Day 362: Our Daily Bread — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

What this episode is about

The content emphasizes the benefits of the Ascension app, which complements the "Catechism in a Year" experience by providing access to both the podcasts and additional resources such as transcripts, the full text of the Great Adventure Bible, and answers to difficult Bible questions. It also highlights the ongoing journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, focusing on understanding God’s plan for humanity as participants work towards completing this year-long study.

Key takeaways

• Faith is a trust exercise; even our prayers should echo a child's belief in a loving father.
• The 'Daily Bread' transcends mere sustenance, embodying both material and spiritual nourishment from God.
• Hunger isn't just personal; our prayers urge us to remember the collective struggles of humanity.
• Desire for daily provisions invites a shift from worry to gratitude, fostering deeper faith in God's providence.
• True abundance comes from recognizing that everything belongs to God, reshaping our relationship with material wealth.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Father Mike Schmitz (Host) · 20 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Ascension, Brother Mike Schmitz, Catechism of the Catholic Church, The Great Adventure Bible
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Eucharist, St. Peter Chrysologus, Brother Mike Schmitz, St. Cyprian
3. 10:00 – 15:00: Brother Mike Schmitz, St. Ignatius of Loyola
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Eucharist, The Prophet Amos
5. 20:00 – 21:30: Eucharist, St. Peter Chrysologus

Notable quotes from "Day 362: Our Daily Bread — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)"

• Again for being part of this community and God bless hi my name is father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the catechism in a year podcast where we encounter God's plan of…

  about Brother Mike Schmitz · at 0:46

• Of love so that the abundance of some may remedy the needs of others pray and work pray as if everything depended on God and work as if everything depended on you even when we…

  about St. Ignatius of Loyola · at 6:14

• Not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water but of hearing the words of the Lord for this reason the specifically Christian sense of this fourth petition concerns the bread of…

  about St. Cyprian · at 6:59

• Hear and sing all these are Necessities for our pilgrimage St Peter caligus stated the Father in Heaven urges us as children of Heaven to ask for the Bread of Heaven Christ himself is the bread who sown in the Virgin raised up in the flesh.

  about St. Peter Chrysologus · at 9:00

• Of this fourth petition concerns the bread of life the word of God accepted in faith the body of Christ received in the Eucharist and that's what I want to highlight here the…

  about Eucharist · at 15:39

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Brother Mike Schmitz — Person · Host / main speaker · 3 mentions · first at 0:54
  He leads the episode’s reading and commentary on CCC 2828–2837, explaining 'daily bread' and its Eucharistic meaning.
• St. Ignatius of Loyola — Person · Referenced saint / attributed source of maxim · 1 mention · first at 13:56
  Invoked via the well-known maxim about prayer and work to frame Christian responsibility alongside trust in providence.
• St. Peter Chrysologus — Person · Referenced Church Father / theological authority · 4 mentions · first at 8:43
  Quoted to poetically describe Christ as the 'bread of heaven' and connect 'daily bread' to Eucharistic theology.
• St. Cyprian — Person · Referenced Church Father / theological authority · 1 mention · first at 5:04
  Quoted on seeking God’s kingdom and trusting God’s providence, reinforcing the petition’s meaning and filial trust.

Books & papers

• Catechism of the Catholic Church — Book · Primary recommendation · 1 mention · first at 1:05
  The foundational text being read and discussed throughout the podcast series.
  Always I'm using the Ascension edition of the catechism which includes the foundations of Faith approach but you can follow along with any recent version of the catechism of…
• The Great Adventure Bible — Book · Referenced work · 1 mention · first at 0:14
  A resource mentioned as part of the content available in the Ascension app.
  Heavenly home this is day 362 we're reading paragraphs 2828 to 2837 as always I'm using the Ascension edition of the catechism which includes the foundations of Faith approach…
• The Prophet Amos — Book · Referenced work · 1 mention · first at 15:33
  A biblical book referenced to discuss the famine of hearing the words of the Lord.
  Breathes forth Christians must make every effort to proclaim the good news to the poor there is a famine on Earth not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water but of hearing…

