Day 258: The New Law (2026)
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What is the New Law and how does it relate to the Old Law?
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 through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in 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 258. We are reading paragraphs 1965. To 1969. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of Faith Approach. It's amazing. But you can also 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 CIY. And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe on your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Today is day 258, reading paragraphs 1965 to 1969. One of the things, you know, we started yesterday by talking about the old law and how the old law is good, right? It is holy, it is what does what does it say? It's holy, it's spiritual, it's good, but it's imperfect. Not imperfect in the sense that it's it's in any way defective, other than the fact that it doesn't give us the power to actually accomplish, to, to live out the law of God. Not only that, but it is a step on the way to prepare us, to prepare humanity for the deeper law, a fuller law.
Now, today we're going to talk about the fact that this fuller law is not only the new law, the law of the gospel, not only does it give us the Holy Spirit, not only Jesus Christ give us the Holy Spirit, but also the law, this law, the new law. goes beyond actions and tries to get to well I say tries to get to it does when it f when it uh lives it out when we live it out. It gets to the heart. Goes beyond the actions and gets to the heart. In this law of the gospel, what so we say this like this it fulfills, refines, surpasses, and leads the old law to its perfection. So good. Again that's paragraph nineteen sixty seven that the law of the gospel fulfills The old law. It refines the old law. It surpasses the old law.
And it leads the old law, old law to its perfection, which is so incredibly important for us. The new law fulfills the divine promises by elevating and orienting them to the kingdom of heaven, which is just. What a gift, a total gift for us. So in order to prepare our hearts for that, let us do what we always do, call upon the name of the Lord.
How does the New Law fulfill, refine, and surpass the Old Law?
Father in heaven, we give you praise and thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for giving us. Not only the law, but giving us your Holy Spirit that we can live out your law. Lord God, when we get discouraged by our weaknesses and discouraged by our sins, when we see the old law or the new law even and are intimidated by it. Give us the grace. Of courage. The grace of perseverance. Give us the grace of hope, knowing that It's not up to us. It is up to you to give us the grace to move forward, and that you will to give us the grace to move forward. As long as we are open to it, Lord God, you pour out your grace and your strength and your courage, your hope into us and So help us to be open. Help us to continually call out to you, even after we've fallen, even after we've failed to live up to this new law, the new law of grace.
Help us to be open. And never give in to discouragement or defeat, to never give in to despair or to the temptation to quit. Lord God, be with us now and be with us always. Be with us in our greatest moments, be with us at our worst moments. And be with us now. In Jesus' name we pray, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. It is day two hundred and fifty eight, we were reading paragraphs nineteen sixty five to nineteen sixty nine. The New Law or the Law of the Gospel. The new law, or the law of the gospel, is the perfection here on earth of the divine law, natural and revealed. It is the work of Christ and is expressed particularly in the Sermon on the Mount.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the New Law and how does it relate to the Old Law?
0:05–2:25
2
How does the New Law fulfill, refine, and surpass the Old Law?
2:25–4:34
3
In what ways does the Holy Spirit empower us to live the New Law?
4:34–7:05
4
Why is the Sermon on the Mount the primary expression of the New Law?
7:05–8:25
5
How do the Beatitudes reveal the heart of the New Law?
8:25–10:23
6
What role do the sacraments play in giving us the grace to fulfill the New Law?
10:23–12:23
7
How can we apply the teachings of the New Law to everyday moral challenges?
12:23–13:54
8
What practical steps does Father Mike suggest for staying convicted by the New Law?
13:54–15:43