Day 96: Hannah's Prayer (2026)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
As we begin to read the first book of Samuel, Fr. Mike highlights the miraculous birth of Samuel and how Hannah's deep longing for a son never became an idol in her heart. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 1-2 and Psalm 149.
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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, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. |
| 0:11.9 | The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension using the Great Adventure Bible timeline. |
| 0:16.3 | We'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we |
| 0:21.4 | fit into that story today. It is day 96. We just finished judges yesterday. We're now starting a new |
| 0:27.6 | book. The new book is First Samuel. Actually, I might remember this from yesterday, but, or the day |
| 0:32.5 | before, can't even remember when I said it. But we only have three days of First Samuel. We'll be |
| 0:37.2 | reading Samuel 1 and 2 today |
| 0:39.1 | and then 3 and 5 tomorrow, then 6 through 8 the next day. But after that, in just four short days |
| 0:45.0 | from today, or I guess 3 days, I don't know how to count. We are starting the Gospel of John. |
| 0:49.2 | And we're going to be reading through the Gospel of John in seven days, which I am just absolutely |
| 0:53.9 | I'm pretty stoked about that. |
| 0:55.6 | If I can use the word stoked, I will because I'm pretty stoked about that. But today, as I said, |
| 1:01.0 | it's day 96. We're reading 1st Samuel chapter 1 and chapter 2, we're praying Psalm 149. As always, |
| 1:06.3 | I'm using the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm reading the Great Adventure Bible |
| 1:10.7 | from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in your reading plan, if you the revised standard version, second Catholic edition, reading the Great Adventure Bible from |
| 1:10.9 | Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, if you haven't |
| 1:15.3 | yet, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe in your |
| 1:20.1 | podcast app to receive daily episodes today, just three chapters, which is a nice little |
| 1:24.8 | break from the last couple days, where we've been going |
| 1:27.9 | through heavily and quickly through Joshua and through judges. But today, here we are, |
| 1:32.9 | 1 Samuel, chapter 1 and chapter 2, and then praying Psalm 149. |
| 1:38.7 | The first book of Samuel, chapter 1, Samuel's birth and dedication. There was a certain man of Ramathisofim, of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was |
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