Day 46: Heaven and Earth (2025)

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

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🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

God created heaven and earth — all that we see and all that we don’t see. We learn that the earth is filled with men and many things we can see, but our faith tells us that there are many things on earth that we cannot see, including the presence of God and angels. Fr. Mike explains how human beings are spiritual and corporeal creatures, but angels are immortal, purely spiritual creatures. He tells us more about the role of angels and how, possessing intellect and will, they too are created to glorify God. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 325-330.

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,
0:09.4	where we encounter God's plan of sure goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed
0:13.4	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you
0:16.9	by Ascension. In 365 days, where we're through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.0	It is day 46. You guys, we're reading paragraphs 325 to 330. As always, I'm using the
0:30.7	Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can
0:34.3	follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Also, you can download your catechism in a year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:41.1	slash C-I-Y.
0:42.3	That stands for catechism in a year.
0:43.9	If you haven't picked that up yet in 46 days, also, you can click follow or subscribe in
0:48.0	your podcast app to receive daily updates and daily notifications.
0:51.4	You guys, today, I think you're going to be happy. Today and tomorrow, in fact, that's not the kind of radio hostee.
0:56.4	Today and tomorrow, here we go.
0:58.3	But today and tomorrow, we're going to be going through this paragraph five called heaven
1:03.0	and earth.
1:03.3	Now, I noted this before, but we're reading paragraphs 325 to 330, but in the Catechism,
1:08.9	which refers to each number, right, in front of each paragraph.
1:12.1	But in the Catechism, they also have a thing called paragraphs.
1:15.5	They have paragraphs, and then they have paragraphs.
1:17.5	But you know, that's what we have.
1:19.3	So this is paragraph 5, heaven and earth.
1:20.8	And so we're going to talk about all things visible and invisible.
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