Day 303: Eleazar's Martyrdom - The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

[@adelaidawallaert287]

God bless you ,too Fr . Mike🙏❤️

[@bh9225]

Thanks Fr. Mike. You have helped us so much! We truly love you. ❤

[@bonnieznicolosi]

The evil one hates us! He is sly and lies so sweetly! Trust in Jesus

[@WashingtonDC99]

Day 303 - Tuesday October 29th, 2024 Eleazar's Martyrdom. Today's readings are 2 Maccabees 6, Wisdom 1-2, and Proverbs 24:21​-26. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank goodness for Father Mike Schmitz and Ascension press and all of those who made this podcast available to us for free ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank You O Lord God Almighty for all the blessings and protections towards me and my family.

[@amalsfrancis1485]

Beautiful 😍 Tuesday afternoon listening to Fr Mick may the Lord bless all the BIAY community ❤

[@gloriaviruet6026]

Thank Jesus for Fr. Mike. He is a gem of a priest. Please keep him safe and healthy to continue imparting his infectious giggles.

[@roknrone]

Day 303..let's do this 💪..prayers for Father Mike and all the BIY family who are traveling through God's word together ❤ 🙏

[@rm-paradise]

Father, may everything that I do this day, whether it be full of joy or pain, whether it be full of love or of grief, I ask that everything I go through today be offered to you just like Jesus offered everything to you. It is in his name we pray. Amen. 10/29/2024

[@donnajeankeith7771]

Here I am, Lord. I offer my aches and pains for you who died for our sins. God bless us all 🙏

[@rm-paradise]

Great viewpoint. 10/29/2024

[@theresadavis1834]

Thank you Father Mike for sharing the bible with all of us. IT is a true blessing to read, hear and understand the words of our God. Praying for Father Mike and anyone who is in need of prayers.

[@judyglaud5765]

Thank You Abba for the knowlege imparted to us from Father Mike . God's Abundant Blessings Father Mike

[@QueenyKay]

When we started BIAY, we read the book of Job very early on and despite Fr Mike's explanations, Job's response to his suffering remained a foreign concept to me. As I got closer to the Word and God's forgiving, loving heart, I now understand how Job could answer the way He did, I understand why he never denied his God. Eleazar's martyrdom's story reminds me of how far I've come in ly understanding and my faith and how far I still have to go and learn in order strengthen my faith. I think a lifetime won't suffice but it's a very good start.

[@rosebrad9116]

Blessings to all those who are still here, it’s so so good Thank you Lord, thank you so much Fr Mike

[@Godfearingwoman489]

Today is my day 303 So grateful 🙏 Thank you Heavenly Father 🙏 Also, thank you Fr Mike 🤗

[@sharongiboney2819]

Prayers that I do today that is good in the sight of God I offer up for Al souls in purgatory!

[@Airship27]

Christmas 2022, I was given The Great Adventure Bible and am now reading along with the book of Wisdom of Solomon.

[@joseguzman1051]

Amen 🙏.

[@Overlord277]

You guys are an awesome prayer group.

[@maggiefelix9955]

I feel that every day in BIAY study keeps opening my eyes and not fear but go forward trusting God. Thank you Father Mike praying for you and all people.

[@brianmelville520]

29OCT2024. Day 303. Oh Lord God, enlighten our hearts with your love so that we can walk in your path. Amen

[@susanbaldwin5863]

Absolutely My heart is on fire !

[@gloriaviruet6026]

Praying for world peace.

[@donnapollock]

Thank you and God Bless you Father Mike. Praying for you and for all who follow you on this Journey...

[@socorrocervantes8151]

Thank you dear Lord for sending Fr Mike to enlighten everyone faithfully waiting and listening to your sacred words. May we always feel your loving presence in our lives and be worthy of your mercy and forgiveness everytime we fail in our sinfulness. Amen.

