Day 212: In Persona Christi (2026)
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The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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What is the focus of Day 212 and which Catechism paragraphs are read?
Hi, my name's 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 212. We are reading paragraphs 1546 to 1553. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes a 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 and you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications because today is day 212 reading paragraphs 1546 to 1553 we're continuing talking about this first of the sacraments of service and we're going to highlight this holy orders we're going to highlight the fact that
Not only, like I said yesterday, there are two participations in the one priesthood of Jesus, right? There's the kingdom priesthood, baptismal priesthood, the community of believers. There's also this ministerial or hierarchical priesthood of bishops and priests. And so we're going to talk about that distinction. But also there's a unique claim that's made about the ministerial priests and that they act in in persona Christi capitis, which is in the person of Christ, the head, right? So we're gonna talk about what it is for the priest to be an icon of Christ in some ways, right? What it is for the priest to be a servant. And that's the whole point. The entire point of the priesthood is at the service of the kingdom priesthood, right?
So the whole meaning of the impetus, the drive, the goal of the ministerial priesthood is to help the baptismal priesthood the whole goal of being a priest in the new covenant is to be at the service of the lay people of the new covenant or the kingdom priests of the new covenant and so yes they're given an authority they're given a power but that power is meant to be placed at the service of others and they act then in the name of the whole church and so we're going to talk about that today so all of these things about the priesthood that hopefully well i was going to say hopefully you didn't know before only because it'd be new and fun and exciting But maybe you do know already, in which case this is an incredible opportunity to be reminded of the role of priests and the way in which they are called to serve and build up the body of Christ.
And also the way in which you and I, as baptized people, are called to serve and build up the body of Christ. All that and more today as we launch into today, we call upon the name of our God and Father. We call upon Jesus Christ, his Son. We call upon the Holy Spirit that's been poured out for us and the love of God as we pray.
What are the two participations in the one priesthood of Christ?
Father in heaven. In the name of Jesus, in the power of your Holy Spirit, we present ourselves before you and we ask that you please bless this time. Bless this time that we just hear these words of the catechism. Bless this time that we come together in this virtual and somewhat divided and strange and new way, but Bless this time that we can actually be united as a church, that we can be united as followers of your son, Jesus, that we can be united by our common priesthood, the priesthood of all believers, and be united by the ministerial priests who have served us. Lord God, I pray that you please bless those ministerial priests. Bless them in their weakness. Bless them in their need for you. Bless them in their need for forgiveness and their need for reconciliation.
Bless them in their struggles.
Bless every priest this day. Make them holy. Make them like you. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
As we said, it is day 212.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the focus of Day 212 and which Catechism paragraphs are read?
0:05–2:50
2
What are the two participations in the one priesthood of Christ?
2:50–5:40
3
How is the baptismal (common) priesthood exercised in daily life?
5:40–9:01
4
How does the ministerial (hierarchical) priesthood differ from the common priesthood?
9:01–12:37
5
What does 'in persona Christi capitis' mean for bishops and priests?
12:37–17:46
6
How can priests be both instruments of Christ and still be fallible?
17:46–19:58