Day 94: Christ’s Ascension into Heaven (2025)

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

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

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Summary

The Catechism unpacks the line from the Creed, “He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.” Fr. Mike highlights the reality that we do not have direct access to the Father without his Son, Jesus. Christ’s ascension into heaven means, “the irreversible entry of his humanity into divine glory,” uniting our humanity with God’s divinity in a remarkable way—which finds its earthly culmination in the Holy Mass. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 659-667.

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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1:03.8	Hi, my name's 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 it down through the tradition of the Catholic faith.
1:06.1	The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
1:11.4	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity in God's family. As we journey together toward our heavenly home, it is Day 94, reading paragraphs
1:16.3	659 to 667. In fact, it's kind of the entire section on Christ ascended into heaven about his
1:22.0	ascension. Speaking of ascension, I'm using the ascension edition of the Catechism, see how I did
1:26.6	that, which includes
1:27.5	the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism
1:31.2	of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in a year reading plan by visiting
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