[@wreloise1]

“Birds flock with their kind; so truth returns to those who practice it. A lion lies in wait for prey; so does sin for the workers of iniquity.” ‭‭Sirach‬ ‭27:9-10

[@olivematura5027]

This has been a very hard journey and a very difficult struggle and a variety of emotions. Please help me pray so I can get to the end. Yes I am almost there but each day it gets harder and harder. I pray a lot for others and for myself. And yes I pray for a Fr. Mike and all religious

[@annmarek3989]

This reading and discussion of the Holy Word of God and His caring, His loving of people for thousands of years can be very emotional. Knowing that our short time in exile on earth can become our everything, when God’s intention is for everlasting life with Him should be our everything.

[@janetthetonia7922]

Praying for you Father Mike and everyone on this journey Amen 🙏

[@RallyTheTally]

It is like a Journey/

[@oldhipsjackson]

Thank you Father Mike, it's been a long time since I wrote in my bible. But the words of Wisdom speak about Jesus just jump right off the page. I have never read the book of Wisdom since I am protestant. The new books that I have read has grown my faith so thank you.

[@giarose6493]

God remove death leave us with no regrets 💯🙏💯🙏💯🙏☘️🌹

[@dawnmireles2912]

October 31, 2023 Round Two Have you ever considered listening to Saint Faustina’s Diary in a year and/or EWTN Mother Angelica’s Classics to add to your Catholic learning? Oh my goodness so much life guidance in conjunction with Father Mike’s Bible and Catechism in a Year!

[@williamgroel2880]

Father mike thank you for sharing gods word. I’m 73 and never read the bible .God Bless you.

[@lettylynds7849]

Thank you Fr. Mike! I thoroughly enjoyed the book of Sirach and looking forward to the book of Wisdom! I love doing the BIY!❤️🙏🏼❤️

[@valentinabiebie]

Thanks for the BIAY. God has opened my eyes to see the beauty of His Word. 🙏 14-11-22

[@blancarodriguez4159]

Thanks my God for this blessing to us broken people!

[@WashingtonDC99]

Thank You LORD GOD for all Your blessings and protections towards me a sinner. Thank You LORD GOD for forgiven my two deadly sins. Thank You LORD GOD for given us Your WORD. Thank you so, so much Father Mike for making the WORD of God come alive to our lives. God bless you.

[@rebeccabaker4485]

Praying everyday that my pain may have redemptive value to those in need.

[@The.Rosco.Mothership]

Continuing my journey, Team Replay 💚🙏🏼😊

[@wreloise1]

Thank you Fr Mike “For the LORD will not cast off his people, nor abandon his inheritance;”

[@uteme]

Praying for Jen, Julie, Sue, Fr. Mike & for all who prepare & participate in BIAY. 🤲🏼🕊 Also praying for ALL good, truthful & Holy clergy; there are many more than we realize...but to highlight a few: Cardinal Burke, Archbishop Viganó, Bp. Schneider, Fr. Joseph of France, Fr. Penna, Fr. Heilman, Fr. Bernhard, Fr. Kirby, Fr. Altman, Fr. Meeks & Fr. Pillari. God has blessed them; in turn blessing us. 🤲🏽🕊

[@elayneferraro7232]

Thank you Fr. Mike. God bless you for guiding us through His Word. Praying for you.

[@miachambers830]

I CANNOT WAIT to hear you tomorrow..! ❤️👍🏻 I am praying for you, please pray for me..!! ❤️👍🏻✝️

[@SandraPinto-n6u]

Famous words…yes I cannot wait to hear you tomorrow Father Mike ! I am praying for you too please pray for me 🙏🏽

[@robehrgonzales77494]

Enlightening

[@joellynscheuers4179]

Eleazar took Wisdom seriously because his words were a rebuke to the people who were giving him a way out.

[@elizabethhunter4525]

Yes indeed, this book of Wisdom knocks my socks off !!

[@cynthiatitus9299]

God, please help us choose life over death. You are the truth, the light and the way. Please help us choose you in all that we do. May you be the center of our lives as you were for Eleazar. Amen!

