Day 193: Communion Forever in Heaven (2025)

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

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🗓️ 12 July 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The Catechism wraps up its overview of the Eucharist by reminding us that the sacrament of Holy Communion is a foretaste of what is to come in heaven. Fr. Mike exhorts us to prepare our hearts here on earth so that they might be conformed to God, ready to unite with him forever in heaven. The Eucharist is a most excellent path to such unity. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1402-1405.

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,
0:09.3	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed it down
0:13.9	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in here is brought to you by ascension.
0:17.8	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church
0:21.0	discovering our identity and God's family. As we journeyed together to our heavenly home,
0:25.0	this is day 193. We're rating paragraphs 1402 to 1405. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition
0:30.6	of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along
0:34.2	with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism into your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:41.2	slash CIY.
0:42.5	Lastly, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications
0:46.5	because today we're almost closing in on day 200.
0:49.5	This is crazy, you guys.
0:50.3	Day 193, we're reading paragraphs 1402 to 1405. It is, well, it's the final four
0:55.4	paragraphs of this section on the Eucharist. Of course, we have a nugget day. It is massive
1:00.3	nugget day. This is family meal tomorrow. But right now, we're on this last piece of the Eucharist,
1:05.3	just highlighting the fact that the Eucharist is a mystery. It is, in fact, this section says, it is the pledge of the glory to come.
1:12.6	And this is completely, obviously this is true, right? We have Jesus himself, truly, substantially,
1:18.7	and really present in the Eucharist that comes to us. He feeds us. He has this intimacy with us,
1:23.0	right? Fear of sins and it preserves us from future mortal sins it strengthens us it strengthens
1:28.5	our relationship with him and all of that points towards the future glory that you and i are meant to
1:38.9	participate in in eternity and it's just ah so that's what we're going to talk about today. Let's just,
1:45.7	let's say a prayer because, yeah, the words here of Catechism 1402 to 1405 are beautiful
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