Hi, my name is 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 352.

We are reading from the first letter of St. Peter, chapters 1 and 2, as well as the conclusion of St. Paul's letter to the Colossians, chapters 3 and 4. We're also reading from Proverbs chapter 30 verses 10 through 14. As always, the Bible translation 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-year reading plan, you can visit

Ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe and receiving daily episodes and daily updates because today is day 352. We are reading 1st Peter chapters 1 and 2, Colossians chapter 3 and 4, as well as Proverbs chapter 30 verses 10 through 14.

The first letter of Peter, chapter 1, salutation. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

to the exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Capadocia, Asia, and Bethenia. Chosen and

destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience

to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with His blood. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

A living hope. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By His great mercy,

we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

and to an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

who by God's power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials, so that the

genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which, though perishable, is tested by fire,

may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Without having seen him,

you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted

joy. As the outcome of your faith, you obtain the salvation of your souls. The prophets who

prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about this salvation. They

inquired what person or time was indicated by the spirit of Christ within them when predicting the

sufferings of Christ

and the subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you,

in the things which have now been announced to you by those who preached the good news to you

through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

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