Day 364: Deliver Us from Evil — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

What this episode is about

The content discusses the Ascension app, which enhances the experience of engaging with the Bible and the Catechism by providing access to podcasts, transcripts, and additional resources. The focus is on Day 364 of the Catechism in a Year, where Father Mike Schmitz guides listeners through specific paragraphs of the Catechism, exploring key aspects of Catholic faith and identity.

Key takeaways

• The Ascension app is your spiritual Swiss Army knife: podcasts, transcripts, and a Bible reading plan all in one.
• Day 364's petition reminds us: asking God not to lead us into temptation is about discernment, not avoidance.
• Temptation teaches us more than we know—revealing our true selves amid trials we never signed up for.
• Father Mike Schmitz shows us: in the battle between flesh and spirit, discernment is our best armor.
• 365 days of catechism culminates in 'Nugget Day'—because who doesn't love spiritual dessert after a year-long feast?

Who speaks in this episode?

• Father Mike Schmitz (Host) · 23 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Ascension, Brother Mike Schmitz, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Jesus Christ
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Jesus Christ, Satan, The Lord's Prayer, St. Paul
3. 10:00 – 15:00: Jesus Christ, The Lord's Prayer
4. 15:00 – 20:00: St. Paul, Jesus Christ, The Lord's Prayer, Satan
5. 20:00 – 24:07: Jesus Christ, Brother Mike Schmitz, The Lord's Prayer

Notable quotes from "Day 364: Deliver Us from Evil — 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

• Endure it such a battle and such a victory become Possible only through prayer it is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter both at the outset of his public Mission…

  about Jesus Christ · at 6:26

• Death is turned into solidarity in the body of Christ the communion of saints in this petition evil is not an abstraction but refers to a person Satan the evil one the angel…

  about Satan · at 7:43

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Brother Mike Schmitz — Person · Host / main speaker · 2 mentions · first at 0:53
  He introduces the episode, leads the prayer, reads and explains Catechism paragraphs 2846–2856, and offers pastoral commentary on temptation, evil, and perseverance.
• Jesus Christ — Person · Central referenced figure (theological focus) · 9 mentions · first at 4:14
  Referenced as the one who teaches the Lord’s Prayer, defeats the evil one, and whose prayer and agony model vigilance and victory over temptation; also invoked in prayer and in the doxology context.
• St. Paul — Person · Referenced biblical authority · 3 mentions · first at 8:31
  Cited to support the teaching that temptations are common and that God provides a way of escape (1 Corinthians 10), reinforcing the episode’s theme of discernment, strength, and perseverance.
  Touch him we know that we are of God and the whole world is in the power of the evil one St Ambrose wrote The Lord who has taken away your sin and pardon your faults also…
• St. Ambrose — Person · Referenced Church Father / patristic witness · 1 mention · first at 8:31
  Quoted as an authoritative early Church voice on God’s protection from the devil and the believer’s confidence in God’s defense, supporting the petition “deliver us from evil.”
  Touch him we know that we are of God and the whole world is in the power of the evil one St Ambrose wrote The Lord who has taken away your sin and pardon your faults also…

Books & papers

• Catechism of the Catholic Church — Book · Primary recommendation · 1 mention · first at 1:05
  The foundational text being read and discussed in the Catechism in a Year podcast.
  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 at…
• The Great Adventure Bible — Book · Referenced work · 1 mention · first at 0:10
  Mentioned as part of the content available in the Ascension app alongside the Catechism.
  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…

Companies & orgs

• Ascension — Company · Business focus · 3 mentions · first at 0:06
  The company behind the Catechism in a Year podcast and the Ascension app, which enhances the podcast experience.
  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

• The Lord's Prayer — Concept · Key argument · 5 mentions · first at 1:52
  Central to the discussion, especially the petitions 'lead us not into temptation' and 'deliver us from evil'.
  For final perseverance lo I am coming like a thief blessed is he who is awake but Deliver Us from Evil the last petition to our father is also included in Jesus's prayer I'm…
• Satan — Concept · Core topic · 3 mentions · first at 7:47
  Discussed as the evil one, the deceiver of the world, and the one who opposes God's plan.

