Day 284: The Fourth Commandment (2024)
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The fourth commandment addresses the most universal human relationship: our relationship with our parents. Why does God command us to honor our father and our mother? Fr. Mike explains why this commandment sets the foundation for all the other commandments. He shares the 3 levels of respect and what it looks like to honor our parents despite their brokenness and imperfections. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2196-2200.
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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| 0:00.0 | Hi my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Catechism |
| 0:08.2 | in a year podcast where we encounter God's plan of shared goodness for us |
| 0:11.7 | revealed in scripture and passed down to the tradition of the Catholic faith. |
| 0:14.7 | The Catechism in a year is brought to you by ascension. In 365 days we'll read through the |
| 0:19.4 | Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together |
| 0:23.7 | to our heavenly home, this is day 284. |
| 0:26.3 | We're rating paragraphs 2196 to 2200. |
| 0:29.5 | As always, I am using the Ascension Edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith |
| 0:33.2 | approach that you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic |
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| 0:47.4 | Today is day 284. |
| 0:48.4 | As I said, we're reading paragraphs 2196 to 2200. |
| 0:51.5 | We're starting on that second part or a second portion I guess what would say like that division of the Decalog |
| 0:56.7 | Commandments 4 through 10 and so today looking at this chapter 2 which is the great commandment second great commandment right you shall love your neighbor as yourself |
| 1:06.0 | the fourth commandment of course is to honor your father and your mother |
| 1:09.6 | and this is remarkable I don't know if you are prepared for this because you know the last couple days |
| 1:13.6 | Commandments one through three have had aspects to them that I think truly are so |
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