Day 261: Justification

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

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🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to be justified? The Catechism teaches us today about the grace of the Holy Spirit and its power to justify us. Fr. Mike explains how justification detaches us from sin and purifies our hearts. We learn that justification brings about a marvelous inward transformation that bears witness to God's great mercy. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1987-1995.

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,
0:09.5	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed down
0:13.8	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in the Year is brought to you by
0:16.9	ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering our
0:21.8	identity in God's family as we journey together to a heavenly home. This is day 261 we're reading
0:26.8	paragraphs in 1987 to 1995. As always, I'm using the ascension edition of the Catechism,
0:32.0	which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version
0:35.8	of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own Catechism in a year reading
0:39.6	plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash cyy and you can click follow or subscribe to our podcast
0:45.0	app for daily updates and daily notifications because today is day 261 you know we're getting
0:49.2	closer and closer to that 265 mark which means only 100 days after this, but man why would we want
0:54.8	to rush? I don't know because this has been so good actually today. Today is article two here in
1:00.4	this next section on salvation and it's on grace and justification and so this is a huge massive
1:06.1	topic. I just do understand how is it that we are justified? How are we saved? Like what is grace?
1:11.2	What does grace do in our lives? Now we talked about this of course in pillar one, but we're also
1:14.9	talking about this in a very significant way here in pillar three because man the life of the Holy
1:21.2	Spirit. This is how we're called to live right? That we're not just covered by grace. Grace
1:26.6	does something inside of us right? We're not just clothed with Holy Spirit, not just clothed in
1:30.5	Christ although yes of course we are, but our fundamental disposition towards the Lord is
1:36.5	radically reoriented. We are made into new creatures. Remember we talked about this in pillar two
1:40.8	that what the sacraments do like Jesus does through the sacraments in us, the Holy Spirit right?
1:45.8	Radically changes us. We have become a new creation. And so what is that? And what does grace do?
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