Day 5: How We Know God - The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

[@munchlax9715]

Amen

[@Love_Divine]

Through my husband’s passing and leaving me a widow at age 45 with 2 kids, I became closer and closer to God. I was so hurt, angry and sad; I wanted to leave His church but He pulled me closer and closer to Him. Today, 13 years after my husband’s passing, I have finally completed my BIY and now, almost graduating in the CIY. I thank God for not letting go of me, and my 2 kids. I love Him, with all my heart, mind and soul.

[@grovercleavland2698]

I’m really proud of you. That must have been really hard.

[@claudiaveronicavillarreal894]

Beautiful testimonial.

[@delmonteslusher6736]

Let us pray for all the homeless and hungry and pray for all who have no one to pray for them

[@deborahlabate703]

1-3-2025, starting my 3rd year of CIY & 4th yr of BIY, Thank you Fr.Mike 💙 I'm praying for you 🙏, please pray for me.

[@pastorrandycfrench8019]

Day 5 of CIY I am very excited about this series of Father Mikes podcast. I love the faith. ❤

[@joseguzman1051]

Amen 🙏.

[@Godlovesyou3018]

Thank you Father

[@elizabethcronin3074]

Hello everyone & Happy Day 5 in 2024!🙏😊

[@dianefrank3688]

🙋Elizabeth & All 😊Day 5 ❤🙏

[@virginialake5080]

Hello Elizabeth and All. 🙏❤️🙏 Happy Day 5 in 2024!

[@marianmilne6009]

2nd time round. Thank you Fr Mike. Praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@dianefrank3688]

❤🙏 Thank you and I am praying for you.

[@marianmilne6009]

@@dianefrank3688 ❤️

[@virginialake5080]

That's wonderful! 2nd time around.🙏❤️ God bless you and our BIY & CIY community.

[@rm-paradise]

Father, may everything that I do this day, whether it be full of joy or pain, whether it be full of love or of grief, I ask that everything I go through today be offered to you just like Jesus offered everything to you. It is in his name we pray. Amen. 1/5/2025

[@carolhensen8005]

Praying for you Father Mike, Thank you for offering Bible in a year and Catechism in a year…..

[@linamartinez3256]

I pray for you father Mike

[@margaretferrara1008]

1.12.23. Praying for all of you, blessings.

[@MBFModernHomesteading]

So our knowledge of God is limited; sin seems limitless; we are in trouble for our sins for eternity if we don’t get it right yet God loves us unconditionally. 🤯

[@LasPhoenix777]

That’s not the doctrine. As I know it. Is that what you heard here?

[@edavis6146]

I am so grateful that God brought Fr. Mike (and all the folks at Ascension Press) to us so we can not only hear and read the Word of God, but can understand His Word more than we would if we just read the Bible ourselves. God bless you, Fr. Mike. I'm praying for you and for everyone at Ascension and everyone who is following both the CIY and BIY! Goodnight, everyone.

[@kane101985]

God bless you as well!

[@Paulo_Sa_Pereira]

I just want to add to your commentary that we also need to ask for the intervention of the Holy Spirit to help us understand and see the Truth and avoid misunderstandings. Without the HS we'll remain at human capacity only

[@yucklanchadee127]

Day 236 is challenging. Have to think of more concrete instances. You did your best. Love love your humour. Thanks Fr. Mike

[@alexandermaciag377]

Please pray daily the Holy Rosary for world peace and the Chaplet Of Divine Mercy for the conversion of poor sinners and for the forgotten souls in purgatory. Jesus I Trust In You

[@SuperRuthJ]

How can we speak about God? CCC 39 In defending the ability of human reason to know God, the Church is expressing her confidence in the possibility of speaking about him to all men and with all men, and therefore of dialogue with other religions, with philosophy and science, as well as with unbelievers and atheists. THANK YOU FATHER MIKE!❤

[@donnarichert5627]

I LOVE that every word flashes on the screen and that I can stop the day's lesson at any time. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@anthony1776diaz]

Yes, that's a nice detail.

[@janicemulry8140]

Yes, it’s invaluable when taking notes!

