Day 161: The Liturgy of the Hours (2025)

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

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The Liturgy of the Hours is known as the “public prayer of the Church.” Fr. Mike explains how praying the Liturgy of the Hours sanctifies time and gives God the opportunity to speak to us throughout our day. Fr. Mike encourages us to see the Liturgy of the Hours as a great gift from the Church that can powerfully transform our prayer lives when it takes root in our hearts. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1174-1178.

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,
0:09.2	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed
0:13.4	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by
0:17.0	Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church
0:21.1	discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.9	This is Day 161. We are reading paragraphs 1174 to 1178. As always, I'm sure you know this.
0:32.0	I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach.
0:35.9	But you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:39.1	You can also download your own catechism and year reading plan by visiting
0:42.7	ascensionpress.com slash C-I-Y.
0:45.1	And you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications.
0:49.7	That way comes right to your app.
0:52.7	I was going to say to your inbox.
0:54.1	I don't think it goes to your app. I was going to say to your inbox. I don't think it goes to your inbox.
0:55.2	I think it just pops up and says, hey, listen to me today.
0:58.4	And here we are listening today, Day 161.
1:01.0	We're reading paragraphs 1174 to 1178.
1:03.5	This is on the liturgy of the hours.
1:05.8	Now, obviously, we're deep into the idea of the liturgy.
1:08.6	Yesterday we talked about the liturgical year. We talked about that strange word, the sanctoral, which is ultimately not strange.
1:15.9	It just indicates the feast days of our lady or of other saints.
1:19.2	But today, we're talking about the liturgy of the hours, also known as the divine office.
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