Day 118: King Saul Despairs (2025)

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike reflects on King Saul's despair in the face of trial, and how he seeks other means of comfort when he feels like God has abandoned him. God never abandons us, especially in the midst of danger. Fr. Mike invites us to place our trust in God's promise, instead of resorting to sinful acts. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 27-28 and Psalm 34.

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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,
0:07.4	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:10.7	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:14.3	Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,
0:18.2	discovering how the story of salvation unfolds.
0:20.4	Now, we fit into that story today.
0:22.3	It is day 118.
0:23.9	We have two days left, including today, for 1st Samuel before we jump into 2nd Samuel and 1st
0:28.5	Chronicles.
0:30.1	We are reading two chapters from 1st Samuel today.
0:32.5	It is 1st Samuel chapter 27 and 28.
0:35.0	We're also praying Psalm 34.
0:37.3	That's 304 for those Spanish speakers
0:39.8	who know how to speak Spanish numbers, but we'll be reading this in English. Speaking of
0:44.6	the translation of which you'll be reading is the revised standard version, second Catholic
0:49.1	edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. Speaking of Spanish Bibles, actually,
0:53.1	this is not, no one told me to say this. I am literally looking on my bookshelf and I can see the Spanish
0:59.6	version of the Great Adventure Bible timeline. Sorry, Great Adventure Bible. They have it in Spanish.
1:04.7	So if you are someone who are more, you're more accustomed to reading scripture in Spanish,
1:09.1	they do have a Spanish great adventure Bible.
1:11.9	It is also the revised standard version, second Catholic edition, I believe, or maybe it's something, I don't know.
1:17.1	That was just something I said.
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