Day 176: Traditions and Signs of Confirmation

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

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🗓️ 25 June 2023

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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.

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0:00.0	I'm your 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
0:12.9	down to the tradition of the Catholic faith, the Catechism in a Year is brought to you by
0:16.4	ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering
0:20.9	our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is day 176.
0:25.5	We're reading paragraphs 1290 to 1296 as always. I'm using the ascension edition of the Catechism,
0:31.0	which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version
0:34.6	of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own Catechism in a Year
0:38.1	reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash C.I.Y. And lastly, you can click follow or
0:43.2	subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications today as dead as I said.
0:47.2	Day 176 reading paragraphs 1290 to 1290 to 1290. Yesterday we started talking about the
0:51.0	sacrament of confirmation. We continue today by talking about some nuts and bolts. First is
0:55.8	that there are two traditions in the church when it comes to the sacrament of confirmation. Remember,
0:59.5	the first sacrament of initiation gives us new life in Christ is baptism. That we recognize that
1:04.8	we must have that sacrament of confirmation for the completion of baptismal grace. So in the East
1:12.0	and in the West, two traditions developed over the course of time. One emphasized the unity
1:17.0	of baptism and confirmation. The other emphasized the role of the bishop in the place, the office
1:21.5	of the bishop. That's important in the first couple paragraphs. We'll talk about that. We're also
1:24.8	going to talk about the signs and the right of confirmation. So like anointing that there's oil,
1:29.5	that there's a spiritual seal that is imprinted on the person. Remember, there's an indelible mark
1:34.7	that accompanies these sacraments of baptism, of confirmation, of Holy Orders as well. But today,
1:40.6	we're talking about confirmation. So keep in mind all of these things. The signs and right of
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