Day 55: The Fall of the Angels (2025)

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

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike explores the fall of the angels, and how their fall leads to our own “fall into death out of envy.” Together, we examine what caused some of the angels to fall, whether it be pride or envy, and how it affects humanity's reality within creation. Fr. Mike concludes with a commentary on the mystery of why Divine Providence permits evil and the actions of the fallen angels. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 391-395.

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 Any Year podcast,
0:09.5	where we encounter God's plan of sure goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed it down through the tradition of the Catholic faith.
0:15.4	The Catechism in a year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.4	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. It is Day 55, you guys,
0:26.5	reading paragraphs 391 to 395 on the fall of the angels. As always, I am using the Ascension
0:32.7	edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach. You can follow along
0:36.6	with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:38.7	Also, to download your own catechism in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com
0:43.0	slash CIY.
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0:49.4	I wish you could even write a review.
0:51.0	Maybe you could in like things like Apple Podcasts. I think they allow reviews because then you know what it does is just says, hey, there's what people think of this
0:57.8	podcast. Also, a little quick thank you to all those who support the production of this podcast
1:02.7	with prayers in financial support. I am so grateful we could not do this without you. As I said,
1:08.0	it is a 55 for reading paragraphs 391 to 395. Um, yeah, it is on,
1:12.3	as I said, the fall of the angels. We talked about how, here's God who created human beings.
1:17.6	And right, he created us in for good, for friendship. He created us male and female. He created
1:21.7	us body and soul. And then yesterday, we talked about the fall, the beginning of the fall,
1:27.0	noting that God is infinitely
1:28.6	good. All his works are good. And yet, and yet, we have rejected him. And that's the heart of sin,
1:34.4	right? The heart of sin we said yesterday is we have to recognize the profound relation of man to God,
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