Day 14: The Eternal Word of God (2025)

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

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🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike reflects on the sacredness of Scripture and why the Church venerates Scripture with great reverence. He helps us understand the mystery behind the powerful reality that God speaks to us through human authors. Most importantly, Fr. Mike reminds us that the eternal Word of God is both living and true. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 101-108.

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's 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
0:13.6	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by
0:17.7	Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of
0:21.5	the Catholic Church discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our
0:26.0	heavenly home. This is day 14. We're reading from paragraphs 101 to 108. And if you want to
0:32.6	know, I'm using the It Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith approach. You can follow along, of course, with any recent version of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach.
0:38.2	You can follow along, of course, with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:42.0	You can also download your catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:46.3	slash C-I-Y.
0:47.7	Also, please, if you want, click, follow or subscribe in whatever podcast app or however you're
0:52.7	listening to this, that way you get
0:54.3	daily updates and daily notifications. So, as I said, it is day 14. We're reading from paragraphs
0:59.5	101 through 108. Again, keep this in mind. We're in part one, pillar one, what we believe.
1:06.0	We're diving more deeply into divine revelation, and we're speaking specifically now about the
1:10.5	revelation of God. And Article 3, the one we're speaking specifically now about the revelation of God.
1:11.9	And Article 3, the one we're starting today, is on sacred scripture and how Jesus Christ
1:16.8	is the unique word of sacred scripture. And, oh, gosh, you guys, one of the things you're going to hear,
1:22.6	some of the things you're going to hear, not only is the motivation of God, who just, again,
1:26.2	who wants to speak like a father to his children. That's the, here's the motivation of God, who just, again, who wants to speak like a father
1:27.9	to his children. That's the, here's the motive of God, who just loves us. We're also going to hear
1:33.2	what is the church's stance towards sacred scripture. And one of the things you'll hear is that
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