Day 256: Hard Seasons (2025)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 13 September 2025

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Summary

Fr. Mike encourages us to never stop talking to God, even in the hardest seasons of our lives. Much like yesterday's readings, we're seeing a lot of pain and suffering the lives of our brothers and sisters, but we still have so much to hope for. Today’s readings are Jeremiah 51, Lamentations 4-5, and Proverbs 18:9-12.

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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, where we
0:07.9	encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to
0:12.1	you by Ascension. Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to
0:16.1	Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 256.
0:22.4	We're reading three chapters today, one from Jeremiah, Jeremiah chapter 51.
0:26.1	It's one of the longest chapters in the entire book of Jeremiah, which is the longest book in the Bible.
0:29.8	So a little fun facts for you guys.
0:31.6	Lamentations 4 and 5, the conclusion of basically the lamentations as Jeremiah observes the pain and the suffering of the
0:38.6	people of Jerusalem as he walks through the city under siege. And we're also reading Proverbs
0:43.0	chapter 18 versus 9 through 12. As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the revised
0:46.7	standard version in the second Catholic edition. I'm using the great adventure Bible from
0:49.6	Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit
0:52.8	ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year and click off those last 109 days.
0:58.5	That'd be great.
0:59.1	That'd be awesome.
0:59.7	Why not do that?
1:00.6	You also can subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe and receiving daily episodes
1:05.7	and daily updates.
1:07.4	It is day 256 and we're reading Jeremiah 51.
1:14.9	Lamentations 4 and 5. Proverbs chapter 18, 9 through 12.
1:23.9	The book of Jeremiah chapter 51. Thus says the Lord, behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon, against the inhabitants of Caldea. And I will send to Babylon winnowers,
1:29.3	and they shall winnow her. And they shall empty her land when they come against her from every
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