Day 6: Knowing God With Certainty
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Today’s reading is a summation of what we have learned so far. Man is made for God, and we are born with a capacity for knowing God. Using our senses, listening to our consciences, and employing our gift of reason, we can know with certainty that God exists. Fr. Mike explains how we live freely only in communion with our Creator, even if we are limited in our capacity of comprehension. Knowing this compels us to share our faith in God with those who do not yet believe. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 44-49.
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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 Any Year Podcast, |
| 0:09.7 | where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture in past |
| 0:13.8 | down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. |
| 0:16.1 | The Catechism Any Year is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:18.4 | In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church to discover our identity |
| 0:23.7 | in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. |
| 0:26.9 | This is day 6. |
| 0:27.9 | A few reminders, I'm using the Ascension Catechism, Ascension Edition of the Catechism, |
| 0:32.1 | which includes the foundations of faith approach. |
| 0:34.0 | You can follow along with any recent version of the Catholicism of the Catholic Church. |
| 0:37.4 | You don't have to get the Ascension version, although that has some bells and whistles that |
| 0:42.3 | help follow along. |
| 0:44.1 | Speaking of following along, you can download your Catechism Any Year reading plan by visiting |
| 0:47.8 | AscensionPress.com slash C-I-Y. |
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| 0:54.4 | notifications. |
| 0:55.9 | Goodness, gracious, it is day 6. |
| 0:57.5 | We're reading paragraphs 44 through 49, as I might have mentioned yesterday, I think |
| 1:01.4 | I did. |
| 1:02.4 | These paragraphs 44 through 49 are the in brief. |
| 1:05.3 | So we've completed chapter 1 of section 1 of part 1. |
| 1:10.4 | So you guys, we're six days in. |
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