Day 167: The Baptism of Christ (2025)

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

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🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Together, with Fr. Mike, we continue our examination of the sacrament of Baptism. Fr. Mike emphasizes that each and every one of the Old Covenant prefigurations are fulfilled in Christ Jesus. He also unpacks Christ’s own Baptism in the Jordan, explaining that when Christ is baptized by John the Baptist, he brings the “mess of humanity” into the Jordan with him and makes the waters of Baptism holy. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1223-1228.

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,
0:09.3	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed
0:13.0	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by
0:16.7	Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering
0:21.9	our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is day 167.
0:27.6	We're reading paragraphs 1223 to 1228. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism,
0:33.2	which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version
0:37.0	of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:38.4	You can also download your own catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:43.2	slash CIY.
0:44.6	And you can also click follow or subscribe in your podcast app or wherever you're listening to this
0:48.9	podcast for daily updates and daily notifications because today is day 167.
0:52.9	We're reading paragraph 1223 to 1228.
0:55.0	We're continuing our journey into baptism.
0:57.9	So yesterday we talked about what's the sacrament called?
1:00.9	Perfigurations of baptism in the old covenant.
1:02.9	Now we have Christ's baptism and also baptism in the church.
1:06.4	So what is that?
1:07.1	So how did Jesus fulfill all the prefigurments and how did Jesus give it to us now?
1:12.1	And so we're going to talk about that today, right?
1:14.1	We know John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan.
1:17.6	Okay, why?
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