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 364 we're reading paragraphs 28:46 to 2856 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 at the Catholic church you can also download your catechism into your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com Cy for next year I guess maybe and lastly you can click follow or subscribe on your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications today is day 364 if you do have the reading plan you know and you

1:41 maybe have the catechism right in front of you and you realize wait a second we're reading 2846 2856 so we're going through three things we're going to look at the last two petitions as well as the doxology we're looking at and lead us not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil and then also that doxology is for the kingdom and the power and the glory are yours now and forever and then the last day tomorrow we're going to do the Nuggets and I would say isn't it the most appropriate thing in the world to have day 365 just be nugget day totally fitting but today we get to go through these these last petitions lead us not into temptation one of the things people always think is like wait a second am I asking God not to tempt me great question camper answer is no we're going to get into that also Deliver Us from Evil we recognize that with the battle between not flesh and blood but principalities and Powers we are asking

2:34 the Lord to Deliver Us from Evil and then we give him praise at the very end this for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever you guys let's jump into this let's dive into these these three aspects and this day 364 just we'll pray in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen Father in heaven we give you Praise In This Moment at this day at this hour right now may you be praised Lord God you have put us in this world and and you've made us for this world but you've made us also for the next World youve you've made us in such a way that you've destined us to have eternal life with you and yet in this world there are many slings and arrows in this world there are so many forces that are trying to keep us from the Heavenly Homeland the home the dwelling that you have prepared for us there are so many forces internally and externally Lord God even in in our own broken hearts and

3:32 in this broken World there are so many battles so many trials so many tests and so much evil that can get in our way that can stumble us may cause us to stumble that can be obstacles for us and Lord God we ask you please please help us help us through the snares of this world this Valley of Tears Lord God this exile help us with your grace Lord I know you already do but please fight for us continue to fight for us fight for us now and always never let us go never let us go and help us to never let you go 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 364 we're reading paragraphs 28:46 to 2856 and lead us not into temptation this petition go goes to the root of the preceding one for our sins result from our consenting to Temptation we therefore ask our father not to lead us into temptation it is difficult to translate the Greek verb used by a

4:41 single English word the Greek means both do not allow us to enter into temptation and do not let us yield to Temptation God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one on the contrary he wants to set us free from Evil we ask him not to allow us to take the way that that leads to sin we are engaged in the battle between flesh and spirit this petition implores the spirit of discernment and strength the holy spirit makes us discern between trials which are necessary for the growth of the Inner Man and Temptation which leads to sin and death we must also discern between being tempted and consenting to Temptation finally discernment unmasks the LIE of Temptation whose object appears to be good a delight to the eyes and desirable when in reality its fruit is death origin stated God does not want to impose the good but wants free beings there is a certain usefulness to Temptation no one but God knows what our

5:42 soul has received from him not even we ourselves but Temptation reveals it in order to teach us to know ourselves and in this way we discover our evil inclinations and are obliged to give thanks for the goods that Temptation has revealed to us lead us not into temptation implies a decision of the heart for where your treasure is there will your heart be also no one can serve two masters if we live by the spirit let us also walk by the spirit in this Ascent to the Holy Spirit the father gives us strength no testing has overtaken you that is not common to man God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength but with the Temptation will also provide the way of Escape so that you may be able to endure it such a battle and such a victory become Possible only through prayer it is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter both at the outset of his public Mission and in the

6:39 ultimate struggle of his Agony in this petition to our Heavenly Father Christ unites us to his battle and his Agony he urges us to vigilance of the heart in communion with his own vigilance is custody of the heart and Jesus prayed for us to the father keep them in your name the Holy Spirit constantly seeks to awaken us to keep watch finally this petition takes on all its dramatic meaning in relation to the Last Temptation of our Earthly battle it asks for final perseverance lo I am coming like a thief blessed is he who is awake but Deliver Us from Evil the last petition to our father is also included in Jesus's prayer I'm not asking you to take them out of the world but I ask you to protect them from the evil one it touches each of us personally but it is always we who pray in communion with the whole church for the Deliverance of the whole Human family The Lord's Prayer continually opens us to the range of

