Day 140: Purgatory and Hell (2025)

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

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

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Summary

Why do purgatory and hell exist? The Catechism teaches us today about the existence and the meaning of purgatory and hell. We learn that purgatory is a transitional state of purification while hell is the state of permanent separation from God. Fr. Mike reminds us that nobody drifts into heaven because “we cannot be united to God unless we freely choose to love him.” Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1030-1037.

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,
0:09.4	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed it down
0:13.7	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by
0:17.0	Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church
0:21.2	discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.3	It is Day 140. We're reading paragraphs 1030 to 1037. As always, I'm using the Ascension
0:30.0	edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith approach. But you can
0:33.8	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 ascensionpress.com
0:40.9	slash CIY.
0:42.0	And you can also click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily notifications.
0:45.8	Just a one quick note.
0:46.9	Thank you for all of those who have supported the production of this podcast with prayers and your financial gifts.
0:51.8	Couldn't do this without you at all.
0:53.1	So thank you so much. We made it here today, 140, which is just incredible. We're talking today about two big topics,
0:59.6	right, both purgatory or the final purification, as well as hell. Now, it's interesting that
1:05.2	purgatory has three paragraphs and hell has, I think, five paragraphs. And so it's remarkable because they're kind of
1:12.2	big topics. But we're going to hear about this. We're going to hear that in paragraph 1030,
1:15.9	all who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured
1:21.8	of their eternal salvation, but after death, they undergo purification so as to achieve the holiness
1:26.8	necessary tend to the joy of heaven.
1:28.5	In paragraph 1030, there is a quick definition, essentially, of what we believe, that you died in God's grace and died in God's friendship, but still are imperfectly purified.
1:39.7	There are attachments, things we're holding on to that can't come with us into heaven or even just
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