Day 172: What Does Baptism Do? (2025)

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

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🗓️ 21 June 2025

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Summary

Baptism has profound effects upon the baptized: “purification from sins and new birth in the Holy Spirit.” The Catechism shows us that the graces of Baptism are so deep that—for the newly baptized—“nothing remains that would impede their entry into the Kingdom of God.” Fr. Mike relates to us the hard teaching that we are born mere beloved creatures of God—but through Baptism, we become adopted sons and daughters of God. Today’s readings are paragraphs 1262-1266.

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 sure goodness for us, revealed to end scripture, and passed
0:13.4	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to by
0:17.2	ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.4	It is day 172. We're reading paragraphs 1262 to 1266. As always, I'm using the Ascension
0:31.3	edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith approach, but you can
0:34.6	follow along with any recent versions of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in a reading plan by visiting
0:40.9	ascensionpress.com slash CIY, and you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates
0:45.9	and daily notifications today. It's day 172. We're reading paragraphs 1262 to 1266.
0:52.4	Yesterday we talked about the necessity of baptism. We also talked about faith and baptism
0:56.0	and who can baptize. Today, we're talking about the grace of baptism, right? What are the effects? What does it do?
1:01.5	And this is pretty remarkable, I think, because sometimes, again, we keep saying this again and again,
1:07.1	but oftentimes we can look at the sacraments as pure ritual, right? They are symbolic. They're not
1:12.6	efficacious. And yet, we are declaring in faith that baptism does something. It has a powerful
1:18.6	effect. One of things is it, you know, purifies us of sins. It gives us new birth in the Holy Spirit.
1:23.8	We become a new creature. And we're given the gifts of faith, hope, and love. We're given the power to act under the power of the Holy Spirit. We become a new creature and we're given the gifts of faith, hope, and love. We're
1:27.9	given the power to act under the power of the Holy Spirit. All of these things are given to us in baptism.
1:33.4	So we'll talk about all of those today as we begin. Let's continue to pray. Father in heaven,
1:38.5	you send out your Holy Spirit among us, and you've given us your Holy Spirit through the great
1:42.9	sacrament of baptism. This is the beginnings, the doorway to faith.
1:46.1	We ask that you please, as you pour your Holy Spirit into our lives through the sacrament of
1:50.4	baptism, continue to pour your Holy Spirit throughout the rest of our lives, into eternity,
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