The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 268: The Precepts of the Church (2025)
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Sep 25, 2025 Discover how the Church acts as a caring mother, guiding individuals through divine laws. Fr. Mike highlights the five essential precepts that keep Catholics active in their faith—Mass attendance, confession, receiving the Eucharist at Easter, fasting, and supporting the Church. He emphasizes the importance of being taught and maintaining a spirit of love and docility. The precepts serve as the minimum standards for spiritual and moral life, making them crucial for all believers.
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Church Is Divinely Founded
- The Church is divinely founded and inspired, so its consistent teaching can be trusted despite human failings.
- The Holy Spirit is the soul of the Church, making its truth credible and authoritative.
Right To Be Instructed
- Baptized Christians have the right to be instructed in divine saving precepts that purify judgment.
- This instruction heals wounded human reason by the grace given through the Church.
Practice Docility In Charity
- Observe legitimate church constitutions and decrees with docility and charity, even if disciplinary.
- Let conscience consider the common good, not only individualistic concerns, in moral judgments.
