Day 346: Meditation and Vocal Prayer

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

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🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Because man is both body and spirit, our prayers can be vocal and meditative. We learn that vocal prayer expresses the movements of our hearts and minds, enabling us to pray with the fullness of our being. Another form of prayer is meditation, which the Catechism tells us is “above all a quest.” In meditation, we employ our thoughts, imagination, and emotions to deepen our union with Christ. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2700-2708.

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's Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the
0:07.8	Catechism and a year podcast where we encounter God's plan of sheer
0:11.0	goodness for us revealed in scripture and passed down through the
0:13.7	tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in years brought to you by ascension.
0:16.9	In 365 days we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church
0:20.3	discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward
0:23.7	our heavenly home this is day 346 we're reading paragraphs 2700 to 27028 as
0:29.1	always I'm using the Ascension Edition of the Catechism which which includes the Foundations of Faith approach,
0:34.0	but you can follow along with any recent version
0:35.8	of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:37.1	You can also download your own Catechism in a year reading plan
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0:46.8	Today is day 346.
0:49.3	As I said, we're reading paragraphs 2,700 to 2,7028.
0:52.1	Yesterday we started chapter 3, the life of prayer.
0:55.6	Remember, we talked about this, that prayer
0:58.2	is the life of the new heart.
1:00.0	It ought to animate us at every moment,
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