Day 160: The Liturgical Year (2026)
6/9/202610 min
Fr. Mike reviews the major solemnities and feast days that make up the liturgical year and explains why they are important to celebrate. We learn that the liturgical year highlights key moments of the Paschal Mystery and commemorates the life of our Blessed Mother and the lives of the saints and martyrs. The feasts and solemnities of the liturgical year ultimately point us to Christ’s sacrifice and strengthen our faith. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1168-1173.
This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.
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[gentle music] Hi, my name's 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 160. We are reading paragraphs 1168 to 1173. 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/ciy, and you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. Speaking of that, you know, we talked about yesterday, the big word was today. So today, I wanna just offer a quick thank you to all those who have supported the production of this podcast with your prayers, with your financial gifts. We couldn't make this podcast without you, so thank you so much on this day, day 160, which is pretty incredible. You know, yesterday we asked the question, when is the liturgy celebrated? And we talked about liturgical seasons. We talked about the great word, right? The word is today and how we celebrate the Mass, how we celebrate the Lord's resurrection, celebrate the heart of the, you know, time in the church year is Easter, and the Easter we celebrate on every Sunday. We celebrate a mini Easter every single Sunday. Today, we're talking about the liturgical year, paragraphs 1168 to 1173, as well as the sanctoral in the liturgical year. Now, why is that important?