Day 222: Matrimonial Consent

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

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🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Matrimonial consent is an indispensable element of the Sacrament of Marriage. Fr. Mike explains why it is essential for those entering marriage to express their consent freely and why in the Church’s eyes, “if consent is lacking, there is no marriage.” Fr. Mike also guides us through the Church’s teaching on annulment and clarifies why it can be complex. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1625-1632.

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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,
0:09.4	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture,
0:12.9	and passed down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is
0:16.3	brought to you by Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church,
0:21.1	discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together to our heavenly home.
0:25.2	This is day 222, we are reading paragraphs 16, 25, to 16, 32. As always, I'm using the
0:32.4	Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach. But you can
0:36.4	follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download
0:40.3	your own Catechism in a Year reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com slash C-I-Y,
0:45.2	and lastly, you can click follow or subscribe on your podcast app for daily updates and daily
0:49.3	notifications, because today is day 200 and 22, that is three twos right in a row reading paragraphs.
0:55.5	16, 25, to 16, 32 yesterday, we talked about the celebration of marriage, we talked about
0:59.7	the virginity for the sake of the kingdom, that reality. We also, a part of that celebration of
1:04.0	marriage, we have the matrimonial consent, which is pretty much essential. When I say pretty much
1:08.0	essential, it's essential. When it comes to entering into the covenant of marriage, there has to be
1:14.6	this consent, and also that consent has to be a certain kind. It has to be free, being not
1:18.8	under constraint and not impeded by any natural or ecclesiastical law. We're going to talk about
1:23.0	that as well as just kind of some, some not some bolts when it comes to the sacrament of matrimony
1:28.7	from paragraph 16, 25 to 16, 32. So in order to like launch in, let's launch in to prayer as we pray.
1:36.5	Father in heaven, you are good and you are pure God. You are the Lord of life and you're the Lord of
1:41.6	love. We continue to praise your name. We continue to thank you for this gift of holy matrimony. Thank
1:48.1	you for the gift of faithfulness. We thank you for even the fact that when we're unfaithful,
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