Day 173: Brothers and Sisters in Baptism (2026)
6/22/202616 min
The Catechism shows us how Baptism unites the Church as a “People of God of the New Covenant” and goes so far as to say that “Baptism constitutes the foundation of communion among all Christians.” We all belong to Jesus, together. Fr. Mike highlights the fact that with the gift of unity in Baptism comes real responsibility. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1267-1274.
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'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 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 seventy-three. We're reading paragraphs twelve sixty-seven to twelve seventy-four. 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 also [laughs] click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications because today is day one seventy-three. We're reading paragraph twelve sixty-seven to twelve seventy-four. As I said, uh, we're in baptism. This is the last kind of article on baptism before we have a nugget day tomorrow, yesterday. We talked about the grace of baptism, like what does it actually do? It forgives our sins and makes us new. It brings us into relationship with the Lord. We get adopted as God's sons and daughters. It makes us into a new creature. Today, we recognize that we're incorporated into the body of Christ. We're made members of the Church. We're given a share in the priesthood of all believers. And also, because we're, we're given a share in the priesthood of all believers because we've been incorporated into the Church, there is a sacramental bond of unity among all Christians, and even those who are not Catholic Christians.