[@janinelinh]

Thank you Father Mike. Praying 🙏 for you ✝️🌼🕊💕✝️📖🌺🌹

[@patticrouch4682]

Anyone who struggles with their position on abortion or who struggles to express their pro life convictions to others, I offer 2 Maccabees 7:22 when the mother of the seven sons says”I do not know how you came into being in my womb. It was not I who gave you life and breath, nor I who set in order the elements within each of you.” All life is of God’s doing, regardless of the (inconvenient, ill-timed, even potentially man-made criminal) circumstances under which it happens. I am a mother who has had to ‘give back’ two of my three children. I thank God for the blessing of all of them!

[@susansemple8763]

God bless you.

[@kemiogunyemi1797]

❤

[@youtubeKathy]

Also interesting, in light of the 2024 Olympics is the "Feast of Dionysus" described in the same chapter, a desecration of the Jewish Temple. I wondered if the verse about the woman was relative to abortion, one of the other woke talking points. Very sad, although happy to have this enlightenment. There is evil about.

[@rm-paradise]

Wisdom 2:4 "Our name will be forgotten in time and no one will remember our works." There is a most forgotten soul in Purgatory who's family and friends have forgotten them. Pray for this forgotten soul that their stoney heart is softened and they can spend eternity with God. 10/15/2022.

[@FranksPH]

Thank You Father Mike. I started reading January 4th, 2022. My goal is to finish June 30, 2022. I could not have accomplished this without you, thank you a billion times, you will always be in my prayers. I hope someday I will be able to thank you in person. 🙏 🙏🙏

[@mariacisneros6114]

Day 303, 06/17/22

[@angelaspielbusch1237]

I am set to finish my reading through the Bible just before Christmas of 2022, December 23rd. I truly agree with you Frank’s this is possible all because of God and Father Schmitz. I’m reading The book of wisdom for the first time has been monumental especially things that are being revealed to me. We are so blessed with this publication. They all God bless all that person and follow his teachings.

[@giarose6493]

Godspeed blessings

[@rc3088]

Yes, it is so good 🥰 Father Mike, thank you,

[@christinetuthill8249]

Thank you Father…praying for you

[@tjf42193]

All of you people watching this please pray for a friend of mine her words exactly “I don't know if non-believer is the right word, I'm not affiliated with any particular religion, I'm probably agnostic right now, I do find value in the psychospiritual, maybe to say I'm questioning is more accurate.”

[@teresah6712]

Love this book of Wisdom already, So powerful. Thank you Fr. Mike. God Bless you and our of us Christians.

[@ruthortega5822]

The Book of Wisdom is definitely enlightening, Father Mike. So positively awesome. I look forward to what's to come. Your explanation and emotion are contagious. Thank you for all you do to continue to educate us in learning the word of God.

[@margaretferrara1008]

303 6.3.23 blessings 😊

[@LCccce6]

Thank you Father Mike and all at Ascension. You have made it possible for me to truly hear the word of God and understand it better than I would ever have. I pray for you and all good people who help us and each other in our journey to hopefully get to heaven.

[@leekshikapinnamneni4835]

Beautiful book of wisdom

[@giarose6493]

Amen 🙏 never knew that about death 💀 💯🙏💯🙏💯🙏☘️🌹

[@kathyfranzoni274]

Thank you and I'm going to say good night love to all God bless praying for you anyway

[@kathyfranzoni274]

I meant to say always not anyways

[@rc3088]

Thank you

[@carolseven3802]

Today and the next reading coming up are two of my most favorite. I can’t help but cringe and say “ I’m sorry”. Yes they are harsh and I pray for the same grace to the same should I be called to a martyrs death.

[@thephotoandthestory]

Wow. Wow. Eleazar reminds me of those poor religious who died in France during the revolution. The second chapter of the Wisdom of Solomon reminds me of the rabid secularism that drove the Jacobins to kill them.

[@remediosestepavejano7967]

I am delighted my heart is on fire

[@SuperRuthJ]

Thank you father Mike!

