{"id":1132,"date":"2023-12-31T03:57:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T03:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2023-12-31T03:57:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T03:57:29","slug":"its-a-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1132","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s a New Year\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight\u00a0in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.\u201d Psalm 119:15-16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Applying God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louise and I just finished \u201cCatechism of the Catholic Church In A Year\u201d podcast with Fr. Mike Schmitz. Our concern back on January 1, 2023 was that it would be boring and dry. A few words that describe our thoughts now, are: Anointed, Moving, Challenging, Powerful, Truthful, Amazing, Deep and Impactful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The catechism presents Catholic doctrine within the context of the Church&#8217;s history and tradition. It consists of 2,865 paragraphs and over three thousand footnotes. It includes Sacred Scripture and liturgical texts that blessed us beyond measure. Written in a very positive style without an apologetic or argumentative tone, i<em>t\u2019s <\/em>divided into four major parts called the &#8220;Four Pillars&#8221;. The Pillars are the Creed (what the Church believes), the Sacraments (what the Church celebrates), the Commandments (what the Church lives), and the Our Father (what the Church prays).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would we recommend the podcast \u201cCatechism of the Catholic Church In A Year\u201d? Yes. It will give any adult, Christian and\/or Catholic, clarity about the Catholic Church and it\u2019s teachings. Fr. Mike does an in depth summary of each section every day for 15 to 20 minutes. Please consider it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheCatechismInAYear\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PS. I\u2019ve read the Bible a number of times and have been in a number of Bible studies over the years. Louise and I are just beginning \u201cThe Bible In A Year\u201d podcast with Fr. Mike. It\u2019s a new year. Jump in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheBibleinaYear\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is God asking me to study this next year that will draw me closer to Him? Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God\u2019s Word \u201cI meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight\u00a0in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.\u201d Psalm 119:15-16 Applying God\u2019s Word Louise and I just finished \u201cCatechism of the Catholic Church In A Year\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1132\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-of-the-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}