Day 260: Carrying the Cross (2026)

Fr. Mike Schmitz (0:00)

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Hi, my name is Fr. 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 260 and we are, gosh, that means 105 days left. Holy smokes. We are deep, not deep yet. Chapter 8, 9, and 10 of Matthew's Gospel, but we are in the Messianic Checkpoint, our third Messianic Checkpoint so far. So we're reading Matthew 8, 9, and 10, also Proverbs Chapter 19 verses 1 through 4 As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, the second Catholic edition. I'm 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/bible in a Year. You can also subscribe to this podcast and receive daily episodes and daily updates every single day. Today is day 260 We're reading Matthew 8, 9, and 10, and Proverbs Chapter 19 verses 1 through 4

The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 8 Jesus cleanses a leper.

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a proof to the people.

Jesus heals a centurion's servant. As he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, begging him and saying, Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home in terrible distress. And he said to him, I will come and heal him. But the centurion answered him, Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But only say the word and my servant will be healed. For I am a man under authority with soldiers under me. And I say to one, go and he goes. And to another, come and he comes. And to my slave, do this and he does it. When Jesus heard him, he marveled and said to those who followed him, Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. There men will weep and gnash their teeth. Into the centurion, Jesus said, Go, let it be done for you as you have believed. And the servant was healed at that very moment.

Jesus heals many at Peter's house. And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever, he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and served him. That evening, they brought to him many who were possessed with demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah. He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.