The Bible in a Year & More: Fr. Mike & Jeff Cavins

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Day 1: In the Beginning — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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Im starting day one on my birthday today. July 23. Instead of jan 1st.

— @PhilipHorgan-q8k

Welcome to Day 1 of The Bible in a Year! Today we start our year-long journey by reading Genesis 1-2 and Psalm 19. Fr. Mike Schmitz breaks down these readings to discover what the story of creation means for God's plan in your life.

We hear everyday from our community how The Bible in a Year helps to capture hearts and souls for Christ. While we’re happy to make it free to our audience, it’s not free to create! It takes a significant investment to produce the podcast and distribute it free-of-cost to the public. You can make a gift of financial support to help defray these costs and enable us to keep bringing evangelizing digital media to all those searching for God: https://tinyurl.com/yegdnr4b Thank you for your support.

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15:00 i thought plants grow easily because it was God who makes them grow. Adam needed to till the soil and work hard to grow food after the fall. Adam’s job was to have dominion of the animals and plants

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Thanks, Fr Schmidt for bringing the Bible into my life on a consistent basis. Today I start day 1…for the third time. I finished my second year yesterday. Praying for you and all of the listeners and those behind the scene daily.

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Honestly, my whole life, I've liked to believe that when God said, "Let there be light," the Big Bang sprang forth from that very utterance. And boy, would that have separated the light from the darkness.

— @TexasViking_INFP-t_5w4

More User Perspectives

Amen❤🙏🏼

@pamelaruzzo4949

It would be great if the scripture verses were in the video titles :)

@joy2391

Just started today🎉🎉

@EastValleyWeather

I enjoy this but at the same time nowhere dose it say that on the 3rd day he created the sun or moon. In the Hebrew there are no mentions of the sun being created on day 3. Even most English translations dont say he created the sun on the 3rd day. It says god said let the light be nothing about creating it. The is reading things in to the bible that it dose not say.

@ianbrown7134

For maximum impact goto settings and play this at .75 speed. Trust me you will not regret it.

@carlanderson5178

I am from Zimbabwe

@gaelvaughan8094

Who’s starting in 2027?

@jean-baptistegiroux6228

Day 1

@DIVINEMERCYofSACREDHEART

Father Mike. I am Catholic and going through hardship my husband Santiago is critical in ICU with tracheostomy. I have always prayed, believe in our Powerful God. I just need to understand the Bible so starting
Day 1. Thank you!! Amen. If you can pray for my husband’s recovery. He had a stroke with Pneumonia for three years but my prayers GOD is working behind the scenes. In Jesus name. Amen. My name is Mary.

@santiagosarmiento664

❤ 0:46

@sonia.campos_videos

Twice around the sun. Day 1, 11.6.26 ❤️

@randa0402

Thank you for this series and your prayers for your listeners. I have already listened to it and began relistening to it and
I was wondering if your editing team would be able to make a sensory friendly version by taking out the chime/ musical introduction or lowering the volume. Lowering the volume on my end then lowers your voice so that it becomes unclear

@ajc4314

Restarting and continuing my journey! Round 3! So very thankful to be here once again! Team Replay! (06.08.26) 🙏🏼💚☺️

@The.Rosco.Mothership

June 7, 2026

@DeusVult_USA

Starting for the 2nd time. -June 2026

@michaelandhaley12

I just started Day One. I'm Presbyterian and have read through the Bible in 9 months previously, but I am enjoying the commentary in this second time through the Word. Thank you for creating this.

@MrMarshEnglishClass

Thank you. Will follow the bible from today until 5th June 2027. God bless you for all the wonderful work you do for us. I love you dearly❤

@jenniferstrong6161

Starting in June.

