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1

Day 133: Devotion to Mary (2026)

2

Day 132: Mary Mother of the Church (2026)

3

Day 131: The Communion of the Church (2026)

4

Day 130: The Communion of Saints (2026)

5

Day 129: Many Vocations (2026)

6

Day 128: Unique Calls to Holiness (2026)

7

Day 127: Consecrated Life (2026)

8

Day 126: Prophetic and Kingly Offices (2026)

9

Day 125: Vocation of the Laity (2026)

10

Day 124: Teaching, Sanctifying, and Governing (2026)

11

Day 123: The Pope (2026)

12

Day 122: Christ’s Faithful (2026)

13

Day 121: The Apostolate (2026)

14

Day 120: The Apostolic Church (2026)

15

Day 119: The Church’s Missionary Mandate (2026)

16

Day 118: The Church and Non-Christians (2026)

17

Day 117: The Church Is Catholic (2026)

18

Day 116: The Church Is Holy (2026)

19

Day 115: Wounds to Unity (2026)

20

Day 114: The Church Is One (2026)

21

Day 113: The Temple of the Holy Spirit (2026)

22

Day 112: The Church Is the Bride (2026)

23

Day 111: The Church as the Body of Christ (2026)

24

Day 110: The People of God (2026)

25

Day 109: Mystery of Union With God (2026)

26

Day 108: Revealed by the Holy Spirit (2026)

27

Day 107: Origin of the Church (2026)

28

Day 106: Symbols of the Church (2026)

29

Day 105: Christ’s Church and its Mission (2026)

30

Day 104: The Holy Spirit and the Church (2026)

31

Day 103: The Power of Pentecost (2026)

32

Day 102: The Holy Spirit’s Mission (2026)

33

Day 101: Expecting the Messiah (2026)

34

Day 100: God’s Word and Spirit (2026)

35

Day 99: Symbols of the Holy Spirit (2026)

36

Day 98: The Son and the Spirit (2026)

37

Day 97: Introduction to the Holy Spirit

38

Day 96: The Church’s Ultimate Trial (2026)

39

Day 95: Christ’s Reign on Earth (2026)

40

Day 94: Christ’s Ascension into Heaven (2026)

41

Day 93: The Meaning of the Resurrection (2026)

42

Day 92: The Man of Heaven (2026)

43

Day 91: Christ Rose from the Dead (2026)

44

Day 90: Christ Descended into Hell (2026)

45

Day 89: Jesus Christ Was Buried (2026)

46

Day 88: Christ’s Definitive Sacrifice

47

Day 87: Christ’s Life as Offering (2026)

48

Day 86: God’s Plan of Salvation (2026)

49

Day 85: The Trial of Christ (2026)

50

Day 84: The Claim of Savior (2026)

51

Day 83: Jesus and the Temple (2026)

52

Day 82: Jesus and the Law (2026)

53

Day 81: Christ’s Paschal Mystery (2026)

54

Day 80: Summary of the Mysteries of Christ’s Life (2026)

55

Day 79: Jesus’ Transfiguration and Messianic Acts (2026)

56

Day 78: Signs of the Kingdom (2026)

57

Day 77: The Kingdom of God (2026)

58

Day 76: Jesus’ Baptism and Temptation (2026)

59

Day 75: Jesus’ Infancy and Hidden Life (2026)

60

Day 74: The Christmas Mystery (2026)

61

Day 73: Christ’s Life Is Mystery (2026)

62

Day 72: Mary’s Motherhood (2026)

63

Day 71: Mary’s Virginity (2026)

64

Day 70: The Immaculate Conception (2026)

65

Day 69: Born of the Virgin Mary (2026)

66

Day 68: The Mystery of the Incarnation (2026)

67

Day 67: The Humanity and Divinity of Christ (2026)

68

Day 66: True God and True Man (2026)

69

Day 65: Why the Word Became Flesh (2026)

70

Day 64: The Lord (2026)

71

Day 63: The Only Son of God (2026)

72

Day 62: The Christ (2026)

73

Day 61: The Name of Jesus (2026)

74

Day 60: God Sends His Only Son (2026)

75

Day 59: Summary of The Fall (2026)

76

Day 58: Man’s Spiritual Battle (2026)

77

Day 57: Consequences of Adam’s Sin (2026)

78

Day 56: Man’s First Sin (2026)

79

Day 55: The Fall of the Angels (2026)

80

Day 54: The Fall of Man (2026)

81

Day 53: Man in Paradise (2026)

82

Day 52: Male and Female (2026)

83

Day 51: Unity of Soul and Body (2026)

84

Day 50: The Dignity of Man (2026)

85

Day 49: We Are Created For Worship (2026)

86

Day 48: Creation in Order (2026)

87

Day 47: The Angels (2026)

88

Day 46: Heaven and Earth (2026)

89

Day 45: Summary of Creation (2026)

90

Day 44: The Scandal of Evil (2026)

91

Day 43: Creation Is Good (2026)

92

Day 42: The Work of Creation (2026)

93

Day 41: Origins and Ends (2026)

94

Day 40: God Is the Creator (2026)

95

Day 39: The Father Almighty (2026)

96

Day 38: Summary of the Trinity (2026)

97

Day 37: The Divine Economy (2026)

98

Day 36: The Nature of the Trinity (2026)

99

Day 35: Formation of Trinitarian Dogma (2026)

100

Day 34: Unity in the Holy Spirit (2026)

101

Day 33: God as Father (2026)

102

Day 32: The Most Holy Trinity (2026)

103

Day 31: The Meaning of Faith (2026)

104

Day 30: God Is Who Is (2026)

105

Day 29: Knowing the Name of God (2026)

106

Day 28: The Nature of God (2026)

107

Day 27: The Gift of the Creed (2026)

108

Day 26: Communion of Believers (2026)

109

Day 25: Summary of Faith (2026)

110

Day 24: Unity of Faith (2026)

111

Day 23: We Believe (2026)

112

Day 22: Wrestling with Faith (2026)

113

Day 21: Believing God (2026)

114

Day 20: Stepping in Faith (2026)

115

Day 19: Summary of Sacred Scripture (2026)

116

Day 18: The Unity of the Testaments (2026)

117

Day 17: The Canon of Scripture (2026)

118

Day 16: Senses of Scripture (2026)

119

Day 15: Interpreting Scripture (2026)

120

Day 14: The Eternal Word of God (2026)

121

Day 13: The Single Deposit of Faith (2026)

122

Day 12: Receiving Dogmas (2026)

123

Day 11: Sources of Divine Revelation (2026)

124

Day 10: The Apostolic Tradition (2026)

125

Day 9: The Fullness of Revelation (2026)

126

Day 8: God Forms His People (2026)

127

Day 7: God Reveals Himself (2026)

128

Day 6: Knowing God With Certainty (2026)

129

Day 5: How We Know God (2026)

130

Day 4: Our Capacity for God (2026)

131

Day 3: What We Believe (Part 1 Introduction with Jeff Cavins) (2026)

132

Day 2: How the Catechism Works (2026)

133

Day 1: To Know and Love God (2026)

134

BONUS: How Do We Trust in Church Authority? (with Bishop Cozzens)

135

Day 365: So Be It (2025)

136

BONUS: Why Scripture and Tradition? (with Jeff Cavins)

137

Day 364: Deliver Us from Evil

138

Day 363: Forgive Us Our Trespasses (2025)

139

Day 362: Our Daily Bread (2025)

140

Day 361: The Kingdom and Will of God (2025)

141

Day 360: Hallowing God’s Name (2025)

142

Day 359: The Seven Petitions (2025)

143

Day 358: Who Art in Heaven (2025)

144

Day 357: God, “Our” Father (2025)

145

Day 356: We Dare to Say (2025)

146

Day 355: Summary of the Lord’s Prayer (2025)

147

Day 354: The Prayer of the Church (2025)

148

Day 353: The Lord's Prayer (2025)

149

Day 352: Summary of The Battle of Prayer (2025)

150

Day 351: The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus (2025)

