Day 215: Deacons and the Diaconate

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

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Together, with Fr. Mike, we examine the ordination of deacons and the diaconate. Fr. Mike unpacks each of the essential elements of the rite of the ordination of deacons as well as each of the tasks of the deacon. He emphasizes that only a validly ordained bishop can validly confer the sacrament of Holy Orders. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1569-1576.

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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,
0:09.3	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed down
0:13.2	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.1	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering our identity
0:22.0	in God's family, as we journey together toward our Heavenly Homeland. This is day 215. We
0:26.1	were reading paragraphs 1569 to 1576, as always I'm using the Ascension Edition of the Catechism,
0:31.5	which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent
0:34.8	version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own Catechism in
0:38.3	a year reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com slash C-I-Y. You can also click follow or
0:43.2	subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Today, I just want to
0:47.3	take a moment to thank you so much. All of you have supported the production of this podcast with
0:51.2	your financial gifts, your prayers. We couldn't do this without you. I ask our prayers at the end of
0:55.5	every, every one of these episodes and I promise you I am praying for you every, literally,
1:01.0	every single day. You're part of my daily prayers, part of my daily mass I offer for every
1:06.3	person listening to this just so you know that I'm praying for you. I'm only up my head at the
1:09.6	bargain and I know that you're probably holding up your end as well. Today is day 215,
1:14.7	and we're in paragraphs 1569 to 1576. Well, we talked yesterday about the ordination of priests.
1:21.5	Before that, the ordination of bishops. Today, we're going to talk about ordination of deacons as well
1:25.3	as how does that sacrament celebrate it? And so, you know, deacons are that that third, I don't
1:30.8	want to say third tier, but we'll say it like that. You know, it's part of the hierarchy. So,
1:33.7	there's tiers there. The third aspect, remember, the bishops and the priests, they share, they
1:39.1	participate in the priesthood of Jesus in unique way and the deacons are ordained to serve. Remember
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