Day 226: The Supreme Gift of Marriage (2025)

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

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🗓️ 14 August 2025

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Summary

“Children are the supreme gift of marriage,” says Vatican II. Marriage is directed by its very nature toward the procreation of children. Beyond this, parents are the primary educators of their children, responsible for their holistic formation. Sadly, many couples suffer from infertility. Even in their struggle, they can provide a powerful witness of love, sacrifice, and fidelity. In all this and more, we see the family as the Domestic Church. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1652-1658.

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's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Catechism in Eir podcast, where we
0:09.6	encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed down through the
0:13.6	tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in Ears 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 and God's family. As we journey together toward our heavenly home, this is day 226. We're reading paragraphs 1652 to 1658. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes a foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism with the Catholic Church. you can also download your own catechism in a year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:21.2	slash ci. But you can follow along with any recent version of the catechism with the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in your reading plan.
0:39.5	But visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY.
0:42.2	You can also click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications.
0:45.6	Speaking of the day, thank you so much.
0:47.7	All of you for pressing play, day 26.
0:50.2	You guys, this is amazing.
0:51.3	Incredible.
0:52.0	We're almost that day, almost like we're close to only having 100 left.
0:56.7	But I hope that you are experiencing blessings in this.
1:00.3	We couldn't do this without you.
1:01.5	Thank you so much for all those who not only press play, but also press pray.
1:05.4	What did you think about that?
1:06.6	And support us, the working of making of this podcast with your spiritual gifts and
1:10.9	physical gifts and material gifts and all those gifts.
1:13.3	Such an incredible, what, gift today?
1:16.8	Oh my gosh.
1:17.6	I got to calm it down.
1:19.5	Bro, it is a 226 paragraph 1652 to 1658 yesterday.
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