151

Day 350: Persevering in Prayer (2025)

152

Day 349: Temptation, Trust, and Prayer (2025)

153

Day 348: The Battle of Prayer (2025)

154

Day 347: Contemplative Prayer (2025)

155

Day 346: Meditation and Vocal Prayer (2025)

156

Day 345: Animated by Prayer (2025)

157

Day 344: Guides for Prayer (2025)

158

Day 343: Praying Through Mary (2025)

159

Day 342: Trinitarian Prayer (2025)

160

Day 341: The Theological Virtues (2025)

161

Day 340: Scripture and the Liturgy (2025)

162

Day 339: Prayer of Praise (2025)

163

Day 338: Intercession and Thanksgiving (2025)

164

Day 337: Blessing, Adoration, and Petition (2025)

165

Day 336: Jesus Hears Our Prayer (2025)

166

Day 335: Jesus Teaches Us to Pray (2025)

167

Day 334: How Jesus Prayed (2025)

168

Day 333: The Psalms (2025)

169

Day 332: Prayer Converts Our Heart (2025)

170

Day 331: The Foundations of Prayer (2025)

171

Day 330: The Revelation of Prayer (2025)

172

Day 329: The Gift of Prayer (2025)

173

Day 328: How We Pray (Part 4 Intro w/ Sr. Miriam James Heidland) (2025)

174

Day 327: Poverty of Heart (2025)

175

Day 326: Envy and Jealousy (2025)

176

Day 325: Battling for Purity (2025)

177

Day 324: The Ninth Commandment (2025)

178

Day 323: Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art (2025)

179

Day 322: Respect for Truth (2025)

180

Day 321: Offenses Against Truth (2025)

181

Day 320: The Truth (2025)

182

Day 319: Summary of the Seventh Commandment (2025)

183

Day 318: Love for the Poor (2025)

184

Day 317: International Justice and Solidarity (2025)

185

Day 316: Labor and Social Justice (2025)

186

Day 315: The Church’s Social Doctrine (2025)

187

Day 314: Goods of Others (2025)

188

Day 313: Ownership of Goods (2025)

189

Day 312: Polygamy, Incest, and Free Union (2025)

190

Day 311: Adultery and Divorce (2025)

191

Day 310: The Gift of a Child (2025)

192

Day 309: Faithful and Fruitful Marriage (2025)

193

Day 308: Same-Sex Attraction (2025)

194

Day 307: Offenses Against Chastity (2025)

195

Day 306: Gift of Self (2025)

196

Day 305: The Call to Chastity (2025)

197

Day 304: Male and Female (2025)

198

Day 303: Summary of the Fifth Commandment (2025)

199

Day 302: War (2025)

200

Day 301: Peace (2025)

201

Day 300: Science, Bodily Integrity, and the Dead (2025)

202

Day 299: Respect for Health (2025)

203

Day 298: Respect for Others (2025)

204

Day 297: The Cross of Suicide (2025)

205

Day 296: The Sin of Euthanasia (2025)

206

Day 295: The Wound of Abortion (2025)

207

Day 294: Homicide (2025)

208

Day 293: Legitimate Defense (2025)

209

Day 292: Respect for Human Life (2025)

210

Day 291: The Political Community and the Church (2025)

211

Day 290: The Duties of Citizens (2025)

212

Day 289: Family, Society, and the Kingdom (2025)

213

Day 288: The Duties of Parents (2025)

214

Day 287: The Gratitude of Children (2025)

215

Day 286: The Family and Society (2025)

216

Day 285: The Nature of the Family (2025)

217

Day 284: The Fourth Commandment (2025)

218

Day 283: The Day of Rest (2025)

219

Day 282: The Sunday Obligation (2025)

220

Day 281: Keep Holy the Lord’s Day (2025)

221

Day 280: The Christian Name (2025)

222

Day 279: False Oaths (2025)

223

Day 278: The Second Commandment (2025)

224

Day 277: Agnosticism and Graven Images (2025)

225

Day 276: Irreligion and Atheism (2025)

226

Day 275: Superstition, Idolatry, and Magic (2025)

227

Day 274: Social Duty of Religion (2025)

228

Day 273: Him Only Shall You Serve (2025)

229

Day 272: You Shall Worship the Lord Your God (2025)

230

Day 271: Love of God (2025)

231

Day 270: The Ten Commandments (2025)

232

Day 269: Our Missionary Witness (2025)

233

Day 268: The Precepts of the Church (2025)

234

Day 267: The Church as Mother and Teacher (2025)

235

Day 266: The Gift of Grace (2025)

236

Day 265: The Call to Holiness (2025)

237

Day 264: Man’s Merit (2025)

238

Day 263: Responding to Grace (2025)

239

Day 262: Habitual and Actual Grace (2025)

240

Day 261: Justification (2025)

241

Day 260: Summary of the Moral Law (2025)

242

Day 259: The New Commandment (2025)

243

Day 258: The New Law (2025)

244

Day 257: The Old Law (2025)

245

Day 256: The Natural Moral Law (2025)

246

Day 255: Human Solidarity (2025)

247

Day 254: Social Justice (2025)

248

Day 253: Participation in Public Life (2025)

249

Day 252: The Common Good (2025)

250

Day 251: Authorities in Society (2025)

251

Day 250: Conversion in Society (2025)

252

Day 249: The Person in Society (2025)

253

Day 248: The Spread of Sin (2025)

254

Day 247: The Weight of Sin (2025)

255

Day 246: Mercy and the Mystery of Sin (2025)

256

Day 245: Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit (2025)

257

Day 244: The Virtue of Charity (2025)

258

Day 243: The Virtue of Hope (2025)

259

Day 242: The Virtue of Faith (2025)

260

Day 241: The Cardinal Virtues (2025)

261

Day 240: Erroneous Judgment of Conscience (2025)

262

Day 239: The Formation of Conscience (2025)

263

Day 238: Our Moral Conscience (2025)

264

Day 237: The Morality of the Passions (2025)

265

Day 236: The Morality of Human Acts (2025)

266

Day 235: Human Freedom in Salvation (2025)

267

Day 234: Freedom and Responsibility (2025)

268

Day 233: The Beatitudes (2025)

269

Day 232: Man Is Made in the Image of God (2025)

270

Day 231: Our Calling (2025)

271

Day 230: How We Live (Part 3 Introduction with Dr. Mary Healy)

272

Day 229: Christian Funerals (2025)

273

Day 228: Blessings, Sacramentals and Popular Piety (2025)

274

Day 227: Summary of the Sacrament of Matrimony (2025)

275

Day 226: The Supreme Gift of Marriage (2025)

276

Day 225: Total Fidelity in Marriage (2025)

277

Day 224: The Grace of the Sacrament of Marriage (2025)

278

Day 223: Differences in Religion in Marriage (2025)

279

Day 222: Matrimonial Consent (2025)

280

Day 221: The Celebration of Marriage (2025)

281

Day 220: Marriage in the New Covenant (2025)

282

Day 219: Marriage in God’s Plan (2025)

283

Day 218: Summary of Holy Orders (2025)

284

Day 217: The Effects of Holy Orders (2025)

285

Day 216: Who Receives Holy Orders (2025)

286

Day 215: Deacons and the Diaconate (2025)

287

Day 214: Priests and the Presbyterate (2025)

288

Day 213: Bishops and the Episcopacy (2025)

289

Day 212: In Persona Christi (2025)

290

Day 211: The One Priesthood of Christ (2025)

291

Day 210: The Sacrament of Holy Orders (2025)

292

Day 209: Summary of the Anointing of the Sick (2025)

293

Day 208: Completing the Earthly Pilgrimage (2025)

294

Day 207: Celebrating the Anointing of the Sick (2025)

295

Day 206: Healing the Sick (2025)

296

Day 205: Christ the Physician (2025)

297

Day 204: Summary of Sacrament of Reconciliation (2025)

298

Day 203: The Purpose of Indulgences (2025)

299

Day 202: How Confession Heals (2025)

300

Day 201: The Confessor’s Role (2025)

