The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
A day-by-day walk through the transformative beliefs and teachings of the Catholic Church.
We found 8 episodes of The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) with the tag “salvation”.
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Day 87: Christ’s Life as Offering
March 28th, 2023 | 13 mins 52 secs
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Jesus Christ’s entire life was an offering to God the Father, and he freely embraced God’s will and his plan for salvation. We learn that the Eucharist memorializes Jesus’ free offering of himself.
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Day 86: God’s Plan of Salvation
March 27th, 2023 | 21 mins 22 secs
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We learn that Jesus suffered a violent death in accordance with the definite plan of God. Fr. Mike explains what it means to say God’s plan of predestination includes each person’s free will and response to the Father’s grace.
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Day 69: Born of the Virgin Mary
March 10th, 2023 | 18 mins 2 secs
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In this episode, Father Mike helps us to understand Mary’s role in the history of salvation. Through her belief and obedience, Mary becomes the Mother of God, and she cooperates in the redemption of the entire world.
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Day 68: The Mystery of the Incarnation
March 9th, 2023 | 17 mins 41 secs
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In this reading, we learn more about Jesus Christ’s nature as fully God and fully human. Because he was fully human, “like us in all things but sin,” Jesus had a human will that was perfectly aligned with the will of God the Father, a human body that can be seen and venerated, and a human heart with which he loves us.
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Day 67: The Humanity and Divinity of Christ
March 8th, 2023 | 18 mins 4 secs
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In this session, Father Mike teaches us more about the divine and human natures of the second person of the Holy Trinity, the Word that became flesh, Jesus Christ.
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Day 65: Why the Word Became Flesh
March 6th, 2023 | 19 mins 9 secs
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In this section of the Catechism, we learn that the Word became flesh to reconcile us with God, to manifest God’s love for us, to model holiness, and to make us partakers of the divine nature.
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Day 25: Summary of Faith
January 25th, 2023 | 12 mins 7 secs
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As Catholics, we can’t pick and choose the areas of Church teaching we want to accept; we must believe the entire truth of the Faith because we believe in God, who has revealed it to us.
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Day 8: God Forms His People
January 8th, 2023 | 16 mins 35 secs
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God chose Abraham and made him the “father of a multitude of nations.” Then God formed Israel as his people, freeing them from slavery in Egypt. Fr. Mike explains why God reveals himself in stages, and through the prophets who are honored as saints, he continues to form his people in the hope of salvation. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 59-64.