Day 112: True Friendship (2025)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

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Summary

Fr. Mike zeroes in on the deep friendship between Jonathan and David and the enduring power of their brotherly bond. He breaks down the different kinds of friendship according to Greek philosophy, and points out how true and virtuous friendship is so rare and special. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 20 and Psalm 142.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, where we
0:08.1	encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast
0:12.2	is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way
0:16.3	from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that
0:21.1	story today. It is day 112, and we're reading one chapter from 1 Samuel. We're reading
0:26.0	1 Samuel chapter 20 on the friendship between David and Jonathan. We talked about it a little bit
0:30.9	yesterday. We're taking this next step in chapter 20. We're also praying Psalm 142. If you want to know what Bible translation that I'm reading from,
0:39.7	I'll give you the answer. The answer is, I'm using the revised standard version second Catholic
0:43.6	edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension as well. If you would like to download
0:47.7	your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year.
0:52.0	And if you have not yet subscribed to this podcast, please
0:55.3	consider yourself invited. I got a letter the other day from someone who said, also, by the way,
1:00.6	P.S. I have subscribed, so you don't have to say it anymore. But I know there's someone out there who's
1:05.6	listening right now. And you're thinking, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to get to the entire end of the year. And I'm not going to subscribe. I'm going to find it every single day for 365 days.
1:13.3	And that's going to be my goal.
1:14.5	And so at the end of it, I can say, ha, I never subscribed.
1:17.2	And he was talking to me every single day.
1:19.0	That's what we just did.
1:20.0	Here we are. 20 and Psalm 142. 1 Samuel chapter 20, the friendship of David and Jonathan.
1:31.6	Then David fled from Naoth in Rama, and came and said before Jonathan, what have I done?
1:36.3	What is my guilt?
1:37.7	And what is my sin before your father that he seeks my life?
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