Day 270: The Ten Commandments (2025)
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 27 September 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
God reveals himself and his glory through the Ten Commandments. We begin exploring the Ten Commandments as shown in the Catechism and learn about how these laws are not meant to limit us, but set us free from the slavery of sin. Fr. Mike reminds us that the Commandments are truly a gift from God and reflects his love for us. Today’s readings are the Ten Commandments and Catechism paragraphs 2052-2063.
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 | We can't lose our faith the way we lose our car keys. We either give it away or we let it decay |
| 0:06.3 | because we don't use it. Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz. And in my new book, Unshakeable, |
| 0:11.8 | building a life of virtue in a world of chaos, I tell faith-filled stories that inspire you |
| 0:17.1 | to live a life of virtue that flows from the unshakable power of God. |
| 0:21.6 | Although we're surrounded by a culture that mocks virtue, we can feed ourselves stories |
| 0:25.6 | that really do uphold what is good and promote a virtuous life. |
| 0:29.6 | When we live this way, we experience freedom and joy like never before. |
| 0:35.6 | It's my prayer that the stories in my book, Unshakeable, will inspire you |
| 0:39.8 | to fight the battle for a virtuous life and win through trust in an unshakable God. Order your |
| 0:46.6 | copy at ascensionpress.com. |
| 1:00.5 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Catechism in a Year podcast, |
| 1:04.7 | where we encounter God's plan of sheer 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. |
| 1:08.6 | 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 270. We're reading paragraph, well actually reading the commandments and paragraphs, 252 to 2063. 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 |
| 1:31.0 | own catechism in your year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash C-I-Y. You can also |
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| 1:44.7 | poor guy, poor gal. |
| 1:46.9 | I'm sorry for you, but I'm also thankful for you. |
| 1:49.4 | Thank you to all of those who've supported the production of this podcast with your prayers, |
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| 1:54.8 | We could not do this without you. |
| 1:56.3 | I'm so grateful. |
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