@EmilynWood

Day 1

@michellemcconnell6891

June 1, 2026 😂 Not planned. Kid you not

@CountryWolf_TX

3rd time Bible in a Year. June 1, 2026.😊

@wonderwoman6232

Blessing brother I started day one in January 1st. By listening the entire Bible. I finished it in two months. I finished it in February 26 2026. That was my 3rd time doing the Bible in ayear with Father Mike Schmitz. If you ask me why am I still doing the Bible again. Well!! The first time I did the Bible in ayear with Father Mike Schmitz God spoke to me four times in 2024. 8-8-2024 to be precise. The second time I purchased my Great Adventure Catholic Bible by Ascension Press and now in 2025 I listened to the podcast but now listening and reading with my Bible in my hands. God spoke to me again. In 2026 I promised God to listened to the entire Catholic Bible in two months because I don't want him to stop talking to me. God still speaking. Some one told me you are crazy you don't need to read the Bible so many times. I answered Yes, I am crazy in Love with my Blessed Savior Jesus Christ of Nazareth. But is not that I am crazy. I have been called. Every time you listen or read the Bible God speaks in diferent ways. Every time is different. I have many testimonies. But I will leave you with this small prayer.
Abba, Heavenly Father, Fill me with your spirit, Lord fill me with your Devine Light Jesus Christ so that darkness can not hide in me. Fill me with your Light, from the top of my head to bottom of my feet. Holy Sipirt I Surrender my life to your guidance, Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness Self Control. Amen y Amen.

@humbertogomez3078

Thank you Father Mike 🙏✝️

@debslife3069

Starting may 27, 2026!

@DiegoAlvarez-ux4rj

Starting today.

@LindaMcNeil59

🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

@davdna

Starting today 5/24/26

@rpminfl312

This is inaccurate 😣 God literally created light before the sun was created as the Word of God says. Even science discovery has found this true. Photons (light) existed before stars. Do not change the Word of God. It is indeed poetic and beautiful, but most certainly is literal. You can’t pick and choose what is accurate or not, because then you null and void everything in His Word.

@user-ht4el3zo6f

So helpful that you spoke about the contradictory "creation" stories/myths of gnosticism and polytheistism.

Our God is THE GOD.
The KING of ALL CREATION❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Praise God in his holy glory 🙏

@CatholicForensics

18:50

When God took Eve from Adam, he did not take her from his head to lord it over him, nor from his foot to be walked upon by him. He took her from his side to walk with him, from beneath his arm to be guarded by him and from near his heart to be loved by him.

@muzan6351

Thank you for this. Just did day one. Seems very well done and look forward to going on with this. One serious question. We Catholics are battered and weary and bruised and skeptical at this point. Why is there not just ONE accurate, faithful translation of the original writings of the Bible. I don't need a Great Adventure, or a readable interpretation. What I need is a faithful, accurate copy of the Bible. No spin, no additions, no deletions, no euphemisms. Where is that Bible? Is it the Dhouay Rheims and which year of the Dhouay Rheims? As I followed along with today's reading in the Bible I use, I saw the general agreement but some additions like God giving "dominion over the earth" when my Bible says He gave dominion over the creature and seed bearing plants, but not the "earth" itself which seems to agree with the idea that later we learn that the earth is Satan's domain. Thanks for your help with this.

@pama.6410

Very simple, so interesting, so enlightening, thank you Father Mike God bless you
Kumud Onita Robertson from India❤

@meenarobertson4919

I’m starting late. So I’m challenging myself to do 2 a day until I catch up.

@xplorercolorado9224

Yay day 1! Starting OCIA in September 2026! Praise Jesus!

@sjthewolfboss

Started today (again) ❤

First time reading the Bible in English 😅

@jennacosta1720

Started 05/14/2026 🙏 Thank you god! ❤

@karelyn.3169

Starting first day today (13/5/26)

@declanbarnett5482

Starting May 10, 2026 🩵✨

@jasmingutierrez2777

Well this is my 2nd time listening to this ❤

@jacobwilliams9508

🙏🏻🕊🌎🙏🏻🕊📖❤️02/05/26

@bettyesqueda5009

Starting 5-2-2026 I'm not Catholic but I'm blessed to hear Father Mike

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