Father Mike Schmitz

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Today is day 362.

We are reading Revelation chapters 12, 13, and 14, the letter to the Hebrews chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4, and Proverbs chapter 31, verses 19 to 22.

Revelation to John Chapter 12 The Woman and the Dragon And a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

She was with child, and she cried out in her pangs of birth in anguish for delivery.

And another sign appeared in heaven, behold, a red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems upon his head.

His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth.

And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child that he might devour her child when she brought it forth.

She brought forth a male child, one who was to rule all the nations with a rod of iron.

But her child was caught up to God and to his throne.

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God in which to be nourished for 1,260 days.

Michael defeats the dragon.

Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought.

But they were defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world.

He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.