The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 242: The Virtue of Faith (2025)
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Aug 30, 2025 Dive into the significance of the theological virtues, focusing on faith as a deep-rooted trust in God. Discover how faith is not just belief but a profound relationship that connects us to hope and love. Fr. Mike unpacks the impact of expressing and sharing faith in our daily lives, using the story of Job to illustrate its depth. He emphasizes that faith must be lived out in community, urging listeners to profess their beliefs with confidence to those who have yet to know God.
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Theological Virtues Orient Us To God
- The theological virtues (faith, hope, charity) orient human faculties toward participation in the divine nature.
- They originate, motivate, and have God as their object, animating all moral virtues.
Faith Is Trustful Commitment
- Faith is the virtue by which we believe in God and all He has revealed, because He is truth itself.
- By faith we freely commit our entire self to God, prompting the believer to seek and do God's will.
Faith Beyond Intellectual Agreement
- Faith goes deeper than intellectual agreement with arguments; it is a personal assent to God's revelation.
- Reason can lead toward faith, but true faith includes trusting God, not merely accepting proofs.
