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Day 131: The Communion of the Church (2025)
The Catechism further unpacks the communion of saints and shows us how the Church lives in communion with those members who have passed on to eternal…
10 months, 1 week ago
Day 130: The Communion of Saints (2025)
The Catechism begins Paragraph 5 and dives into the communion of saints. This communion is “in holy things (sancta)” and “among holy persons (sancti)…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Day 129: Many Vocations (2025)
This "In Brief" section reviews all that we have learned in recent episodes. In the Church, “the faithful" refers to clerics and the laity with vario…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Day 128: Unique Calls to Holiness (2025)
The Lord calls everyone to live a life of surrender, and we have been looking at the various ways God calls people to grow in holiness. Religious lif…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Day 127: Consecrated Life (2025)
There are many ways that God calls people to lives of holiness. Just as he calls lay people to holiness, he also calls individuals to consecrated lif…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Day 126: Prophetic and Kingly Offices (2025)
In addition to Christ's priestly office, lay people are called to participate in Christ's prophetic and kingly offices. They take part in Christ's pr…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Day 125: Vocation of the Laity (2025)
The term "laity" refers to all the faithful, except those in Holy Orders and those who belong to a religious state approved by the Church. We learn a…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Day 124: Teaching, Sanctifying, and Governing (2025)
There are three offices that belong to the episcopal college: the teaching office, the sanctifying office, and the governing office. Fr. Mike gives u…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Day 123: The Pope (2025)
Who is the Pope? Today, we focus on the role of the Pope in the Catholic Church as the Vicar of Christ and pastor of the entire Church. The Catechism…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Day 122: Christ’s Faithful (2025)
There are three primary roles among Christ’s faithful: the hierarchy, the laity, and consecrated life. Fr. Mike explains the difference between these…
10 months, 3 weeks ago