Day 71: Mary’s Virginity (2025)

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

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The Catechism tackles a few important issues regarding Mary, the mother of God—her motherhood, her virginal conception of Jesus, and her perpetual virginity. Fr. Mike reminds us that, regardless of the opinions of translators and modern theologians, our Faith steers us towards a correct understanding of our Blessed Mother. Today's readings are Catechism paragraphs 495-501.

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,
0:09.3	where we encounter God's plant of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed
0:13.3	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith.
0:15.5	The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by ascension.
0:17.7	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church,
0:21.3	discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.1	It is day 71.
0:26.6	My goodness.
0:27.2	We're reading paragraphs 495 to 501.
0:29.0	As always, I am using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach.
0:33.6	But you can 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
0:41.4	slash cI.
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0:49.2	As I said, it's day 71 reading paragraphs 495 to 501.
0:52.7	We are deep now in this section that talks about what the Lord has done, how the Lord came to us through the Blessed Virgin Mary.
1:00.0	So yesterday we talked about the fact that Jesus was truly born of the Blessed Virgin Mary and that God had called forth Mary.
1:08.1	He had a plan for her, a mission for her, and he gave her everything
1:10.9	that she needed to accomplish that mission, including the fact that she was immaculately conceived,
1:15.6	right? She was preserved from all stain of original sin by the merits of her son's future,
1:19.9	life, death, and resurrection. And so that's this key thing we had. And then her humble submission,
1:24.2	her humble yes to God, which is what we're called to do. Now, today we're
1:27.9	going to launch into three other kind of notes. One is Mary's divine motherhood, that we've
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