Day 185: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence (2025)

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

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Together with Fr. Mike, we continue our examination of the sacrament of the Eucharist. Fr. Mike takes us back to the Book of Genesis, the sacrifices of Cain and Abel, and the Book of Exodus, the story of Moses and Pharaoh. He emphasizes that the point of freedom in life is to be led to the freedom to worship God and that it matters to God that we freely choose to attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1356-1361.

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,
0:09.5	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed down
0:13.8	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to by Ascension.
0:17.5	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church
0:21.7	discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.8	This is Day 185. We're reading paragraphs 1356 to 1361. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition
0:32.8	of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith approach, but you can follow along
0:36.2	with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. To download your own catechism and your
0:40.6	reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash CIY, and you can also click follow or
0:45.5	subscribe in your daily podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. And every single day,
0:50.3	here we are day 185. Also, you know, this is crazy. I don't know if you've thought about
0:54.7	this. I sometimes think about this. It's the 185. And I mentioned yesterday and kind of the day before
0:59.5	that we just passed halfway, which is awesome, so good. And have you ever noticed, I don't know,
1:05.8	I listen to podcasts and I love them and I realize I get this for free and someone pays for it, right? There's no such thing as a free lunch.
1:12.3	Someone pays for this.
1:13.2	So I'm so grateful, you know, because people have supported the production of this podcast
1:16.4	with their prayers, that financial gifts.
1:18.7	So just thank you for all of you who do that.
1:21.1	I'm just so grateful that the rest of us get to just listen for free.
1:24.8	It's awesome.
1:25.5	It's insane.
1:26.2	Okay.
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