Day 45: Summary of Creation (2025)
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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🗓️ 14 February 2025
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Summary
In this “In Brief” section of the Catechism, we review that only God has the power to create, that is, to call into existence something from nothing. God made man and the entire universe as a manifestation of his love, and he keeps the world and all of us in existence by his will. Fr. Mike discusses one of the greatest mysteries of our faith: God bringing good out of evil. He says we won’t fully understand this mystery until we are united with God in heaven. In a broken world, we are called to trust in the goodness of God. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 315-324.
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 it down |
| 0:13.6 | through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by |
| 0:17.3 | Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic |
| 0:20.8 | Church discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. |
| 0:24.8 | It is day 45. We're reading paragraphs 315 to 324. I'm using the Ascension edition of the |
| 0:30.6 | catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any |
| 0:34.3 | recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Also, you can download your catechism into your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com |
| 0:40.8 | slash C-I-Y, and you can follow or you can subscribe to this podcast in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. |
| 0:47.8 | Also, just two things. |
| 0:49.5 | I want to thank you. |
| 0:50.5 | Everyone who's supported the production of this podcast with prayers and financial gifts, |
| 0:54.2 | we couldn't do it without you. And also, thank you for being with us. I mean, I know, |
| 0:58.4 | you know, this is a nugget day. I don't know if you know that. Today's a nugget day. |
| 1:02.1 | Nugget day at the end of this whole section. We're going to have the in brief of paragraphs |
| 1:05.9 | 315 to 324. It's incredible because we summarize, the Catechism summarizes in these short paragraphs, |
| 1:12.8 | everything we've been diving deeply into for the last number of days. But also, I am so grateful |
| 1:18.2 | because here we go. Like, I kind of feel like, and I don't know if I keep saying this. I don't |
| 1:22.7 | know if you feel this way too, but I just, gosh, it's like we're finally underway. It feels like we're really moving. |
| 1:28.1 | I don't know if it feels like that to you, but we are moving. And it feels like, so I don't know, |
| 1:31.7 | hey guys, by the way, if you like angels, we're talking about angels tomorrow. And I know people are |
| 1:36.2 | like, oh my gosh, let's talk about angels. Let's hear about those. Why are we talking about angels tomorrow because we talked about creation for the last few days. And among the first things that God created are the angels, which is amazing. |
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