[@katherinehein5838]

My husband and I are enjoying doing this study together. Fr. Mike you amaze me. You talk so fast! God bless you for doing this study.

[@robehrgonzales77494]

I am praying for you father Mike ❤

[@wreloise1]

The sweetness to surrender…. The sweetness of God’s Love….. “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.” ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭

[@lucyflaviadsouza1802]

Our limitations of knowing God is bcoz we've blocked our vision by the many cares of the world. O Creator God give us tge grace to know your mighty divine being mire than ever before. In Jesus'name we pray. Amen

[@FranklinOjukwu]

Amen!

[@jasonkurup5759]

There’s a great irony (and a great pain) that the catechism implores people to have apophatic theology; yet most Catholics I talk to, even priests, still have cataphatic theology when they talk about God. I attribute this to the Enlightenment that changed a lot of thinking even, and perhaps especially, theology in the West. I agree with the Catholic catechism and the language it uses. But I mourn that this type of thinking about God and humility towards Him, especially the great mystery of God, is not the norm in the circles I’ve been in. Men speak as if they’ve figured God out and know everything about Him and His attributes. They presume to know everything about who He is.

[@dianefrank3688]

God is an unsolvable mystery that we cannot completely unravel with our human minds. Hopefully when we arrive in heaven our minds will be enlightened.

[@chrishess2448]

Who else is here because Google podcast suddenly didn't have this listed anymore?

[@genemcn3579]

What a blessing Fr. Schmitz is to those of us trying to defend the faith online and elsewhere.

[@Aethelhart]

0:00 - 2:56 Introduction 2:57 - 6:44 Catechism Reading 6:45 - 13:03 Father Mike's Debrief

[@joandwulet416]

Thank you, helps me go back and listen to certain parts!

[@tinyad7180]

Good refreshing assessment ... kind of recap ... keep it up ....

[@peli_candude554]

I make notes on a pad when Fr Mike is discussing things. Following along with the reading is sometimes hard due to the pace (I know the speed can be adjusted but it makes things drag a bit too much). But writing down important notes helps me stay focused. Not that I often go back over them but maybe I will pull out last years notes to see how much I missed.

[@johnmakowski-makobrass8272]

Went to RCIA last night and it is awesome how many there were going thru this series. Awesome. I was at place where I needed to exchange truth and lie. MY truth was "God don't love me" the lie was "God loves me". blessed to exchange these for the better... "God DOES love me"

[@MoogieB]

Live long and prosper (in the love of the Lord) 💗✝

[@nuolachrist7338]

Greetings!

[@dawnmireles2912]

Oh my goodness! The CIY is pure joy! So happy to be on this journey with so many! Learning! Learning! Learning! January 6, 2023

[@dianefrank3688]

Praying for Fr. Mike & CIY 🙏🙏🙏

[@virginialake5080]

🙏❤️🙏

[@dianefrank3688]

@@virginialake5080 Thanks!🥰🙏

[@Ribastein]

Thank you and God bless you from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@socorrocervantes9363]

Have a blessed restful Godnight in His loving care Fr. Mike and everyone. To God be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

I pray that we all get to know God Almighty, say yes to You in our hearts and actions. May this community grows unbreakable faith in good times and sad ones.

[@dessollisselgamer5362]

From an atheists perspective here, it is interesting to see the reasoning that some use to explain disbelief. While I disagree that the existence of "creation" is sufficient to demonstrate a gods existence, I can certainly see how others come to such conclusions, particularly if belief in a god is already present. I look forward to more on how God reveals himself to people in the subsequent videos.

