Today, Fr. Mike explains how God's heart is revealed through his commandments, and how we are all called to a life of justice, as we read from Exodus 22, Leviticus 15, and Psalm 76. 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. This is day 40. Oh my gosh, day 40 already. You guys, we've been trucking along and this is one of the things that has been such a blessing, has been being able to journey with you and has been able to, I know that it's been a tough road for a lot of people these first 40 days, first 39 days. We have reached our kind of our Lent in the sense of like 40 days, kind of like
I don't know. There's something there. There's something there that'll preach. But basically, that faithfulness that you've experienced and that you've held on to, even if this isn't literally day 40 for you, maybe you're catching up. Maybe this is like 50 days into the program or into the Bible reading, but you're here on day 40. That is completely fine.
In fact, it's one of the things that is encouraged. I think striving for perfection is fine, but striving for what I can do is probably even better because what the Lord requires of us is to do simply what we can. He never asks us to do what we can't. He is there to do what we can't. And yet he calls us to do what we can. So regardless of what day it actually is for you, today is day 40.
And we're reading from Exodus chapter 22, Leviticus chapter 15, and Psalm chapter 76. Couple of reminders. The Bible translation that I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. It's awesome. It works really, really well at helping us with those notes. There's extra notes in it.
And there's also the time periods that as we're walking through the time period of the Egypt and Exodus, it's really helpful. Next, if you want to be able to follow along so that you can know what's happening, what's going to be happening, what we're going to be reading any given day. You can download your Bible in a Year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year.
Also, if you haven't subscribed to this podcast yet, please do that because that really will probably help you. And I know it helps us. Let's keep on going. This is Exodus chapter 22. Exodus 22, laws of restitution. If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. He shall make restitution.
If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double. If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood guilt for him. But if the sun has risen upon him, there shall be blood guilt for him.
When a man causes a field or a vineyard to be grazed over or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and in his own vineyard. When fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution.
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