Day 30: God Is Who Is
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 30 January 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
God is truth, God is love, and God is being itself. Today's Catechism readings begin to unpack the eternal nature of God and share with us God’s “innermost secret." Fr. Mike teaches us that because God made us in his image and likeness, then we too are called to embody truth and love. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 212-221.
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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.
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 | I'm a name's Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to The Catacism in a Year Podcast, |
| 0:09.8 | where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed |
| 0:13.4 | down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. |
| 0:15.6 | The Catacism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:17.6 | In 365 days, we'll read through the Catacism of the Catholic Church discovering our identity |
| 0:22.4 | in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. |
| 0:25.4 | This is day 30. |
| 0:26.4 | We're reading paragraphs 2-12 through 2-21. |
| 0:29.5 | One of a chunk of change, I think yesterday, two days ago, we had four paragraphs. |
| 0:33.3 | Today we have a thousand. |
| 0:34.3 | I don't know if I counted that right. |
| 0:37.0 | 2-12 through 2-21, as always, before we get started. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catacism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, |
| 0:43.6 | but you can follow along in any recent version of the Catacism of the Catholic Church. |
| 0:47.0 | So feel free to do that. |
| 0:48.5 | Also, feel free to download your Catacism in a Year reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com |
| 0:52.8 | slash the i-y if you did. |
| 0:54.6 | You would know that we're sticking with the Father, Friend, the next. |
| 0:57.0 | I don't know. |
| 0:58.0 | 30 days? |
| 0:59.0 | I think so. |
| 1:00.0 | I think we're sticking with the Father for the next 30 days. |
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