Day 263: Responding to Grace (2026)
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What is the focus of Day 263 and which Catechism paragraphs are being read?
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 to 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 a 263. We are reading paragraphs 2002 to 2005. I know it's only a couple, but they are Amazing. 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 CIY. And you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates. Daily notifications today is day 263 reading paragraphs. As I said, 2002, 2005. Yesterday we started talking about grace, sanctifying grace that's stable. Habitual grace, as well as actual graces. We talked about prevenient grace, like the grace that moves us to say yes to the Lord. And yet, That prevening grace does not take away human freedom. In fact, God's free initiative demands our free response. And that's that's so important because there's all of this is wrapped up in freedom. One of the big questions that can come out is, okay, wait, is it grace or is it free will?
And the church says, yes. It's the Catholic both and it's the paradoxical mystery where oh, we could not do this without grace. And yet at the same time, we also need to be free when we're doing this. We need both. Someone could say, Well, yeah, but does grace override our free will? No, grace gives our free will the ability to be truly free. And that's so important for us to understand. Grace gives us the ability to be. truly free to actually say yes to what we're made for because sin or you know remember the big fancy word concupiscence that attraction to sin that being drawn to sin that that that gets in the way we'll say it like that it gets in the way and we're not able to say yes to God without his grace.
So we'll talk more about that today. As well as I mentioned this at the end of the episode yesterday, sacramental graces. So there are sacramental graces which are proper to eat the different sacraments. And there are also special graces called charisms, which is again, that's a Greek term meaning favor, gratuitous gift, benefit, whatever they are. They're like miracles, the gift of tongues, They're all oriented towards sanctifying grace and are intended for the common good of the church. So that they're meant to build up the body.
How does the Catechism explain the relationship between grace and human free will?
So if you ever have the gift of tongues, you have the gift of healing, the gift of any any kind of those those special charisms. Those aren't for us to become holier in. I mean, yes, if we're saying yes to God, of course we're becoming holy. But they're given so that the church may be built up, the body of Christ may be built up, and that other people can know of God's goodness, they can know of His His love for them, and that they too can actually participate in divine life. That is the incredible gift. There are also graces of state, which what does that mean? Well, they're the graces that accompany the exercise of responsibility in Christian life and ministries within the church. And so we're talking about those today.
Before that, though, let us take a moment. Moment and say a prayer. Father in heaven, we give you glory, we praise you, we love you. You are love. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Holy Trinity. One God. Undivided unity And yet The God who is love. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I thank you so much. I thank you for sharing your love with us. I thank you so much for sharing. Yourself. Father, I thank you for sharing your only beloved son. And giving him To us. Thank you, Father, for giving us your Holy Spirit. This bond of love between you and the Son, so that we can also participate in your divine life, so that we also
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the focus of Day 263 and which Catechism paragraphs are being read?
0:05–2:28
2
How does the Catechism explain the relationship between grace and human free will?
2:28–4:16
3
What are sacramental graces and charisms, and how do they differ from other graces?
4:16–7:39
4
Why does Paragraph 2003 describe grace as the gift of the Holy Spirit that justifies and sanctifies us?
7:39–9:49
5
How does the Catechism distinguish the supernatural order of grace from natural experience?
9:49–11:54
6
What does the Church mean by ‘knowing grace by its fruits’ and how can we examine our conscience?
11:54–13:40
7
Why can people experience supernatural peace or joy yet still struggle with anxiety or illness?
13:40–15:44
8
What can Saint Joan of Arc’s response teach us about trusting God’s grace?
15:44–17:28