Day 187: The Church’s Sacrificial Unity (2026)
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The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
18 min
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4 chapters
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What does the Catechism in a Year episode introduce about today's reading plan and focus?
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 187. We're reading paragraphs 1369 to 1372. Just a couple short paragraphs today. As always, I'm 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.
You can also download your own Catechism in a year reading plan. by visiting ascensionpress.com slash CIY. And you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Today, day 187. Again, as I said, kind of a short, short little section. It's a continuation of yesterday. Remember yesterday, we started talking about the sacrificial memorial of Christ and of his body, the church. And so we kind of concluded yesterday talking about how as members of the church, as members of the body of Christ, we not only offer the sacrifice united with Christ, we also have to be the sacrifice united with Christ. And so we're going to talk about that a little bit today, but also we recognize
in a reminder of the fact that, remember, the church is not just the visible church. It's not just the church that we see here on earth. There's also all the saints in glory in heaven and the faithful departed in purgatory. And they are all part of this great sacrifice as well. Those saints in heaven who continually cry out in praise to the Lord. They continually lift up the join in the praise and glory of God the Father. and also the saints in purgatory who received the benefits. They received the graces of this great sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, to the Father in the power of the Holy Spirit. And so we're going to talk about that a bit more today. As we launch into today, let's say a prayer.
Father in heaven, we give you praise and glory and thank you. We thank you for your universal church. We thank you for the church that is visible, that we have a structure, that we are united with our bishop. Thank you that we are united with the Holy Father, our Pope, that you gave to us, Lord God. Thank you for giving us this visible structure of the church that we can point to, that we can look to, that we can hear from, and we can be led and taught by. We also thank you, God, for... the invisible church, your invisible body that we cannot see, but we do know is even more real than anything we can see. All the saints and angels in heaven that continually give you praise, we thank you and unite our prayers with their prayers.
We thank you for all the souls in purgatory who by your great love are being purified at this very moment so that they can see you face to face for eternity. Lord God, may you be glorified. Please care for those, purify those souls in purgatory. Help them to become, have hearts like yours so that they can see your face and experience your glory. Help us the same way, Lord God. Help us in that same way that Purify our hearts, mend our broken hearts, strengthen us so that we can race towards you with your grace, with your help, with your love as our fuel. 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 187.
We are reading paragraphs 1369 to 1372. The whole church is united with the offering and intercession of Christ. Since he has the ministry of Peter in the church, the Pope is associated with every celebration of the Eucharist, wherein he is named as the sign and servant of the unity of the universal church. The bishop of the place is always responsible for the Eucharist, even when a priest presides.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What does the Catechism in a Year episode introduce about today's reading plan and focus?
0:05–4:29
2
How is the Church described as visible and invisible in relation to the Eucharistic sacrifice?
4:29–9:16
3
Why does Father Mike open with prayer and what themes does the opening prayer emphasize?
9:16–16:49
4
How does the Catechism explain the Pope and bishop's role in every celebration of the Eucharist?
16:49–18:11