Day 295: Israel's Expectations (2025)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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🗓️ 22 October 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Mike mirrors the story of 1 Maccabees and Israel’s expectations of continued success onto our own lives, emphasizing that God’s marvelous plan exceeds our expectations and what we think should happen next in our lives. He invites us to worship and give to the Lord with freedom and generosity in response to God’s sacrificial love for us. Today’s readings are 1 Maccabees 14, Sirach 34-35, and Proverbs 23:22-25.
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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, |
| 0:07.5 | where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. |
| 0:10.7 | The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:13.4 | Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, |
| 0:17.6 | discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 295. You know what that means? That means there are 75, 75? 70. 70 days left. Something like that. I don't know. We're reading 1st Maccabees chapter 14, Syrac chapter 34 and 35, as well as Proverbs chapter 23 versus 22 through 25. As always, the Bible translation I'm |
| 0:38.6 | reading from is, you guessed it, the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using |
| 0:42.1 | the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading |
| 0:45.5 | plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe to this |
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| 0:55.7 | It is day 295, reading 1st Maccabees chapter 14, Syrac chapters 34 and 35, as well as |
| 1:01.4 | Proverbs chapter 23 versus 22 through 25. |
| 1:06.6 | The first book of Maccabees, chapter 14. |
| 1:09.9 | Capture of Demetrius and the Ulyly of Simon. |
| 1:13.3 | In the 172nd year, Demetrius, the king assembled his forces and marched into Medea to secure |
| 1:18.9 | help so that he could make war against trifo. When Assarces, the king of Persia and Medea, |
| 1:24.0 | heard that Demetrius had invaded his territory, he sent one of his commanders to take him |
| 1:28.0 | alive. And he went and defeated the army of Demetrius, and seized him and took him to Arsarces, |
| 1:33.5 | who put him under guard. The land had rest all the days of Simon. He sought the good of his nation. |
| 1:39.0 | His rule was pleasing to them, as was the honor shown him all his days. To crown all his honors, he took Joppa for a harbor |
| 1:46.0 | and opened a way to the Isles of the Sea. He extended the borders of his nation and gained full |
| 1:51.3 | control of the country. He gathered a host of captives. He ruled over Gazara and Betzer and the |
| 1:56.6 | citadel, and he removed its uncleanness from it, and there was none to oppose him. |
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