life everlasting.
1:12.9	What happens?
1:14.0	What happens when we die?
1:15.2	Well, one of the first things that happens is we have the particular judgment.
1:20.5	And what that means, a particular judgment has contrasted with we might call the final judgment or the last judgment.
1:25.9	The final judgment or last judgment, which we'll hear about tomorrow is different. So you'll hear about that tomorrow. But today,
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