Day 188: Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist (2025)

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

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🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Together, with Fr. Mike, we explore the reality of Christ’s true presence in the Eucharist. Fr. Mike unpacks what actually happens during the celebration of the sacrifice of the Eucharist, specifically, transubstantiation. He explains that during the Consecration, the whole substance of bread and wine becomes the whole substance of the Body and Blood of Christ. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1373-1377.

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's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Catechism in a year podcast
0:09.1	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed down
0:13.4	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism is brought to you by ascension.
0:17.4	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.
0:24.6	This is Day 188. We're reading paragraphs 1373 to 1377. As always, I am using the
0:30.7	Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith approach,
0:34.0	but you can follow along with any recent version of the catechism with the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in a year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:41.4	slash CIY, and you can also click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily
0:45.8	notifications. Because today, as I said, is day 1888. We were writing paragraphs 1373 to 1377.
0:51.4	We were talking about the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist,
0:55.0	which is remarkable, not only for its own sake, but also because, you know, I didn't read
1:00.8	ahead yesterday, but I was talking about transubstantiation yesterday. And so it gave you a little sneak
1:04.9	pink, little heads up into what we're going to read today. It is a miracle. That's akin,
1:11.7	I don't know, I was going to say akin to the incarnation, but it really is that at every mass, in every tabernacle around the world,
1:19.7	bread and wine become truly, really and substantially, the body and blood, soul and divinity
1:26.6	of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:29.4	It's incredible.
1:30.7	And so as we talk about this holy thing, I made a little joke at the beginning, but as we
1:34.5	talk about this holy thing, let's just ask the Lord to help us to appreciate the, even
1:39.9	to begin to appreciate the depth of his love for us that at every mass he transforms bread and wine
1:47.5	into his body and blood truly really and substantially so let's pray now father in heaven we give
1:53.9	you praise and we thank you for the gift of your church the gift of faith hope and love we thank you
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