Day 99: Symbols of the Holy Spirit (2025)

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

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🗓️ 9 April 2025

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Summary

Fr. Mike explores the different symbols the faithful use when discussing the Holy Spirit, such as fire, water, and anointing. We examine how these symbols help us more fully apprehend the person of the Holy Spirit. Fr. Mike unpacks the meaning of each symbol, as well as each symbol's connection to the Old Testament. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 694-701.

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,
0:09.4	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed down
0:14.4	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to by Ascension.
0:18.4	In 365 days, we'll read to the Catechism of the Catholic
0:21.9	Church discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly
0:26.1	home. This is Day 99, you guys. Congratulations. They're almost there. Almost to Day 100, which is amazing.
0:31.9	We're reading paragraphs 694 to 701. I'm using, as always, the Ascension edition of the Catechism,
0:36.7	which includes the Foundations of Faith approach. You to follow along with any, any recent version of the
0:40.8	Catholic Church. I'm also using the Catechism in your reading plan, what you can get at
0:45.1	ascensionpress.com slash CIY. You also can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily
0:50.9	updates and daily notifications. As I said, it is day 99, paragraph 694 to 7.01.
0:56.0	Yesterday we talked about the joint mission of the sun and the spirit. So that, yeah, just
1:00.5	although they are distinct, two different persons of the Holy Trinity, they are inseparable
1:05.4	in their mission here. Also, we talked about the proper name of the Holy Spirit being Holy Spirit
1:10.6	and the titles of the Holy Spirit. Today, we're going to look at about the proper name of the Holy Spirit being Holy Spirit and the titles of
1:11.8	the Holy Spirit. Today, we're going to look at a number of symbols of the Holy Spirit. So we have
1:15.9	everything from water, anointing, fire, cloud, and light. The seal is the symbol close to that
1:22.8	of anointing, the hand, the finger, and the dove today. So we recognize that Jesus is the image of the invisible
1:29.1	God. So Jesus is that full manifestation. And we actually, you know, in taking on flesh,
1:34.3	God becomes visible. God becomes tangible in some ways, you know, incarnate, the incarnation, right?
1:39.6	The infleshment of God. At the same time, you know, we think of the father, you know, sometimes
1:45.4	whether to our detriment or whether it's in a helpful way, we think of the father in the way
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