Day 20: Stepping in Faith (2025)

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

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🗓️ 20 January 2025

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Summary

As we dive into a new chapter today, we learn about how we are called to respond to God’s Revelation. In particular, we discover that Mary and Abraham are models of faith who show us how to be obedient by submitting our intellect and will to God. Fr. Mike assures us that even though God doesn’t usually give us the whole picture of our lives, he gives us just enough light to take the next step in faith. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 142-149.

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,
0:09.2	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed
0:13.4	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by
0:17.5	Ascension. In 365 days, we will read through the Catechism of the Catholic
0:21.6	Church, discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.9	It is day 20. We're reading paragraphs 142 to 149. You might have noticed this. We are in a new
0:31.4	chapter. The chapter is the response. And so last few days, we've been going through the revelation.
0:35.9	God revealed himself to us.
0:41.4	He doesn't just want to reveal himself to us so we can be aware of him. He wants to reveal himself to us so we can respond to him. We can have a relationship with him. So that's what we're
0:45.4	talking about for the next few days in this response. Just so you know, I'm using the
0:49.3	Ascension edition of the Catechism, which the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along in any recent version of the catechism of the Catholic Church. Also, you can download your own
0:57.7	catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY. You can also
1:02.2	click follow or subscribe your podcast app for daily notifications and also just a quick thank you.
1:08.5	To everyone who's ever supported the production of this podcast with your prayers,
1:12.3	with your financial gifts, literally could not do it without you.
1:16.4	So grateful.
1:17.6	So again, it is day 20, reading paragraphs 142 to 149 in this new chapter on the response.
1:25.0	Now, this is something that's just, I can't tell you how often I come back to
1:29.5	these few 142 to 149. That sounds like seven, give or take, seven paragraphs, 142 to 149. I can't
1:36.2	tell you how many times I come back to this when I'm teaching our students. I can't tell you how
1:39.8	many times I come back to this when it comes to like, so what is faith in its heart? Like, is faith just
1:45.5	more than intellectual assent? Is faith something more than just a feeling like I trust? Is faith
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