301

Day 200: The Confession of Sins (2025)

302

Day 199: The Sacrament of Forgiveness (2025)

303

Day 198: Reconciliation with God (2025)

304

Day 197: Forms of Penance (2025)

305

Day 196: Conversion of the Baptized (2025)

306

Day 195: Penance and Reconciliation (2025)

307

Day 194: Summary of the Sacrament of the Eucharist (2025)

308

Day 193: Communion Forever in Heaven (2025)

309

Day 192: Unity in the Eucharist (2025)

310

Day 191: The Eucharist Changes Us (2025)

311

Day 190: Receiving Holy Communion (2025)

312

Day 189: Worship of the Eucharist (2025)

313

Day 188: Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist (2025)

314

Day 187: The Church’s Sacrificial Unity (2025)

315

Day 186: The Sacrificial Memorial (2025)

316

Day 185: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence (2025)

317

Day 184: The Movement of the Mass (2025)

318

Day 183: The Mass of All Ages (2025)

319

Day 182: The Signs of Bread and Wine (2025)

320

Day 181: The Sacrament of the Eucharist (2025)

321

Day 180: The Source and Summit (2025)

322

Day 179: Summary of Confirmation (2025_

323

Day 178: Who Receives Confirmation (2025)

324

Day 177: The Celebration of Confirmation (2025)

325

Day 176: Traditions and Signs of Confirmation (2025)

326

Day 175: Introduction to Confirmation (2025)

327

Day 174: Summary of the Sacrament of Baptism (2025)

328

Day 173: Brothers and Sisters in Baptism (2025)

329

Day 172: What Does Baptism Do? (2025)

330

Day 171: The Necessity of Baptism (2025)

331

Day 170: Who Can Be Baptized? (2025)

332

Day 169: The Mystagogy of Baptism (2025)

333

Day 168: The Celebration of Baptism (2025)

334

Day 167: The Baptism of Christ (2025)

335

Day 166: Introduction to Baptism (2025)

336

Day 165: Summary of Liturgical Diversity (2025)

337

Day 164: Liturgical Diversity and Unity (2025)

338

Day 163: Summary of the Liturgy (2025)

339

Day 162: Where the Liturgy Is Celebrated (2025)

340

Day 161: The Liturgy of the Hours (2025)

341

Day 160: The Liturgical Year (2025)

342

Day 159: When the Liturgy Is Celebrated (2025)

343

Day 158: Holy Images in the Liturgy (2025)

344

Day 157: God’s Word and Sacred Music (2025)

345

Day 156: How the Liturgy Is Celebrated (2025)

346

Day 155: Who Celebrates the Liturgy (2025)

347

Day 154: Sacraments of Eternal Life (2025)

348

Day 153: Sacraments Save (2025)

349

Day 152: Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi (2025)

350

Day 151: The Seven Sacraments (2025)

351

Day 150: The Epiclesis (2025)

352

Day 149: The Holy Spirit Recalls Christ’s Mystery (2025)

353

Day 148: The Holy Spirit’s Work in the Liturgy (2025)

354

Day 147: Christ’s Work in the Liturgy (2025)

355

Day 146: The Father’s Work in the Liturgy (2025)

356

Day 145: Introduction to the Liturgy (2025)

357

Day 144: How We Worship (Part 2 Introduction with Bishop Andrew Cozzens) (2025)

358

Day 143: Amen (2025)

359

Day 142: The New Heaven and the New Earth (2025)

360

Day 141: The Last Judgment (2025)

361

Day 140: Purgatory and Hell (2025)

362

Day 139: I Believe in Life Everlasting (2025)

363

Day 138: Summary of the Resurrection of the Body (2025)

364

Day 137: Dying in Christ Jesus (2025)

365

Day 136: Questions of Resurrection (2025)

366

Day 135: The Resurrection of the Body (2025)

367

Day 134: The Forgiveness of Sins (2025)

368

Day 133: Devotion to Mary (2025)

369

Day 132: Mary Mother of the Church (2025)

370

Day 131: The Communion of the Church (2025)

371

Day 130: The Communion of Saints (2025)

372

Day 129: Many Vocations (2025)

373

Day 128: Unique Calls to Holiness (2025)

374

Day 127: Consecrated Life (2025)

375

Day 126: Prophetic and Kingly Offices (2025)

376

Day 125: Vocation of the Laity (2025)

377

Day 124: Teaching, Sanctifying, and Governing (2025)

378

Day 123: The Pope (2025)

379

Day 122: Christ’s Faithful (2025)

380

Day 121: The Apostolate (2025)

381

Day 120: The Apostolic Church (2025)

382

Day 119: The Church’s Missionary Mandate (2025)

383

Day 118: The Church and Non-Christians (2025)

384

Day 117: The Church Is Catholic (2025)

385

Day 116: The Church Is Holy (2025)

386

Day 115: Wounds to Unity (2025)

387

Day 114: The Church Is One (2025)

388

Day 113: The Temple of the Holy Spirit (2025)

389

Day 112: The Church Is the Bride (2025)

390

Day 111: The Church as the Body of Christ (2025)

391

Day 110: The People of God (2025)

392

Day 109: Mystery of Union With God (2025)

393

Day 108: Revealed by the Holy Spirit (2025)

394

Day 107: Origin of the Church (2025)

395

Day 106: Symbols of the Church (2025)

396

Day 105: Christ’s Church and its Mission (2025)

397

Day 104: The Holy Spirit and the Church (2025)

398

Day 103: The Power of Pentecost (2025)

399

Day 102: The Holy Spirit’s Mission (2025)

400

Day 101: Expecting the Messiah (2025)

401

Day 100: God’s Word and Spirit (2025)

402

Day 99: Symbols of the Holy Spirit (2025)

403

Day 98: The Son and the Spirit (2025)

404

Day 97: Introduction to the Holy Spirit

405

Day 96: The Church’s Ultimate Trial (2025)

406

Day 95: Christ’s Reign on Earth (2025)

407

Day 94: Christ’s Ascension into Heaven (2025)

408

Day 93: The Meaning of the Resurrection (2025)

409

Day 92: The Man of Heaven (2025)

410

Day 91: Christ Rose from the Dead (2025)

411

Day 90: Christ Descended into Hell (2025)

412

Day 89: Jesus Christ Was Buried (2025)

413

Day 88: Christ’s Definitive Sacrifice

414

Day 87: Christ’s Life as Offering (2025)

415

Day 86: God’s Plan of Salvation (2025)

416

Day 85: The Trial of Christ (2025)

417

Day 84: The Claim of Savior (2025)

418

Day 83: Jesus and the Temple (2025)

419

Day 82: Jesus and the Law (2025)

420

Day 81: Christ’s Paschal Mystery (2025)

421

Day 80: Summary of the Mysteries of Christ’s Life (2025)

422

Day 79: Jesus’ Transfiguration and Messianic Acts (2025)

423

Day 78: Signs of the Kingdom (2025)

424

Day 77: The Kingdom of God (2025)

425

Day 76: Jesus’ Baptism and Temptation (2025)

426

Day 75: Jesus’ Infancy and Hidden Life (2025)

427

Day 74: The Christmas Mystery (2025)

428

Day 73: Christ’s Life Is Mystery (2025)

429

Day 72: Mary’s Motherhood (2025)

430

Day 71: Mary’s Virginity (2025)

431

Day 70: The Immaculate Conception (2025)

432

Day 69: Born of the Virgin Mary (2025)

433

Day 68: The Mystery of the Incarnation (2025)

434

Day 67: The Humanity and Divinity of Christ (2025)

435

Day 66: True God and True Man (2025)

436

Day 65: Why the Word Became Flesh (2025)

437

Day 64: The Lord (2025)

438

Day 63: The Only Son of God (2025)

439

Day 62: The Christ (2025)

440

Day 61: The Name of Jesus (2025)

441

Day 60: God Sends His Only Son (2025)

442

Day 59: Summary of The Fall (2025)

443

Day 58: Man’s Spiritual Battle (2025)

