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🗓️ 6 September 2023
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Fr. Mike highlights the wisdom and faith of Judith, heroine of the Old Testament, and shows us how her prayer in not just a prayer of intercession, but also one of praise. The readings are Jeremiah 37-38, Judith 8-9, and Proverbs 17:5-8.
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0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, |
0:07.3 | where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. |
0:10.4 | The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
0:13.0 | Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, |
0:16.8 | discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. |
0:20.1 | It is day 249. We are reading from Jeremiah chapter 37 and 38. |
0:24.5 | Also, Judith, 8 and 9, we finally get introduced to Judith today, as well as |
0:28.6 | Proverbs chapter 17 verses 5 through 8, as always, the Bible translation I'm reading from |
0:32.5 | is the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the great adventure Bible |
0:36.2 | from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit |
0:40.0 | AscensionPress.com slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on |
0:44.7 | Subscribe. Let's get after it because it is day 249. We're reading Jeremiah, 37 and 38, |
0:51.0 | Introduced to Judith herself in Judith, 8 and 9, and Proverbs chapter 17 verses 5 through 8. |
1:00.2 | The Book of the Prophet, Jeremiah, chapter 37, Zedekiah asks Jeremiah's prayers. |
1:06.4 | Zedekiah, the Son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, |
1:11.2 | reigned instead of Koniah, the Son of Jehoiachem. But neither he nor his servants, |
1:15.4 | nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord which he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. |
1:20.9 | King Zedekiah sent Jehookal, the Son of Shalomaya, and Zephaniah the priest, the Son of |
1:25.5 | Asiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, pray for us to the Lord our God. Now Jeremiah was still going |
1:31.3 | in and out among the people for he had not yet been put in prison. The army of Pharaoh had come out |
1:36.4 | of Egypt and when the Caldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from |
1:41.2 | Jerusalem. Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet. Thus says the Lord God of Israel. |
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