Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Catechism Any Year podcast,

where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed down through the tradition of the Catholic faith.

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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 homeland.

This is Day 215.15. We're reading paragraphs 1569 to 1576. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes a foundations of faith approach that you can follow along with any recent version of the Caticism of the Catholic Church.

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that you're probably holding up your end as well today's tape 215. We're in paragraphs 1569 to 1576.

Well, we talked yesterday about the ordination of priests. Before that, the ordination of bishops. Today

we're going to talk about ordination of deacons as well as how is that sacrament celebrated. And so

deacons are that third, I don't want to say third tier, but we'll say it like that. You know,

it's part of the hierarchy. So there's tears there. The third aspect. Remember the bishops and the

priests, they share, they participate in the priesthood of Jesus in a unique way. And the deacons are

ordained to serve. Remember that diaconia is that, that ministry of service. And it's really remarkable, goes all the way back to the Acts of the Apostles. Just such an incredible gift. If you know some deacons who have, who serve so well, you just think, wow, these guys are givers, right? They're so generous in their heart. That's the heart of the deacon is the heart of a servant. Now, we're also going to talk about two other middle mini sections. The mini sections are, so how do we celebrate this sacrament? And also, who can confer the sacraments of holy, or the sacrament of holy orders, bishop, priest, and deacon? Who can do that? We're talking about that. Those things today.

Let's say a prayer and call upon the Holy Spirit, that Spirit of life, that spirit of love, that spirit

who continues to fill us with God's grace. We pray. Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ,

your son, I ask you to please send your Holy Spirit upon us.

Remind us of who you are, remind us of your love, remind us of your goodness so that we can trust you even more fully today.

Help us to renew our faith, hope, and love in you.

Those gifts of faith, hope, and love are truly graces from you. Lord God, pour them out

upon us. Help us to say yes and respond to them in a powerful way and never let us be separated from you.

In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

amen. It is day 2115. We are reading paragraphs 1569 to 1576.

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