Day 141: The Last Judgment (2025)

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

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🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

We delve into the cosmic event that will take place at the end of time known as the Last Judgment. Fr. Mike explains the difference between the Last Judgment and our particular judgment at the time of our death. We learn that the Last Judgment will reveal the consequences of all our actions and how God’s justice triumphs over all the injustices we’ve committed and suffered. Fr. Mike emphasizes that the message of the Last Judgment is ultimately one of hope and conversion. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1038-1041.

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, where we
0:09.8	encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed down through the
0:14.2	tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in Ere is brought to you by Ascension. In 365 days,
0:19.5	we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic
0:21.2	Church discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly
0:25.1	home. It is day 141. Today we're reading paragraphs of 1038 to 1041. I'm using the Ascension
0:31.3	edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along
0:34.8	with any recent version of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:42.2	slash C-I-Y. And also, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and
0:46.8	daily notifications today is day 141. We're reading paragraphs 1038 to 1041. It is only a few short
0:53.1	paragraphs. In fact, I counted them.
0:54.7	There's four of them.
0:55.8	And we're talking today about the last judgment.
0:58.5	You know, we talked about particular judgment about how those who have chosen God get God, right?
1:02.8	We get heaven, eternal life with the Lord, with our lady, with the saints.
1:07.0	Incredible.
1:07.7	We also have the purification, the purgatory that can happen in our lives if we've chosen God imperfectly.
1:13.5	You still have attachments. We talked about hell yesterday. But today, there's this resurrection of the dead at the end of all time. And that's the last judgment. A couple of things to keep in mind as we read these four short paragraphs is, remember, there's the particular judgment. We experience that at the moment of our deaths. And remember there's the particular judgment.
1:29.4	We experience that at the moment of our deaths.
1:34.5	And then there's the last judgment, meaning when Christ comes at the end of time and everything is done, like the whole story of creation has been written.
1:37.6	And all there is is eternity.
1:39.4	So keep this in mind.
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