Day 159: When the Liturgy Is Celebrated (2026)
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The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
14 min
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6 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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. This is day 159. We are reading paragraphs 1163 to 1167. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes a Foundations of Faith approach. But you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own Catechism in a Year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com.
And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Today is day 159. As I said, we're reading paragraphs 1163 to 1167. The question, remember, we're asking the questions. We went all the way back to the very beginning and asked those four questions. Who celebrates the liturgy? How is the liturgy celebrated? When is the liturgy celebrated? And where is the liturgy celebrated today? Question is when? When is the liturgy celebrated? And so we're looking at today the liturgical seasons as well as the Lord's Day. So two kind of concepts. First is the liturgical seasons that goes all the way back. to Mosaic law, right? It goes all the way back to the beginnings of the Bible.
What question frames Day 159 of the Catechism in a Year?
It goes all the way back to the Lord's day.
Which Catechism paragraphs are read and why do they matter?
And then we actually going to talk about the Lord's day. In fact, where you probably know this already is that Sabbath, right? That, that day of rest Sabbath is Saturday. And yet we celebrate the mass. We celebrate the Lord's day on Sunday. So How did that transformation happen? And why do we do that? Well, we do it, spoiler, because of the resurrection. That's why. And it says this, the Lord's day, the day of the resurrection, the day of Christians is our day. And so as we launch into this, when is the liturgy celebrated? We have liturgical seasons. We have the Lord's day tomorrow. We'll talk about the whole liturgical year, but right now we're concerned with today. And that's the big word. The big word of today is actually just simply that the word of the day is today.
When do we celebrate the Eucharist today? When do we come before the Lord today? And when do we have the chance to say yes to Jesus? Well, the answer is today. And so let's pray right now. Father in heaven, you have given us this day. You've given us this day to say yes to you. You've given us this day to say yes to your mercy. You've given us this day to say yes to your courage. You've given us this day to say yes to hope. And we ask you to please, in this moment, in wherever we are at right now, We ask you, please open up our hearts, open up our minds so that we don't delay anymore. So we don't say later, we don't say tomorrow, but we simply say yes today. Now, Lord, now is the time. This day is the day.
Help us to give you our whole yes, our whole heart, our whole selves right now in this moment. Today, we make this prayer in Jesus' name.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
It is day 159. We're reading paragraphs 1163 to 1167. When is the liturgy celebrated? Liturgical seasons. Holy Mother Church believes that she should celebrate the saving work of her divine spouse in a sacred commemoration on certain days throughout the course of the year.
How does the episode define the two concepts of liturgical seasons and the Lord's Day?
Once each week, on the day which she has called the Lord's Day, she keeps the memory of the Lord's resurrection. She also celebrates it once every year together with his blessed passion at Easter, that most solemn of all feasts. In the course of the year, moreover, she unfolds the whole mystery of Christ. Thus recalling the mysteries of the redemption, she opens up to the faithful the riches of her Lord's powers and merits so that these are in some way made present in every age. The faithful lay hold of them and are filled with saving grace.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–1:21
2
What question frames Day 159 of the Catechism in a Year?
1:21–1:23
3
Which Catechism paragraphs are read and why do they matter?
1:23–3:29
4
How does the episode define the two concepts of liturgical seasons and the Lord's Day?
3:29–5:58
5
Why did Christians shift weekly worship from Saturday Sabbath to Sunday Lord's Day?
5:58–13:19
6
How do liturgical seasons trace back to Mosaic law and Passover?
13:19–14:48