Day 62: The Christ (2025)

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

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Why is Jesus named “The Christ”? Today we discover the meaning behind this powerful title. We also learn about the three-fold ministry of Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah. Fr. Mike explains the true meaning of the kingship of Jesus and how as followers of Christ, we have the opportunity to participate in his priestly, prophetic, and kingly ministry. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 436-440.

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, where we
0:09.9	encounter God's plan of your goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed down through the
0:13.8	tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by ascension.
0:18.1	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.5	It is day 62.
0:26.6	You guys were on the next page, at least in my reading plan, it is page three, I think.
0:31.3	Gosh, that's amazing.
0:32.2	62, paragraphs 436 to 440.
0:34.9	Today we're talking about Jesus, the Christ.
0:37.3	And so his name Christ, well, more on that in a second.
0:41.0	I'm using the Ascension Edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach.
0:44.9	But you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
0:48.0	Also, you can download your own catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:51.9	slash CI.
0:52.7	And maybe yours would be just like mine.
0:54.6	You'd be on page three right now. Also, you can click follow or subscribe in this podcast app for daily
0:59.1	updates and daily notifications. As I said today, yesterday, we were talking about Jesus,
1:04.2	the name of Jesus, which is just, again, bananas, so bonkers, incredible that the Lord God
1:09.7	gives us, he gives us his name.
1:12.1	He gives us access to himself, not just access to his heart, but also we can invoke his name
1:16.8	and call upon his name.
1:17.7	Also, today, there's a title, and that title is Christ, which comes from the Greek translation
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