Day 259: The New Commandment

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

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🗓️ 16 September 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

We continue our examination of the New Law or Law of the Gospel, specifically the Golden Rule and New Commandment of Jesus. Fr. Mike emphasizes that the New Commandment requires us to love God as the center of everything we are and everything we have. He also unpacks how the New Commandment is also known as the law of love, grace, and freedom. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1970-1974.

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 Any Year Podcast.
0:09.7	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.
0:15.4	The Catechism Any Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.5	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering our identity
0:22.1	in God's family as we journey together to our Heavenly Home.
0:25.0	This is day 259, we're reading paragraphs 1970 to 1974, as always, I'm using the Ascension
0:30.7	edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can
0:34.0	follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:37.3	You can also download your own Catechism in a year reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com
0:41.4	slash C.I.Y.
0:43.0	And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe to our podcast for daily updates, daily
0:46.3	notifications.
0:47.3	Today's day 259, we're continuing with the new law, or law of the gospel, as we read
0:51.0	paragraphs 1970 to 1974, we're talking about the golden rule, that's actually one of
0:55.0	the things whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
0:58.3	This is the law and the prophets.
0:59.9	Also, the entire law of the gospel is contained in the new commandment of Jesus.
1:04.6	What is the new commandment of Jesus?
1:06.5	This is it.
1:07.5	Love what another, as he has loved us.
1:10.3	Ultimately, the new law, and the new law is a law of love.
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