We can't lose our faith the way we lose our car keys. We either give it away or we let it decay

because we don't use it. Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz. And in my new book, Unshakeable,

building a life of virtue in a world of chaos, I tell faith-filled stories that inspire you

to live a life of virtue that flows from the unshakable power of God.

Although we're surrounded by a culture that mocks virtue, we can feed ourselves stories

that really do uphold what is good and promote a virtuous life.

When we live this way, we experience freedom and joy like never before.

It's my prayer that the stories in my book, Unshakeable, will inspire you

to fight the battle for a virtuous life and win through trust in an unshakable God. Order

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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Catechism in a Year podcast,

where we encounter God's plan of sure goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed down

through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by

Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism

of the Catholic Church discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our

heavenly home. This is Day 265. You guys, we are 100 days away. From the end, we're reading paragraphs

2012 to 2016. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CI. And you can click follow or subscribe to your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Thank you so much also, by the way. P.S. Thank you for all those who have supported the production of this podcast with your prayers, your financial gifts. Honestly, we couldn't do this without you. Today we're talking about Christian holiness. You know, yesterday we talked about merit and I was, I shared that I was so, so grateful to be able to talk about merit. Today, I want to be even more grateful if it's possible. This recognition

that every one of us is called to be a saint. Every, every one of us has been created by God,

for God. Every one of us has been redeemed by Jesus Christ and we're called to cooperate with that

redemption. We're called to cooperate with His grace. And we're called to ultimately be holy and so this is just

this huge huge in paragraphs 2012 to 2016 just this reminder of the depth to which God has created

redeemed and now is calling all of us to the heights of holiness and this is you and this is pause on

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