Day 196: Conversion of the Baptized (2026)
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The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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What is the Catechism passage and purpose for Day 196?
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 196. We're reading paragraphs 1427 to 1433. 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 your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com. And you can click follow or subscribe on your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. does today is day 196 we're closing in on that that 200 the historic mythical fable the 200 mark we are getting closer and closer by the day today 196 okay you guys so yesterday we started talking about the sacrament of reconciliation and sacrament of conversion sacrament of penance confession forgiveness as we said reconciliation But today we're gonna highlight the reality that this is truly a call to conversion. Every time we approach the Lord, we're called to convert, right? We're called to transform our minds.
Metanoia is that Greek word, which means a transformation of the mind that changed the way, not just we act, not just our external behaviors, but to allow our hearts to be changed, our minds to be changed, to allow ourselves really truly where we find ourselves deeply in our hearts, that to be changed. So we're talking today about the conversion of the baptized, right? So obviously there's a call to conversion by everybody, for everybody, by Jesus, for everybody, before baptism, but also after conversion, after baptism. We're called to continually be converted. That's the second conversion we're going to talk about today, as well as interior penance. And that recognition again, interior penance is a radical reorientation of our whole life.
If you want to have a definition, that's it. That's what it is. That's what the catechism offers us in 1431. Interior repentance is a radical reorientation of our whole life. So that's what we're going to talk about today. It's a challenge. And so let's call upon the Lord and just ask for his help today. Father in heaven, we give you praise. We thank you. We give you glory. You are good. You are God. And you call us. You call us not just to be good. You call us to be like you. You don't just call us to say no to certain things in our lives. You call us to say no to our very selves. You call us to deny ourselves, pick up our cross and follow after you. Help us to have hearts that are like your heart. Help us to love what you love.
Help us to hate what you hate. Help us to be like you. And we ask this 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 196. We are reading paragraphs 1427 to 1433. The conversion of the baptized.
How does Jesus’ call to conversion relate to baptism and the first conversion?
Jesus calls to conversion. This call is an essential part of the proclamation of the kingdom. The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel. In the church's preaching, this call is addressed first to those who do not yet know Christ and his gospel. Also, baptism is the principal place for the first and fundamental conversion. It is by faith in the gospel and by baptism that one renounces evil and gains salvation, that is, the forgiveness of all sins and the gift of new life. Christ's call to conversion continues to resound in the lives of Christians. This second conversion is an uninterrupted task for the whole church who, clasping sinners to her bosom, is at once holy and always in need of purification and follows constantly the path of penance and renewal.
This endeavor of conversion is not just a human work.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the Catechism passage and purpose for Day 196?
0:05–2:57
2
How does Jesus’ call to conversion relate to baptism and the first conversion?
2:57–7:19
3
What does the ‘second conversion’ for baptized Christians mean?
7:19–17:46
4
How is interior penance different from outward acts like fasting and sackcloth?
17:46–18:22