Companies & orgs

• Ascension — Company · Business focus · 3 mentions · first at 0:06
  The company behind the app that enhances the experience of the podcast, providing additional content and resources.
  Quick to tell you about a great way to listen to both Bible in a year and catechism in a year it's called the Ascension app not only does the app contain the entirety of both…

Concepts & topics

• Eucharist — Concept · Core topic · 11 mentions · first at 7:14
  Central theme of the episode, discussing the significance of the Eucharist in the Catholic faith and its relation to the Lord's Prayer.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:01 hi there I just wanted to hop in real quick to tell you about a great way to listen to both Bible in a year and catechism in a year it's called the Ascension app not only does the app contain the entirety of both podcasts it also includes transcripts of each episode the full text of the Great Adventure Bible and the Ascension catechism over 1,000 answers to tough Bible questions we couldn't get to in the podcast bonus content from the Bible and your companion and so much more this app really enhances the experience of the podcast and help you get more out of the Bible and catechism I highly encourage you to check it out in the App Store just search Ascension app or text the letters a p p to the number 71391 to get a download link sent directly to your phone thank you so much again for being part of this community and God bless hi my name is father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the catechism in

0:57 a year podcast where we encounter God's plan of your goodness for us revealed in scripture and passed down through the tradition of the Catholic faith the catechism in year is brought to you by Ascension in 365 days we'll read through the catechism of the Catholic Church discovering our identity and God's family as we journey together toward our Heavenly home this is day 362 we're reading paragraphs 2828 to 2837 as always I'm using the Ascension edition of the catechism which includes the foundations of Faith approach but you can follow along with any recent version of the catechism of the Catholic church you can also download your own catechism in a year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com SL Cy and lastly you can click follow or subscribe on your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications I know the maybe Ridiculousness of those last two little notes of you can get a

1:40 reading plan or you can follow or subscribe because here we are day 362 you guys you're almost there you are almost across the Finish Line amazing we have only a couple more petitions left today we get to look at the petition give us this day our daily bread oh my gosh if there's anything it says in paragraph 2828 it says give us the trust of children who look to their father for Everything Is Beautiful let's just stop there the trust of children who look to their father for Everything Is Beautiful That's amazing and that's what we're doing here in this petition we get to actually just simply trust Our Father give us this day our daily bread that Daily Bread it can mean a lot of things one of the things I I can't wait to tell you I can't wait to reveal what paragraph 28:37 says about this bread this Daily Bread bread but it can mean so many things we don't live on bread alone but by every word that comes forth

2:35 from the mouth of God we know that of course so we're asking God in this prayer for just what we need what we need and so let's come before God right now and trust him let's come before God now with the trust of children who look to their father for everything because that is beautiful so we pray in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen Father in heaven we give you praise and thank you thank you so much please receive our thanks help us to grow in trust God father help us to grow in trust help us to be able to see every one of your blessings as blessings and even every one of our struggles as as your presence in the midst of us that our struggles are one of one of the ways you allow us to get close to you and that's so hard to see it's so hard to see because pain is for real struggle is real suffering is real death is real but help us to see you in everything help us to call out to you in

3:39 everything and to trust you for everything because the trust of children who look to their father for everything is beautiful and we trust you and love you in Jesus name we pray Amen in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen it's day 362 we're reading paragraphs 28 28 to 2837 give us this day our daily bread give us the trust of children who look to their father for Everything Is Beautiful he makes his son rise on the evil and on the good and sends Reign on the just and on the unjust he gives to all the living their food in due season Jesus teaches us this petition because it glorifies our Father by acknowledging how good he is beyond all goodness give us also expresses the Covenant we are his and he is ours for our sake but this us also recognizes him as the father of all men and we pray to him for them all in solidarity with their needs and sufferings our bread the father who

4:44 gives us life cannot but give us nourishment life requires all appropriate goods and blessings both material and spiritual in The Sermon on the Mount Jesus insists on the filial trust that cooperates with our father's Providence he's not inviting us to idleness but wants to releve us from nagging worry and preoccupation such is the filial surrender of the children of God St cyprien wrote to those who seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness he has promised to give all else besides since everything indeed belongs to God he who possesses God wants for nothing if he himself is not found wanting before God but the presence of those who hunger because they lack bread opens up another profound meaning of this petition the drama of hunger in the world call Christians who pray sincerely to exercise responsibility toward their Brethren both in their personal behavior and in their solidarity with the Human

