Day 33: God as Father (2025)

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

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🗓️ 2 February 2025

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Summary

The Catechism describes the various ways that God has revealed himself to us as Father over the ages, and gives us insight into God the Father “in relation to his only Son,” Jesus. Fr. Mike entreats us to examine our relationships with our earthly fathers and how they might be impacting our vision of God as Father. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 238-242.

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	My name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Catechism in a Year podcast, where we
0:09.6	encountered God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed down through the tradition
0:13.6	of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. In 365 days,
0:18.3	we'll read through the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering
0:21.0	our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:24.5	It is day 33.
0:26.0	You guys, this is our Jesus Day.
0:27.3	You know, Jesus lived 33 years.
0:28.9	And we're reading paragraphs 238 to 242.
0:32.2	A couple things before we get started.
0:33.9	I'm using the ascension edition of the catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along, obviously, in any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:41.3	Also, you can download your own catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:45.4	slash CIY.
0:46.7	And lastly, you can.
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0:52.1	As I said, State 33 reading paragraphs 238 to 242.
0:55.5	Couple things. We're going to continue to talk about how God has revealed himself to us as Trinity.
1:01.5	And this is the key thing, that the father is revealed by the son. And later on, we're going to
1:07.7	talk about how the father and son is revealed by the spirit. That's tomorrow. But today we're talking about how the fact that the father is revealed by the son.
1:13.2	God throughout the course of Israel's history, he does reveal himself like a father.
1:17.6	And we realize that many religions might invoke God as father.
1:21.8	And yet, and yet, the beginning of Israel, there's this hint that, oh, God loves you like a father.
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