The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 13 in total of The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) with the tag “good and evil”.
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Day 115: King Saul is Spared (2025)
April 25th, 2025 | 13 mins 5 secs
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Fr. Mike uses King Saul as an example that God does not unchoose those he has chosen, and never loses faith in us. Even if we feel someone is in power unjustly, it's God who decides who holds power, not us. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 24 and Psalm 57.
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Day 325: Boldness in Faith (2024)
November 20th, 2024 | 25 mins 24 secs
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Fr. Mike highlights the boldness of Peter and John in our reading from Acts as they stand before the council of church leaders and defend the name of Jesus. He also addresses Paul’s writings on God’s grace given to us in our sinfulness and the war between good and evil present within ourselves. Today’s readings are Acts 4, Romans 6-7, and Proverbs 27:4-6.
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Day 286: The Battle to Choose God (2024)
October 12th, 2024 | 26 mins 50 secs
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Fr. Mike walks us through the current battles of Judas Maccabeus and the Israelite people, emphasizing that while war is violent, freedom to belong to God and worship him is worth fighting for. He also discusses the importance of spending time with virtuous people to acquire their positive qualities and the need to seek good rather than evil to attain the riches of heaven. Today’s readings are from 1 Maccabees 5, Sirach 13-15, and Proverbs 22:13-16.
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Day 142: Whole and Joyful Hearts (2024)
May 21st, 2024 | 19 mins 2 secs
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Fr. Mike uses the readings today to ask the question, how can we love the Lord joyfully, and with our whole hearts? In scripture today we see David succeed in this, while his son Solomon is divided in his love of God. Fr. Mike also explains why David was seeking his own power when taking the census in 2 Samuel, and how he fell subject to the evil one's tempting. Today's readings are 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 29, and Psalm 30.
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Day 115: King Saul is Spared (2024)
April 24th, 2024 | 13 mins 7 secs
1 samuel, 1 samuel 24, ascension catholic, ascension presents, ascension press, battles in life, bible, bible in a year, bible in a year podcast, bible in a year with father mike, bible in a year with father mike schmitz, bible in a year with fr mike, bible in a year with fr.mike, bible in a year with fr.mike schmitz, bible podcast, bible podcast father mike, bible podcast father mike schmitz, bible podcast fr mike, bible podcast fr.mike, bible podcast fr.mike schmitz, bible study, catholic, catholic bible, catholic bible study, catholic church, catholic faith, catholic priest, catholic religion, catholicism, catholics, chosen by god, christian, christianity, david and saul, father mike, father mike schmitz, fr mike, fr. mike schmitz, fr.mike, glory of the lord, god, god's chosen ones, god's plan, god's will ascension, god’s word, good and evil, injustice, jesus, jesus christ, king saul, leadership, persecution, power, praise, psalm 57, psalms, read the bible, read the bible in a year, religion, roman catholic, salvation history, scripture, the bible in a year with father mike schmitz, the bible in a year with fr mike, the great adventure bible, the great adventure timeline, the word of god, the bible in a year with father mike, totus tuus, trial, trust in the lord, the bible in a year with fr.mike schmitz
Fr. Mike uses King Saul as an example that God does not unchoose those he has chosen, and never loses faith in us. Even if we feel someone is in power unjustly, it's God who decides who holds power, not us. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 24 and Psalm 57.
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Day 325: Boldness in Faith (2023)
November 21st, 2023 | 25 mins 9 secs
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Fr. Mike highlights the boldness of Peter and John in our reading from Acts as they stand before the council of church leaders and defend the name of Jesus. He also addresses Paul’s writings on God’s grace given to us in our sinfulness and the war between good and evil present within ourselves. Today’s readings are Acts 4, Romans 6-7, and Proverbs 27:4-6.
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Day 286: The Battle to Choose God (2023)
October 13th, 2023 | 26 mins 50 secs
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Fr. Mike walks us through the current battles of Judas Maccabeus and the Israelite people, emphasizing that while war is violent, freedom to belong to God and worship him is worth fighting for. He also discusses the importance of spending time with virtuous people to acquire their positive qualities and the need to seek good rather than evil to attain the riches of heaven. Today’s readings are from 1 Maccabees 5, Sirach 13-15, and Proverbs 22:13-16.
