Day 152: Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi (2025)

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

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🗓️ 1 June 2025

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Summary

The Catechism makes clear to us that evangelization and the sacraments go hand in hand. An ancient saying is highlighted, linking the two: lex orandi, lex credendi—or, the law of prayer is the law of faith. Fr. Mike illustrates this connection by showing us that, when you change the sign that points to an invisible reality, you risk changing where it’s pointing. This is why “no sacramental rite may be modified or manipulated at the will of the minister or the community.” Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1122-1126.

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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0:00.0	Hi, my name is 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
0:17.2	Ascension. In 365 days, 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 home.
0:25.5	This is Day 152. We are reading paragraphs 1122 to 1126. As always, I'm using the Ascension
0:31.2	edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith Approach, but you can follow
0:34.9	along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your catechism in a year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:41.8	slash CIY. And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and
0:47.2	daily notifications. Today is day 152. Reading paragraphs 1122 to 1126, just a short, you know,
0:53.9	I don't five paragraphs not as short as
0:56.0	tomorrow though stay tuned but today we have five paragraphs 1122 to 1126 the sacraments of faith remember
1:01.6	yesterday we talked about how these are the sacraments instituted by christ and they're also sacraments
1:07.2	of the church right they're by the church they're for the church they're by the church because the church is the sacrament of Christ's action at work in her through the mission
1:15.6	of Holy Spirit. They're also for the church in the sense that the sacraments make the church.
1:19.3	But they're also the sacraments of faith. And the purpose of the sacraments is to do what?
1:24.7	Is to sanctify human beings, right? To sanctify men, it says in 1123, to build up the body of Christ and finally to give worship to God.
1:31.3	If we miss anything else from today, remember this piece, the purpose of the sacraments. They're not just rites and rituals that are empty. They're not meant to be hollow. They're not just simply things we repeat over and over again because they're common to us. The purpose of the
1:45.4	sacraments is to sanctify men to build up the body of Christ and finally to give worship to God.
1:50.9	This is what they are for. This is what they do. And this is incredible. Because why? Because as
1:55.8	often as you and I approach them, those three things happen when you and I participate in them,
2:00.8	those three things happen. The world is participate in them. Those three things happen.
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