Day 19: Summary of Sacred Scripture (2026)

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

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🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Today, we arrive, with Fr. Mike, at the In Brief section for Article III. Together, we revisit eight of the main ideas or “nuggets” from the readings of the past six days. Fr. Mike concludes this section by reminding us of the importance of the unity between and veneration of the 46 books of the Old Testament and the 27 of the New. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 134-141.

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,
0:09.3	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed down
0:14.0	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:18.2	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic
0:21.5	Church, discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly
0:25.3	home. It is day 19, and we're reading paragraphs 134 to 141. That is the in brief that we have
0:31.1	summed up here. The end of this section 1, divine revelation, still going, because we have next,
0:36.2	tomorrow in the next couple days, our response to divine revelation, which is faith. But today, we're ending that chapter two here in section one, the revelation and the revelation of God to us. And so we have the in brief. We just have a couple paragraphs today. But if you want to know, I'm reading from the ascension edition of the catechism, which includes Foundations of Faith approach. You can follow along in any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also follow along with a reading plan by going to ascensionpress.com slash CIY. Lastly, you can click follow or subscribe or whatever the button is that indicates that you are part of this community in the fact that even just
1:11.5	are listening right now.
1:12.5	The fact that you press play on day 19, that indicates you're part of the community.
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1:20.9	As I was just trying to say, it is the in brief day.
1:23.6	And what do we know about the in brief day?
1:25.0	In brief day is nugget day.
1:26.4	These are just, I think,
1:27.6	how many is this? This is, we have five plus three. That's eight. We have eight little nuggets at the end of
1:33.7	this chapter two, the revelation. And what we've been looking, reading through, we've been walking
1:39.1	through for the last bunch of days here on the revelation of God to us has been just so powerful. It's so beautiful. And so we have this. We know that all scripture, even though there's 73 books, is one book, right? Because that book is Jesus. That's what we're going to hear about. We're going to be reminded of this. Reminded that, that we're not a religion of the book. We're a religion of the word. And that word is a person.
2:01.6	It's not a dead letter. It is a person. The word of God who took on human flesh became one of us
2:07.0	and dwelt among us, right? That's what we're going to hear about. We're going to be reminded of this
2:10.3	that we've been listening to for the last few days. Also, we know that all the scripture,
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