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Day 142: Whole and Joyful Hearts (2023)
May 22nd, 2023 | 19 mins 2 secs
1 chronicles 29, 2 samuel 24, ascension, ascension catholic, ascension presents, ascension press, bible, bible in a year, bible in a year podcast, bible in a year with father mike, bible in a year with father mike schmitz, bible in a year with fr mike, bible in a year with fr.mike, bible in a year with fr.mike schmitz, bible podcast, bible podcast father mike, bible podcast father mike schmitz, bible podcast fr mike, bible podcast fr.mike, bible podcast fr.mike schmitz, bible study, catholic, catholic bible, catholic bible study, catholic church, catholic faith, catholic priest, catholic religion, catholicism, catholics, christian, christianity, david and solomon, david's census, divided heart, father mike, father mike schmitz, fr mike, fr. mike schmitz, fr.mike, gift of self, god, god’s word, good and evil, heart, humility, jesus, jesus christ, joy, old testament, psalm 30, read the bible, read the bible in a year, religion, repentance, roman catholic, sadness, salvation history, scripture, sin, suffering, temptation, the bible in a year with father mike schmitz, the bible in a year with fr mike, the great adventure bible, the great adventure timeline, the word of god, the bible in a year with father mike, totus tuus, trials, the bible in a year with fr.mike schmitz
Fr. Mike uses the readings today to ask the question, how can we love the Lord joyfully, and with our whole hearts? In scripture today we see David succeed in this, while his son Solomon is divided in his love of God. Fr. Mike also explains why David was seeking his own power when taking the census in 2 Samuel, and how he fell subject to the evil one's tempting. Today's readings are 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 29, and Psalm 30.
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Day 115: King Saul is Spared (2023)
April 25th, 2023 | 13 mins 7 secs
1 samuel, 1 samuel 24, ascension, ascension catholic, ascension presents, ascension press, battles in life, bible, bible in a year, bible in a year podcast, bible in a year with father mike, bible in a year with father mike schmitz, bible in a year with fr mike, bible in a year with fr.mike, bible in a year with fr.mike schmitz, bible podcast, bible podcast father mike, bible podcast father mike schmitz, bible podcast fr mike, bible podcast fr.mike, bible podcast fr.mike schmitz, bible study, catholic, catholic bible, catholic bible study, catholic church, catholic faith, catholic priest, catholic religion, catholicism, catholics, chosen by god, christian, christianity, david and saul, father mike, father mike schmitz, fr mike, fr. mike schmitz, fr.mike, glory of the lord, god, god's chosen ones, god's plan, god's will, god’s word, good and evil, injustice, jesus, jesus christ, king saul, leadership, persecution, power, praise, psalm 57, psalms, read the bible, read the bible in a year, religion, roman catholic, salvation history, scripture, the bible in a year with father mike schmitz, the bible in a year with fr mike, the great adventure bible, the great adventure timeline, the word of god, the bible in a year with father mike, totus tuus, trial, trust in the lord, the bible in a year with fr.mike schmitz
Fr. Mike uses King Saul as an example that God does not unchoose those he has chosen, and never loses faith in us. Even if we feel someone is in power unjustly, it's God who decides who holds power, not us. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 24 and Psalm 57.
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Day 325: Boldness in Faith (2022)
November 21st, 2022 | 25 mins 24 secs
acts 4, ascension, ascension catholic, ascension presents, ascension press, believers, bible, bible in a year, bible in a year podcast, bible in a year with father mike, bible in a year with father mike schmitz, bible in a year with fr mike, bible in a year with fr.mike, bible in a year with fr.mike schmitz, bible podcast, bible podcast father mike, bible podcast father mike schmitz, bible podcast fr mike, bible podcast fr.mike, bible podcast fr.mike schmitz, bible study, boldness, boldness in christ, boldness in faith, catholic, catholic bible, catholic bible study, catholic church, catholic faith, catholic priest, catholic religion, catholicism, catholics, christian, christianity, council, dying and rising with christ, father mike, father mike schmitz, fr mike, fr. mike schmitz, fr.mike, god, god’s word, good and evil, grace, healed, interior conflict, jesus, jesus christ, john, peter, pharisees, pray for boldness, prayer, proverbs 27, read the bible, read the bible in a year, religion, righteousness, roman catholic, romans 6, romans 7, sadducees, salvation history, scripture, sin, slaves of righteousness, slaves of sin, the bible in a year with father mike schmitz, the bible in a year with fr mike, the great adventure bible, the great adventure timeline, the word of god, the bible in a year with father mike, totus tuus, war within ourselves, the bible in a year with fr.mike schmitz
Fr. Mike highlights the boldness of Peter and John in our reading from Acts as they stand before the council of church leaders and defend the name of Jesus. He also addresses Paul’s writings on God’s grace given to us in our sinfulness and the war between good and evil present within ourselves. Today’s readings are Acts 4, Romans 6-7, and Proverbs 27:4-6.