Day 267: Indifference and Apathy - The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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Fr. Mike introduces us to the books of Ezra and Haggai, explaining the Israelites' return to the promised land. He also warns us against apathy and indifference in our relationship with God, as we see Israel display towards the temple. Today's readings are Ezra 1-2, Haggai 1-2, and Proverbs 20:1-3.
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[@kinggeorgethefirst]

God bless you our lady keep you

[@sandracourtemanche8732]

Please pray for my daughter and grandaughters to return to church- Amy,Cadence and Cheyeene- thank you 💞

[@dianefrank3688]

Praying for your daughter and granddaughters to return to church and for comfort for your family.🙏🙏🙏

[@leodsouza3052]

Praying that they will all be touched by the Lord and return to true Church of Jesus Christ. 🙏

[@RallyTheTally]

Okay I will.

[@olivematura5027]

Praying

[@lsteinke3987]

Prayers sent for your precious granddaughters.

[@barbarajosephs3399]

Thank you father Mike🙏

[@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. 9/23/2024

[@youtubeKathy]

September 23, 2024 Monday. Here I am.

[@roknrone]

Day 267..let's do this 💪..the return! Prayers for Father Mike and all the BIY family who are traveling through God's word together ❤ 🙏

[@amalsfrancis1485]

Amen I am here day 267 September 23rd

[@WashingtonDC99]

Day 267 Monday September 23rd, 2024 Today's readings are Ezra 1-2, Haggai 1-2, and Proverbs 20:1-3. Deo gratias 🙏♥❤😇 Thank You O Lord God Almighty for all the blessings and protections towards me a sinner 🙏❤❤❤❤

[@brianmelville520]

23SEP2024. Day 267. Oh Lord God, give us that will that would make us work towards coming home, to our final home. Amen

[@chavelasalas9151]

Praise your..mighty name Lord JESUS CHRIST AMEN ❤ AMEN ❤️ 🙏

[@chavelasalas9151]

Prayers Father Mike Amen 🙏

[@golgibella]

Charity is the virtue through which all other virtues come to life. The good and bad that you do will be passed on. Charity is the key by which God opens the window of willful acceptance of salvation in us. The window inside of us from which all graces of the soul reside but must be accessed and received.

[@robertliles4795]

After 30 years of not going to Church because of the scandals , I listened to your podcast and thought I should try it again and found Father Rojas in Sacramento California and I have been for a year now . Confesses , Adoration, and the Eucharist. Also daily prayer of the rosary.All Because of You. So words can express my gratitude and thoughfulness to You to bring the word of The Most Holy Father. So,Thank You 1,000,000 Times. Day 267 today.☮️⛪️❤️🎚️🙏😇❤️💥🙋‍♂️

[@JeanneZettler]

Well done. God Bless.

[@olivematura5027]

What an amazing testimony, thanks for sharing

[@lsteinke3987]

Praise Christ!

[@jenc5371]

Happy for you! God bless!!

[@stevenzalewski8324]

thank you

[@joseguzman1051]

Amen 🙏.

[@margaretferrara1008]

Blessings

[@nellennatea]

Thank you Father Mike. God Bless you too.

[@munchlax9715]

Amen

[@spanview]

You were right the first time..Jeff and me :). You are ALWAYS right!

[@annmarek3989]

It would be Jeff and I talking about…….

[@jameskliewer5809]

Just making this journey through the Bible and praying for you every day Podcast Family. ck

[@wreloise1]

Yes Lord!!! No need to feel guilty❤️‍🩹 Dear Lord!! PRONTO HELP!!! AMEN AMEN AMEN Mother Mary Pray for us

[@CieloDominguez-g5c]

September 23,2024 Day 267. Have blessed Monday everyone.🙏🙏🙏

[@janetthetonia7922]

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

[@valentinabiebie]

Thank you and God bless you!

[@The.Rosco.Mothership]

Continuing my journey, Team Replay 💚🙏🏼😊

[@debbiegraham5585]

good timing with this reading, a great reminder Father

[@dawnmireles2912]

September 23, 3024 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!

[@theresadavis1834]

Thank you Father Mike for sharing the Bible with all of us. It is a true Blessing. Praying for Father Mike and anyone who is in need of prayers.

[@rm-paradise]

Carrying Dawn M's mantle and message. God wants everyone Home. Please intercede and pray for the souls in purgatory who are so close to Home, they need our prayers. Consider listening to Saint Faustina’s Diary in a Year on the Marian Press Podcast. Each day's reading is just about 7 minutes long. What a gift! 9/24/2022

[@RallyTheTally]

Nice to finally get to the return. It's been very good so far.

[@donnapollock]

Thank you and God Bless you Father Mike....Praying for you and for all of you' re followers her on this Journey

[@dimithriperera9724]

Thank you Fr Mike for praying for us and celebrating the Holy Mass. "Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen" My beautiful sweet Jesus, my eternal love, please bless him and keep him pure.

[@miachambers830]

Wow… even at my ‘advanced’ age.. I STILL have not learned which ‘fights’ to get into… and which ones to STAY OUT OF..!! Boy, I need to LISTEN more closely..!! Praise You Lord..!!

