Day 175: Introduction to Confirmation (2026)
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The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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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 175 we are reading paragraphs 1285-1289 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, the Catholic Church. You can also download your own Catechism in your reading plan like I have.
You check off those boxes every single day. You can do that by visiting ascensionpress.com slash C-I-Y. You can also click follow or subscribe in your podcast app if... Where you listen to this has the follow or subscribe buttons for daily updates and daily notifications, or you just hunt every day. And sometimes people like to hunt and gather. It's like our ancestors. And also a quick thank you to all those who have supported the production of this podcast with your prayers and financial gifts. We could not do this without you. We could not get to day 175 without you. And yet, and yet, here we are reading paragraphs 1285 to 1289. starting a deeper dive into the sacrament of confirmation. And so what we're gonna hear today is not only, like yesterday, where you had nugget day, we wrapped up the gift of baptism, just as best we could, of course.
And we recognize that we talked about the three sacraments of initiation yesterday. There's seven sacraments total, the three sacraments of initiation, baptism, confirmation, and Holy Communion. Now, this is important because it says here in paragraph 1285, that it must be explained to the faithful. In fact, it says it must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace, meaning that God wants to give you the abundance of grace. God wants to give all the faithful an abundance of grace. And so it's not just, yes, everyone who has been baptized has received the Holy Spirit. Everyone who's been baptized has received God's grace.
It's incredible. It's amazing. It's amazing grace. And yet it must be explained to all of us that the reception of the sacrament of confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace. And that's why we're going to dive in today. We're also going to look at confirmation in the economy of salvation, right? So confirmation in the way in which God has written this story. Like, where does this come from? It comes from prefigurements back in the Old Testament and is fulfilled, of course, in Jesus Christ and then lived out in the history of the church. That's what we're talking about today. As we enter into this day, let us pray. Father in heaven, we thank you. We give you praise. We just cry out in the power of your Holy Spirit that great are you, Lord.
Great are you, Father. You are so good, and you continue to give us your grace every single day. Thank you for helping us press play today. Honestly, thank you, Lord, for bringing us to day 175 where we can hear more and more about the love you have for your people, the love you have for your children, and the way in which You want to pour out your spirit, make us all prophets, to give us all a share in your priesthood, give us a share in your spirit of prophecy, give us a share in your royal gift, your royal office. You've called us to be members of your family. You've made us your sons and daughters. Help us to live like this this day and every day. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.
It is day 175. We're reading paragraphs 1285 to 1289. Article 2. The Sacrament of Confirmation. Baptism, the Eucharist, and the Sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the sacraments of Christian initiation, whose unity must be safeguarded.
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