444

Day 57: Consequences of Adam’s Sin (2025)

445

Day 56: Man’s First Sin (2025)

446

Day 55: The Fall of the Angels (2025)

447

Day 54: The Fall of Man (2025)

448

Day 53: Man in Paradise (2025)

449

Day 52: Male and Female (2025)

450

Day 51: Unity of Soul and Body (2025)

451

Day 50: The Dignity of Man (2025)

452

Day 49: We Are Created For Worship (2025)

453

Day 48: Creation in Order (2025)

454

Day 47: The Angels (2025)

455

Day 46: Heaven and Earth (2025)

456

Day 45: Summary of Creation (2025)

457

Day 44: The Scandal of Evil (2025)

458

Day 43: Creation Is Good (2025)

459

Day 42: The Work of Creation (2025)

460

Day 41: Origins and Ends (2025)

461

Day 40: God Is the Creator (2025)

462

Day 39: The Father Almighty (2025)

463

Day 38: Summary of the Trinity (2025)

464

Day 37: The Divine Economy (2025)

465

Day 36: The Nature of the Trinity (2025)

466

Day 35: Formation of Trinitarian Dogma (2025)

467

Day 34: Unity in the Holy Spirit (2025)

468

Day 33: God as Father (2025)

469

Day 32: The Most Holy Trinity (2025)

470

Day 31: The Meaning of Faith (2025)

471

Day 30: God Is Who Is (2025)

472

Day 29: Knowing the Name of God (2025)

473

Day 28: The Nature of God (2025)

474

Day 27: The Gift of the Creed (2025)

475

Day 26: Communion of Believers (2025)

476

Day 25: Summary of Faith (2025)

477

Day 24: Unity of Faith (2025)

478

Day 23: We Believe (2025)

479

Day 22: Wrestling with Faith (2025)

480

Day 21: Believing God (2025)

481

Day 20: Stepping in Faith (2025)

482

Day 19: Summary of Sacred Scripture (2025)

483

Day 19: Summary of Sacred Scripture (2026)

484

Day 18: The Unity of the Testaments (2025)

485

Day 17: The Canon of Scripture (2025)

486

Day 16: Senses of Scripture (2025)

487

Day 15: Interpreting Scripture (2025)

488

Day 14: The Eternal Word of God (2025)

489

Day 13: The Single Deposit of Faith (2025)

490

Day 12: Receiving Dogmas (2025)

491

Day 11: Sources of Divine Revelation (2025)

492

Day 10: The Apostolic Tradition (2025)

493

Day 9: The Fullness of Revelation (2025)

494

Day 8: God Forms His People (2025)

495

Day 7: God Reveals Himself (2025)

496

Day 6: Knowing God With Certainty (2025)

497

Day 5: How We Know God (2025)

498

Day 4: Our Capacity for God (2025)

499

Day 3: What We Believe (Part 1 Introduction with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

500

Day 2: How the Catechism Works (2025)

501

Day 1: To Know and Love God (2025)

502

Day 366: Special Leap Year Message

503

BONUS: How Do We Trust in Church Authority? (with Bishop Cozzens)

504

Day 365: So Be It (2024)

505

Day 364: Deliver Us from Evil (2024)

506

Day 363: Forgive Us Our Trespasses (2024)

507

BONUS: Why Scripture and Tradition? (with Jeff Cavins)

508

Day 362: Our Daily Bread (2024)

509

Day 361: The Kingdom and Will of God (2024)

510

Day 360: Hallowing God’s Name (2024)

511

Day 359: The Seven Petitions (2024)

512

Day 358: Who Art in Heaven (2024)

513

Day 357: God, “Our” Father (2024)

514

Day 356: We Dare to Say (2024)

515

Day 355: Summary of the Lord’s Prayer (2024)

516

Day 354: The Prayer of the Church (2024)

517

Day 353: The Lord’s Prayer (2024)

518

Day 352: Summary of The Battle of Prayer (2024)

519

Day 351: The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus (2024)

520

Day 350: Persevering in Prayer (2024)

521

Day 349: Temptation, Trust, and Prayer (2024)

522

Day 348: The Battle of Prayer (2024)

523

Day 347: Contemplative Prayer (2024)

524

Day 346: Meditation and Vocal Prayer (2024)

525

Day 345: Animated by Prayer (2024)

526

Day 344: Guides for Prayer (2024)

527

Day 343: Praying Through Mary (2024)

528

Day 342: Trinitarian Prayer (2024)

529

Day 341: The Theological Virtues (2024)

530

Day 340: Scripture and the Liturgy (2024)

531

Day 339: Prayer of Praise (2024)

532

Day 338: Intercession and Thanksgiving (2024)

533

Day 337: Blessing, Adoration, and Petition (2024)

534

Day 336: Jesus Hears Our Prayer (2024)

535

Day 335: Jesus Teaches Us to Pray (2024)

536

Day 334: How Jesus Prayed (2024)

537

Day 333: The Psalms (2024)

538

Day 332: Prayer Converts Our Heart (2024)

539

Day 331: The Foundations of Prayer (2024)

540

Day 330: The Revelation of Prayer (2024)

541

Day 329: The Gift of Prayer (2024)

542

Day 328: How We Pray (Part 4 Intro w/ Sr. Miriam James Heidland) (2024)

543

Day 327: Poverty of Heart (2024)

544

Day 326: Envy and Jealousy (2024)

545

Day 325: Battling for Purity (2024)

546

Day 324: The Ninth Commandment (2024)

547

Day 323: Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art (2024)

548

Day 322: Respect for Truth (2024)

549

Day 321: Offenses Against Truth (2024)

550

Day 320: The Truth (2024)

551

Day 319: Summary of the Seventh Commandment (2024)

552

Day 318: Love for the Poor (2024)

553

Day 317: International Justice and Solidarity (2024)

554

Day 316: Labor and Social Justice (2024)

555

Day 315: The Church’s Social Doctrine (2024)

556

Day 314: Goods of Others (2024)

557

Day 313: Ownership of Goods (2024)

558

Day 312: Polygamy, Incest, and Free Union (2024)

559

Day 311: Adultery and Divorce

560

Day 310: The Gift of a Child (2024)

561

Day 309: Faithful and Fruitful Marriage (2024)

562

Day 308: Same-Sex Attraction (2024)

563

Day 307: Offenses Against Chastity (2024)

564

Day 306: Gift of Self (2024)

565

Day 305: The Call to Chastity (2024)

566

Day 304: Male and Female (2024)

567

Day 303: Summary of the Fifth Commandment (2024)

568

Day 302: War (2024)

569

Day 301: Peace (2024)

570

Day 300: Science, Bodily Integrity, and the Dead (2024)

571

Day 299: Respect for Health (2024)

572

Day 297: The Cross of Suicide (2024)

573

Day 298: Respect for Others (2024)

574

Day 296: The Sin of Euthanasia (2024)

575

Day 295: The Wound of Abortion (2024)

576

Day 294: Homicide (2024)

577

Day 293: Legitimate Defense (2024)

578

Day 292: Respect for Human Life (2024)

579

Day 291: The Political Community and the Church (2024)

580

Day 290: The Duties of Citizens (2024)

581

Day 289: Family, Society, and the Kingdom (2024)

582

Day 288: The Duties of Parents (2024)

583

Day 287: The Gratitude of Children (2024)

584

Day 286: The Family and Society (2024)

585

Day 285: The Nature of the Family (2024)

586

Day 284: The Fourth Commandment (2024)

587

Day 283: The Day of Rest (2024)

588

Day 282: The Sunday Obligation (2024)

589

Day 281: Keep Holy the Lord’s Day (2024)

590

Day 280: The Christian Name (2024)

591

Day 279: False Oaths (2024)

592

Day 278: The Second Commandment (2024)

593

Day 277: Agnosticism and Graven Images (2024)

594

Day 276: Irreligion and Atheism (2024)

595

Day 275: Superstition, Idolatry, and Magic (2024)

596

Day 274: Social Duty of Religion (2024)

