Day 21: Believing God

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

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🗓️ 21 January 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike continues reflecting on the meaning of faith and how it works in our lives. We learn that faith is a grace from God, a supernatural virtue that is not contrary to human freedom or reason. Fr. Mike reminds us that to have faith is not just to believe in God, but to believe God and everything he says. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 150-155.

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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.

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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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to The Catacism in a Year Podcast,
0:09.7	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed
0:13.7	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith.
0:15.8	The Catacism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:18.1	In 365 days, we'll read to The Catacism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity
0:22.7	in God's family as we journey together toward our Heavenly Home.
0:25.6	This is day 21 reading paragraphs, 150 to 155.
0:30.5	Couple things keep in mind as we get started.
0:31.8	I'm using the Ascension edition of The Catacism, which includes the foundations of faith approach,
0:35.8	but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catacism of the Catholic Church.
0:39.6	Also you can download your own Catacism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:44.4	slash C-I-Y.
0:46.4	And also you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily notifications.
0:50.1	As I said today is day 21.
0:53.4	Praise the Lord, three weeks, you guys.
0:55.2	You know, that might not seem like it's anything significant.
0:57.8	It is incredibly significant because I think we got, I said this the last couple days,
1:02.9	I think we've gotten through some of the grindy things, right?
1:06.2	Some of that kind of like, what, where are we going?
1:08.2	Where's the traction?
1:09.2	Where's my footing?
1:10.2	And here we are, yesterday able to launch into this, what's our response to God's revelation?
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