Day 197: Woe and Consolation (2026)
7/16/202623 min
Fr. Mike reveals yet another prophetic message that points towards the coming of Christ, explaining why the Book of Isaiah is often called the Book of Woe and the Book of Consolation. He also touches on the powerful prayer we hear as we end our journey with Tobit. Today's readings are Isaiah 11-13, Tobit 13-14, and Proverbs 10:13-16.
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[outro jingle] 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. It is day one hundred and ninety-seven. You guys, we are three days away, well, four counting today, from day two hundred. That's awesome. Congratulations. Way to make this a part of your life. Honestly, do you imagine two hundred plus days ago when you thought, "Maybe, maybe I'll do this. Maybe I'll do the Bible in a Year. I don't know." And here you are. Well, on day one ninety-seven, we're reading Isaiah chapter eleven, twelve, and thirteen, reading Tobit chapter thirteen and fourteen, finishing that book today. We're also reading Proverbs chapter ten, verses thirteen through sixteen. As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, the Second Catholic edition. I am using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. If you want to subscribe to this podcast, you can click on Subscribe, and you will be subscribed, and that'll be it. Day one ninety-seven today. We're reading three chapters from Isaiah eleven, twelve, and thirteen, Tobit thirteen and fourteen, Proverbs chapter ten, verses thirteen through sixteen. The book of the prophet Isaiah, chapter eleven. The shoot from the stump of Jesse and the peaceful kingdom. There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots, and the Spirit of the Lord