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

Day 365: So Be It (2025)

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

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🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Congratulations, you have reached Day 365! We conclude our journey through the Catechism with the final “nugget day” as we review the seven petitions of the Lord’s prayer. In closing, Fr. Mike reminds us of the purpose of our time with the Catechism: recognizing that every part of our human experience matters to God simply because he loves us. It matters to God that we know him, worship him, live in his love, and draw near to him in prayer. We respond to God’s astounding love for each of us with our final “Amen- so be it.” Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2857-2865.

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 Eur podcast, where we

0:09.5

encounter God's plan of sure goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed down through the

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tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in here is brought to you by Ascension.

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In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is Day 365. Hour to 365. We're reading paragraphs 2857 to 2865. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith Approach, but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also, this is ridiculous. I don't know why am I even saying this. You can also download your own catechism in a year reading plan by visiting Accenturepress.com slash CIY. Also, you can, maybe just for fun. Maybe just for fun. You can click follow or subscribe to your podcast app for daily updates, daily notifications. Also, before anything further, I want to thank you so much. All of you who have been, you're here, Day 365, this is crazy. This is amazing. Did you ever think that you would read through the entire catechism? I can't imagine. So thank you so much. Also, thank you for your prayers. Again, the people who are on this, who produce this podcast are incredible people. People edit things.

1:11.6

I'm making all these mistakes and saying all the wrong things and people who go over, like what I've

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said and make sure that is actually consistent with what the Catholic Church teaches. I don't want

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to teach any error at all. But also just the ways in which we are praying for each other. Hopefully

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you've been spending a good portion of the last 365 days praying for each other. Hopefully you've been spending a good portion of the last 365 days

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praying for each other. I truly have been praying for you. I'm so grateful for your prayers

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and your financial gifts like again, this podcast is free to have but not free to make and we

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couldn't do without you. Okay, so let's get started. This is the where Nugget Day and how perfect is

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this for us to have our final day

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of Nuggets? And there are quite a few 2857 to 2865 going through basically all that we just covered when we're talking about the Lord's Prayer. We're talking about the Our Father. So an incredible, incredible review as we've launched into today. Let's let's just say a prayer before we dive into the into the chicky-nuggies, you know?

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Ridiculous.

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Okay, in the name into the chicky-nuggies, you know.

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Ridiculous. Okay. In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit, Amen, Father in Heaven,

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I thank you. I thank you for this opportunity, this chance to learn, this chance to hear the truth as articulated to us through the

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catechism by your church that you founded upon the rock of Peter, that you found it upon

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the apostles, that you filled with your Holy Spirit and have brought to this day.

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Thank you so much, Father.

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Thank you for this chance. I thank you for all the people who have brought to this day, thank you so much, Father. Thank you for this chance.

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I thank you for all the people who have worked on this project, all of them, every single one of

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