Day 42: The Work of Creation
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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🗓️ 11 February 2023
⏱️ 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.
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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.
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, |
| 0:09.4 | 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. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you |
| 0:16.5 | by Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering |
| 0:21.2 | our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is day |
| 0:25.6 | 42 reading for paragraphs, 298. That is 9 deep paragraphs. But before we get started, |
| 0:32.1 | I just want to remind you, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes |
| 0:35.2 | the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along obviously with any recent version |
| 0:38.9 | of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Also, you can download your Catechism in a year reading |
| 0:42.0 | plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash C-I-Y. And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe. |
| 0:48.6 | And your podcast and for daily updates and daily notifications, as I said, it is day 42 |
| 0:52.4 | reading paragraphs, 290 to 298. Which is, you guys, I don't know if you're loving this, |
| 0:57.3 | I'm loving this. We talked about God's power, Almighty. The fact that creation is vastly unique, |
| 1:03.7 | because it's the question everyone wants to know, what's our origin? What is our destiny? |
| 1:08.0 | Are we accidents? Where is God involved in all this? And why do I exist? In the original |
| 1:14.0 | Baltimore Catechism, I want to say original Baltimore Catechism, I mean in the Catechism, |
| 1:17.6 | that was written somewhere like, I don't know, Baltimore in the last century. The first question |
| 1:23.0 | of the Catechism was, who made you? Now, we are getting really deep into that question, |
| 1:27.6 | who made you? And the answer, of course, is God made me. The second question is, why did God |
| 1:32.3 | make you? And the answer is God made me to know him, to love him, and to serve him in this life, |
| 1:36.8 | who has to be happy with him forever in the next. We're going to talk about that a little bit. |
| 1:40.4 | We're just going to get a little glimpse of that question and that answer in today's paragraphs. |
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