597

Day 273: Him Only Shall You Serve (2024)

598

Day 272: You Shall Worship the Lord Your God (2024)

599

Day 270: The Ten Commandments (2024)

600

Day 271: Love of God (2024)

601

Day 269: Our Missionary Witness (2024)

602

Day 268: The Precepts of the Church (2024)

603

Day 267: The Church as Mother and Teacher (2024)

604

Day 266: The Gift of Grace (2024)

605

Day 265: The Call to Holiness (2024)

606

Day 264: Man’s Merit (2024)

607

Day 263: Responding to Grace (2024)

608

Day 262: Habitual and Actual Grace (2024)

609

Day 261: Justification (2024)

610

Day 260: Summary of the Moral Law (2024)

611

Day 259: The New Commandment (2024)

612

Day 258: The New Law (2024)

613

Day 257: The Old Law (2024)

614

Day 256: The Natural Moral Law (2024)

615

Day 255: Human Solidarity (2024)

616

Day 254: Social Justice (2024)

617

Day 253: Participation in Public Life (2024)

618

Day 252: The Common Good (2024)

619

Day 251: Authorities in Society (2024)

620

Day 250: Conversion in Society (2024)

621

Day 249: The Person in Society (2024)

622

Day 248: The Spread of Sin (2024)

623

Day 247: The Weight of Sin (2024)

624

Day 246: Mercy and the Mystery of Sin (2024)

625

Day 245: Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit (2024)

626

Day 244: The Virtue of Charity (2024)

627

Day 243: The Virtue of Hope (2024)

628

Day 242: The Virtue of Faith (2024)

629

Day 241: The Cardinal Virtues (2024)

630

Day 240: Erroneous Judgment of Conscience (2024)

631

Day 239: The Formation of Conscience (2024)

632

Day 238: Our Moral Conscience (2024)

633

Day 237: The Morality of the Passions (2024)

634

Day 236: The Morality of Human Acts (2024)

635

Day 235: Human Freedom in Salvation (2024)

636

Day 234: Freedom and Responsibility (2024)

637

Day 233: The Beatitudes (2024)

638

Day 232: Man Is Made in the Image of God (2024)

639

Day 231: Our Calling (2024)

640

Day 230: How We Live (Part 3 Introduction with Dr. Mary Healy) (2024)

641

Day 229: Christian Funerals (2024)

642

Day 228: Blessings, Sacramentals and Popular Piety (2024)

643

Day 227: Summary of the Sacrament of Matrimony (2024)

644

Day 226: The Supreme Gift of Marriage (2024)

645

Day 225: Total Fidelity in Marriage (2024)

646

Day 224: The Grace of the Sacrament of Marriage (2024)

647

Day 223: Differences in Religion in Marriage (2024)

648

Day 222: Matrimonial Consent (2024)

649

Day 221: The Celebration of Marriage (2024)

650

Day 220: Marriage in the New Covenant (2024)

651

Day 219: Marriage in God’s Plan (2024)

652

Day 218: Summary of Holy Orders (2024)

653

Day 217: The Effects of Holy Orders (2024)

654

Day 216: Who Receives Holy Orders (2024)

655

Day 215: Deacons and the Diaconate (2024)

656

Day 214: Priests and the Presbyterate (2024)

657

Day 213: Bishops and the Episcopacy (2024)

658

Day 212: In Persona Christi (2024)

659

Day 211: The One Priesthood of Christ (2024)

660

Day 210: The Sacrament of Holy Orders (2024)

661

Day 209: Summary of the Anointing of the Sick (2024)

662

Day 208: Completing the Earthly Pilgrimage (2024)

663

Day 207: Celebrating the Anointing of the Sick (2024)

664

Day 206: Healing the Sick (2024)

665

Day 205: Christ the Physician (2024)

666

Day 204: Summary of Sacrament of Reconciliation (2024)

667

Day 203: The Purpose of Indulgences (2024)

668

Day 202: How Confession Heals (2024)

669

Day 201: The Confessor’s Role (2024)

670

Day 200: The Confession of Sins (2024)

671

Day 199: The Sacrament of Forgiveness (2024)

672

Day 198: Reconciliation with God (2024)

673

Day 197: Forms of Penance (2024)

674

Day 196: Conversion of the Baptized (2024)

675

Day 195: Penance and Reconciliation (2024)

676

Day 194: Summary of the Sacrament of the Eucharist (2024)

677

Day 193: Communion Forever in Heaven (2024)

678

Day 192: Unity in the Eucharist (2024)

679

Day 191: The Eucharist Changes Us (2024)

680

Day 190: Receiving Holy Communion (2024)

681

Day 189: Worship of the Eucharist (2024)

682

Day 188: Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist (2024)

683

Day 187: The Church’s Sacrificial Unity (2024)

684

Day 186: The Sacrificial Memorial (2024)

685

Day 185: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence (2024)

686

Day 184: The Movement of the Mass (2024)

687

Day 183: The Mass of All Ages (2024)

688

Day 182: The Signs of Bread and Wine (2024)

689

Day 181: The Sacrament of the Eucharist (2024)

690

Day 180: The Source and Summit (2024)

691

Day 179: Summary of Confirmation (2024)

692

Day 178: Who Receives Confirmation (2024)

693

Day 177: The Celebration of Confirmation (2024)

694

Day 176: Traditions and Signs of Confirmation (2024)

695

Day 175: Introduction to Confirmation (2024)

696

Day 174: Summary of the Sacrament of Baptism (2024)

697

Day 173: Brothers and Sisters in Baptism (2024)

698

Day 172: What Does Baptism Do? (2024)

699

Day 171: The Necessity of Baptism (2024)

700

Day 170: Who Can Be Baptized? (2024)

701

Day 169: The Mystagogy of Baptism (2024)

702

Day 168: The Celebration of Baptism (2024)

703

Day 167: The Baptism of Christ (2024)

704

Day 166: Introduction to Baptism (2024)

705

Day 165: Summary of Liturgical Diversity (2024)

706

Day 164: Liturgical Diversity and Unity (2024)

707

Day 163: Summary of the Liturgy (2024)

708

Day 162: Where the Liturgy Is Celebrated (2024)

709

Day 161: The Liturgy of the Hours (2024)

710

Day 160: The Liturgical Year (2024)

711

Day 159: When the Liturgy Is Celebrated (2024)

712

Day 158: Holy Images in the Liturgy (2024)

713

Day 157: God’s Word and Sacred Music (2024)

714

Day 156: How the Liturgy Is Celebrated (2024)

715

Day 155: Who Celebrates the Liturgy (2024)

716

Day 154: Sacraments of Eternal Life (2024)

717

Day 153: Sacraments Save (2024)

718

Day 152: Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi (2024)

719

Day 151: The Seven Sacraments (2024)

720

Day 150: The Epiclesis (2024)

721

Day 149: The Holy Spirit Recalls Christ’s Mystery (2024)

722

Day 148: The Holy Spirit’s Work in the Liturgy (2024)

723

Day 147: Christ’s Work in the Liturgy (2024)

724

Day 146: The Father’s Work in the Liturgy (2024)

725

Day 145: Introduction to the Liturgy (2024)

726

Day 144: How We Worship (Part 2 Introduction with Bishop Andrew Cozzens) (2024)

727

Day 143: Amen (2024)

728

Day 142: The New Heaven and the New Earth (2024)

729

Day 141: The Last Judgment (2024)

730

Day 140: Purgatory and Hell (2024)

731

Day 139: I Believe in Life Everlasting (2024)

732

Day 138: Summary of the Resurrection of the Body (2024)

733

Day 137: Dying in Christ Jesus (2024)

734

Day 136: Questions of Resurrection (2024)

735

Day 135: The Resurrection of the Body (2024)

736

Day 134: The Forgiveness of Sins (2024)

737

Day 133: Devotion to Mary (2024)

738

Day 132: Mary Mother of the Church (2024)

739

Day 131: The Communion of the Church (2024)

740

Day 130: The Communion of Saints (2024)

