The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 333: Peter Is Rescued from Prison (2024)
28 Nov 2024
Today begins with Acts 12 and the miraculous rescue of Peter from prison by an angel. Reflecting on this story, Fr. Mike helps us grapple with the mysterious reality that we are each called to say "Yes" to God’s destination for us, even when we might not know the way. Lastly, Fr. Mike delves into St. Paul's hard teachings to the Corinthians on sexuality morality and excommunication. Today's readings are Acts 12, 1 Corinthians 5-6, and Proverbs 28:1-3. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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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. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
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. It is day 333. That's triple three. The number, a holy number. It's the number of the Trinity three times. It's incredible. It's a 333.
Not only that, it is the last day on the last second, the last page of the Bible in your reading plan. We're reading today Acts of the Apostles, chapter 12, as well as St. Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, chapter five and six and Proverbs chapter 28, verses one through three. As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition.
I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. And you would also be able to check off the last day on the second to last page and realize you only have, I don't know, three quarters of a page left and it would be, you would feel accomplished.
You probably, hopefully you feel accomplished and actually legit. Like hopefully you feel accomplished because this is incredible. This day, three 33. That means that for 333 days, whether they were consecutive days or not, it doesn't matter. The fact is you made it to this point, and that is remarkable. You can also subscribe to this podcast if you'd like.
You don't have to, but you're invited to on day 333. That's how we do it. It is day 333, reading Acts of the Apostles, chapter 12, St. Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 5 and 6, and Proverbs chapter 28, verses 1 through 3. The Acts of the Apostles, chapter 12. James killed and Peter imprisoned by Herod.
About that time, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the Days of Unleavened Bread.
And when he had seized him, he put him in prison and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was being made to God by the church. An angel rescues Peter from prison.
That very night, when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell, and he struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, Get up quickly. And the chains fell off his hands.
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