Day 310: The Gift of a Child

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

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🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Children are a gift from God. Children have integrity and rights. With these key principles in mind, Fr. Mike reviews the Catechism’s teachings about marriage, family, child bearing, sterility, and adoption. Because “a child is not something owed to one but is a gift”, we must protect the dignity of the child at the forefront of all decisions. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2373-2379.

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	My name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Catechism and
0:08.2	a year podcast where we encounter God's plan of sure goodness for us, revealed in
0:12.1	scripture and passed down through the tradition of the Catholic faith.
0:15.0	The Catechism in years brought to you by ascension.
0:17.0	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering our identity in God's family as we journey
0:23.6	together toward our heavenly home this is day 310 we're reading paragraphs 2373 to
0:28.4	2379 as always I'm using the Ascension Edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach,
0:34.2	but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:37.9	You can also download your own Catechism in a year reading plan for the last 55 days.
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0:49.7	Just the last quick thank you for all those who have supported. The production of this podcast with your prayers.
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0:58.3	Thank you so much to get us here today, 310.
1:00.8	As I said, we're reading paragraph 23 to 2379 yesterday we talked about the
1:05.6	the quantity of marriage and conjugal fidelity so faithfulness remember we had
1:09.3	those four marks of God's love the four marks of God's love are God's love is always free, total, faithful, and fruitful.
1:17.0	And so we recognize that here in paragraph 23, 64, and 65, the faithfulness of marriage, that's a essential part of this love.
1:26.7	Also fecundity, and that fruitfulness is an end of marriage, and so it naturally tends to be fruitful. Now what do you mean by
1:34.3	fruitful? Well today we're looking at 2373 and 2379 is the gift of a child and
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