[@thivan2000]

What I've learned: 1. The ability to reason reveals the truth that helps us perceive who is God, but reason is limited. Our language of expression of God's identity is limited. We know only as much as He has revealed Himself. 2. Pope Pius XII, Humani Generis: Truth and reasoning is the natural law written in our hearts by the Creator. Original sin causes man to have disordered appetite. Sin distorts us in a manner that when we find truth to be inconvenient, we doubt it or call it false. We need God to enlighten the truth through revelation. Revelation is possible only through self surrender and abnegation. Abnegation (noun): the action of renouncing or rejecting something. Similar: renunciation, abandonment, denial. 3. Reasoning helps us dialogue about God to people of other religion, atheists, philosophy and science. 4. All creations have some resemblance to God especially mankind. We are created in the image and likeness of God but God transcends all creation. Although created in His image, we have more different than we are the same to Him. 5. Wisdom 13:5 "For from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator." 6. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: "God is the inexpressible. God is the incomprehensible. God is the invisible. God is the ungraspable. Our human words always fall short of the mystery of God." 7. Lateran Council IV (paraphrased): "We can't tell who God is but we can tell who He is not and how everything else relates to Him." Prayer: God, reveal your heart to us today. Help us to remove all obstacles that's in the way of know you. Open our minds and hearts that we may readily receive love and let you love us. Amen.

[@elizabethcronin3074]

Nice summary!🙏

[@almapuritaparcon3435]

Day 5. God Bless!

[@njerikiagiri6542]

Thank you Fr. Mike. Praying for you all. And I feel really united to you all as we accompany Rome today in Pope Benedict's final send off. Pope Benedict, pray for us 🙏

[@lisaweidenbenner5295]

AMEN!

[@WashingtonDC99]

Amen 🙏

[@deniseparrott9678]

I never thought I’d think of the Catechism as a cliffhanger serial….can’t wait for tomorrow. Amazing, Fr Mike and Ascension.

[@lindacarroll3853]

I accept mystery and things that we can never understand about God but I have learned through my spiritual growth that the Holy Spirit will help us fill in the gaps and give us the grace to understand a small degree of our creator. But I love that this is being put into words that we can use to explain why without having to see it or understand it we believe it because we were created in his image and likeness the connection to accept and surrender and trust is the key to growing the relationship with God.

[@Msebastian2010]

Looking forward to this everyday in 2023🙏🏻

[@56Tyskie]

God bless you my brothers and sisters. Let us pray for eachother daily! ✝️🙏

[@Paulo_Sa_Pereira]

Amen

[@gloriarodriguez3721]

In terms of thinking about how God is beyond definition, beyond human expression, God is incomprehensible. I thought I had was how sometimes we try to put God in a box or are flesh and our Temptation that we can experience can be feeling like our problems are too big for God to handle. So I drew encouragement from thinking about how you know God is so big that you know we have all of this knowledge from hundreds and hundreds of years and yet we still can't perfectly capture in human expression who he is. I'm vision impaired and I'm using dictation on my phone I apologize for the typos

[@AuroraBunny-fx8xs]

Self-surrender and abnegation are 100% the challenge. Even if I dedicate the time and space to delve in the mental focus it is such a challenge when reading these snippets or going into prayer. Like walking into a room of exploding thought bombs. The imagination is the enemy :S. Getting into the zone is such a struggle but when it clicks and I learn something new, it's party hat time :D

[@janetotto796]

Thanks Fr Mike and Jeff Cavens and all the behind the scene workers!

[@JP-hx2mv]

Wish you good health, especially your voice. Thank you for everything you are doing.

[@suerudolf6885]

Father Mike I can't imagine you letting anyone down. If you do it's definitely not on purpose. Thanks for all you do. Continued prayers for all of us.

[@ritibiam5452]

Thank you fr. Mike 🙏🏻

[@fashionforwardmom8008]

Lord, You are the inexpressible, incomprehensible, invisible and ingraspable God. Continue to reveal yourself to us in your great mercy. The whole world reveals your glory, but sometimes our disordered appetites, imaginations, fear and difficult circumstances can blind us. Enlighten our minds to understand your truth and hold fast to it. Thank you for giving us the capacity to know you because you’ve made us in your image. Help us to humbly surrender to you day in and day out while denying our selfish desires. Even when our human words cannot capture you, Lord, we invite your Spirit to pray with us. We give you all praise. 🙏🏻

[@143mschrag]

A Blessed night to all. May we continue to love God above all. Thank you Fr. Mike. 🙏🏻

[@eduardohoover2127]

I'm glad your keeping the readings relatively short so they can be at least gone over twice. Thank you Fr. Mike. I pray this endeavor brings much fruition in the hearts and minds of those who read and hear wisdom and understanding of the Faith. Let us now put into practice what is taught that we gain further meaning and understanding through Christ our Lord: Wonderful Counselor; Mighty God, Everlasting Father; Prince of Peace.

