Day 220: Marriage in the New Covenant (2026)
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What is the purpose of today’s reading of Catechism paragraphs 1609‑1617?
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 220. We're reading paragraph 1609 to 1617. 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 slash CIY.
Also, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates. daily notifications just one note thank you so much all of you who have supported the production of this podcast all of you keep a pressing play on day 220 please know i am truly praying for you it is day 220 reading paragraph 1609 to 1617 yesterday we talked started talking about holy matrimony and god's plan marriage and god's plan in the order of creation this incredible gift of marriage in god's vision was harmony right and god's vision is life and god's vision is fruitful and god's vision is this mutual relationship of love and respect and trust and honor and so good and then we also hit paragraph 1606 to 1608 and said okay here's what but what does marriage look like under the regime of sin like that's a vision of marriage from genesis chapter 2
now what is what is the experience of marriage after genesis chapter 3 and 1606 said this every man experiences evil around himself and within himself in this relationship makes itself felt in the relationships between man and woman and that's so true right every whether it has to do with marriage has to do with family has to do with friendship has to do with just business anybody we encounter we experience evil around ourselves and within ourselves and because of that We have a new experience of marriage. And yet at the same time, marriage not only has a dignity, but in the Lord, marriage has been elevated to the place of a sacrament. That's why we're talking about the seven sacraments in this whole section.
And in Christ, this primordial gift from God to humanity, the gift of marriage, the gift of family, even though broken, has been elevated by Jesus to be a sacrament. Now, at the same time, marriage existed in the Old Covenant, and yet, there has been a development, a pedagogy on the old law, where from the very beginning, it's God made them male and female, and yet we experience this brokenness. And so there are times where we look in the Old Testament and we see polygamy. We look in the Old Testament, we see divorce. And What does God do about that? What does Jesus do about that in the new covenant? And that's what we're gonna talk about today. So you guys, let's say a prayer to get our hearts and our minds ready for launching into these paragraphs.
We'll pray, Father in heaven, we gather, we pray in the name of your son, Jesus Christ. We pray in the power of your Holy Spirit. that the gift you've given to us, the gift of life, the gift of love, because you are love, you made us in your image and likeness, that these gifts, life and love, that we can embody them and live them out in our lives and our relationships. Lord God, we know that you are everywhere. You are in healthy relationships.
How does marriage change after the Fall according to paragraphs 1606‑1608?
You are in broken relationships. You are in healthy people. You are in broken people. We know this because you are in our hearts and we are both healthy and broken. We're both free and bound. The line of good and evil passes through our hearts and you love our hearts. So help us, help us to see your plan for marriage. in the Bible, to see your plan for marriage in Christ, to see your plan for marriage in our lives and in our world. We ask you this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of today’s reading of Catechism paragraphs 1609‑1617?
0:05–3:31
2
How does marriage change after the Fall according to paragraphs 1606‑1608?
3:31–7:39
3
Why does the Catechism say love after the Fall always involves sacrifice?
7:39–10:48
4
What does the Old Covenant’s teaching on polygamy and divorce reveal about God’s pedagogy?
10:48–13:54
5
How does Jesus elevate marriage to a sacrament in the New Covenant?
13:54–16:59
6
Why does the Church insist on the indissolubility of the marital bond?
16:59–19:33
7
How does Christ give spouses the grace to live out the original meaning of marriage?
19:33–22:00
8
What practical steps does Father Mike suggest for couples struggling with brokenness?
22:00–22:02