The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 96: The Church’s Ultimate Trial (2025)
Apr 6, 2025
Dive into the Church's ultimate trial as it anticipates the challenges before Christ's return. Explore the deceptions posed by the Antichrist and the dramatic threats to faith. Discover how personal decision-making plays a crucial role on this spiritual journey, emphasizing the importance of confession and grace. Fr. Mike highlights the church's resilience amidst persecution and the need for vigilance against false hopes. Ultimately, faith must remain steadfast as believers wait for divine victory and judgment.
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The Church's Ultimate Trial
- The Church's ultimate trial involves a final deception, the Antichrist, before Christ's second coming.
- This deception offers solutions to problems but requires apostasy from the truth.
Pseudo-Messianism
- No worldly program, person, or system can usher in the messianic age.
- This age arrives only at history's end, not within it.
Recognizing Deception
- Be aware of religious deception offering solutions at the cost of truth.
- Apostasy is dramatically turning from known truth.