[@caritamundo9316]

Listening from the Philippines fr mike 🇵🇭

[@gailwedgeworth7517]

Thanks so much. This means everything to me to be able to study this. I have lived a very isolated life, and I am grateful to step out into the greater world that God intended for me.

[@cheraybisaya]

Definitely, can't grasp/understand these words/sentences by myself. Thank you so much for everything you're doing & you'll be doing to help us all in this journey, and for everything you've put aside/give up in your life, you're always in our prayers, God Bless Fr. Mike!

[@R.C.425]

Thank you, Father Mike

[@theclapaolini4322]

We are so blessed to have you take on this teaching of the ccc. I will try to send an offering it will be the widows mite but that will help with many prayers for others to be extra generous.THANK YOU FROM OUR HEARTS. WE PAULINE HAVE THE DOC AND ENCYCICALS IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A PLUG.JUST CALL AND ORDER.

[@Maria-Bernadette_3725]

Thank you! From Japan.

[@melissacoleman6951]

Thank you Father, God bless you and Mary keep you

[@Foofooknits]

Thank you Father Mike God Bless you and everyone who is listening to this podcast. ❤

[@Anthony_NG]

thank you God for this grace. Thank you Fr Mike for keying into your vocation and using the internet to reach out to many. I finally got to study my CCC to know more about God and learn to trust him 100percent.

[@blancaocana6397]

Thank you so much father Mike! We always pray for you! 🙏 God bless you all!!

[@meghanmoore3861]

I am enjoying this so much. It's like having a personal tutor.

[@cooldudette5868]

What a gift! How blessed are we to have this CIY read and explained to us with so much love and detail. We're praying for you, Fr. Mike and for everyone on this journey of faith. Amen 🙏

[@Sheilamarie2]

I am so grateful for this CIY, Father Mike. Thank you, I'm praying for you and everyone here. God Bless everyone here!

[@marianmilne6009]

Thank you Fr Mike. Praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏❤️🙏

[@felicityengel8812]

Keep it up everyone! I’m praying for you 🙏

[@sandrapecora135]

GOD, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-totally surrendered to Him, draws near to us and 'we' draw near to Him. The truth is written on our hearts. We were made for Him. He, 'who is beyond us' 'is' and 'longs' that we know Him as Father.

[@marsharr2877]

If you are looking for a modern song to summarize day 5- look up Chris Tomlin’s song “Indescribable”. Today’s day 5 was beautiful.

[@elizabethcronin3074]

Thank you for this recommendation & so apropos for today! 🙏

[@catinamariemount]

Just WOW. I'm praying for the capacity to retain all the beauty of this book. 🙏🙏🙏

[@chogiwayehet5891]

Ugh same!

[@solomonaster]

Yes, our God is beyond our understanding and "God transcends all creatures. How awesome is our God. Praise be His name forever. Thank you Fr. Mike for a very clear, deep and sweet explanation you are sharing with us. God bless you.

[@martinpolis3076]

Amen ❤

[@beverleyrodrigues567]

Thank you father...May God bless you....

[@robehrgonzales77494]

Day 5 ❤. Amen 🙏

[@eileenmoranbarnes2744]

God is truly using you in great ways to reach people like me who struggle daily to read and understand our beautiful Religion. Thank you.

[@fakeperson4069]

❤thank u finally learn though😊🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 u how to use it

[@PravinPinto]

Abba Father the creator of the universe....above all and in all.

[@stevehutch]

Thank you Father Mike. I loved the paragraph which says “All creatures bear a certain resemblance to God, most especially man, created in the image and likeness of God. The manifold perfections of creatures, their truth, their goodness, their beauty all reflect the infinite perfection of God”.

