Day 9: Sodom and Gomorrah (2026)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Mike breaks down the story of Sodom and Gomorrah today as we read Genesis 18-19, Job 7-8, and Proverbs 2:1-5.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm 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. |
| 0:11.2 | The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:14.2 | 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. This is day nine. Let's get started. We are continuing our journey |
| 0:27.5 | with Abraham in Genesis chapter 18 and chapter 19. We're also continuing our journey with |
| 0:32.8 | the righteous suffering man, Job, by reading Job chapter 7 and chapter 8. We're also following |
| 0:37.5 | the Lord's wisdom by reading Proverbs chapter 2. Now in second chapter, Proverbs, reading verses |
| 0:42.8 | 1 through 5. The Bible translation that I'm using and use every day is revised standard |
| 0:47.7 | version, Catholic edition. It's the RSV-C-E. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from |
| 0:52.6 | Ascension and also following the reading plan that you can also download. |
| 0:56.5 | If you go to ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year, you can get your own Bible in a year reading plan by going to ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. |
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| 1:11.9 | the word Catholic Bible to the number 3-3-777. With all the out of the way, let's get started |
| 1:18.5 | with Genesis. Chapter 18 and Chapter 19. And the Lord appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamma as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. |
| 1:30.2 | He lifted up his eyes and looked and behold, three men stood in front of him. |
| 1:33.7 | When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth and said, |
| 1:38.8 | My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. |
| 1:43.0 | Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, |
| 1:45.6 | and rest yourselves, while I fetch a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves. And after |
| 1:51.3 | that you may pass on, since you have come to your servant. So they said, do as you have said. And Abraham |
| 1:57.0 | hastened into the tent to Sarah and said, make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it and make cakes. |
| 2:04.4 | And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant who hastened to prepare it. |
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