7:39 God's economy of Salvation our interdependence in the drama of sin and death is turned into solidarity in the body of Christ the communion of saints in this petition evil is not an abstraction but refers to a person Satan the evil one the angel who opposes God the devil diabolos is the one who throws himself across God's plan and his work of Salvation accomplished in Christ a murderer from the beginning a liar and the father of Lies Satan is the deceiver of the whole world through him sin and death entered the world and by his definitive defeat all creation will be freed from the corruption of sin and death now we know that anyone born of God does not sin but he who was born of God keeps him and the evil one does not touch him we know that we are of God and the whole world is in the power of the evil one St Ambrose wrote The Lord who has taken away your sin and pardon your faults also protects you and keeps

8:39 you from the Ws of your adversary the devil so that the enemy who is accustomed to leaning into sin may not surprise you one who entrusts himself to God does not dread the devil if God is for us who is against us victory over the prince of This World Was Won once for all at the hour when Jesus freely gave him himself up to death to give us his life this is the Judgment of this world and the prince of this world is cast out he pursued the woman but had no hold on her the new EVE full of grace of the holy spirit is preserved from sin and the corruption of death the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of the most holy mother of God Mary ever virgin then the dragon was angry with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her Offspring therefore the spirit and the church pray come Lord Jesus since his coming will Deliver Us from the evil one when we ask to be delivered from the evil one we pray as well to be

9:36 freed from all evils present past and future of which he is the author or instigator in this final petition the church brings before the father all the distress of the world along with deliverance from the evils that overwhelm Humanity she implores the precious gift of peace and the grace of perseverance in expectation of Christ's return by praying in this way she anticipates in humility of Faith the Gathering Together of everyone and everything in him who has the keys of death and Hades who is and who was and who is to come the almighty in the Roman missile we pray Deliver Us Lord we pray from every evil graciously Grant peace in our days that by the help of your mercy we may always be free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the Blessed hope and the coming of Our Savior Jesus Christ Article 4 the final doxology the final doxology for the kingdom the power and the glory are

10:35 yours now and forever takes up again by inclusion the first three petitions to our father the glorification of his name the coming of his Reign and the power of His saving will but these prayers are now proclaimed as adoration and Thanksgiving as in the Liturgy of Heaven the ruler of this world has mendaciously attributed to himself the three titles of kingship power and Glory Christ the lord restores them to his father and our father until he hands over the kingdom to him when the mystery of Salvation will be brought to its completion and God will be all in all St sirel of Jerusalem stated then after the prayer is over you say Amen which means so be it thus ratifying with our amen what is contained in the prayer that God has taught us all right there we have it paragraphs 28:46 to 28 56 again just let's use the word beautiful powerful I just can't get enough here so let's go back to the

11:35 beginning 2846 lead us not into temptation let's highlight this this this one of those kind of things that can be confusing at some point you're like wait a second does God tempt remember scripture makes it absolutely clear in the letter of James 1:3 that God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one that's letter of James chapter 1 that's very important for us to understand God does not tempt us we Never Can Say God is tempting me because he never does this what does that word what does that phrase really mean it doesn't mean to lead us into temptation a better translation would be do not allow us to enter into temptation or do not let us yield to Temptation so again we're not going to change the words because we've been given the The Lord's Prayer in whatever our language is for a long time but you know now you know that when you pray lead us not into temptation you're praying something more along the lines

12:25 of do not allow us to enter into temptation or to not let us yield to Temptation so that's so important so what is the petition asking for it implores the spirit of discernment and strength the spirit of discernment and strength so paragraph 2847 highlights this the holy spirit makes us discern between a couple things discern between trials and temptations this is very important because yes trials are necessary for the growth of the inner man right trials are necessary that we need to be tested if we're not tested we don't have trials we can't grow we know that this is true when it comes to biological life it's also true when it comes to our spiritual lives that we have to face some kind of opposition in order to grow this is the way muscles grow right this is the way that your brain gets to learn things it has to be challenged and in that challenge your brain becomes smarter right you become

