Day 242: The Virtue of Faith

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

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🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The origin, motive, and object of the theological virtues are God himself. Today, we dive into the theological virtues, beginning with the virtue of Faith. Fr. Mike unpacks the meaning and purpose of the virtue of Faith and emphasizes that Faith is deeply rooted in trust in God. Lastly, Fr. Mike reminds us that Faith should be lived out along with Hope, and Love, and also professed to those who do know yet know God. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1812-1816.

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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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to The Catechism Any Year Podcast,
0:09.2	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed
0:13.4	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism Any Year is brought to you
0:16.7	by 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 242.
0:26.8	You're reading paragraphs 1812 to 1816. As always, I am using the Ascension edition of
0:32.0	the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along
0:35.3	with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download
0:38.4	your own Catechism in a year reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com slash C-I-Y.
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0:52.0	Today is day 242, reading paragraphs 1812 to 1816. We're introducing the theological
0:57.6	virtues as well as the first of those theological virtues, faith. So the three theological virtues,
1:02.7	we already talked about the cardinal virtues, right? Prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude.
1:07.8	Now we're talking about the theological virtues, and their root, the human virtues, are
1:11.3	rooted in the theological virtues, which is something we'll read in paragraph 1812. Those
1:16.6	theological virtues of faith, hope, and love we will talk about today and tomorrow because
1:21.7	they're so important, they are necessary to live the Christian life. To have the virtues,
1:26.4	the gift, of course, of faith, hope, and love, but also to have the virtues of faith and
1:30.4	of hope and of love is essential for anyone who is following after the Lord. Of course,
1:36.3	remember we said this yesterday, so human virtues, they're acquired by education, by deliberate
1:40.6	acts and perseverance. That's every new repeated efforts. Of course, that's paragraph 1810. However,
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