Day 33: God as Father
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 2 February 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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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.
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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 to Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Catechism in a Year Podcast, |
| 0:09.2 | where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed |
| 0:12.6 | down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. |
| 0:14.8 | The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:16.7 | In 365 days, we'll read through the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering |
| 0:21.1 | our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. |
| 0:24.6 | It is day 33. |
| 0:26.1 | You guys, this is our Jesus Day. |
| 0:27.4 | Jesus lived 33 years and we're reading paragraphs 238 to 242, a couple things before we get |
| 0:33.0 | started. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith |
| 0:37.0 | approach, but you can follow along obviously in any recent version of the Catechism of the |
| 0:40.5 | Catholic Church. |
| 0:41.5 | Also you can download your own Catechism in the A reading plan by visiting AscensionPress.com |
| 0:45.4 | slash C-I-Y. |
| 0:46.8 | And lastly, you can, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily notifications |
| 0:51.1 | and daily updates. |
| 0:52.1 | As I said, stay 33 reading paragraphs 238 to 242, a couple things. |
| 0:56.7 | We're going to continue to talk about how God has revealed himself to us as Trinity. |
| 1:01.8 | And this is the key thing that the Father is revealed by the Son. |
| 1:06.5 | And later on, we're going to talk about how the Father and Son is revealed by the Spirit. |
| 1:09.7 | That's tomorrow. |
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