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

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In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together to our heavenly home. This is Day 284. We're rating paragraphs 2196 to 2200. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach that you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in a year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY. And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Today is day 284. As I said, we're reading paragraphs 2196 to 2200. We're starting on that second part, part or second portion, I guess, what I would

say it like that division of the Decaholog? 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. The fourth commandment, of course, is to honor your father and your mother. And this

is remarkable. I don't know if you are

prepared for this because, you know, the last couple days, commandments one through three have had

aspects to them that I think truly are so compelling and reflect a depth of meditation on those

first commandments. Commandment four and five in the following, right, and the rest of these,

there is such richness. You know, we're teeing up the Fourth Commandments. Commandment four and five in the following, right, and the rest of these, there is such richness. You know, we're teeing up the Fourth Commandment today, but tomorrow we're

talking about the nature of the family and actually the role of the family in God's plan and what

the Christian family is supposed to look like. We're also looking at family and society, and

the duty that the family owes to society and the duty that society owes to families, we're also looking at family and society and the duty that the family owes to society and the duty

that society owes to families we're also going to talk about the duties of family members to each other

not only the duties of parents but also the duties of children we're going to talk about all this and more

basically but today as i said we're kind of teeing it up by looking at paragraphs 2196 at 2200 so let's say a

prayer and ask the Lord to give

us his vision for our family and for what families meant to be and what family could be, what your

family and my family could be by his grace. So we pray, Father in heaven, we pray in the name of your

Son, Jesus Christ, in the power of your Holy Spirit. Give us a clear vision.

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