13:14 smarter if your muscles aren't challenged they become weaker but when they're challenged to the trials right we become stronger so trials are necessary for our growth temptation is different it says the holy spirit makes us discern between trials which are necessary and Temptation which leads to sin and death so we have to discern between those things we also have to discern between being tempted and consenting to Temptation because you know sometimes there are intrusive thoughts like invasive thoughts that come into a person's mind we know these you didn't ask for those thoughts you don't want them but there they are the right response would be to ask for God's help to banish them or to help you distract yourself from them those thoughts are only Temptations but since you did not entertain them or consent to them there's no sin instead there's Victory there I mean really there's victory over that Temptation because

14:08 those thoughts were resisted with God's help now if someone does consent to them or does entertain those thoughts then yes that would be sinning but just having the thought pop into someone's head is not sinning so we recognize that being tempted to a sin is not the same thing as consenting to sin so we have to discern between those things and hopefully you have some wise people in your life who were able to say okay no no no I I hear what you're saying you did not consent to that you were simply tempted to that sin so discernment between trials and Temptation and discernment between being tempted and consenting to Temptation finally discernment unmasks the LIE of Temptation the LIE of Temptation is that this is good the reality is we know that sin leads to death how often do we maybe justify sin to ourselves because we think well yeah but how could this possibly be bad I mean think about the story of Adam and

15:02 Eve in the garden here is Eve Eve looks at the fruit yeah it is the light to the eyes the for gaining wisdom there seems to be nothing wrong with it the only wrong thing with it is God said don't don't eat it and yet it brought death it looked fine but its fruit is death and so that we need that discernment to be able to discern past the lie to unmask the LIE of Temptation that's always going to present itself as something that we want when we know we know ultimately we don't want this and I love this this quote from origin he says God does not want to impose the good but wants free beings there's a certain usefulness to Temptation and then that it's true Temptation reveals our soul Temptation reveals our soul in order to teach us to know ourselves and in this way we discover our evil inclinations and then we're obliged to give thanks for the goods that Temptation has revealed to us it's so good goes on to

15:56 say in 2848 there's a decision of the heart here lead us not into temptation implies a decision of the heart that we we limp right we're we're free but we limp we have strength but not all strength and so what we need to do is we need to Ascent to the Holy Spirit and the father gives us strength if we Ascent to the Holy Spirit the father gives us strength remember we said we need both discernment and strength and we need to sent to the Holy Spirit consent to the Holy Spirit to surrender to the Lord and the father gives of strength I love this quote it's one of my favorite well it's one of the many great quotes from 1 Corinthians chapter 10 where St Paul's writing to the Corinthians and he says no testing has overtaken you that is not common to man that's really important for us to know sometimes we have such a perspective on our Temptations like on the things that we're afflicted by that

16:48 we might be tempted in addition to the temptation to have what I might call like exceptionalism like exceptionalism would be well in my case I'm the exception that I know that God's calling everyone to whatever the thing is but here I have this particular wound I have this particular Temptation I have this particular thing in my life that I'm the exception to the this whole thing and here's St Paul saying oh yeah yeah here's the deal no testing is overtaken you that's not common to man yeah you you might have a particular kind of testing but it is not uh you're not the exception basically I think what St Paul is saying here you're not the exception but he goes on to give some encouragement not just the uh smack upside the head of listen you're not the exception but here the encouragement God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength but with the Temptation will also provide the way

17:35 of Escape so that you may be able to endure it so we realize we realize we need discernment and strength and of course 2849 reminds us that that battle and that Victory are possible only through prayer only through prayer and so just keep in mind we have to have that prayer and one of the things we pray for in this lead us not into temptation is the last line of 2849 it says finally this petition takes on all its dramatic meaning in relation to the Last Temptation of our Earthly battle it asks for final perseverance if there's something that I invite every one of us to pray for on a regular basis maybe a daily basis maybe every morning and every evening is for the grace of final perseverance the grace of like okay Lord I'm right now I I belong to you right now I'm saying yes to you God please give me the grace to say yes to you with my last breath please give me the grace for final perseverance The

