Day 176: Traditions and Signs of Confirmation (2025)
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Together, with Fr. Mike, we continue our examination of the sacrament of Confirmation, specifically the two Traditions and different signs of Confirmation. Fr. Mike unpacks the differences in the two Traditions, East and West, in the celebration of Confirmation. He also explores the different signs that oil and anointing in the sacrament of Confirmation can signify. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1290-1296.
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 |
| 0:12.9 | down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to by |
| 0:16.5 | Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. |
| 0:24.4 | This is Day 176. We're reading paragraphs 1290 to 1296, as always. |
| 0:29.3 | I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version of the catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in a year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com |
| 0:40.2 | slash CIY. |
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| 0:45.4 | And daily notifications today is today. |
| 0:46.7 | As I said, day 176, reading paragraphs 1290 to 1296. |
| 0:49.9 | Yesterday we started talking about the sacrament of confirmation. |
| 0:52.5 | We continued today by talking about some nuts and bolts. |
| 0:55.2 | First is that there's two traditions in the church when it comes to the Sacrament of Confirmation. |
| 0:59.0 | Remember, the first sacrament of initiation what gives us new life in Christ is baptism. |
| 1:03.6 | That we recognize that we must, we must have that sacrament of confirmation for the completion of baptismal grace. So in the east and in the |
| 1:12.4 | west, two traditions developed over the course of time. One emphasized the unity of baptism and |
| 1:17.7 | confirmation. The other emphasized the role of the bishop in the place, the office of the bishop. |
| 1:22.2 | So that's important. The first couple paragraphs will talk about that. We're also going to talk |
| 1:25.3 | about the signs and the right of confirmation. So like |
| 1:27.7 | anointing, that there's oil, that there's a spiritual seal that is imprinted on the person. Remember, |
| 1:33.0 | there's an indelible mark that accompanies these sacraments of baptism, of confirmation, of, of holy |
| 1:39.4 | orders as well. But today we're talking about confirmation. So keep in mind all of these things. |
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