Day 42: The Work of Creation (2025)

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

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🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Why did God create? The Catechism today gives us a glimpse into the reason for our existence as we learn about God’s marvelous work of creation. Fr. Mike emphasizes that creation is ultimately a work of the Holy Trinity and a work of love that reveals the glory of God. He also reminds us that creation is not a work of the past; God is constantly forming and breathing new life into our lives and hearts. Today we read Catechism paragraphs 290-298.

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 is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Catechism in a Year podcast,
0:09.1	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed
0:12.9	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith.
0:15.2	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
0:21.1	our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is day 42.
0:26.4	We are reading from paragraphs 290 to 298. That is nine deep paragraphs. But before we get
0:31.9	started, I just want to remind you, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes
0:35.3	the Foundations of Faith approach. But you can follow along, obviously, with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:40.2	Also, you can download your Catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:44.0	slash C-I-Y.
0:45.3	And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications.
0:51.2	As I said, it is day 42. We're reading paragraphs 290 to 298, which is, you guys, I don't know if you're loving this. I'm loving this. We talked about
0:59.2	God's power, almighty, the fact that creation is vastly unique because it's the question everyone
1:04.9	wants to know, what's our origin? What is our destiny? Are we accidents? Where is God involved
1:10.2	in all this? And why do I exist? You know,
1:12.9	in the original Baltimore Catechism, when I say original Baltimore Catechism, I mean in the Catechism
1:17.7	that was written somewhere like, I don't know, Baltimore in the last century. The first question
1:22.7	of the Catechism was, who made you? Now, we are getting really deep into that question,
1:27.7	who made you? And the answer, of course, is God made me. And the second question is,
1:31.8	why did God make you? And the answer is, God made me to know him, to love him, and to serve him
1:36.3	in this life, so as to be happy with him forever in the next. We're going to talk about that
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