[@cbtherepetitiveparthelpsme957]

I think it's a skill constantly evolving.

[@kathyfranzoni274]

Thank you Father Mike for explaining things so well it makes me understand things much better and I pray for you and thank you for praying for me and all of you that are praying for me I pray for you too amen and have a really good evening sweet dreams🙏🤟

[@staceyspargo5897]

Amen Thank you for helping me understand.

[@debbiegraham5585]

God Bless you Fr Mike, Jeff and Ascension Press

[@rc3088]

Thank you, to everyone at BIAY.

[@VictoriaRyan]

Fr. Mike: I sooo agree that Jeff's checkpoints and previews are very helpful, always interesting, and much appreciated. This Bible study is a happy surprise and quite rewarding. Thank you both!

[@olivematura5027]

Good morning 😊It is amazing that I am listening to you read this part of the Bible non when it refers to come back home and right now for me is the time of Advent. The time when we are call to repent and come back home.Prepare the way for the 😅Lord. Prepare for the second coming

[@leekshikapinnamneni4835]

It is so true that alcohol doesn’t always do Goodfella’s but there is definitely a right way to use it. It is so interesting that the book of Ezra for fill the prophecy of Jeremiah. It is so true that sometimes there are so many fights or do we have to pick your battles. Apathy and discouragement are so kind. Lord, please help me turn back to you even when it is hard.

[@barblacy619]

We just read from Haggai chapter one yesterday and chapter two in daily mass! How exciting to recognize it today. Thank you Father Mike😊

[@janicemulry8140]

I too find many ‘coincidences’ between readings at mass and here in the BIAY! I think they are not coincidences at all - but Our Lord writing the words of scripture permanently on our heart. 🙏

[@RallyTheTally]

My Baptist pastor once read a chapter of the same book as in this podcast, it was in Daniel.

[@debbiegraham5585]

Thank you so much ✝ 🙏 📿 📖 ❤

[@debbiegraham5585]

I've shared this with my family, please pray they will start reading with you Fr Mike.

[@archangelmichael5908]

I feel a sense of indifference and apathy when it starts names and numbers

[@mrss4328]

Lol

[@SusieQ-nd3dy]

🤣

[@butterflyinnyc]

Thank you Father Mike! ❤️🙏🏼🌞

[@socorrocervantes8151]

Now, yesterday's day is complete, if these words make sense. Thank you dear Lord as we begin or end our day trying to do our part following you. You are the author and source of all our being

[@worldofthesupernatural]

Just that you are able to pronounce all these names is, I believe, a sign and blessing from God lol! I was a lector at Mass for 20 years and just ONE name a week would freak me out, not wanting to get it wrong. What a great blessing this series is. Tbank you.

[@gugatena4990]

Gracias padre por este maravilloso esfuerzo saludos cariñosos de CDMX

[@adelaidawallaert287]

Praying always for you Fr Mike Schmitz for doing a great job 🙏♥️

[@giarose6493]

God remove all evil

[@pedrolo2072]

Great job Father Mike! Love your boundless energy!

[@HRH_RWWL_II]

Thanks Ascension & Fr. Mike! Can we also have a series to cover the Catechism of the Catholic Church? (I apologize for the relentless posting of this inquiry.)

[@christiandpaul631]

I think there is a place on the face book site where they will respond to you. its a place where they accept questions. i have not used it but someone mentioned it was there.

[@cm7227]

Great idea!

[@socorrocervantes8151]

Yesterday's day was not complete, if this make sense to anyone, without listening to Fr Mike. Forgive us dear Lord for being lukewarm with indifference and apathy in our busyness. You, dear God, are the author and source of our being and all that we have and for these may we go out of our comfort zones to follow and serve you the way you want us to. To God be the glory. Amen.

[@amymeadows9829]

Great suggestion!!

[@penriquez99]

I want the catechism too

[@miachambers830]

I CANNOT WAIT to hear you tomorrow..!! ❤️👍🏻

[@ellenosborne8207]

This is the Mass reading on 9/25/23! Ezra is read a couple more days this week, too.

[@miachambers830]

This IS the ‘twenty-fourth day of the ninth month’… praise You Lord Jesus..!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏻(2022) Baruch Ata Adonai..! ❤️

[@manavaohea6027]

Just notice this while following the reading! Haggai 2:18 Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Today is 9/24.

[@amys9002]

Wondered if others noticed that! 24th day of the Ninth month in the reading and also 267th day of this year!

[@barbarajensen2865]

Also…consider…believe the calendar in that day & time… the 9th month was December…day 24 (?) AND the Lord said” 2:6&7! 2:18!

