Day 170: Who Can Be Baptized? (2026)
6/19/202614 min
Put simply, “[e]very person not yet baptized and only such a person is able to be baptized.” The Catechism explains to us the purpose of Baptism for both adults and infants. Fr. Mike doubles down and makes sure we understand that Baptism is for everyone. God wills Baptism for all people. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1246-1252.
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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First 90 secondsMike Schmitz· Host0:00
[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 to our heavenly home. This is day one hundred and seventy. You guys, we're chipping away. We're reading paragraphs twelve forty-six through twelve fifty-two. As always, I am 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 lastly, you can click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications, unless you're following in one of those, one of those, you know, apps or one of those platforms that don't allow you to follow or subscribe. How cruel. How cruel to be denied every... To have to hear this every day and not being able to have the opportunity to click follow or subscribe. Here we go. Also, a quick thank you for all those who've supported the production of this podcast with your prayers, with your financial gifts. We couldn't do this without you because it's day one seventy. Here we go. Today, we're talking about who can receive baptism, and we're talking about two groups of people. One is baptism of adults, the other is baptism of infants. And so this is gonna be kind of recognized. Actually, the Church is really clear that one paragraph, twelve forty-six, is only one sentence long. And I'm gonna give it away right now. In answer to the question, who can receive baptism, the answer the Church gives in paragraph twelve forty-six, "Every person