18:27 Last Temptation of our Earthly battle we don't know what that's going to be none of us know what that's going to look like what it's going to be all we know is that it's going to happen and the Lord God wants to be part of it he wants to be there to give us discernment and strength in that moment so we just pray for that I invite every one of us pray for final perseverance and if you're like how do I pray for that specifically well maybe when you're praying The Lord's Prayer maybe just when you're praying the Our Father realize when we pray together lead us not into temptation put that note of and even at the last hour the The Last Temptation of my Earthly battle give me that final perseverance that'd be something so good to pray for because you know it's coming and we know God wants to be part of it he wants to give us the strength to escape now the last petition Deliver Us from Evil now

19:12 paragraph 28:51 highlights this this reality in this petition evil is not an abstraction but refers to a person Satan the evil one the angel who opposes God this is when we pray lead us not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil yes I want to be delivered from the temptation to evil I want to be delivered from from committing evil but we are we are praying in this petition to be delivered from the evil one he is not temptation but Deliver Us from the evil one we're talking about the devil who we know is real is not an abstract kind of evil but is a person and it goes on to say the devil diabolos is the one who throws himself across God's plan and his work of Salvation accomplished in Christ and I think it's helpful paragraph 28:52 to hear what scripture has to say what Jesus has to say about the evil one he is a murderer from the beginning a liar and the father of Lies Satan is the deceiver of the whole

20:14 world and we recognize that if that's the case then I cannot fight the devil I I cannot fight the devil on my own and neither can you none of us can he is smarter than us he's more powerful than us we're not called to fight the devil on our own every time we pray the Lord's Prayer we're asking God please fight him for me God please fight for me we're praying every single time Deliver Us from Evil Deliver Us from the evil one God come and fight for us now Victory paragraph 2853 victory over the prince of this world right victory over the evil one was one once for all at the hour when Jesus freely gave himself up to death and gave us his life this is the Judgment of the world the prince of the world is cast out he pursued the woman this is revelation 12 he pursued the woman but had no hold on her the new EVE full of grace our lady he pursued her but had no hold on her therefore because of that the spirit and

21:13 the church pray come Lord Jesus since his coming our lord Jesus Christ's coming will Deliver Us from the evil one now yes we talk about to Deliver Us from the evil one but paragraph 2854 highlights the fact that when we ask to be delivered from the evil one we're also praying as well to be freed from all evils past present and future of which he is the author or instigator and so this last petition the church brings before God all the distress of the world this is it all of the suffering all of the evil in this world what you're doing every time we pray and when we prayed this together we're bringing all that evil all that suffering that overwhelm humanity and we're begging God for this as it says here precious gift of peace and the Grace of perseverance there it is again perseverance in expectation of Christ's return and I love this last sentence it's just it's crazy by praying in this

22:08 way she anticipates in humility of Faith the Gathering Together of everyone and everything in him who has the keys of death and Hades who is and who was and who is to come the almighty this there's such a confident prayer the Our father is it's that's why we say we dare to say it is a bold prayer not because we're bold about ourselves not because we're confident in ourselves it's the exact opposite it's because God in his love for us has made us his adopted Sons and Daughters he is our father and he wants us to come to him as father trusting him with everything in this last petition okay father I trust you even with the evil of the world overwhelmed by the evils of this world and father I entrust you with the evil one that you're going to fight him you've already had victory over him you're you're going to continue to battle him in his role in my life but also I pray that you deliver the whole

23:04 world from the evils that afflict the whole world it's incredible incredible and then of course the final doxology that for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever we just give God glory we give him praise remember Judah goes up first praise goes up first and in the end praise goes up last we continue to praise God at all times and we pray at all times please pray for each other I'm praying for you please pray for me my name is father Mike I cannot wait to see you tomorrow God

23:56 bless

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Day 364: Deliver Us from Evil — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)"?

Father Mike Schmitz (Host).

What is "Day 364: Deliver Us from Evil — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)" about?

The content discusses the Ascension app, which enhances the experience of engaging with the Bible and the Catechism by providing access to podcasts, transcripts, and additional resources. The focus is on Day 364 of the Catechism in a Year, where Father Mike Schmitz guides listeners through specific paragraphs of the Catechism, exploring key aspects of Catholic faith and identity.

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, Jesus Christ, The Lord's Prayer, Ascension, Satan. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Day 364: Deliver Us from Evil — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)"?

The episode runs 24 min; the transcript is about 4,500 words in 27 timestamped sections.

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