Day 195: Penance and Reconciliation (2025)

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

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Together, with Fr. Mike, we begin the chapter on the sacraments of healing, starting with the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. Fr. Mike emphasizes that Christ has given the Church the power of the Holy Spirit to continue his earthly ministry of healing and redemption with the sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick. He also points out that through Reconciliation, we not only receive God’s forgiveness, but are also reconciled to the Church. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1420-1426.

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,
0:09.5	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed
0:13.6	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by
0:17.1	Ascension. 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,
0:25.1	this is day 195. We're reading paragraphs 1420 to 1426. As always, I am using the
0:30.3	Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes a foundations of faith approach.
0:33.4	But you can follow along 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
0:40.3	slash C-I-Y.
0:41.9	That stands for Catechism in the year.
0:43.2	In case you're wondering, crack the code.
0:45.2	Here we are.
0:45.8	Also, you can click follow or subscribe in't want to thank people too often, but it's a big deal.
0:54.5	Thank you so much for everyone who's listening.
0:57.1	This is day 195.
0:58.0	This is crazy.
0:58.7	I mean, the fact that for 195, almost 200 days of this year, we've been on this journey together,
1:06.5	which is I was actually praying about this morning.
1:09.5	And I just blown away, blown away by the fact.
1:12.1	Because at first, remember at the beginning of this year when people were talking about Dave
1:15.9	Irbum instead of Dave Erbom? And there's an excitement there. There's, you know, kind of like
1:21.0	rolling out of the Bible in a year. Like let's launch into the catechism in the year. Super good.
1:25.4	And of course, with any year-long thing, people,
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