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Day 113: Broken Trust (2026)

4/23/202616 min

In today's readings, we learn how Doeg the Edomite betrayed David, the priests, and the Lord. Fr. Mike explains that betrayal is painful because our hearts are deeply wounded when trust is broken. Today we read 1 Samuel 21-22 and Psalm 52.

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Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

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  1. Father Mike Schmitz· Host0:00

    [on-hold music] 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. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. Today is day one hundred and thirteen, and we are reading from First Samuel, chapter twenty-one and twenty-two. We're also praying Psalm fifty-two. As always, the Bible translation that I am reading from is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you wanna get that Bible, you can go to ascensionpress.com and buy it or wherever fine Bibles are sold. If you want to get the Bible in a Year reading plan, you can get that even quicker and even more easily by going to ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear, and you can download that. So right in front of you is the color-coded chart with the Bible plan printed out. You can look at it, stare at it, love it, check it off every single day because today, as I said, is day one hundred and thirteen. If you want to subscribe to this podcast, please feel free and consider yourself thanked. We're reading today First Samuel, chapter twenty-one, chapter twenty-two, and Psalm fifty-two. [chuckles] First Samuel, chapter twenty-one. David and the holy bread. Then came David to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him,

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