741

Day 129: Many Vocations (2024)

742

Day 128: Unique Calls to Holiness (2024)

743

Day 127: Consecrated Life (2024)

744

Day 126: Prophetic and Kingly Offices (2024)

745

Day 125: Vocation of the Laity (2024)

746

Day 124: Teaching, Sanctifying, and Governing (2024)

747

Day 123: The Pope (2024)

748

Day 122: Christ’s Faithful (2024)

749

Day 121: The Apostolate (2024)

750

Day 120: The Apostolic Church (2024)

751

Day 119: The Church’s Missionary Mandate (2024)

752

Day 118: The Church and Non-Christians (2024)

753

Day 117: The Church Is Catholic (2024)

754

Day 116: The Church Is Holy (2024)

755

Day 115: Wounds to Unity (2024)

756

Day 114: The Church Is One (2024)

757

Day 113: The Temple of the Holy Spirit (2024)

758

Day 112: The Church Is the Bride (2024)

759

Day 111: The Church as the Body of Christ (2024)

760

Day 110: The People of God (2024)

761

Day 109: Mystery of Union With God (2024)

762

Day 108: Revealed by the Holy Spirit (2024)

763

Day 107: Origin of the Church (2024)

764

Day 106: Symbols of the Church (2024)

765

Day 105: Christ’s Church and its Mission (2024)

766

Day 104: The Holy Spirit and the Church (2024)

767

Day 103: The Power of Pentecost (2024)

768

Day 102: The Holy Spirit’s Mission

769

Day 101: Expecting the Messiah (2024)

770

Day 100: God’s Word and Spirit (2024)

771

Day 99: Symbols of the Holy Spirit (2024)

772

Day 98: The Son and the Spirit (2024)

773

Day 97: Introduction to the Holy Spirit (2024)

774

Day 96: The Church’s Ultimate Trial (2024)

775

Day 95: Christ’s Reign on Earth (2024)

776

Day 94: Christ’s Ascension into Heaven (2024)

777

Day 93: The Meaning of the Resurrection (2024)

778

Day 92: The Man of Heaven (2024)

779

Day 91: Christ Rose from the Dead (2024)

780

Day 90: Christ Descended into Hell (2024)

781

Day 89: Jesus Christ Was Buried (2024)

782

Day 88: Christ’s Definitive Sacrifice (2024)

783

Day 87: Christ’s Life as Offering (2024)

784

Day 86: God’s Plan of Salvation (2024)

785

Day 85: The Trial of Christ (2024)

786

Day 84: The Claim of Savior (2024)

787

Day 83: Jesus and the Temple (2024)

788

Day 82: Jesus and the Law (2024)

789

Day 81: Christ’s Paschal Mystery (2024)

790

Day 80: Summary of the Mysteries of Christ’s Life (2024)

791

Day 79: Jesus’ Transfiguration and Messianic Acts (2024)

792

Day 78: Signs of the Kingdom (2024)

793

Day 77: The Kingdom of God (2024)

794

Day 76: Jesus’ Baptism and Temptation (2024)

795

Day 75: Jesus’ Infancy and Hidden Life (2024)

796

Day 74: The Christmas Mystery (2024)

797

Day 73: Christ’s Life Is Mystery (2024)

798

Day 72: Mary’s Motherhood (2024)

799

Day 71: Mary’s Virginity (2024)

800

Day 70: The Immaculate Conception (2024)

801

Day 69: Born of the Virgin Mary (2024)

802

Day 68: The Mystery of the Incarnation (2024)

803

Day 67: The Humanity and Divinity of Christ (2024)

804

Day 66: True God and True Man (2024)

805

Day 65: Why the Word Became Flesh (2024)

806

Day 64: The Lord (2024)

807

Day 63: The Only Son of God (2024)

808

Day 62: The Christ (2024)

809

Day 61: The Name of Jesus (2024)

810

Day 60: God Sends His Only Son (2024)

811

Day 59: Summary of The Fall (2024)

812

Day 58: Man’s Spiritual Battle (2024)

813

Day 57: Consequences of Adam’s Sin (2024)

814

Day 56: Man’s First Sin (2024)

815

Day 55: The Fall of the Angels (2024)

816

Day 54: The Fall of Man (2024)

817

Day 53: Man in Paradise (2024)

818

Day 52: Male and Female (2024)

819

Day 51: Unity of Soul and Body (2024)

820

Day 50: The Dignity of Man (2024)

821

Day 49: We Are Created For Worship (2024)

822

Day 48: Creation in Order (2024)

823

Day 47: The Angels (2024)

824

Day 46: Heaven and Earth (2024)

825

Day 45: Summary of Creation (2024)

826

Day 44: The Scandal of Evil (2024)

827

Day 43: Creation Is Good (2024)

828

Day 42: The Work of Creation (2024)

829

Day 41: Origins and Ends (2024)

830

Day 40: God Is the Creator (2024)

831

Day 39: The Father Almighty (2024)

832

Day 38: Summary of the Trinity (2024)

833

Day 37: The Divine Economy (2024)

834

Day 36: The Nature of the Trinity (2024)

835

Day 35: Formation of Trinitarian Dogma (2024)

836

Day 34: Unity in the Holy Spirit (2024)

837

Day 33: God as Father (2024)

838

Day 32: The Most Holy Trinity (2024)

839

Day 31: The Meaning of Faith (2024)

840

Day 30: God Is Who Is (2024)

841

Day 29: Knowing the Name of God (2024)

842

Day 28: The Nature of God (2024)

843

Day 27: The Gift of the Creed (2024)

844

Day 26: Communion of Believers (2024)

845

Day 25: Summary of Faith (2024)

846

Day 24: Unity of Faith (2024)

847

Day 23: We Believe (2024)

848

Day 22: Wrestling with Faith (2024)

849

Day 21: Believing God (2024)

850

Day 20: Stepping in Faith (2024)

851

Day 19: Summary of Sacred Scripture (2024)

852

Day 18: The Unity of the Testaments (2024)

853

Day 17: The Canon of Scripture (2024)

854

Day 16: Senses of Scripture (2024)

855

Day 15: Interpreting Scripture (2024)

856

Day 14: The Eternal Word of God (2024)

857

Day 13: The Single Deposit of Faith (2024)

858

Day 12: Receiving Dogmas (2024)

859

Day 11: Sources of Divine Revelation (2024)

860

Day 10: The Apostolic Tradition (2024)

861

Day 9: The Fullness of Revelation (2024)

862

Day 8: God Forms His People (2024)

863

Day 7: God Reveals Himself (2024)

864

Day 6: Knowing God With Certainty (2024)

865

Day 5: How We Know God (2024)

866

Day 4: Our Capacity for God (2024)

867

Day 3: What We Believe (Part 1 Introduction with Jeff Cavins) (2024)

868

Day 2: How the Catechism Works (2024)

869

Day 1: To Know and Love God (2024)

870

Day 365: So Be It

871

Day 364: Deliver Us from Evil

872

BONUS: How Do We Trust in Church Authority? (with Bishop Cozzens) (2024)

873

Day 363: Forgive Us Our Trespasses

874

Day 362: Our Daily Bread

875

Day 361: The Kingdom and Will of God

876

Day 360: Hallowing God’s Name

877

Day 359: The Seven Petitions

878

Day 358: Who Art in Heaven

879

Day 357: God, “Our” Father

880

BONUS: Why Scripture and Tradition? (with Jeff Cavins) (2024)

881

Day 356: We Dare to Say

882

Day 355: Summary of the Lord’s Prayer

883

Day 354: The Prayer of the Church

884

Day 353: The Lord’s Prayer “Our Father”

