We can't lose our faith the way we lose our car keys. We either give it away or we let it decay

because we don't use it. Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz. And in my new book, Unshakeable,

building a life of virtue in a world of chaos, I tell faith-filled stories that inspire you

to live a life of virtue that flows from the unshakable power of God.

Although we're surrounded by a culture that mocks virtue, we can feed ourselves stories

that really do uphold what is good and promote a virtuous life.

When we live this way, we experience freedom and joy like never before.

It's my prayer that the stories in my book, Unshakeable, will inspire you

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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.

The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.

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 fit into that story today, it is day 266. And you know what that means. That means that you are now in the double digits to go. So, I mean, I did the math earlier today. And I crunched the numbers. And it turns out there's 99 days left. Just like yesterday, there was 100. But now I think it's significant to say you have less

than triple digits. It's now double digits, which is, I don't know, well done. We're reading

today, Matthew 27 and 28, the conclusion of the gospel according to St. Matthew, as well as Proverbs

chapter 19 versus 25 through 29. As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the revised

standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure I'm reading from is the revised standard version,

second Catholic edition. I'm 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. You can also subscribe to this podcast, receive daily episodes and updates. As I said, today is the last day of the messianic checkpoint to Gospel Matthew. Tomorrow, we're moving on to the return. So we had so much time in the exile. We had so much time reading through not only the story of the messianic checkpoint to Gospel of Matthew. Tomorrow, we're moving on to the return. So we had so much time in the exile. We had so much time reading through not only the story of the exile, but then the prophets in exile that we are having the return coming soon. So tomorrow, you would know this if you had the Bible in your reading plan, but we're starting with Ezra and then the prophet Hegai. And after Ezra, there's Zechariah, and there's Nehemiah, and there's Esther.

All those stories.

We're very excited.

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