Father Mike Schmitz
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360 recordings
4 series
first heard Dec 2024
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Father Mike Schmitz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Thus, a true filial spirit toward the church can develop among Christians.
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It is the normal flowering of the baptismal grace which has begotten us in the womb of the church and made us members of the body of Christ.
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In her motherly care, the church grants us the mercy of God which prevails over all our sins and is especially at work in the sacrament of reconciliation.
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With a mother's foresight, she also lavishes on us day after day in her liturgy the nourishment of the Word and Eucharist of the Lord.
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The Precepts of the Church The precepts of the Church are set in the context of a moral life bound to and nourished by liturgical life.
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The obligatory character of these positive laws decreed by the pastoral authorities is meant to guarantee to the faithful the very necessary minimum in the spirit of prayer and moral effort in the growth of love of God and neighbor.
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The first precept, you shall attend Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor, requires the faithful to sanctify the day commemorating the resurrection of the Lord as well as the principal liturgical feasts honoring the mysteries of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the saints.
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In the first place, by participating in the Eucharistic celebration in which the Christian community is gathered and by resting from those works and activities which could impede such a sanctification of these days.
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The second precept, you shall confess your sins at least once a year, ensures preparation for the Eucharist by the reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, which continues baptism's work of conversion and forgiveness.
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The third precept, you shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season, guarantees as a minimum the reception of the Lord's body and blood in connection with the paschal feasts, the origin and center of the Christian liturgy.
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The fourth precept, you shall observe the days of fasting and abstinence established by the church, ensures the times of assesis and penance which prepare us for the liturgical feasts and help us acquire mastery over our instincts and freedom of heart.
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The fifth precept, you shall help to provide for the needs of the church, means that the faithful are obliged to assist with the material needs of the church, each according to his own ability.
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The faithful also have the duty of providing for the material needs of the church, each according to his abilities.
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There we have it, paragraphs 2037 to 2043.
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Before we launch into the precepts, I think there's something really, really powerful about just taking a moment and highlighting paragraph 2037.
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Out of the others, they're all good as well.
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But there's something so powerful here.
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It says, the law of God entrusted to the church is taught to the faithful as the way of truth in life.
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Yeah, of course, the law of God, the way of truth in life.
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That's how we grow.
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