885

Day 352: Summary of The Battle of Prayer

886

Day 351: The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus

887

Day 350: Persevering in Prayer

888

Day 349: Temptation, Trust, and Prayer

889

Day 348: The Battle of Prayer

890

Day 347: Contemplative Prayer

891

Day 346: Meditation and Vocal Prayer

892

Day 345: Animated by Prayer

893

Day 344: Guides for Prayer

894

Day 343: Praying Through Mary

895

Day 342: Trinitarian Prayer

896

Day 341: The Theological Virtues

897

Day 340: Scripture and the Liturgy

898

Day 339: Prayer of Praise

899

Day 338: Intercession and Thanksgiving

900

Day 337: Blessing, Adoration, and Petition

901

Day 336: Jesus Hears Our Prayer

902

Day 335: Jesus Teaches Us to Pray

903

Day 334: How Jesus Prayed

904

Day 333: The Psalms

905

Day 332: Prayer Converts Our Heart

906

Day 331: The Foundations of Prayer

907

Day 330: The Revelation of Prayer

908

Day 329: The Gift of Prayer

909

Day 328: How We Pray (Part 4 Intro w/ Sr. Miriam James Heidland)

910

Day 327: Poverty of Heart

911

Day 326: Envy and Jealousy

912

Day 325: Battling for Purity

913

Day 324: The Ninth Commandment

914

Day 323: Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art

915

Day 322: Respect for Truth

916

Day 321: Offenses Against Truth

917

Day 320: The Truth

918

Day 319: Summary of the Seventh Commandment

919

Day 318: Love for the Poor

920

Day 317: International Justice and Solidarity

921

Day 316: Labor and Social Justice

922

Day 315: The Church’s Social Doctrine

923

Day 314: Goods of Others

924

Day 313: Ownership of Goods

925

Day 312: Polygamy, Incest, and Free Union

926

Day 311: Adultery and Divorce

927

Day 310: The Gift of a Child

928

Day 309: Faithful and Fruitful Marriage

929

Day 308: Same-Sex Attraction

930

Day 307: Offenses Against Chastity

931

Day 306: Gift of Self

932

Day 305: The Call to Chastity

933

Day 304: Male and Female

934

Day 303: Summary of the Fifth Commandment

935

Day 302: War

936

Day 301: Peace

937

Day 300: Science, Bodily Integrity, and the Dead

938

Day 299: Respect for Health

939

Day 298: Respect for Others

940

Day 297: The Cross of Suicide

941

Day 296: The Sin of Euthanasia

942

Day 295: The Wound of Abortion

943

Day 294: Homicide

944

Day 293: Legitimate Defense

945

Day 292: Respect for Human Life

946

Day 291: The Political Community and the Church

947

Day 290: The Duties of Citizens

948

Day 289: Family, Society, and the Kingdom

949

Day 288: The Duties of Parents

950

Day 287: The Gratitude of Children

951

Day 286: The Family and Society

952

Day 285: The Nature of the Family

953

Day 284: The Fourth Commandment

954

Day 283: The Day of Rest

955

Day 282: The Sunday Obligation

956

Day 281: Keep Holy the Lord’s Day

957

Day 280: The Christian Name

958

Day 279: False Oaths

959

Day 278: The Second Commandment

960

Day 277: Agnosticism and Graven Images

961

Day 276: Irreligion and Atheism

962

Day 275: Superstition, Idolatry, and Magic

963

Day 274: Social Duty of Religion

964

Day 273: Him Only Shall You Serve

965

Day 272: You Shall Worship the Lord Your God

966

Day 271: Love of God

967

Day 270: The Ten Commandments

968

Day 269: Our Missionary Witness

969

Day 268: The Precepts of the Church

970

Day 267: The Church as Mother and Teacher

971

Day 266: The Gift of Grace

972

Day 265: The Call to Holiness

973

Day 264: Man’s Merit

974

Day 263: Responding to Grace

975

Day 262: Habitual and Actual Grace

976

Day 261: Justification

977

Day 260: Summary of the Moral Law

978

Day 259: The New Commandment

979

Day 258: The New Law

980

Day 257: The Old Law

981

Day 256: The Natural Moral Law

982

Day 255: Human Solidarity

983

Day 254: Social Justice

984

Day 253: Participation in Public Life

985

Day 252: The Common Good

986

Day 251: Authorities in Society

987

Day 250: Conversion in Society

988

Day 249: The Person in Society

989

Day 248: The Spread of Sin

990

Day 247: The Weight of Sin

991

Day 246: Mercy and the Mystery of Sin

992

Day 245: Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit

993

Day 244: The Virtue of Charity

994

Day 243: The Virtue of Hope

995

Day 242: The Virtue of Faith

996

Day 241: The Cardinal Virtues

997

Day 240: Erroneous Judgment of Conscience

998

Day 239: The Formation of Conscience

999

Day 238: Our Moral Conscience

1000

Day 237: The Morality of the Passions

1001

Day 236: The Morality of Human Acts

1002

Day 235: Human Freedom in Salvation

1003

Day 234: Freedom and Responsibility

1004

Day 233: The Beatitudes

1005

Day 232: Man Is Made in the Image of God

1006

Day 231: Our Calling

1007

Day 230: How We Live (Part 3 Introduction with Dr. Mary Healy)

1008

Day 229: Christian Funerals

1009

Day 228: Blessings, Sacramentals, and Popular Piety

1010

Day 227: Summary of the Sacrament of Matrimony

1011

Day 226: The Supreme Gift of Marriage

1012

Day 225: Total Fidelity in Marriage

1013

Day 224: The Grace of the Sacrament of Marriage

1014

Day 223: Differences in Religion in Marriage

1015

Day 222: Matrimonial Consent

1016

Day 221: The Celebration of Marriage

1017

Day 220: Marriage in the New Covenant

1018

Day 219: Marriage in God’s Plan

1019

Day 218: Summary of Holy Orders

1020

Day 217: The Effects of Holy Orders

1021

Day 216: Who Receives Holy Orders

1022

Day 215: Deacons and the Diaconate

1023

Day 214: Priests and the Presbyterate

1024

Day 213: Bishops and the Episcopacy

1025

Day 212: In Persona Christi

1026

Day 211: The One Priesthood of Christ

1027

Day 210: The Sacrament of Holy Orders

1028

Day 209: Summary of the Anointing of the Sick

1029

Day 208: Completing the Earthly Pilgrimage

1030

Day 207: Celebrating the Anointing of the Sick

1031

Day 206: Healing the Sick

1032

Day 205: Christ the Physician

1033

Day 204: Summary of Sacrament of Reconciliation

1034

Day 203: The Purpose of Indulgences

1035

Day 202: How Confession Heals

1036

Day 201: The Confessor’s Role

1037

Day 200: The Confession of Sins

1038

Day 199: The Sacrament of Forgiveness

1039

Day 198: Reconciliation with God

1040

Day 197: Forms of Penance

1041

Day 196: Conversion of the Baptized

1042

Day 195: Penance and Reconciliation

1043

Day 194: Summary of the Sacrament of the Eucharist

1044

Day 193: Communion Forever in Heaven

1045

Day 192: Unity in the Eucharist

1046

Day 191: The Eucharist Changes Us

1047

Day 190: Receiving Holy Communion

1048

Day 189: Worship of the Eucharist

1049

Day 188: Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist

1050

Day 187: The Church’s Sacrificial Unity

1051

Day 186: The Sacrificial Memorial

1052

Day 185: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence

1053

Day 184: The Movement of the Mass

1054

Day 183: The Mass of All Ages

1055

Day 182: The Signs of Bread and Wine

1056

Day 181: The Sacrament of the Eucharist

1057

Day 180: The Source and Summit

1058

Day 179: Summary of Confirmation

1059

Day 178: Who Receives Confirmation

1060

Day 177: The Celebration of Confirmation

1061

Day 176: Traditions and Signs of Confirmation

1062

Day 175: Introduction to Confirmation

1063

Day 174: Summary of the Sacrament of Baptism

1064

Day 173: Brothers and Sisters in Baptism

1065

Day 172: What Does Baptism Do?

1066

Day 171: The Necessity of Baptism

1067

Day 170: Who Can Be Baptized?

