Day 166: Introduction to Baptism (2026)
6/15/202619 min
Together, we begin the chapter on the sacraments of initiation, specifically the section on the sacrament of Baptism. Fr. Mike unpacks the different names that the Church employs when discussing Baptism, such as the “washing of regeneration and renewal” and “enlightenment.” He concludes with a reflection on the prefigurations of Baptism in the Old Covenant. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1210-1222.
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 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 in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is day one hundred and sixty-six. We are reading paragraphs twelve ten to twelve twenty-two. 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. You know that already because this is day one hundred and sixty-six. You've been following along forever, and now we have a new ... We're at another corner, another corner we're turning. We're going into section two, The Seven Sacraments of the Church, and this is incredible. If you have the, the Foundations of Faith approach, you know, this whole thing we have through Ascension, you can see that here we are in part two, Celebration of the Christian Mystery, The Sacraments, section two, Initiation, Healing, and Service. We have today launching into the Seven Sacraments. You know, this whole thing we've been talking about for the last bunch of days has been all about what's the groundwork for the liturgy, right? What are the ground ... What's the groundwork for the work of the people, work, joining in the work of God? And now we have some practicals. I mean, it's, it's also, you know, the mystery behind