Day 198: Reconciliation with God (2026)
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The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
15 min
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5 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 198. You guys, we're reading paragraph 1440 to 1445, 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 C-I-Y. And you can also click follow. And also, also, you can click follow or subscribe to our podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications today. It's day 198. 200 is right around the corner. We're reading paragraphs 1440 to 1445. What are we going to talk about today? We talked about penance, conversion for the last couple of days. Today, we're talking about the actual sacrament of penance and reconciliation. And so it's just only a couple of paragraphs, right? 1440 to 1445. Well, tomorrow and the following days, we'll talk about, okay, how, where did the sacrament come from? We'll talk about today where it comes from, but how did it develop over the course of the years?
And what does a person do when it comes to confession? That's coming up in the future, tomorrow, the next day, the next day. Today, we're just going to talk about, okay, what is sin? Only God forgives sins and that when he reconciles us, when he forgives us, he brings us back to his heart, but he also brings us reconciliation with the church. Now we're gonna talk about that today. So let's just call upon our Father, call up in Jesus' name and pray in the name of the Holy Spirit.
What passages of the Catechism are we reading today (which paragraphs)?
Father in heaven, we give you praise and we thank you. We thank you for the fact that while we wander away from you, while we sin, while we say no to you, you never say no to us. You never reject us. You never stop calling us back to your heart. You never stop loving us. You always want us to receive your forgiveness. You always want to receive us back into your heart. Help us, help us to, in our sins, to never stay away for long, to never stay far from you. But in our sin, we ask that you please break through with the power of your spirit, break through with your voice of grace, your voice that calls us home, that calls us back to you. Help us always say yes to you, especially after we have wandered far away.
Call us home today. Bring us back now. 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 198. We are reading paragraphs 1440 to 1445. The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation Sin is before all else an offense against God, a rupture of communion with him. At the same time, it damages communion with the church. For this reason, conversion entails both God's forgiveness and reconciliation with the church, which are expressed and accomplished liturgically by the sacrament of penance and reconciliation. Only God forgives sin. Only God forgives sins. Since he is the son of God, Jesus says of himself, the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins and exercises this divine power saying, your sins are forgiven.
Further, by virtue of his divine authority, he gives this power to men to exercise in his name. Christ has willed that in her prayer and life and action, His whole church should be the sign and instrument for the forgiveness and reconciliation that he acquired for us at the price of his blood. But he entrusted the exercise of the power of absolution to the apostolic ministry which he charged with the ministry of reconciliation. The apostle is sent out on behalf of Christ with God making his appeal through him and pleading, be reconciled to God.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–1:45
2
What passages of the Catechism are we reading today (which paragraphs)?
1:45–4:15
3
How does Father Mike define the sacrament focus for Day 198?
4:15–7:08
4
How does the opening prayer set the tone for discussing sin and reconciliation?
7:08–12:37
5
How does the Catechism describe sin as an offense against God and the Church?
12:37–15:29