Day 257: The Old Law

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

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🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

We continue the section on moral law, specifically focusing on the Old Law. Fr. Mike emphasizes that the Old Law is the first stage of Revealed Law. He also unpacks how the Old Law acts as preparation for the Gospel. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1961-1964.

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	I'm a name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to The Catechism in Your Podcast,
0:09.2	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed down
0:13.4	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in years brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.2	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity
0:22.0	and God's families we journey together to our Heavenly Home. This is day 257,
0:26.0	we're reading paragraphs 1961 to 1964, as always I'm using the Ascension Edition of the Catechism,
0:31.9	which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent
0:35.5	version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own Catechism
0:39.0	any year reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com slash C-I-Y, and you can click
0:43.2	follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates, daily notifications, day 257.
0:47.6	Today you guys were getting closer to that 260 mark. We're getting close to the 360 mark for
0:52.0	crying out loud, but 257, for your guys 1961 to 1964. Yesterday we talked about the natural moral
0:57.7	law and we had this recognition, right, this knowing that we're talking about the moral law,
1:02.3	the law written on our hearts, but also there is the revealed law. That's what we're talking about
1:06.1	today, the old law tomorrow. We'll talk about the new law or the law of the gospel. But remember,
1:11.8	God has written the truth. God has written goodness in the human heart. He's written the moral law
1:17.9	in every human heart. There's such a thing as conscience that we all experience.
1:21.6	Now, at the same time, St. Augustine has this great quote in paragraph 1962 from today's reading
1:26.8	where he says, God wrote on the tables of the law what men did not read in their hearts.
1:32.4	And so here is God who makes it more explicit, right? Yes, there is a moral law that's the natural
1:37.5	law written in our human hearts. And yet God wanted to go further than that. He wanted to make it
1:42.0	absolutely clear what is the right way to walk and to walk it. Now, at the same time,
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