Day 297: The Cross of Suicide

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

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🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The cross of suicide is a violation of the fifth commandment that, tragically, many of us have been impacted by in our world today. Fr. Mike explains that we are stewards of the life that God has entrusted to us, not owners. Our lives are precious gifts, and we have a responsibility to care for them. He also emphasizes that we should not lose hope for the eternal salvation of those who take their own lives. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2280-2283.

Listener discretion advised. This episode contains references to suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please contact someone you can trust and/or contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 (available 24 hours everyday). You are loved, you are beautiful, and you are absolutely irreplaceable.

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's Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Catechism
0:08.3	in a year podcast where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us
0:11.7	revealed in scripture and passed down through the tradition
0:14.4	of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in years brought to you by ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the
0:19.9	Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering our identity and God's family
0:23.4	as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is day 297, the last number on my
0:28.6	checklist of the Catechism in a year reading plan. We're reading paragraphs
0:32.1	2280 through.3. As always,
0:35.5	I'm using the Ascension Edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of
0:38.6	Faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version of the
0:41.2	Catechism of the Catholic Church you can also download
0:43.5	your own Catechism and your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:46.6	slash C. I. Y. And lastly you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily
0:50.4	updates in daily notifications today is day two ninety seven as I said it is the online that's day day to 997.
0:54.0	As I said, it is the on my sheet, at least my catechism
0:56.0	and your reading plan.
0:57.0	It is the last day, and so that means we have
0:59.0	I think two full sheets left.
1:00.0	Is that like, that sound familiar to anyone here? I think so. And we're reading paragraphs
1:04.9	2-80, 2-23 yesterday. I keep saying this, but yesterday we talked about euthanasia, the day
1:10.4	before abortion. Today we're talking about suicide again talking
1:13.6	about very serious things and the recognition that all of our lives have been well
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