The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 89: Israel's Cycle of Disobedience (2025)
30 Mar 2025
Welcome to the book of Judges! Fr. Mike foreshadows the events of Judges, and the cycle of disobedience we'll continue to see Israel go through. He also gives some context on the book of Ruth, and how we can find grace within the frustrating moments of Scripture. Today's readings are Judges 1-3, Ruth 1, and Psalm 133. 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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from a new book actually two new books we're reading from judges and from ruth um judges chapters one two and three as well as ruth chapter one we'll also be praying today from psalm 133 um as always you probably know this i'm reading from 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 can subscribe to this podcast in your podcast app, wherever you listen to this, wherever you're listening to my voice, and just hit that word that says subscribe. A couple of heads up kind of issues right now. This is one of those, the book of Judges is phenomenal, and it is phenomenal not because it's a great story.
It is more like you just kind of ventured into... Some really incredible and incredibly dark history. And so what's going to happen is in the next number of days, as we walk through the book of Judges, is we're going to hear some stories that are familiar, maybe like stories about Deborah, maybe stories about jail, maybe stories about Samson.
These are going to be some stories that we are, as I said, relatively familiar with. We might not be entirely familiar with all of the details, and the details are pretty horrible, and they get worse. The book of Judges begins in the dark and ends even darker.
So just heads up, that is my disclaimer that, yeah, this is real, real stuff today on day 89, reading from Judges chapters 1, 2, and 3, Ruth chapter 1, and praying Psalm 133. The Book of Judges, chapter one, Israel's failure to complete the conquest. After the death of Joshua, the sons of Israel inquired of the Lord, who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?
The Lord said, Judah shall go up. Behold, I have given the land into his hand. And Judah said to Simeon, his brother, come up with me into the territory allotted to me that we may fight against the Canaanites. And I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you. So Simeon went with him.
Then Judah went up, and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they defeated ten thousand of them at Bezek. They came upon Adonai Bezek at Bezek, and fought against him, and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. Adonai Bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
And Adonai Bezek said, 70 kings with their thumbs and their great toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table, as I have done so, so God has repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
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