Day 295: The Wound of Abortion

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

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🗓️ 22 October 2023

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Summary

Together, with Fr. Mike, we examine the wound of abortion. Fr. Mike emphasizes that all human life deserves protection, especially the unborn, but he also emphasizes the importance of God’s mercy. He explains that those who have procured an abortion are excommunicated, subject to the conditions established by Canon Law. However, the excommunication does not limit the scope of God’s mercy, but rather highlights the gravity of the sin. Fr. Mike concludes by highlighting that if abortion is a part of your story, you are encouraged to take the step towards confession and forgiveness, to be met with mercy and love and be welcomed home. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2270-2275.

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,
0:09.4	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture, and passed
0:13.2	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to
0:16.4	by ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering
0:21.6	our identity and God's family as we journey together toward a heavenly home. This is day
0:25.4	at 995, we're reading paragraphs 20 to 70 to 2275. As always, I am using the ascension
0:30.8	edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can
0:34.0	follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also
0:37.4	download your own Catechism in a Year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash
0:41.4	C-I-Y, and you can click follow or subscribe to the podcast after daily updates and daily
0:45.7	notifications. One quick thanks to all of you who continue to pray. I always ask that
0:49.9	you always do it. I'm so grateful. Thank you all those also who have supported the production
0:53.9	of this podcast with your financial gifts. We couldn't do this without your prayers without
0:57.5	that help. Just thank you so much. As we launch into today, we recognize that in paragraphs
1:02.3	2270 and 2275, we're going to talk about abortion. Again, we're right in the midst. I mean,
1:08.5	we started a couple days ago, right in the midst of the fifth commandment. You shall not
1:12.6	kill. You should not take an innocent human life. We're going to talk about in paragraphs
1:16.0	2270 to 2275 that there are very few lives you could consider more innocent than the life
1:22.4	of an unborn baby, an unborn person. And so as we go into this, we recognize also, kind
1:28.2	of like I mentioned yesterday, yesterday's prayer, that this is the story of many people
1:32.9	who are listening. This is maybe it possibly could be the story of many people who are
1:36.7	listening. We know that abortion has marked our culture. Our abortion has marked the
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