[@marianmilne6009]

Love this so much....Will listen again. Thank you Fr Mike and everyone who makes this possible. Praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏❤️🙏

[@kattydeleo9035]

🙏🙏🙏🤗❤️

[@robehrgonzales77494]

DaY 303, 30~ApriL~2024 HaPpY TuesDaY A❤m❤e❤n❤

[@thankfullyforgiven9611]

I loved this! Truly it was a blessing. I’m praying for you Father Mike and your wonderful team at Ascension. I plan on using this every year, Lord willing. Thank you!

[@Manyanababy]

🙏🏽

[@youtubeKathy]

October 29, 2024 Tuesday. Here I am……So the Feast of Dionysus was a desecration of the Temple? Interesting….

[@CieloDominguez-g5c]

Day 303 of BIY 10/29/24. God bless everyone 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️

[@julieoelker1865]

No wonder Martin Luther rejected the deuterocanon. These books make it painfully clear that we are not saved by faith alone.

[@dawnmireles2912]

October 31, 2023 Will you please take a moment and pray with me? According to tradition, St. Gertrude the Great was told by Our Lord that each time she piously recited the following prayer, it would release 1,000 souls (or a vast number) from their suffering in purgatory: Eternal Father, I offer You the most precious blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, for those in my own home, and in my family. Amen. In her account of another vision, St. Faustina describes Purgatory as a "great crowd of suffering souls" undergoing purification. Further, she says that the souls are "praying fervently, but to no avail, for themselves; only we can come to their aid" (Diary, 20) Father I need your grace again because I am not the witness I want to be.

[@debbiegraham5585]

Hi Fr Mike

[@karenglenn2329]

The story reminds me of St ( my speller will not allow spelling)..Poly carpt ...He was a follower of John the apostle. Poly....carpt was a martyr almost 90.

[@stephenspain9167]

🙏

[@adelaidawallaert287]

🙏♥️

[@kembafranklyn6610]

Wow amazing

[@eduardohoover2127]

Two things brought to mind from today's readings were as follows.. "He who strives to save his life will lose it but he who lays down his life for My sake will gain it." Jesus "See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand." Deuteronomy 32:39 This is about as close as we get to Islam's belief of the one of the 99 names of God is the "God of death." Just to not bash Islam another name for God is the "God of Life." Allah mean God in Arabic.

[@rpmgrlca]

🙏🙏 Have we reached the apex in the west yet? We seem close.

[@berryberry2508]

Proverbs 24 The Thirty Wise Sayings -30- 21 - Have reverence for the Lord, my child, and honor the king. Have nothing to do with people who rebel against them ; 22 - such people could be ruined in a moment. Do you realize the disaster that God or the king can cause ? More Wise Sayings 23 - The wise have also said these things : It is wrong for judges to be prejudiced. 24 - If they pronounce a guilty person innocent, they will be cursed and hated by everyone. 25 - Judges who punish the guilty, however, will be prosperous and enjoy a good reputation. 26 - An honest answer is a sign of true friendship. The Good News Bible (TEV). 📖🕯✝

[@gloriaruiz2332]

🙏🏻

[@munchlax9715]

amen

[@giarose6493]

Done ☑️

[@albertaowusu3536]

🙏✝️💕

[@moniquearseneault1460]

❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@dianefrank3688]

Thanks Minique and I am praying for you and all of BIY❤🙏 10/25/23

[@jojo_mcelwee6591]

❤️

[@Melissa-dz6je]

Father, honestly, can you explain Why it's OK to eat pork or bacon Now, when it seemed to be a really bad thing to Do back Then, at least in the Bible Times? WHY 🤔 is it Ok to Do Now? Thank you for listening to my question, or if anyone else knows the answer too

[@scottmitchell1974]

Acts 10:9-11:18 God had rules for the Jews to set them apart from the nations and peoples that might corrupt their relationship with Him. This included food prodcriptions. But Jesus came to bring all of the different "flocks" into the Kingdom. However, some of the disciples - who were Jews themselves - struggled with the idea of now associating with Gentiles. So God had to make a point to Peter Peter was being taught that the Gentiles were now "clean" by using food as an example.

