Day 148: The Holy Spirit’s Work in the Liturgy (2025)

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

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Together, with Fr. Mike, we continue our examination of the sacramental economy, specifically the Holy Spirit’s work in the liturgy. Fr. Mike emphasizes that what Jesus makes possible, the Holy Spirit makes actual. We are made to live in the life of the risen Christ and that is what the Spirit brings about in us. Fr. Mike concludes with a reflection on the importance of understanding that the Christian Liturgy springs from and fulfills the Jewish Liturgy. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1091-1098.

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 the Year podcast,
0:09.6	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture, and passed down
0:13.8	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in the Year is brought to you by
0:17.1	Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic
0:21.0	Church discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly
0:25.5	home. This is Day 148. We are reading paragraphs 1091 to 1098. As always, I'm using the
0:31.8	Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith approach, but you can
0:35.1	follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in a year reading plan
0:40.9	by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY. I recently just did this again. I lost mine. Well,
0:47.0	I didn't lose it, lose it, but I kind of misplaced it. I'm sure I'll find it again and be able to
0:50.5	check off with my blue marker. But I downloaded it again by going to
0:54.4	ascensionpress.com slash CIY. In fact, I went to ascension.com slash CIY, which is not actually
0:59.4	a website. So go to ascensionpress.com slash CIY. You can also click follow or subscribe in your
1:04.7	podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. It is, as I said, day 148. We are reading
1:09.7	paragraphs 1091 to 1098. You know,
1:12.2	yesterday we talked about how Jesus is present and Jesus is active in the sacraments in the
1:17.2	liturgy, right? Remember, the liturgy is God's work. It's our participation, the participation
1:21.1	of the people of God in the work of God. So we talked about how it comes from and is ordered
1:25.7	towards the Father. Then yesterday, here is Jesus Christ who is active and is present.
1:30.5	Today, we talk about the Holy Spirit and the church in the liturgy.
1:34.3	And a couple of things to keep in mind.
1:35.5	You know, for the next maybe a couple days, we'll be talking about the role of the Holy Spirit when it comes to the liturgy.
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