Day 272: You Shall Worship the Lord Your God (2026)
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Why does the First Commandment call us to worship God above all else?
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 three hundred and sixty five 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 two hundred and seventy two. We're reading paragraphs twenty eighty three to two thousand and ninety four. 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/slash CIY. And lastly, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Today is day 272, as I said, long promised. Paragraphs twenty eighty three to twenty ninety four, we were beginning the Ten Commandments. We've had so much prep work. We had so much stuff to talk about to get us ready, to look at the decalogue, right? To get us to look at the commandments. Remember everything we're gonna talk about today and for the next quite a few number of days. Everything has to do with relationship with the Lord. Every single piece of what we're going to talk about for the next number of well, actually, well, is this a shock, right?
The whole catechism. I think for the last 272 days, it has had everything to do with the Lord in our relationship with him. But keep this in mind. You and I are made for and called to The heights of holiness. That you and I have have been brought into a relationship. With our Heavenly Father, with the God who made the universe. And He has revealed Himself to us. He's revealed how He's calling us to live. And the first thing He asks, the first thing He commands, the first thing He He tells us is you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. The first commandment is essentially that you shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve. So we're going to talk about this first commandment for the next number of days.
In fact, we have a broken down into a uh quite a few things. Twenty things? Is that is that that's a technical term, meaning I can't think of a better word than things. But we're gonna talk today about this first piece. You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. That worship the Lord your God is the first part. And there's there's some aspects of this. How does that relate to faith? How does that relate to hope? And how does that relate to charity? In fact What are the ways that we can sin against faith in this regard? What are the ways that we can sin against hope in this regard? And what are some of the ways we can sin against love or charity in this regard? Now tomorrow we'll look at him only shall you serve and then some more things after that.
But this first step. Of just recognizing. That when it comes to You shall worship the Lord your God. There are ways in which, under the categories of faith, hope, and love, That we can violate this first of all commandments, that we should worship the Lord your God. And so, in order to walk into this, we want to walk in with hope. We want to walk in this with faith. And we definitely want to walk into this with love. And so we call upon the God who loves us. Father in heaven, you are good, you are God. You've called us into relationship. You've made us for relationship. You've made it possible. You've made this relationship possible by the life, death, and resurrection of your son Jesus Christ. You've given us access to you by the power of your Holy Spirit.
In this moment, Lord God, we ask that you please help us always to avoid The assaults against faith. The sins against hope. and the sins against love. Help us always to walk powerfully in faith, hope, and love.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does the First Commandment call us to worship God above all else?
0:05–3:58
2
What does the Catechism teach about loving God with all your heart, soul, and mind?
3:58–7:25
3
What are the sins against faith, hope, and charity in the First Commandment?
7:25–10:34
4
Why does God command worship, and how does it free us from idols?
10:34–14:17
5
What are voluntary doubt, heresy, apostasy, and other sins against faith?
14:17–18:45
6
How do despair and presumption undermine hope in God?
18:45–21:06
7
How can indifference, ingratitude, and spiritual sloth become sins against God's love?
21:06–23:41
8
Why does hatred of God come from pride, and how can humility help us trust him?
23:41–25:06