Father Mike Schmitz

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The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) · Day 268: The Precepts of the Church (2026) · 25 Sep 2026 podcast

It says, the faithful, therefore, have the right to be instructed in the divine saving precepts that purify judgment and with grace heal wounded human reason. matched

So that's one of your rights. matched

One of your rights as belonging to the Lord, as belonging to the Father, as being an adopted son or daughter, matched

is the fact that you have the right to be instructed in the truth. matched

In order to have a real relationship, every real relationship has real rights and real responsibilities. matched

This is so important for us to understand. matched

If I'm going to have a real relationship with God, that means, yes, I have real rights. matched

I have access to the Father. matched

It also means I have real responsibilities. matched

There are commandments that are placed upon me that I have to do. matched

That's a real responsibility. matched

But I love this, this reality. matched

that the catechism says here in 2037, one of those rights that you have, the one of the rights that we have as baptized Christians, as Catholics, is we have the right to be instructed in the divine saving precepts that purify our judgment and with grace heal wounded human reason. matched

I don't know if you've ever considered that to be a right. matched

I think sometimes, sometimes, maybe this isn't you, but maybe this is just me. matched

Sometimes I see that being instructed in the way of life, right? matched

In the way of God's commands, that's the burden. matched

That sometimes can feel like that's the tension, that's the challenge, that's the difficult part of the whole thing. matched

And yet, we're going to talk about this in a couple of days when we launch into the Decalogue, that the Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, the Ten Commandments, they come out of the relationship. matched

In fact, in the Old Testament, it says, Lord, how I love your law. matched

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