Day 196: Conversion of the Baptized (2025)

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

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🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

We continue our examination of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. Fr. Mike explores that interior conversion, or conversion of the heart, is a radical reorientation of our whole life. Conversion is so much more than just going through the motions or checking off the boxes. He emphasizes that interior conversion and repentance requires an active hatred for sin. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1427-1433.

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 through
0:13.6	the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by ascension.
0:17.2	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity in God's family.
0:22.9	As we journey together toward our heavenly home, this is day 196.
0:26.2	We're reading paragraphs 1427 to 1433.
0:29.2	As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations
0:33.1	of Faith approach.
0:33.9	But you can follow along with any recent version of the catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:41.3	slash CIY, and you can click follow or subscribing your podcast app for daily updates and daily
0:46.2	notifications does today. Is day 196? We're closing in on that that 200, the historic, mythical,
0:53.1	fable, the 200 mark. We are getting closer and closer by the day,
0:56.7	today, 196.
0:58.0	Okay, you guys, so yesterday we started talking about the sacrament of reconciliation and sacrament
1:02.7	of conversion, sacrament of penance, confession, forgiveness, as we said, reconciliation.
1:07.3	But today we're going to highlight the reality that this is truly a call to conversion.
1:13.2	Every time we approach to the Lord, we're called to convert, right?
1:16.3	We're called to transform our minds.
1:17.9	Metanoia is that Greek word, which means a transformation of the mind that changed the way,
1:22.5	not just we act, not just in our external behaviors, but to allow our hearts to be changed,
1:27.0	our minds to be changed, our minds to be changed,
1:28.2	to allow ourselves really truly where we find ourselves deeply in our hearts, that to be changed.
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