Day 28: The Nature of God (2024)

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

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🗓️ 28 January 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss the nature of God, “who” God is, beginning with God the Father. Our reading explains how the Creed begins with God the Father because he is the first Divine Person of the most Holy Trinity. God is one Divine Being made up of three persons, and his identity is a deep mystery. Fr. Mike explains that God is a single ‘what’ made up of three ‘who’s.’ Despite this mystery, God is not an anonymous force. He has revealed himself to us by making his name known to us, and he has thus made himself accessible. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 198-204.

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
0:07.9	Catechism in a year podcast where we encounter God's plan of
0:10.8	sheer goodness for us revealed in scripture and passed down through the
0:14.0	tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by
0:17.3	ascension. In 365 days we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic
0:21.2	Church, discovering our identity in God's family as we journey
0:24.7	together toward our heavenly home.
0:26.4	This is day 28.
0:27.4	We're reading paragraphs 198 to 204.
0:30.0	I mentioned this a little bit yesterday, we're jumping into chapter one I believe in
0:33.8	God the Father Article 1 I believe in God the Father Almighty creator of heaven and earth that
0:37.8	is what we're talking about today so if you have a catechism with you that would be
0:41.0	phenomenal you can get the ascension edition of the catechism that's what I'm using
0:44.2	which includes the foundations of faith approach but you can also follow along in any
0:47.8	recent version of the catechism of the catholic church if you want to you can
0:51.1	download your catechism in a year reading plan for free by visiting
0:54.4	Ascension Press.com slash C.I.
0:56.8	And also you can follow or subscribe.
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