1068

Day 169: The Mystagogy of Baptism

1069

Day 168: The Celebration of Baptism

1070

Day 167: The Baptism of Christ

1071

Day 166: Introduction to Baptism

1072

Day 165: Summary of Liturgical Diversity

1073

Day 164: Liturgical Diversity and Unity

1074

Day 163: Summary of the Liturgy

1075

Day 162: Where the Liturgy Is Celebrated

1076

Day 161: The Liturgy of the Hours

1077

Day 160: The Liturgical Year

1078

Day 159: When the Liturgy Is Celebrated

1079

Day 158: Holy Images in the Liturgy

1080

Day 157: God’s Word and Sacred Music

1081

Day 156: How the Liturgy Is Celebrated

1082

Day 155: Who Celebrates the Liturgy

1083

Day 154: Sacraments of Eternal Life

1084

Day 153: Sacraments Save

1085

Day 152: Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi

1086

Day 151: The Seven Sacraments

1087

Day 150: The Epiclesis

1088

Day 149: The Holy Spirit Recalls Christ’s Mystery

1089

Day 148: The Holy Spirit’s Work in the Liturgy

1090

Day 147: Christ’s Work in the Liturgy

1091

Day 146: The Father’s Work in the Liturgy

1092

Day 145: Introduction to the Liturgy

1093

Day 144: How We Worship (Part 2 Introduction with Bishop Andrew Cozzens)

1094

Day 143: Amen

1095

Day 142: The New Heaven and the New Earth

1096

Day 141: The Last Judgment

1097

Day 140: Purgatory and Hell

1098

Day 139: I Believe in Life Everlasting

1099

Day 138: Summary of the Resurrection of the Body

1100

Day 137: Dying in Christ Jesus

1101

Day 136: Questions of Resurrection

1102

Day 135: The Resurrection of the Body

1103

Day 134: The Forgiveness of Sins

1104

Day 133: Devotion to Mary

1105

Day 132: Mary Mother of the Church

1106

Day 131: The Communion of the Church

1107

Day 130: The Communion of Saints

1108

Day 129: Many Vocations

1109

Day 128: Unique Calls to Holiness

1110

Day 127: Consecrated Life

1111

Day 126: Prophetic and Kingly Offices

1112

Day 125: Vocation of the Laity

1113

Day 124: Teaching, Sanctifying, and Governing

1114

Day 123: The Pope

1115

Day 122: Christ’s Faithful

1116

Day 121: The Apostolate

1117

Day 120: The Apostolic Church

1118

Day 119: The Church’s Missionary Mandate

1119

Day 118: The Church and Non-Christians

1120

Day 117: The Church Is Catholic

1121

Day 116: The Church Is Holy

1122

Day 115: Wounds to Unity

1123

Day 114: The Church Is One

1124

Day 113: The Temple of the Holy Spirit

1125

Day 112: The Church Is the Bride

1126

Day 111: The Church as the Body of Christ

1127

Day 110: The People of God

1128

Day 109: Mystery of Union With God

1129

Day 108: Revealed by the Holy Spirit

1130

Day 107: Origin of the Church

1131

Day 106: Symbols of the Church

1132

Day 105: Christ’s Church and its Mission

1133

Day 104: The Holy Spirit and the Church

1134

Day 103: The Power of Pentecost

1135

Day 102: The Holy Spirit’s Mission

1136

Day 101: Expecting the Messiah

1137

Day 100: God’s Word and Spirit

1138

Day 99: Symbols of the Holy Spirit

1139

Day 98: The Son and the Spirit

1140

Day 97: Introduction to the Holy Spirit

1141

Day 96: The Church’s Ultimate Trial

1142

Day 95: Christ’s Reign on Earth

1143

Day 94: Christ’s Ascension into Heaven

1144

Day 93: The Meaning of the Resurrection

1145

Day 92: The Man of Heaven

1146

Day 91: Christ Rose from the Dead

1147

Day 90: Christ Descended into Hell

1148

Day 89: Jesus Christ Was Buried

1149

Day 88: Christ’s Definitive Sacrifice

1150

Day 87: Christ’s Life as Offering

1151

Day 86: God’s Plan of Salvation

1152

Day 85: The Trial of Christ

1153

Day 84: The Claim of Savior

1154

Day 83: Jesus and the Temple

1155

Day 82: Jesus and the Law

1156

Day 81: Christ’s Paschal Mystery

1157

Day 80: Summary of the Mysteries of Christ’s Life

1158

Day 79: Jesus’ Transfiguration and Messianic Acts

1159

Day 78: Signs of the Kingdom

1160

Day 77: The Kingdom of God

1161

Day 76: Jesus’ Baptism and Temptation

1162

Day 75: Jesus’ Infancy and Hidden Life

1163

Day 74: The Christmas Mystery

1164

Day 73: Christ’s Life Is Mystery

1165

Day 72: Mary’s Motherhood

1166

Day 71: Mary’s Virginity

1167

Day 70: The Immaculate Conception

1168

Day 69: Born of the Virgin Mary

1169

Day 68: The Mystery of the Incarnation

1170

Day 67: The Humanity and Divinity of Christ

1171

Day 66: True God and True Man

1172

Day 65: Why the Word Became Flesh

1173

Day 64: The Lord

1174

Day 63: The Only Son of God

1175

Day 62: The Christ

1176

Day 61: The Name of Jesus

1177

Day 60: God Sends His Only Son

1178

Day 59: Summary of The Fall

1179

Day 58: Man’s Spiritual Battle

1180

Day 57: Consequences of Adam’s Sin

1181

Day 56: Man’s First Sin

1182

Day 55: The Fall of the Angels

1183

Day 54: The Fall of Man

1184

Day 53: Man in Paradise

1185

Day 52: Male and Female

1186

Day 51: Unity of Soul and Body

1187

Day 50: The Dignity of Man

1188

Day 49: We Are Created For Worship

1189

Day 48: Creation in Order

1190

Day 47: The Angels

1191

Day 46: Heaven and Earth

1192

Day 45: Summary of Creation

1193

Day 44: The Scandal of Evil

1194

Day 43: Creation Is Good

1195

Day 42: The Work of Creation

1196

Day 41: Origins and Ends

1197

Day 40: God Is the Creator

1198

Day 39: The Father Almighty

1199

Day 38: Summary of the Trinity

1200

Day 37: The Divine Economy

1201

Day 36: The Nature of the Trinity

1202

Day 35: Formation of Trinitarian Dogma

1203

Day 34: Unity in the Holy Spirit

1204

Day 33: God as Father

1205

Day 32: The Most Holy Trinity

1206

Day 31: The Meaning of Faith

1207

Day 30: God Is Who Is

1208

Day 29: Knowing the Name of God

1209

Day 28: The Nature of God

1210

Day 27: The Gift of the Creed

1211

Day 26: Communion of Believers

1212

Day 25: Summary of Faith

1213

Day 24: Unity of Faith

1214

Day 23: We Believe

1215

Day 22: Wrestling with Faith

1216

Day 21: Believing God

1217

Day 20: Stepping in Faith

1218

Day 19: Summary of Sacred Scripture

1219

Day 18: The Unity of the Testaments

1220

Day 17: The Canon of Scripture

1221

Day 16: Senses of Scripture

1222

Day 15: Interpreting Scripture

1223

Day 14: The Eternal Word of God

1224

Day 13: A Single Deposit of Faith

1225

Day 12: Receiving Dogmas

1226

Day 11: Sources of Divine Revelation

1227

Day 10: The Apostolic Tradition

1228

Day 9: The Fullness of Revelation

1229

Day 8: God Forms His People

1230

Day 7: God Reveals Himself

1231

Day 6: Knowing God With Certainty

1232

Day 5: How We Know God

1233

Day 4: Our Capacity for God

1234

Day 3: What We Believe (Part 1 Introduction with Jeff Cavins)

1235

Day 2: How the Catechism Works

1236

Day 1: To Know and Love God

1237

BONUS: How Do We Trust in Church Authority? (with Bishop Cozzens)

1238

BONUS: Why Scripture and Tradition? (with Jeff Cavins)

1239

BONUS: Pray with Fr. Mike

1240

Introducing The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)