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

Day 143: Amen

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

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🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Congratulations, we have come to the conclusion of Part One of the Catechism! Fr. Mike reviews the last “nugget” section on death and judgment, inviting us to regularly ponder the moment of our own death and judgment before our Lord. We conclude today with an explanation of the meaning of the word “amen” and the significance it has for our belief in God. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1051-1065.

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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,

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where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed down

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through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.

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In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity

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in God's family as we journey together to our heavenly home, it is day 143 you guys.

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We have reached the end of pillar one, which is amazing. We're reading paragraphs 1051 to 1065.

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I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach,

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but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

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You can also download your own Catechism in a Year reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com slash

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in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications unless you're the kind of person

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who likes to hunt for the podcast every day, which in which case it's kind of a little game you play.

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And when you found it, you found it. You win. Congratulations. Today's day 143, speaking of

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congratulations, what a milestone. We have concluded. We are concluding today pillar one, the creed,

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which is I think is pretty awesome. So congratulations, you guys. We're reading paragraphs 1051 to 1065.

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So 1051 starts out with nuggets, right? 1051 until 1060. Those are all nuggets. So a little nugget day.

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But if you have your Catechism in front of you, you will see that after the nuggets, we have a last

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section from paragraphs 1061 to 1065 on the word Amen. And so we're going to talk about what that word

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Amen means. We're also going to talk about not just what it means in itself, but also what it is

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when we say the word Amen. Also, Jesus Christ himself is the Amen. He is the definitive Amen of the

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Father's love for us. But before we go into the Amen, we also have to talk about as we noted,

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we talk about the nuggets and the nuggets are all the way back to the fact that when we die,

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