5:37 family this petition of the Lord's Prayer cannot be isolated from The Parables of the Poor Man Lazarus and of the last judgment as Le in the doe the newness of the Kingdom should make the Earth Rise by the spirit of Christ this must be shown by the establishment of Justice in personal and social economic and international relations without ever forgetting that there are no just structures without people who want to be just our bread is the one loaf for the many in the Beatitudes poverty is the virtue of sharing it calls us to communicate and share both material and spiritual Goods not by coercion but out of love so that the abundance of some may remedy the needs of others pray and work pray as if everything depended on God and work as if everything depended on you even when we have done our work the food receive is still a gift from our father it is good to ask him for it and to thank him

6:33 as Christian families do when saying grace at meals this petition with the responsibility it involves also applies to another hunger from which men are perishing man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God that is by the word he speaks and the spirit he breathes forth Christians must make every effort to proclaim the good news to the poor there is a famine on Earth not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water but of hearing the words of the Lord for this reason the specifically Christian sense of this fourth petition concerns the bread of life the word of God accepted in faith the body of Christ received in the Eucharist this day is also an expression of trust taught us by the Lord which we would never have presumed to invent since it refers above all to his word and to the body of his son this today is not only that of our mortal time but also the today of

7:31 God St Ambrose stated if you receive the bread each day each day is today for you if Christ is yours today he rises for you every day how can this be you are my son today I have begotten you therefore today is when Christ Rises daily epas occurs nowhere else in the New Testament taken in a temporal sense this word is a pedagogical repetition of this day to confirm Us in trust without reservation taken in the qualitative sense it signifies what is necessary for life and more broadly every good thing sufficient for subsistence taken literally Epi usus super essential it refers directly to the bread of life the body of Christ the medicine of immortality without which we have no life within us finally in this connection its Heavenly meaning is evident this day is the day of the Lord the day of the Feast of the Kingdom anticipated in the Eucharist that is already the foraste of the Kingdom to

8:35 come for this reason it is fitting for the Eucharistic liturgy to be celebrated each day St Augustine stated the Eucharist is our daily bread the power belonging to this Divine food makes it a bond of Union its effect is then understood as Unity so that gathered into his body and made members of him we may become what we receive this also is our daily bread the readings you hear each day in church and the hymns you hear and sing all these are Necessities for our pilgrimage St Peter caligus stated the Father in Heaven urges us as children of Heaven to ask for the Bread of Heaven Christ himself is the bread who sown in the Virgin raised up in the flesh kneaded in the passion baked in the oven of the Tomb reserved in churches brought to altars furnishes the faithful each day with food from Heaven all right wow there we have it paragraphs 2828 to 28:37 oh man I cannot wait to get back to paragraph 2837 but let's let's start

9:36 at the very beginning it's a very good place to start I kept saying a bunch of times in the introduction give us we when we come before our father and ask him just to ask to ask God for anything we express the trust of children who look for their father to their father for everything that's beautiful and it's so good I love the last sentence says Jesus teaches us this petition why let's pause in that for a second why does Jesus teach us this petition to give us this day our daily bread it finishes by saying Jesus teaches us this petition because it glorifies our Father by acknowledging how good he is beyond all goodness that's incredible it glorifies God to ask even if the answer is no it glorifies God to come before him and ask sometimes people will short circuit their prayer and they say I don't really want to ask God for much because you know I I feel selfish that way I want I don't want to pray for

10:28 myself because it just you know it seems like listen what does this say it reminds us of this truth Jesus teaches us this petition because it glorifies our Father by acknowledging how good he is beyond all goodness when we ask God to give we ask God for anything it is acknowledging how good he is I mean think about the child who I'm not going to ask Mom I'm not going to ask Dad because well I don't want to be selfish but the parent who love their child loves when that child comes to them and says hey this is what's on my heart this is what I need would you be willing to give me what I need that is such an incredible Act of love how much would the father love when you come before him and not just pray the Our Father give us this day our daily bread but when you come before your father our father and just ask for whatever it is that we need because again our bread it signifies obviously bread but even more than this paragraph

