Fr. Mike Schmitz

What Fr. Mike Schmitz Says About Reading

22 episodes featuring Fr. Mike Schmitz on reading

Key Insights on Reading

The Great Adventure Bible Timeline transforms Bible reading from 'knowing the stories to knowing the story' - Father Mike

  • The podcast uses the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition and encourages downloading the reading plan from ascensionpress.com
  • Revelation 20 states multiple times that the dead "were judged by what they had done," recorded in books opened at the final judgment
  • The podcast uses 14 narrative books as the backbone, integrating Psalms and prophets when chronologically relevant
  • The podcast encourages listeners to download the reading plan from ascensionpress.com and text 'Catholic Bible' to 33777 for updates
  • Day 32 of the reading plan continues the plague narrative while introducing sacrificial laws and wisdom about earthly riches
  • All Old Testament sacrifices in Leviticus prefigure Christ's sacrifice, as illuminated by reading Letter to the Hebrews

Episodes

Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2026)

Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 33: Locusts, Darkness, and Death of the Firstborn (2026)

Day 33: Locusts, Darkness, and Death of the Firstborn (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 32: Cattle, Boils, and Hail (2026)

Day 32: Cattle, Boils, and Hail (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 31: Frogs, Gnats, and Flies (2026)

Day 31: Frogs, Gnats, and Flies (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 29: Moses Returns to Egypt (2026)

Day 29: Moses Returns to Egypt (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 28: The Burning Bush (2026)

Day 28: The Burning Bush (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 26: God Responds to Job (2026)

Day 26: God Responds to Job (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 25: Job's Questioning (2026)

Day 25: Job's Questioning (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 23: Judah Changes (2026)

Day 23: Judah Changes (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 22: Go to Joseph (2026)

Day 22: Go to Joseph (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 20: Judah and Tamar (2026)

Day 20: Judah and Tamar (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 19: Joseph and His Brothers (2026)

Day 19: Joseph and His Brothers (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 18: The Heart of Israel (2026)

Day 18: The Heart of Israel (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 10: Hagar and Ishmael (2026)

Day 10: Hagar and Ishmael (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 8: The Surrender of Abraham (2026)

Day 8: The Surrender of Abraham (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Introduction to the Patriarchs (with Jeff Cavins) (2026)

Introduction to the Patriarchs (with Jeff Cavins) (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 6: Trust in the Lord (2026)

Day 6: Trust in the Lord (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 4: The Flood (2026)

Day 4: The Flood (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 3: Noah's Ark (2026)

Day 3: Noah's Ark (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins)

Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 365: The Beginning and the End (2025)

Day 365: The Beginning and the End (2025)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 364: Christ's Sacrifice Once for All (2025)

Day 364: Christ's Sacrifice Once for All (2025)

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

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