The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 356: We Dare to Say (2025)
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Dec 22, 2025 Fr. Mike Schmitz invites listeners to embrace their identity as God's adopted children through the Our Father, highlighting the importance of 'filial boldness.' He discusses how prayer offers a communion with the Father and Son, emphasizing that true prayer should stem from trust and desire for transformation. Also explored are the dangers of superficial prayer and the need to cleanse false paternal images, reminding us that continual conversion is essential in our relationship with God.
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Filial Boldness In Prayer
- We dare to call God 'Abba, Father' because through Christ and the Spirit we are adopted as God's children.
- This filial boldness transforms prayer from ritual into intimate relationship with God.
Begin Prayer Asking For Purity
- Pray with awareness that the Holy Spirit enables us to cry out 'Abba' and enter God's presence.
- Begin prayer by naming God as Father and ask the Spirit to purify false images of fatherhood.
Christ Makes Access Possible
- Only Christ's purification of sins could bring us into the Father's presence and allow intimate prayer.
- The Spirit grants us parresia: straightforward simplicity, filial trust, and joyful assurance before God.
