Day 78: Signs of the Kingdom (2025)

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

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🗓️ 19 March 2025

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Summary

Fr. Mike unpacks the signs of the kingdom of God that Christ performed while on Earth. These signs of the kingdom are a way for us to see that Jesus is not just “another prophet” but is, in fact, the Son of God. Fr. Mike reminds us that these miracles and signs can strengthen the faith, but they can also be opportunities for “offense.” We also examine the authority that Christ entrusts to St. Peter, and his unique role within the college of apostles, just like the unique role the Holy Father has within the Church today. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 547-553.

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,
0:09.6	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed it down
0:13.8	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by
0:17.3	Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic
0:21.3	Church, discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.6	This is Day 78. Congratulations, you guys are reading paragraph 547 to 553. As always, I'm using
0:31.6	the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can
0:35.4	follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Also, you can get your own free catechism in your reading plan
0:40.7	by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY. And also you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast
0:45.6	app for daily notifications. Today is, as I said, day 78. We're reading paragraphs 547 to 553.
0:52.3	We're talking about the keys of the kingdom. As you know, even following along,
0:55.2	you were here at day 77 yesterday. We are talking about the mysteries, right? The mysteries of Christ's life.
1:01.2	All of Christ's life is a mystery, like meaning it reveals the depths of God's heart. Of course,
1:06.7	we talked about the Christmas mystery. We talked about the mystery of Jesus' infancy, his hidden life. We talked about the baptism of Jesus and the his temptations. We also talked about the Christmas mystery. We talked about the mystery of Jesus' infancy, his hidden life.
1:11.3	We talked about the baptism of Jesus and the his temptations. We also talked about the kingdom
1:16.2	of God. That was yesterday. How Jesus came to establish the kingdom, right? The fulfillment of the
1:21.6	promise that God had made to Abraham so many years ago. And here is Jesus saying the kingdom is at hand, which is incredible,
1:30.0	amazing. Now, today, Jesus is going to be talking about the signs of the kingdom. So we recognized
1:35.5	yesterday, we talked about everyone is called to enter the kingdom, that yes, salvation is from the
1:40.2	Jews. And then it goes to the Gentiles, right? It goes to the whole world, everyone is called to enter
1:43.9	the kingdom. The kingdom belongs to the poor and the lowly yesterday. We talked about how
1:47.7	Jesus invites sinners to the table that, yes, he calls everyone, no matter how broken we are,
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