Day 205: Christ the Physician (2026)
episode
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
21 min
1 speaker
4 chapters
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What is the episode’s focus and which Catechism passages are we reading?
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 and god's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home this is day 205 we're reading paragraphs 1499-1505 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, C-I-Y for Catechism in a Year.
You can also click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Thank you so much. Just a word of note for all those who have assisted and supported the production of this podcast with your prayers and financial gifts. Could not do it without you. We definitely could not make it to day 205 without you. Also, you made it to day 205. This is, I've been reflecting on this kind of a lot lately, actually even a little bit this morning, but yesterday for sure. Just that sense of, oh my gosh, the number of people, here you are, who just keep pressing play. That sense of, I've talked to somebody recently who said that, yeah, you know, you bring a lot of excitement to the catechism in here.
Sometimes I'm wondering like, what is he so excited about? I was like, yeah, I get it. Either sometimes there's a little bit of, There might be some manic in that too, in the non-clinical sense. But that sense of just, you know, here we are, here you are, pressing play and taking that next step every single day, which is remarkable. You know, we just concluded yesterday the sacrament of reconciliation, and now we're on to the second sacrament of healing, which is the anointing of the sick. You might notice in your catechism, if you're following along, there are some words to know. The anointing of the sick, extreme unction, viaticum. The anointing of the sick used to be called extreme unction. That term can still be used.
It's not prohibited at all. But it was changed. I heard it was changed because... You know, same with last rites. It was changed because the church is saying, no, this is, yes, I mean, yes, there are the last rites. There are those final rites of passing from this world to the next world where you have that last Holy Communion, Vieticum, where you have that last anointing of the sick, extreme unction. But you can also, I mean, this is a sacrament of healing that it doesn't always end in death. It sometimes actually grants life. And so we're gonna talk about that today. In fact, where we're gonna start talking about the sacrament of anointing of the sick is we're gonna talk about the foundations of anointing of the sick, or even Jesus' healing in the economy of salvation.
And so in order to do that, we have to talk about the reality of illness in human life. We're also gonna talk about the sick person before God. So what is it that happens? What is it that sickness, what is it that suffering does to us? What is it that illness does to us? As well as we're gonna conclude today, essentially, by reflecting a little bit on Christ the physician. So those are kind of our three movements today. The reality of illness in human life, who we are when we're sick, when we're suffering before God, and what that does to us sometimes, as well as Jesus Christ the physician. So in order to prepare our hearts for this, let us call upon that same Jesus and the power of his Holy Spirit. And we pray, Father in heaven.
We thank you because you have sent your son to heal us, not only to physically heal us. You sent your Holy Spirit to heal us, not only to physically heal us. You have sent your Holy Spirit. You have sent your son to give us a deeper healing, a healing that no one else can give.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the episode’s focus and which Catechism passages are we reading?
0:05–3:30
2
Why does Father Mike emphasize gratitude for listeners and supporters at the start?
3:30–8:27
3
What terminology and scope define the Anointing of the Sick (extreme unction, viaticum)?
8:27–11:55
4
How does illness reveal human fragility, limits, and the problem of evil?
11:55–21:39