Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Catechism in a Year podcast,

where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed

down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by

Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church,

discovering our identity and God's family as we journeyed together toward our heavenly home.

It is Day 73. Wow. And we are reading paragraphs 512 to 521. I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith Approach, but you can follow along

with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Also, you can download your own catechism in a year reading plan by visiting

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daily updates and daily notifications. As I said, today is day 73. Well done. By the way, you guys, I know for crying out loud, it's one of those

situations where I'm just so proud of you. I think, you know, 90 days make a habit. Some people

say 30. Some people say 60. We are well on our way to that 90 days to make a habit. And hopefully

this has been a great and blessing of a habit for you. You know, yesterday we concluded that

section on, here is Mary and her virginity.

She was the mother of God. She is the Ereversion, perpetual virgin and also Mary's virginal

role, her virginal motherhood in God's plan. Now, we're taking a step now. And the step is

the mysteries of Christ's life. That's the topic for today or the beginning of the topic

for today because for the next few days, we're actually going to be walking through some of the mysteries of Christ's life. That's the topic for today or the beginning of the topic for today, because for the next few days, we're actually going to be walking through some of the mysteries

of Christ's life. The first thing the church highlights is that Christ's whole life is a mystery.

And then tomorrow we'll go on through Jesus' infancy, the mysteries of that and his hidden life,

you know, his life at Nazareth with Mary and Joseph, and then finally

with the mystery of his public life and the mystery of his passion and whatnot. That's coming

later on. But today, what we're going to look at is how Jesus' whole life is a mystery. When I say

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