Day 143: Solomon Asks for Wisdom (2026)
5/23/202622 min
Fr. Mike starts to unpack the character of Solomon and explains how we can see the beginning of his downfall in today's readings. Although Solomon has been blessed with wisdom, he lacks obedience, which is much more important in maintaining a relationship with God. Today's readings are 1 Kings 1, 2 Chronicles 1, and Psalm 43.
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[gentle 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. We are on day one hundred and forty-three, and we are reading from I Kings chapter one, II Chronicles chapter one, and we're praying Psalm forty-three as always. The Bible translation that I am reading from is the Revised Standard Version, the Second Catholic edition, and I am using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you wanna download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. And if you did, you would realize that we are on a new sheet of paper, which apparently I get very excited about, but I am getting very excited about it 'cause it means that we are [laughs] trekking through the scriptures, and that is a gift. If you wanna subscribe to this podcast, you can click on Subscribe, and you will be subscribed, and s- that's... subscriptions abound. As I said, [laughs] today is day one hundred and forty-three. We're reading from the first chapter of Kings, I Kings, and the first chapter of II Chronicles, and we're praying Psalm forty-three. The First Book of the Kings, chapter one. The struggle for succession to the throne. Now King David was old and advanced in years, and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. Therefore his servants said to him, "Let a young maiden be