Day 229: Christian Funerals
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this final episode of Pillar 2, we learn about the Christian funeral rite. Fr. Mike explains how the new life begun in Baptism comes to greater fulfillment as the Christian passes over from this earthly life into the fullness of the Kingdom. The Church, who has sacramentally nourished her children throughout their earthly pilgrimage, upon their death commends them to the Father and places their bodies in the earth to await the resurrection in hope. Each funeral is to end with a farewell to the beloved dead, knowing that we still share communion in Christ and will reunite in our heavenly home. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1680-1690.
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 the Year podcast, |
| 0:09.3 | where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed down |
| 0:13.5 | through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in the Year is brought to you by |
| 0:16.7 | ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering |
| 0:21.6 | our identity in God's family. As we journey together to our Heavenly Home, this is day |
| 0:25.6 | 229. We're reading paragraphs 1680 to 1690. As always, I'm using the ascension edition of the |
| 0:31.3 | Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any |
| 0:35.1 | recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own Catechism |
| 0:38.5 | in a year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash cyy. And lastly, you can click |
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| 0:47.2 | 229. You know what was coming? Here we are, article two. They'll very last paragraphs in |
| 0:54.5 | column two. It's called a pillar, not a column in pillar two of the Catechism on how we worship |
| 1:01.2 | the sacraments, all of this. And today, we're going to talk about article two, which is Christian |
| 1:05.1 | funerals. And this is just what an incredible way to conclude. We recognize, remember, the sacraments |
| 1:09.8 | are God's work, right? They're, they're, they're, we get to participate in God's work. And those |
| 1:14.2 | sacraments, they touch every aspect of our lives, especially those critical aspects, birth |
| 1:19.8 | and healing and sickness and marriage and joy and death as well. And so today, we're going to talk |
| 1:26.4 | about the role of Christian funerals because it is so important. And I think that there are a number |
| 1:31.6 | of us who maybe, you know, for no, through no fault of our own, we just don't know the significance, |
| 1:36.7 | don't know the importance of Christian funerals. So we're diving into that today. Before we do that, |
| 1:42.1 | let's say a prayer. So Father in heaven, we give you praise and glory and thank you. Thank you |
| 1:48.5 | for bringing us to this day. Thank you for walking, walking with us and leading us by the guidance of |
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