Day 95: The Sin of Benjamin (2026)

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The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) 25 min 1 speaker 3 chapters transcribed 2 months ago
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Father Mike Schmitz 0:00
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Father Mike Schmitz 0:34
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Father Mike Schmitz 1:16
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 95, and we're reading from Judges chapter 19, 20, and 21. We're finishing up the book of Judges, as I mentioned yesterday, the last couple of days. We are, gosh, it gets worse and worse. The whole story gets so much worse and so much worse. So keep that in mind. We're also praying Psalm 148 because we definitely need some prayers on a day like today with the awful stories that we're about to expose ourselves to. Wow, am I building this up enough? Hopefully not too much, not overselling the horror, the terrible things that are about to happen.
Father Mike Schmitz 1:54
But it's part of the story. It's part of our story. The Bible translation we're reading today is from the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. As always, I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. To download your Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. And if you did and printed it out, you'd be on the third page. You'd be starting a whole new leaf, whole new chapter, I guess. You know, and tomorrow we're starting a whole new book for crying out loud. It's amazing. If you haven't yet subscribed to this app, I do not know you, man. But just subscribe, please. If you want to rate it, you can. If you don't, that's completely fine too. Because why?
Father Mike Schmitz 2:28
Because it's day 95 and we're trucking right along. Judges 19, 20 and 21. We're praying Psalm 148. The book of Judges chapter 19, the Levites concubine. Then her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He had with him his servant and a couple of donkeys, and he came to her father's house, and when the girl's father saw him, he came with joy to meet him. And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and remained there with him for three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there. And on the fourth day they arose early in the morning, and he prepared to go. But the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and after that you may go.
Father Mike Schmitz 3:29
So the two men sat and ate and drank together. And the girl's father said to the man, Be pleased to spend the night, and let your heart be merry. And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law urged him till he lodged there again. And on the fifth day, he arose early in the morning to depart, and the girl's father said, Strengthen your heart and tarry until the day declines.

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