11:28 28:30 highlights it says the father who gives us life cannot but give us the nourishment life requires all appropriate goods and blessings both material and spiritual and further Jesus teaches in The Sermon on the Mount the filial trust that cooperates with our father's Providence that he's asking us not to worry right remember if you remember that that line in Matthew chapter 6: 25-34 consider the lies of the field they don't sew or spin but Solomon in all of his Splendor was not AR raay like them that that Jesus is inviting us to be free from worry and now in this I like paragraph 2830 does continue to highlight this that Jesus in doing this is not inviting us to idleness right he's not in saying okay don't worry God will just take care of you so don't even worry about what you are to eat what you are to wear what you are to do or say or whatever he's not inviting us to idleness but he wants to relieve us from

12:20 nagging worry and preoccupation which is something that probably affects all of us and that's when we have this filial surrender remember that surrender we talked about before this surrender of placing our lives under the Dominion of God and saying God I I know I know that I can ask and I can trust I can ask and I can trust but also we recognize paragraph 2831 and following highlights the fact that if we're going to come before our Father in heaven and ask for what we need each day we have to recognize that there are people around us who have needs each day and if we're going to Remember Have a Heart Like the father that's the whole in many ways not I want to say the whole point but it's a big big point to have a heart like the father if we're going to have a heart like the father then we have to have a heart like the father right who is concerned for all the poor and if I'm going to come before God and say God

13:09 please give me this day my daily bread give us this day our daily bread then I have to look around me and say where are my fellow human beings whom God loves am I able to give them their daily bread can God work through me in this way that they can be cared for because I have a heart like my father that's the big question right can they be cared for through me because we have hearts like our father now I want to highlight maybe two or three things left and I'm so sorry but this is It's just almost too good to skip paragraph 28:34 you know uh St Benedict the or the founder of the Benedicts one of the Benedict and mots is Ora at Labor pray and work in paragraph 2834 starts with that and then there's a quote here which is just it's very famous it's tributed to St Ignatius of lyola the founder of the Jesuits he said pray as if everything depended on God and work as if everything depended on you which is so good I just love that

14:06 pray as if everything depended on God with trust with in some ways even with desperation but with ultimate trust and work as if everything depended on you that we still act in this world and it's so good even when we have done our work the food we receive is still a gift from our father it is good to ask him for it and to thank him as we do before every time before we eat we're thanking God for this gift even if yeah you worked really hard to put that food on the table we still recognize that it is still a gift last two things here we go this petition with this is is paragraph 2835 with the responsibility it involves also applies to another hunger from which men are perishing mentioned this at the very beginning we know that we do not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God therefore Christians must make every effort to proclaim the good news to the poor this is what we have to do that

14:59 it's good yes absolutely it we were not we're not just going to say here's the good news we're not going to give food right we we we don't just want to say here is the gospel without actually meeting people's needs because Jesus commands us to take care of those who go without He commands us to actually meet their needs I was hungry and you fed me I was naked and you gave me clothing I was ill and impr prison and you visited me we need to meet the needs of the people around us but we also have a command we have a command to proclaim the good news to the poor I love this there's a famine on Earth not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water but of hearing the words of the Lord that's from the book of The Prophet Amos chapter 8 the catechism says for this reason the specifically Christian sense of this fourth petition concerns the bread of life the word of God accepted in faith the body of Christ received in

15:45 the Eucharist and that's what I want to highlight here the body of Christ received in the Eucharist this last paragraph 28:37 daily we pray give us this day our daily bread so why do we repeat ourselves this word daily is a Greek word uus and as it says in 28:37 that word epas occurs nowhere else in the New Testament so what could it mean well first it says taken in a temporal sense this word is a pedagogical repetition of this day so give us this day our daily bread give us this bread the bread of this day what would that teach us that's pedagogical what would that teach us well it confirms Us in trust without reservation so give us this day the bread of today and it makes us trust God without reservation reminds us that we need to trust God without reservation now next it says taken in a qualitative sense it signifies what is necessary for life more broadly every good thing sufficient for substenance so

