Day 365: The Beginning and the End (2025)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 31 December 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Congratulations, you have made it to the last day of the Bible in a Year journey! Fr. Mike concludes our journey through the Bible by reflecting on the promise of a new heaven and a new earth in Revelation 21. It is this profound promise that reassures us that Christ is the beginning and the end, the one who makes all things new, the one who wipes away every tear, the one who conquers death, and the only one who offers us everlasting life, a life without end. Today's readings are Revelation 21-22, Hebrews 11-13, and Proverbs 31:30-31.
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| 1:08.8 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, |
| 1:12.4 | where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. |
| 1:15.3 | The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 1:17.6 | Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, |
| 1:21.2 | discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. |
| 1:24.7 | It is day 365. |
| 1:32.9 | Praise the Lord. We're reading from the Revelation to John chapter 21 and 22, the conclusion of the Bible, as well as the letter to the Hebrews |
| 1:37.6 | chapter 11, 12, and 13. We're also reading Proverbs chapter 31 versus 30 through 31. As always, |
| 1:43.4 | the Bible translation I'm |
| 1:44.2 | reading from is the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the great |
| 1:47.1 | adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in your reading plan to see |
| 1:51.2 | what you've done, you can visit essentialpress.com slash Bible in a year or print it off today. Get ready for |
| 1:56.6 | tomorrow year two. Day one. You can also, you know what, I'm not asking. |
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