Day 102: The Death of Lazarus (2026)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 12 April 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Mike recalls the death of Lazarus, and how Jesus not only allowed himself to be broken by the sorrow that breaks us but also how he took that hopelessness and brought forth life. He also explains how the covenants we've seen in the Old Testament are all leading to the eternal covenant that will be instituted through Christ on the Cross. Today's readings are John 10-12 and Proverbs 6:1-5.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. |
| 0:11.9 | The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:14.7 | Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we |
| 0:21.4 | fit into that story today. It is day 102. Day 102. We're reading today from John chapter 10, |
| 0:28.7 | chapter 11, and chapter 12. We're also jumping into Proverbs chapter 6, the first five verses. Proverbs |
| 0:34.2 | 6, 1 through 5. As always, I am reading from the revised standard version second Catholic edition of the Bible. And I'm actually using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. And if you have not yet subscribed to this podcast, please consider subscribing. If you've not yet reviewed it. Well, actually, |
| 0:55.7 | maybe you want to wait to the end of the year. Then you review would say, yeah, 365 days. |
| 0:59.4 | Here's how it went, you know. Maybe it's too premature to say on day 101. Do you have an opinion? |
| 1:04.8 | I don't know. I think that's fair. That's definitely fair. Anyways, as I said, today we're reading |
| 1:10.0 | from John chapter 10, 11, and 12, Proverbs chapter 6, verses 1 through 5. |
| 1:20.0 | The Gospel of John, chapter 10, Jesus, the good shepherd. |
| 1:25.2 | Jesus continued, truly, truly I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold |
| 1:31.1 | by the door, but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by |
| 1:38.8 | the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens, the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep |
| 1:46.0 | by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep |
| 1:52.0 | follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, |
| 1:58.8 | for they do not know the voice of strangers. |
| 2:05.8 | This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. |
| 2:12.3 | So Jesus again said to them, truly, truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. |
| 2:17.0 | All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door. |
| 2:19.7 | If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief |
| 2:25.4 | comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. |
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