16:38 it doesn't just mean bread it means what I need any given day anything that's it signifies more than just bread it signifies what is necessary for life now that's again temporal sense and then a qualitative sense but how about literally this Greek word Epi usus it's a Greek word that means Epi is over or above super and osus is essential the word is super essential and it refers directly give us this day our super essential bread that refers directly to the bread of life the body of Christ the medicine of immortality without which we have no life within us the Eucharist do you realize every time you've been praying the Our father and you've uttered the words give us this day our daily bread yes of course it's that trust without reservation yes it means every good thing we need but literally you've been praying every time you pray that prayer for the Eucharist give us this day our super essential bread give us this day our

17:44 super essential bread give us this day our Eucharist and this is something for all of us all of us who belong to Jesus this we all need to realize that when Jesus gave us this prayer yes it means all these things and literally it means give us this day the Eucharist the super essential bread of life the body of Christ the medicine of immortality so Catholics let let that prayer yes it means all the things right everything every good thing we need it means the trust we have for the in the Lord but it also means you've been praying for the Eucharist let that inflame your desire for the Eucharist even more and more and more and for all my non-catholic friends my non- Catholic Christians who you youve made it here today 36 2 and you've been listening to the catechism my guess is since you've been listening to the catechism there might be a spark there might be something in you that says I think the Lord is calling me to become

18:38 Catholic I think the Lord is calling me to enter into full communion with the church and let this maybe be the the last draw let this be the that final grain of sand that just says okay I'm going to collapse I'm going to I'm going to give and I'm going to surrender you know every single time when your parents you say I can't become Catholic my my family the people who taught you the Lord's Prayer they didn't realize it but they were teaching you to pray that one day you'd be given the Eucharist they taught you how to pray that one day you'd receive the body of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist that every day since before you even knew maybe before you even knew about the Catholic church Someone taught you to pray the Lord's Prayer and in that Every Time You Prayed it you were praying God someday someday give me the Eucharist you've been praying for the Eucharist I wonder if this isn't Just A Sign

19:32 invitation take the next step whether that means joining the right of Christian initiation for adults or talking to the priest in your town or whatever that means but if something in your heart right now is just like okay that's it I've been praying this every time I've been praying The Lord's Prayer every time I've praying The Lord's Prayer I've been saying give us this day our super essential bread give me the Eucharist I mean again this is not an invention we have these quotes from from St Augustine and St Peter chrysologus St Augustine right in writing in the you know the fourth fifth C whatever it was he says the Eucharist is our daily bread the Eucharist is our daily bread the power belonging to this Divine food makes it a bond of Union its effect is then understood as Unity so that gathered into his body and made members of him we may become what we receive and also this is also our daily bread the readings you

20:25 hear each day in church and the hymns you hear and sing all these are Necessities for our pilgrimage the Eucharist is our daily bread and so my brothers and sisters in Christ this is your prayer my fellow Catholics Brothers and Sisters in Christ this is your prayer let this prayer fan that flame of love that flame of desire for Jesus in the Eucharist to a a raging Inferno that all of us might just desire Jesus more and more in the Eucharist and let's pray for each other I praying for you please pray for me my name is father Mike I cannot wait to see you tomorrow God

21:26 bless

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Day 362: Our Daily Bread — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)"?

Father Mike Schmitz (Host).

What is "Day 362: Our Daily Bread — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)" about?

The content emphasizes the benefits of the Ascension app, which complements the "Catechism in a Year" experience by providing access to both the podcasts and additional resources such as transcripts, the full text of the Great Adventure Bible, and answers to difficult Bible questions. It also highlights the ongoing journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, focusing on understanding…

What is mentioned in this The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) episode?

9 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Brother Mike Schmitz, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Eucharist, Ascension, The Great Adventure Bible, St. Ignatius of Loyola. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Day 362: Our Daily Bread — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)"?

The episode runs 21 min; the transcript is about 4,012 words in 24 timestamped sections.

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