[@momemakaheilala2158]

Hi Father Mike I am listening backward LOL,, I already listening to the day 268 and 269 now I am going backward Lol but I am loving it

[@dawnmireles2912]

September 24, 2023 I do not want to pray alone. Will you please join me in praying for Souls in Purgatory? 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: The Prayer of St. Gertrude Eternal Father, I offer Thee 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, those in my own home and within 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)

[@WashingtonDC99]

Thank you so much Father Mike. I can relate to the Jews to some degree when it comes to going back to Jerusalem / the promised land. I am originally from Honduras, I have been living in the United States for almost 23 years ( It's going to be 23 years October 16th ) and, I don't think that I would be able to go back to Honduras. In 23 years I have going back to visit 3 times. God bless you Father Mike. I Lord God Heavenly Father in Heaven thank You for all the blessings and protections towards me and my family. 🙏👼😇❤️💙🇭🇳🇺🇲🤓

[@berryberry2508]

Proverbs 20 1 - Drinking too much makes you loud and foolish. it's stupid to get drunk. 2 - Fear an angry king as you would a growling lion; making him angry is suicide. 3 - Any fool can start arguments; the honourable thing is to stay out of them. (TEV) 📖🕯✝

[@christinetuthill8249]

Thank you Father

[@MoonlightNothing]

Bless your day!

[@giarose6493]

God make my fear disappear

[@helencastelino2261]

Ooooh after long wait. Finally fr.mike 's and our Bible readings. Old testament today? Great ....... thanks Fr. ! …............ Fr please pray for me ,my all son's and daughters. My whole family, members living, resting, sleeping in peace of God. For all our individual and family needs, protection, deliverance, rescue, safety,, kept away and safe. I pray same prayers for myself and all my family, members. My all son's and daughters. I remember and pray for all who needs my prayers. Remember all type of inocent, babies, youngeronce, growing up and all elders who needs prayers, deliverence, protection, help, guidance, rescue, love,money, jobs.

[@robehrgonzales77494]

DiA 267 ❤❤❤ A❤m❤E❤n❤

[@gloriaruiz2332]

🙏🏻

[@stephenspain9167]

🙏

[@JFlower7]

"Jeff and I"

[@albertaowusu1790]

Thank you.⛪💕

[@climatedeceptionnetwork4122]

Neat stuff!

[@Dominik-nn4so]

Thanks for the episode! I usually listen to the podcast on my phone but this particular episode couldn't be played? Anyone else having the issue?

[@This-isGirl]

🙏🏻Day267🙏🏻

[@Rm-kr2bp]

Someone sounds tired. No matter what specialty a person’s in for a living, he or she can still be a hard worker 👍💪

[@emleigha]

🙏🏽 Day 267 (24SEP2022): "Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider: Is the seed yet in the barn? Do the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, the olive tree still yield nothing? From this day on I will bless you." -Haggai 2:18-19 🙏🏽❤

[@giarose6493]

Done

[@kathyesargent9088]

❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@kattydeleo9035]

🙏🙏🙏🤗❤️

[@lloizeaux]

Anyone noticed the first reading for the mass today coincide with part of the reading of the prophet Haggai?

[@star-ii7gb]

❤️

[@ajessm]

Hi Fr Mike. It says you can watch as well as hear you and Jeff talking about the Return. Where can the video be found?

[@jojo_mcelwee6591]

❤️ 01/10/2022

[@joannebywaters4154]

❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

[@jadagijane2677]

27 April 2023

[@bonniec1765]

4/11/23

[@RonBrown-tt6zc]

how do I go about asking questions that come up as we go along? and getting an answer.?

[@brianmelville520]

Get help in the Church.

[@admg1340]

Day 267, 5/6/2022

[@maryr8260]

If your used to doing the Bible in a year early in the day and it’s not posted yet, Listen to it on the podcast.

[@rdanigno]

It wasn’t there…

[@rdanigno]

Still isnt

[@stanleygrover1685]

🥸👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@teresabaker-carl9668]

It’s “Jeff and I”; the way to know is leave off Jeff and how would you say it? You would say “I”, therefore it is “Jeff and I”. If you use “me” in a sentence about yourself, adding another name doesn’t change it. If you use “I” for just yourself, adding a name does not change it. Sorry, I’m a writer with a brother who is an English professor at St. Amselm’s College; he corrects my writings when I’m unsure; I’ve learned a great deal. You are a wonderful reader, however, and I encourage you to continue. Thanks for this wonderful program!

[@AHeyer13]

Father Mike was right! He said 'you might have heard Jeff and me'... using your reasoning, it goes ' you might have heard me' so if "Jeff' is added it s 'Jeff and me' . English is my second language ( first being Maltese) but Fr Mike made no mistake..

[@miachambers830]

I don’t like using 👎🏻 LOL .. but Fr. Mike was right in this instance..! Go back and listen to what he said. ‘Me’ was correct, as he used it. ❤️👍🏻 Have a blessed day. ❤️👍🏻 Pray for me… I’m praying for you..! 🙏🏻 God bless..!

[@cbtherepetitiveparthelpsme957]

Lol I use rule too.

[@annmarek3989]

Yes, if you diagram this sentence, Jeff and I is the compound subject of the verb talk.

[@joseguzman1051]

AMEN 🙏.

[@munchlax9715]

Amen

[@rpmgrlca]

🙏🙏

[@christinawhite9256]

🙏

[@kathyesargent9088]

❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ducphan8228]

🙏🙏🙏