Day 342: Trinitarian Prayer (2024)

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

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🗓️ 7 December 2024

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Summary

What is the significance of praying to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit? As we explore the path of prayer, the Catechism elaborates on the concept of trinitarian prayer and underscores the importance of establishing a relationship with each member of the Holy Trinity. Fr. Mike emphasizes that Christ is the focal point of Christian prayer, and he underscores the profound power of invoking the name of Jesus, as it represents his very presence. Today's readings are Catechism paragraphs 2663-2672.

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	Hi, my name is 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 down through the
0:13.7	tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.5	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering
0:21.7	our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is day 342.
0:26.8	We are reading paragraphs 2663 to 2672. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the
0:32.8	Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any
0:36.8	recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in a year reading
0:41.4	plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY, and you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast
0:46.4	app for daily updates and daily notifications. Today's day 342. Well done. Getting it all the way here.
0:53.8	You know, in paragraph 26, 66, 63, we're starting with a new
0:56.4	section, and the new section is talking about the way of prayer. So yes, yesterday we had the great gifts,
1:02.3	the well springs the day before that, the Word of God, these four well springs, among many,
1:06.5	the word of God, the liturgy of the church, the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love, and also today, knowing that we can only find God today. And if we can't find God today,
1:15.1	then we will not be able to find God at any time. If we can't find God here, we will never
1:19.5	be able to find God anywhere. And so taking this next step in Article 2, the way of prayer,
1:24.1	it's just remarkable because with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, right, the Holy Trinity,
1:29.4	there is this living tradition of prayer that the church proposes to every one of us. And this
1:34.6	living tradition of prayer is prayer to the Father, prayer to Jesus, and also prayer by the Holy Spirit.
1:41.8	Right? So even paragraph 2670 says, no one can say Jesus is Lord
1:45.2	except by the Holy Spirit. Every time we pray, every time we begin to pray to Jesus, it is the Holy
1:51.4	Spirit who draws us on the way of prayer by his prevenient grace. May that grace that even just
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