Day 153: Sacraments Save (2025)

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

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

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Summary

Jesus uses his sacraments to save his people. The Catechism proclaims that the sacraments are “efficacious”, the sacraments are “wrought…by the power of God” alone, and the sacraments are “necessary for salvation”. Fr. Mike doubles down on the reality that sacraments cause what they signify. They are not merely signs pointing to an already present reality—Jesus, himself, is at work in each and every expression of the sacraments throughout time and in all places. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1127-1129.

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,
0:09.4	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed down
0:13.9	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by
0:17.3	Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic
0:21.6	Church discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.9	This is Day 153. We are reading paragraphs 1127 to 1129. As always, I am using the Ascension
0:32.1	edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach. But you can follow
0:35.9	along with any recent version of
0:37.5	the catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in a year reading
0:41.1	plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY. And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe
0:47.1	in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications today. Is day 153? You're reading
0:53.3	paragraphs 1127 to 1129. Wait, Father,
0:56.0	that's three paragraphs. I know. Isn't that crazy? Yesterday was five. Today's three.
1:01.3	Tomorrow will be one. Just kidding. Tomorrow's more than one. Yesterday was sacraments of faith,
1:05.9	right? Remembered the day before. Sacraments of Christ, sacraments of the church.
1:09.5	Yesterday, the purpose of the sacraments,
1:11.3	what, to do what? To sanctify us, to build up the body of Christ, to give worship to God,
1:15.5	today. We are highlighting in these three paragraphs, you might think because it's three,
1:19.7	it's going to be light? Mm-mm. Tell you right now, these are dense, incredible. Number one,
1:25.2	sacraments are efficacious, meaning they do something. Keep this in mind.
1:28.7	They're not just symbols. They are symbols, but they're symbols that accomplish something.
1:32.5	They're efficacious. Also, sacraments 1128. It's not up to the holiness of the minister.
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