Day 184: The Movement of the Mass (2026)
episode
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
17 min
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8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
God bless you.
How does Day 184 introduce the Catechism reading plan and episode focus?
As we journey together toward our heavenly home, this is day 184. We're reading paragraphs 1348 to 1355. As always, I'm reading from 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. You can also download your own Catechism in a year reading plan. by visiting ascensionpress.com slash C-I-Y. And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. This is the first full day that we are on the back end of the catechism, maybe just cresting the hill. If my math is correct, day 183, the middle of day 183, yesterday. was the middle of the whole kit and caboodle.
So here we are on day 184, cresting the hill. It's great. And what we're going to talk about, obviously, well, if you've been listening, and most likely you've been listening, because why would you just jump in randomly at day 184, is all about the Eucharist. Yesterday we talked about how Justin Martyr had written to non-Christians. In fact, he wrote to the Roman emperor and he described, here is what Christians do when they get together. Here is how Christians worship their God. We remember this, that the heart of religion is worship and the heart of worship is sacrifice.
What is meant by 'the movement of the celebration' of the Mass?
So today, we're going to talk about what is the movement of the celebration. It's going to be pretty familiar for every person who has been to Mass before. And if you're kind of familiar with the Mass, you'll say, oh yeah, this is what happens when I go to Mass. And maybe you knew the names of these things, these movements. Maybe you didn't know the name of these movements, but you're going to know them by the end of the day today because this is going to be review in many ways if you've lived the Mass for your life, and it'll be new if you have not done that.
How is Christ described as the principal agent and high priest at Mass?
So let's get started with a prayer. Father in heaven, we give you praise and glory. We thank you for this day. We thank you for the gift of your Son as always. Lord God, we can never thank you enough for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, for the gift of your Holy Spirit that makes actual what your Son has made possible. your Holy Spirit that moves in the lives, in the actions, the words of the priests, the words, actions, and lives of the people of God every time we come together and worship. Help us to worship you the way you deserve. Lord God, the next time we go to Mass, help us to worship you as if it is our first Mass, our last Mass, our only Mass. Help us to belong to you and to live lives worthy of you 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 184.
What active roles do the laity and ministers play during the Eucharistic assembly?
We are reading paragraphs 1348 to 1355. The movement of the celebration. All gather together. Christians come together in one place for the Eucharistic assembly. At its head is Christ himself, the principal agent of the Eucharist. He is high priest of the new covenant. It is he himself who presides invisibly over every Eucharistic celebration. It is in representing him that the bishop or priest acting in the person of Christ the head, in persona Christi Capitis, presides over the assembly, speaks after the readings, receives the offerings, and says the Eucharistic prayer. All have their own active parts to play in the celebration, each in his own way. Readers, those who bring up the offerings, those who give communion, and the whole people whose Amen manifests their participation.
The liturgy of the word includes the writings of the prophets, that is, the Old Testament, and the memoirs of the apostles, their letters and the gospels. After the homily, which is an exhortation to accept this word as what it truly is, the word of God, and to put it into practice, come the intercessions for all men. According to the apostles' words, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men, for kings, and all who are in high positions.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–0:23
2
How does Day 184 introduce the Catechism reading plan and episode focus?
0:23–1:31
3
What is meant by 'the movement of the celebration' of the Mass?
1:31–1:58
4
How is Christ described as the principal agent and high priest at Mass?
1:58–2:48
5
What active roles do the laity and ministers play during the Eucharistic assembly?
2:48–4:13
6
How does the liturgy of the word lead into the intercessions and offertory?
4:13–8:23
7
Why is the altar emphasized as the place of sacrifice, not just a table?
8:23–10:47
8
What are the components of the anaphora (Eucharistic prayer) and their significance?
10:47–17:16