Day 150: The Epiclesis (2026)
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The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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What is the focus of Day 150 and which Catechism paragraphs are read?
Hi, my name is 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 down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. 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 150. We are reading paragraphs 1104 to 1112. As always, I am using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
The words are all in there. You can also download your own Catechism and your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com. You can also click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. I know I have subscribed, so why don't you? Also, a little quick thank you to all those who have supported the production of this podcast with your prayers, with your financial gifts. Thank you so much. We could not do this without you. It is day 150. We're reading paragraphs, as I said, 1104 to 1112. Yesterday, we talked about how the Holy Spirit recalls the mystery of Christ, especially here in that proclamation, right? In the proclamation of the word of God, the explanation of the word of God that elicits faith.
to the word of God, right? We give that consent. We give our amen and a commitment. We also talked about anamnesis yesterday, right? The remembrance. Today we're talking about epiclesis or epiclesis. I've heard it both ways, but we recognize that the Holy Spirit not only recalls the mystery of Christ and tells that story and brings it to us, the Holy Spirit makes present the mystery of Christ. And this is absolutely of utmost importance. In fact, I love, love paragraph 1104, where it says the Christian liturgy, not only recalls the events that saved us, but actualizes them, makes them present. And that's the thing that is of absolute importance for us to understand is that we're not redoing the sacrifice of Jesus.
We are re-present to it. We're re-presenting the sacrifice that once for all, but we are there. Why? Because the Holy Spirit makes present the mystery of Christ. So that's what we're talking about. today, among some other things. So let's say a prayer as we launch into today. Father in heaven, we praise your name and we give you glory. We thank you so much for the gift of your son. We thank you for the gift of your love for us. We thank you for the love between you and the son. That is the Holy Spirit that has been poured out into our hearts. In this moment, Lord God, we ask you to come and make your saving work present in our lives now. in the liturgy, outside the liturgy, in our lives, Lord God, by the power of your Holy Spirit, make present the reality of the Son's life, death, and resurrection.
In everything that we do, let every part of our lives be conformed to you. Let every part of our lives be touched and transformed by you. We make this prayer in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. It is day 150. We are reading paragraphs 11 of 4 to 1112. The Holy Spirit makes present the mystery of Christ. Christian liturgy not only recalls the events that saved us, but actualizes them, makes them present. The Paschal mystery of Christ is celebrated, not repeated. It is the celebrations that are repeated, and in each celebration, there is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that makes the unique mystery present. The epiclesis, invocation upon, is the intercession in which the priest begs the Father to send the Holy Spirit, the sanctifier, so that the offerings may become the body and blood of Christ, and that the faithful, by receiving them, may themselves become a living offering to God.
Together with the anamnesis, the epiclesis is at the heart of each sacramental celebration, most especially of the Eucharist.
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