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 unfold and how we fit into that story today. It is day 353. Once again,

a palindrome day. I don't know why I have to point that out every time, but we're reading the second half of 1st Peter 3, 4, and 5. We're also starting St. Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians, chapters 1, 2, and 3. So six chapters today, including Proverbs, chapter 30, verses 15, and 16. As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the revised standard version second 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 year. You can also subscribe to this podcast for these last couple weeks and receive daily episodes and daily updates and you wouldn't have to go hunting and pecking for each episode every single day.

You know, because today is day 353. We're reading 1st Peter chapter 3, 4 and 5, 1st Thessalonians, chapters 1, 2, and 3, as well

as Proverbs chapter 30 versus 15 and 16.

The first letter of Peter, chapter 3, wives and husbands.

Likewise, you wives, be submissive to your husbands,

so that some, though they do not obey the word, may be one without a word by the behavior of their

wives when they see a reverent and chase behavior. Let not yours be the outward adorning with

braiding of hair, decoration of gold, and wearing of robes, but let it be the hidden person

of the heart, with the imperishable jewel of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight

is very precious. So once the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, and were

submissive to their husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, and you are now her children if you do right and let nothing terrify you.

Likewise, you husbands, live considerably with your wives,

bestowing honor on the woman as the weaker sex,

since you are joint heirs of the grace of life in order that your prayers may not be hindered.

Suffering for doing right.

Finally, all of you have unity of spirit, sympathy,

love of the brethren, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not return evil for evil, or reviling

for reviling, but on the contrary, bless. For to this you have been called that you may obtain a

blessing. For he that would love life

and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile. Let him turn away

from evil and do right. Let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are upon the

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