Day 292: Respect for Human Life
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
We begin exploring the fifth commandment: “you shall not kill”. The Catechism reminds us that human life is sacred, and we must not take the life of another innocent human. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus takes this commandment even further as he calls us to avoid anger, hatred, and vengeance in addition to loving our enemies. By forgiving and extending to others the same love and mercy we are willing to extend to ourselves, we are respecting the dignity of that person. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2258-2262.
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 in a Year podcast, |
| 0:09.3 | where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed down |
| 0:13.2 | through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:16.8 | In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity |
| 0:21.6 | and God's family as we journey together toward our Heavenly Home. This is day 292, we're reading |
| 0:26.0 | paragraphs 2258 to 2262 as always. I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, |
| 0:32.1 | which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version |
| 0:35.6 | of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, probably know that by now. You can also download your |
| 0:38.9 | own Catechism and your reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com, slash C-I-Y, and lastly, you can |
| 0:43.8 | click follow or subscribe on your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Today's |
| 0:47.8 | day 292, we're jumping into, we're leaving, we're departing the fourth commandment, not leaving it |
| 0:52.6 | behind, but just, you know, moving on to the next commandment, the fifth commandment, |
| 0:56.2 | Article 5, thou shalt not kill. You shall not kill. And so today we're going to talk about, |
| 1:00.4 | basically, just some of the first paragraphs, the foundation for this command of against killing. |
| 1:05.1 | Now, obviously, well, maybe it's obvious, but the foundations for this is the foundation for all |
| 1:11.0 | of the last seven commandments, right? Commandments four through ten have as their foundation piece |
| 1:17.3 | the dignity of the human person. Therefore, the foundation of the fifth commandment is the |
| 1:22.1 | dignity of the human person and that every taking of an innocent human life is against this fifth |
| 1:27.8 | commandment. So we're looking at that as well as respect for human life and the witness of sacred |
| 1:32.4 | history when it comes to this command of you shall not take an innocent human being's life. |
| 1:37.7 | So as we launch into today, let's call upon our Heavenly Father and His Son and the Holy Spirit |
| 1:43.9 | to be with us now. Father in heaven, we praise you and we glorify your name. In the name of your |
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