[@jeseniadepasquale3490]

thank you and praying for you Fr Mike and everyone at Ascension Press 🙏

[@closetocanada5604]

Glory to God! Love you all. Goodnight

[@WashingtonDC99]

Thank you so, so much Father Mike Schmitz. I am so thankful for this new podcast The Catechism Of The Church in a year podcast with Father Mike Schmitz and Ascension Press. I have been Catholic my whole life. I was very, very poorly formed / Catechized. I decided to be baptized or to become Catholic when I was four years old. I grew up in a house / family that is not Catholic. I demanded to be baptized Catholic. My mother grew up going to a protestant church called Sana Doctrina it's similar to Mount Zion. When I saw that my mother was not giving me what I wanted so, I chose my God mother ( Maria Argueta, may her soul rest in peace ) and talked to her about my desire. I finally was baptized September 11 four days before my fifth birthday. My Catholic faith is very important to me. Viva Cristo Rey. 🙏😇👼❤️❤️❤️☕🍩😁

[@Floridiansince94]

I am truly and deeply enjoying this catechism lessons - I came to the Church last Easter Vigil and we barely covered the catechism! God bless Father Smith!

[@17CW68fNv]

Amen. Thank you, Fr Mike. Praying for you. God Bless. Claire.

[@KhunPamela1963]

So profound. So beautiful. Mahalo Fr. Mike

[@munchlax9715]

amen

[@psalm5180]

God bless you Fr. Mike!

[@janierodriguez3017]

Father Mike, thank you breaking down and further explaining the points of the catechism for all of us. It helps to further understand it. I am so grateful and I am praying 🙏🏽 for you. Good bless you.

[@berhaneasgede593]

God Bless you Father.

[@Robert-bm2jr]

These paragraphs are beautiful. My son was asking me this morning about how to imagine a god that always is and always was. I think it broke his little brain. It breaks mine too.

[@SuperRuthJ]

Thank you Father Mike, so wonderful to hear your teachings again this year!❤🙏❤

[@nelldeguzman8243]

Thank you Fr. Mike - glad to be part of this journey in getting to know God more and to keep us in the right path. 😇

[@berthamartinez-tello2042]

Thank you Fr. Mike, I am praying for you

[@jdthibodeaux4234]

I'm thankful I came across this Podcast! Thank You Fr. Mike! Praying that GOD continues to use you in this very special way. God Bless

[@miachambers830]

I CANNOT WAIT to hear you tomorrow..! ❤️👍🏻 We are so blessed to have you with us..! Thank You, Lord, for the gift of Fr. Mike..! I am praying for you. ❤️👍🏻🙏🏻 Please pray for me..! ❤️👍🏻🙏🏻

[@poustinia]

My gosh...loved this. Thank you Fr Mike. Prayers for you.

[@kathynix6552]

St Carlos Acutis would be so happy that this podcast is so popular on KZbin. We appreciate all the effort from the whole team to get these podcasts up.

[@atrifle8364]

As respectful response to a previous comment, I am very happy to hear the appropriate CS Lewis references. I am here today in part thanks to him and Mere Christianity. The book caught me where I was, which was not ready to get into discussions of internal divisions inside Christianity. I had to build a case for God first. His apologetics reach the modern mind or least my modern mind so well. I wish he had become Catholic. But barring that, he offers us truth of the faith with wonderful reasoning.

[@melindanelson854]

Father Mike quotes CS Lewis all the time. I am certain you will hear him mention his name a number of times during the CIAY.

[@lingmingching1]

This was enlightening, thank you, Fr. Mike. Honestly, I was raised secularly and lacked the funds for a Catholic education in my youth. Perhaps I wouldn't have appreciated it so much at that station in life. However, the discussion on "disordered loves" in the catechesis strongly resonates with Dante's Divine Comedy, which I only recently read as an adult. Thank you very much, and God bless!

[@garystacey3020]

The light of human reason! Love and peace!

[@fitting7u]

Day 5. Thank you Fr. Mike 👍

[@kathgonzales4375]

DiA 5,Praise GOD ❤

[@MomHarper]

Each day gets better understanding the Lord. Thank you Father Mike and Ascension