Day 252: The Common Good
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 9 September 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The Catechism sets up a pair of definitions for us that, at first glance, appear circular, but upon close examination, reveal profound interdependence: “The good of each individual is necessarily related to the common good, which in turn can be defined only in reference to the human person.” Fr. Mike uses a fascinating thought experiment to illustrate where the common good originates: you. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1905-1912.
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 in a Year Podcast, |
| 0:09.0 | where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed |
| 0:13.0 | down to the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:17.0 | 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 to our Heavenly Home. This is a 252 we're |
| 0:26.0 | reading paragraphs 1905 to 1912. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, |
| 0:31.0 | which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent |
| 0:35.0 | version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own Catechism |
| 0:38.0 | in a Year reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com slash C-I-Y, and you can click |
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| 0:46.0 | you might even be willing to leave a review. Actually, if you leave a review, it does |
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| 0:55.0 | maybe more people would hear about it, and then maybe more people would listen, and maybe |
| 0:58.0 | more people would come to know the love that God has for them. So, if you don't mind, |
| 1:02.0 | leave a, I don't leave a one-star review for kind of a lot. If it's day 252, you love |
| 1:07.0 | that. Can I say that? You love this? I don't know if you love it or not. Maybe you |
| 1:11.0 | just tolerate it. That's fine too. Today we're talking about the common good. It's day 252, |
| 1:15.0 | very good. 1905 to 1912. Yesterday, we talked a bit about authority. And how legitimate |
| 1:21.0 | authority is exercised legitimately only when it seeks the common good, and if it |
| 1:26.0 | employs morally lists, it means to attain this, and that all the laws they enact are |
| 1:30.0 | according with right reason. So, what is the common good? Now, this is really interesting. |
| 1:35.0 | This is actually, and this is fascinating, because we have the individual good, right? |
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