Day 189: Worship of the Eucharist (2025)

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

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

We continue our examination of the sacrament of the Eucharist, specifically how we worship the Eucharist. Fr. Mike examines how we, as Catholics, worship Christ's true and real presence in the Eucharist. He emphasizes how incredibly important the worship of Christ in the Eucharist is, specifically in Adoration. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1378-1383.

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 the Year podcast, where we
0:09.7	encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed down through the
0:13.7	tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.5	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering
0:21.3	our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is Day
0:25.1	189. We're reading paragraphs 1378 to 1383. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of
0:31.0	the Catechism, which includes a foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any
0:34.4	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
0:40.5	slash CIY.
0:41.7	And you can also click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications
0:45.4	today.
0:46.6	We're continuing to talk about the Eucharist Day 189, paragraphs 178 to 1383.
0:52.2	Yes, you know, gosh, we're taking a big step. And the big step is, yesterday we talked
0:56.6	about how Christ is truly, really, and substantially present in the Eucharist. That translates
1:02.2	into what we're going to talk about the first part of today, which is the worship of Jesus in the
1:06.1	Eucharist, worship of the Eucharist. And that is, there's something about, we said before, right, the heart of religion
1:12.3	is worship. The heart of worship is sacrifice at the same time. So what do we do with the mass?
1:17.9	Right. The mass is the offering, the sacrifice of the son to the father and the power of the Holy
1:23.7	Spirit. That is the heart of the mass at the same time. Because Jesus is truly, really,
1:30.6	and substantially present, body, blood, soul, and divinity in the Eucharist, we truly worship the Eucharist.
1:36.2	We worship Jesus Christ, our God in the Eucharist. We're going to talk about that today.
1:41.1	We're also going to talk about how the Eucharist is not only a sacrifice.
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