Day 333: The Psalms (2024)

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

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🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The Psalms are essential and powerful prayers. Through praying the Psalms, we are giving praise to God and expressing our belief while simultaneously nourishing our faith. In the Psalms, we are reminded of God’s love, faithfulness, and presence, even in the dark moments of our lives. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2590-2597.

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 in a Year podcast,
0:09.3	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed down
0:13.4	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by
0:16.6	Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering
0:21.3	our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is Day
0:25.5	333. 33. We're reading paragraphs 2590 to 2597. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition
0:32.7	of the Catechism, which includes a foundation of faith approach, but you can follow along with
0:36.6	any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in a year
0:41.3	reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY. And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe
0:46.1	at your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications because today is day 33. It's
0:50.8	Nugget Day. I mentioned yesterday that we didn't talk too much about the Psalms,
0:54.8	that section there. So after we read the in brief, after we read the Nuggets, I thought,
0:59.8	let's go back and take a look at yesterday's paragraphs on the Psalms. Not like overly deep dive,
1:06.2	but, you know, let's investigate. How about? So today we're just going to enter into this nugget.
1:12.7	So we call upon our Heavenly Father.
1:14.4	We call upon Him in the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit.
1:17.0	Amen.
1:17.7	Father in heaven, in this name of your Son, Jesus Christ, we ask you to please, please receive our thanks.
1:23.4	Receive our praise.
1:24.7	Lord God, the Psalms, the Psalter is your gift to us so that we can praise you
1:29.6	the way you deserve. These prayers are your gift to us so that our hearts have a way of expressing
1:35.8	the truth and the depths of our hearts, but also reaching the truth and the heights that is you.
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