Fr. Mike Schmitz

And that line is that David had married the daughter of Pharaoh. Now, this isn't necessarily completely proscribed, right? Not completely prohibited. But we're going to see what happens in that.

And that line is that David had married the daughter of Pharaoh. Now, this isn't necessarily completely proscribed, right? Not completely prohibited. But we're going to see what happens in that.

We're going to see what happens because of this when it comes to marrying the daughter of Pharaoh, that this begins Solomon's expansion essentially when it comes to his own household and the way in which Solomon is wanting to make alliances with the nations around him.

We're going to see what happens because of this when it comes to marrying the daughter of Pharaoh, that this begins Solomon's expansion essentially when it comes to his own household and the way in which Solomon is wanting to make alliances with the nations around him.

We're going to see what happens because of this when it comes to marrying the daughter of Pharaoh, that this begins Solomon's expansion essentially when it comes to his own household and the way in which Solomon is wanting to make alliances with the nations around him.

by marriage and by his marriage to many many of the daughters of influential people around them and this is the first time we get this sense that here is solomon who's doing something and it's going to come around and it's not going to be good it's not going to be helpful And he's not going to show himself to truly be wise.

by marriage and by his marriage to many many of the daughters of influential people around them and this is the first time we get this sense that here is solomon who's doing something and it's going to come around and it's not going to be good it's not going to be helpful And he's not going to show himself to truly be wise.

by marriage and by his marriage to many many of the daughters of influential people around them and this is the first time we get this sense that here is solomon who's doing something and it's going to come around and it's not going to be good it's not going to be helpful And he's not going to show himself to truly be wise.

Now, we talked about this yesterday that, or maybe two days ago, gosh, time flies, you guys, that here is Solomon who, yes, he is wise, but he's not necessarily good. Here is Solomon who has the wisdom to be able to discern right and wrong, but he doesn't necessarily always do the right and avoid the wrong. And so this is one of the first chinks in his armor that we see with King Solomon.

Now, we talked about this yesterday that, or maybe two days ago, gosh, time flies, you guys, that here is Solomon who, yes, he is wise, but he's not necessarily good. Here is Solomon who has the wisdom to be able to discern right and wrong, but he doesn't necessarily always do the right and avoid the wrong. And so this is one of the first chinks in his armor that we see with King Solomon.

Now, we talked about this yesterday that, or maybe two days ago, gosh, time flies, you guys, that here is Solomon who, yes, he is wise, but he's not necessarily good. Here is Solomon who has the wisdom to be able to discern right and wrong, but he doesn't necessarily always do the right and avoid the wrong. And so this is one of the first chinks in his armor that we see with King Solomon.

And always there's, we can know the right thing to do, but just knowing the right thing to do does not get us to do it. And we can believe the right things, but believing the right things doesn't always get us to the place where we do the right things.

And always there's, we can know the right thing to do, but just knowing the right thing to do does not get us to do it. And we can believe the right things, but believing the right things doesn't always get us to the place where we do the right things.

And always there's, we can know the right thing to do, but just knowing the right thing to do does not get us to do it. And we can believe the right things, but believing the right things doesn't always get us to the place where we do the right things.

And so here we are in a place today, knowing that we need God's grace, not just to know the truth and not just to be wise, but also to choose the truth and to live in wisdom, to live in life and to choose life. for ourselves and for our family members. So we need God's grace and we need prayers.

And so here we are in a place today, knowing that we need God's grace, not just to know the truth and not just to be wise, but also to choose the truth and to live in wisdom, to live in life and to choose life. for ourselves and for our family members. So we need God's grace and we need prayers.

And so here we are in a place today, knowing that we need God's grace, not just to know the truth and not just to be wise, but also to choose the truth and to live in wisdom, to live in life and to choose life. for ourselves and for our family members. So we need God's grace and we need prayers.

So we pray for ourselves, obviously, because if we're not sustained by God's grace, then the people around us will suffer for that. And we also pray for each other. And this community of people walking through the Bible in a year, You guys, this is a, it's a, it's a genuine community. It might be virtual, might be online. It might just be in your ears.

So we pray for ourselves, obviously, because if we're not sustained by God's grace, then the people around us will suffer for that. And we also pray for each other. And this community of people walking through the Bible in a year, You guys, this is a, it's a, it's a genuine community. It might be virtual, might be online. It might just be in your ears.

So we pray for ourselves, obviously, because if we're not sustained by God's grace, then the people around us will suffer for that. And we also pray for each other. And this community of people walking through the Bible in a year, You guys, this is a, it's a, it's a genuine community. It might be virtual, might be online. It might just be in your ears.