Day 210: The Sacrament of Holy Orders (2025)

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

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🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The Catechism enters Chapter Three on the “Sacraments at the Service of Communion” which include both Holy Orders and Matrimony. As it introduces the sacrament of Holy Orders, Fr. Mike reminds us that every vocation is a gift, and that—no matter what state of life we are in or have been called to—we should read this chapter with an open heart and a grateful spirit. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1533-1538.

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, where we
0:10.0	encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed down through the
0:14.5	tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.9	In 365 days, we'll read through the catechism of the Catholic
0:21.5	Church discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:26.0	This is Day 210. We're reading paragraphs 1533 to 1538. We're just starting a new section on
0:33.0	the sacraments of mission, sacraments of at the service of the community, holy orders, and matrimony.
0:40.2	So good.
0:41.2	As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catholicism, which includes a foundations of faith approach,
0:45.5	but you can follow along with any recent version of the catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:48.9	You can also download your own catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:52.9	slash CIY.
0:54.0	You can also click follow or subscribe in your reading plan by visiting ascentiumpress.com slash CIY. You can also click
0:54.7	follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Also, speaking
0:59.7	to notifications, I want to make a little note myself, a note to thank all of you who have supported
1:05.4	the production of this podcast with your prayers and financial gifts. Could not do this without you.
1:10.0	We could not get to day 210
1:11.2	without you also. I know I mentioned this yesterday, but it kind of is a big deal. It seems like a
1:16.2	really big deal for me. It is a big deal to me, but it seems like a big deal that anyone, I mean,
1:22.5	that here we are on day 210 and you keep pressing place. So good. Incredible. We have 155 days left, right?
1:29.9	That's good math. I think that's good math. And yet we're way, way, way past the halfway mark.
1:36.0	This is, this is good. We're cooking with gasoline right now, as some people say, I don't know.
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