Day 137: David Mourns Absalom (2025)

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🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In today's readings, Fr. Mike points out how the loss of David's son overshadows everything else for a time. The readings are 2 Samuel 19, 1 Chronicles 24, and Psalm 38.

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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
0:08.0	encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by
0:12.7	Ascension. Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,
0:17.5	discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
0:21.0	It is day 137. Gosh, think about that. Day 137, you have been so faithful. Oh, my gosh.
0:30.4	Even if you haven't gotten every day perfect, maybe you have. But here you are. Nevertheless,
0:35.8	you have made it all the way to day 137.
0:38.3	We are reading 2 Samuel chapter 19, 1 Chronicles 24, and we're praying Psalm 38.
0:43.0	As always, the translation of the Bible that I'm reading from is the revised standard version,
0:47.3	the second Catholic edition.
0:48.3	I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:50.3	I know some of you have been able to follow along. And you know, you might listen as you're driving in your car.
0:54.7	You might listen as you're out for a walk.
0:56.6	But some people just really love to sit down and have the words in front of them as well
1:00.8	as the words in their ears.
1:02.2	And so that's it.
1:02.8	What an incredible opportunity and gift to be able to do that.
1:05.9	If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year.
1:14.2	And if you have not yet subscribed to this podcast, you can by simply clicking subscribe and you'll be subscribed. And we'll move on. Anyways, speaking of moving on, as I said, we are
1:19.4	reading from 2nd Samuel chapter 19, 1st Chronicles 24, and we are praying Psalm 38.
1:26.6	Second Book of Samuel, chapter 19.
1:29.3	David mourns for Absalom.
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