Day 187: The Church’s Sacrificial Unity (2025)

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

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🗓️ 6 July 2025

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Summary

Together, we continue our exploration of the sacrificial memorial of the sacrament of the Eucharist. Fr. Mike reiterates that the whole Church, both visible and invisible, is united in the Sacrifice of the Eucharist. He also further unpacks the importance of a quote from St. Ignatius of Antioch, which states that the offering of the sacrifice of the Eucharist must be united with the apostolic succession of our Pope and bishop. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1369-1372.

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,
0:09.5	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed down
0:13.7	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in Ears brought to you by ascension.
0:17.7	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering
0:21.6	our identity and God's family as we journeyed together toward our heavenly home. This is day 187.
0:27.4	We're reading paragraphs 1369 to 1372. Just a couple short paragraphs today. As always, I'm using
0:32.7	the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can
0:36.6	follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own
0:40.6	catechism in a year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY, and you can click
0:45.7	follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates, daily notifications today, day 187.
0:50.8	Again, as I said, kind of a short, short little section. It's a continuation of yesterday.
0:55.0	Remember yesterday we started talking about the sacrificial memorial of Christ and of his body,
0:59.2	the church. And so we kind of concluded yesterday talking about how as members of the church,
1:03.6	as members of the body of Christ, we not only offer the sacrifice united with Christ.
1:07.9	We also have to be the sacrifice united with Christ. And so we're going to talk about that a little bit today.
1:11.6	But also we recognize, in a reminder of the fact that, remember, the church is not just the visible church.
1:17.6	It's not just the church that we see here on earth.
1:20.6	There's also all the saints in glory in heaven and the faithful departed in purgatory.
1:26.6	And they are all part of this great sacrifice as well. Those saints in heaven and the faithful departed in purgatory. And they are all part of this great sacrifice as
1:30.2	well. Those saints in heaven who continually cry out and praise to the Lord. They continually lift up
1:36.6	the join in the praise and glory of God the Father. And also the saints in purgatory who receive the
1:43.1	benefits. They receive the benefits.
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