Day 96: Hannah's Prayer (2025)

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

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🗓️ 6 April 2025

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Summary

As we begin to read the first book of Samuel, Fr. Mike highlights the miraculous birth of Samuel and how Hannah's deep longing for a son never became an idol in her heart. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 1-2 and Psalm 149.

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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 encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:11.9	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension using the Great Adventure Bible timeline.
0:16.3	We'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we
0:21.4	fit into that story today. It is day 96. We just finished judges yesterday. We're now starting a new
0:27.6	book. The new book is First Samuel. Actually, I might remember this from yesterday, but, or the day
0:32.5	before, can't even remember when I said it. But we only have three days of First Samuel. We'll be
0:37.2	reading Samuel 1 and 2 today
0:39.1	and then 3 and 5 tomorrow, then 6 through 8 the next day. But after that, in just four short days
0:45.0	from today, or I guess 3 days, I don't know how to count. We are starting the Gospel of John.
0:49.2	And we're going to be reading through the Gospel of John in seven days, which I am just absolutely
0:53.9	I'm pretty stoked about that.
0:55.6	If I can use the word stoked, I will because I'm pretty stoked about that. But today, as I said,
1:01.0	it's day 96. We're reading 1st Samuel chapter 1 and chapter 2, we're praying Psalm 149. As always,
1:06.3	I'm using the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm reading the Great Adventure Bible
1:10.7	from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in your reading plan, if you the revised standard version, second Catholic edition, reading the Great Adventure Bible from
1:10.9	Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, if you haven't
1:15.3	yet, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe in your
1:20.1	podcast app to receive daily episodes today, just three chapters, which is a nice little break
1:25.1	from the last couple days, where we've been going
1:27.9	through heavily and quickly through Joshua and through judges. But today, here we are,
1:32.9	1 Samuel, chapter 1 and chapter 2, and then praying Psalm 149.
1:38.7	The first book of Samuel, chapter 1, Samuel's birth and dedication. There was a certain man of Ramathisofim, of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was
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