[@brianmelville520]

When Israel left Egypt, they brought along all their animals. Pigs also came along. The pigs helped too much in the camp cleanup that they recycled parasites in their meat, spreading sickness through out the camp. A rule was given without an explanation, but allowed by God.

[@janetotto796]

Seems the KZbin version is a day behind the podcast?!

[@kathyesargent9088]

❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻⭐️

[@claretamura9752]

🙏✝️

[@oonwing]

👍

[@Magmastorrm317]

Why aren't these in a regular Bible? I'm confused please enlighten me.

[@janicemulry8140]

I learnt back in July 2023 a little bit about this @candaceburnett. From Fr Mike and Jeff Cavins. My notes in the margins of the BIAY reading plan: There are 73 books in the Catholic Bible, 66 books in the Protestant bibles. In the year 350 the inspired books that make up the Bible were decided by the Council of Rome. Then Martin Luther later removed 7 books from the Protestant version of the Bible because he didn’t believe in purgatory or the need to pray for the dead (which the 7 books referred to). That is my simple recording of what was said so I’m open to correction. Hope that helps. 🙏

[@admg1340]

Day 303, 5/30/2022

[@elizabethhunter4525]

We have just put our clocks back an hour, darker evenings, and the decorating up of homes for Halloween, why is it people are drawn to the darkness, Satan lures children in with the promise of sweets, regarded as harmless fun by the world, but I don't think so. It is a bigger deal in the U.S I think (I was on holiday out there on 31/10 some years ago) in fact you invented it didn't you? thanks friends! 🎃 We however have our own 'dark time' Guy Fawkes the Catholic who tried to blow up parliament, when we were kids it was out custom to make a guy with newspaper stuffed in clothes, go out on the streets and beg for pennies, then light a bonfire and throw him on ! That doesn't happen any more, not the back garden ones anyway, this is done on Nov 5th. The fireworks still go on, my my history had a turbulent past.🎆

[@roknrone]

Wow, yes it seems like the celebration of darkness 10/31 here is very much enjoyed here..I work at the local Catholic school right here in the city that I live in, and we celebrate all Saints day in the school, a much different type of party, but the kids still get to dress up as their favorite Saint..that story of what used to go on there sounds horrible 😢..somehow people are still drawn to the darkness. Thank Goodness we have the Eternal light in Jesus. Take care and God bless you Elizabeth 🙏 ❤

[@jadagijane2677]

2nd Aug 2023

[@jojomcelwee1380]

❤️ 02/11/2022

[@maryr8260]

Today is 304 why aren’t they being posted everyday

[@ndnnglim]

That is exactly what I was wondering too. My Hallow app isn't working too.

[@gloriahancock998]

There is probably a good reason why. Ascención is doing a great job. We are not missing anything. Praying for all of us and praying for Fr. Mike. 🙏♥️✝️

[@tsr3779]

It’s called patience.

[@stephanievietti7268]

I have noticed they are posted around 9:00pm of the current day.🤷‍♀️

[@updateculturechannel8479]

Josephus Flavius (the official Roman Court historian) was so inspired by the story of the martyrdom of Eleazar that he wrote the same concept in the resurrection concept of the Jesus character. Josephus (Joseph of Arimathea) was a Jewish General fighting the Romans and then captured. He joined the Romans to defeat the Jewish rebels and destroy Jerusalem. Traitors are an effective tool to help defeat an enemy. Taking the stories from the Torah and rewriting them into a new book with a pro Roman, anti rebel storyline is the foundation of western civilization. “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”

[@brianmelville520]

It seems that Martin accommodated the original Bible to fit his beliefs. He did not do a good job. There are still references against his likings. If you favor him, you have been mislead.

[@CaryChilton]

Please pray the same 4 people TROLLING father Mike's Bible in a Year to go away... since Bible in a Year has been uploaded youtube these 4 people bother without fail to add their dislike opinion to these videos. How self-important must one be to go to these lengths!

[@brianmelville520]

Pray for them to be converted. The first step is to question and resist. The seed has been planted.