Day 282: The Sunday Obligation

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

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🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Why are Catholics obligated to attend Mass every Sunday? The Catechism teaches us today about the centrality of the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist in the life of the Church. Fr. Mike emphasizes that Sunday Mass is at the heart of our worship because it is the participation in the representation of the Paschal Mystery. He invites us to honor the Sunday obligation out of love for Jesus. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2177-2183.

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 a Year podcast,
0:09.2	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed down
0:13.3	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.0	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity,
0:22.1	and God's family, as we journey together toward our Heavenly Home. This is day 282
0:26.1	we are reading Paragraph 2177 to 2183. As always, I am using the Ascension edition of the Catechism,
0:32.3	which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version
0:36.1	of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own Catechism in a Year
0:39.5	Reading Plan by visiting AscensionPress.com slash C.I.Y. And lastly, you can follow or subscribe
0:44.8	your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Today is day 282. Yesterday,
0:49.4	we started talking about the Lord's Day, we started talking about the Third Commandment.
0:52.7	Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy? We know that the Sabbath Day has been transferred
0:56.8	from Saturday, right? That seventh day of the week to the eighth day, the first day of the week,
1:01.0	which is Sunday, the Lord's Day, the Day of Resurrection, because as we heard yesterday,
1:05.2	Sunday is the fulfillment of the Sabbath. Now, because of that, yes, we're invited into rest.
1:12.3	I think we're commanded into rest. We're also invited slash commanded into worship.
1:17.7	And we recognize that the Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and his Eucharist is at the heart
1:22.5	of the church's life. There is nothing more important that we do than the Sunday Eucharist.
1:27.6	That is the heart of everything. It is our participation in the representation of the Paschal
1:33.5	mystery. So yes, the church is called and actually commanded to take care of the poor. The church
1:38.0	is commanded to spread the gospel. Yes, absolutely, completely. At the heart of that is the Sunday
1:44.8	celebration of the Eucharist. Therefore, we're going to talk about this. It's a holy day,
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