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The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I (Bible in a Year Companion, 1) Paperback – November 8, 2021

by Fr. Mike Schmitz (Author), Jeff Cavins (Author), Lavinia Spirito (Author)
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The Bible in a Year Companion guide takes Catholics through the award-winning podcast The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)™ including daily summaries, transcripts of Fr. Mike’s daily prayers, and extra content for each episode.

It’s the perfect way to remember what you’re hearing, as well as learn even more about each part of Scripture!

The Companion presents daily content for each episode of the podcast, including:

  • The proprietary Bible in a Year Reading Plan
  • Summary of the key points and highlights of Fr. Mike’s commentary on the daily readings
  • "Take It to Prayer", where Catholics will be able to pray the daily prayer alongside Fr. Mike and the rest of the BIY community
  • Unique content surrounding each day’s readings, from images and Q&As to prayer prompts and ways to live out the Scriptures in real life

In addition to the daily content, each time period will have a Time Period Introduction and Review. Written by Jeff Cavins, these will help Catholics to know what to look for in the days ahead, and to recall what has happened in the days completed.

This sought-after guide to the award-winning podcast The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)™ is coming to you thanks to many collaborators including: - Fr. Mike Schmitz - Jeff Cavins - Bobby Semendy - Members of the Ascension Catholic Bible Studies Facebook group - Lavinia Spirito - Ritmeyer Archaeological Design - & many more!

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The Bible in a Year Companion

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Dive Deeper Into The Bible in a Year Podcast

Fr. Mike, Jeff Cavins, The Bible in a Year Facebook Group, and more have all come together to form the ultimate companion to the award-winning Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) podcast.

Every day there are

  • Summaries of key points from that day's episode
  • Fr. Mike's prayer transcribed so you can follow along
  • A section to dive deeper with an Ask Jeff Cavins question, a historically accurate image of an ancient artifact or place, or another nugget to help you get more out of The Bible in a Year

This book is filled with so much content that it had to be divided into 3 editions!

Understand the Bible better with this invaluable book.

Companion and Large Print Bible

Podcast Listeners Love The Bible in a Year Companion

"I'm so glad I have this! Fr. Mike gives such amazing commentary and takeaways which are also in this book; I never need to stress that I'm going to miss one of them or scramble to try to write everything down. I listen to the podcast, then immediately follow with that day's bullet points to reflect on." --Christina O.

"The Bible itself is great, but having these summary notes, in addition to the 'Deeper Dive' information really seals the deal! This Companion really helps the tricky parts of the Bible makes sense, and helps to understand the overall themes of the Bible! This Companion, The Bible in a Year podcast, and The Great Adventure Catholic Bible combination has truly changed my life and helped me see life through a new lens!" --Brittany B.

Key Features

Take It to Prayer and Dive Deeper

Reflect on the Word

Time Period Intro

Time Period Review

Take It to Prayer and Dive Deeper

Follow along with Fr. Mike Schmitz using a word-for-word transcript of each day's prayer . Dive deeper into the Word of God with images of relevant places and items, answers to questions about the readings, prayer prompts, and more!

Reflect on the Word

Reflect on the way the Lord is speaking and remember his faithfulness with summaries and key points from the day.

Time Period Introduction

Explore each period of the Bible from The Bible Timeline Learning System with insights from the creator, Jeff Cavins. Read an explanation of the color assigned to each period, look ahead to important events and figures, and see how the Bible's context changes from time period to time period.

Time Period Review

Reflect on all that has happened in each time period with a brief summary of what has occurred, as well as review questions and answers.

Companion and Large Print Bible

Pair With The Great Adventure Catholic Bible

Listen to The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) using a complete collection of all three volumes of The Bible in a Year Companion:

  1. Days 1-120
  2. Days 121-243
  3. Days 244-365

Follow along using the same Bible as Fr. Mike with The Great Adventure Catholic Bible!

Editorial Reviews

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“I believe that this Bible in a Year Companion is a great tool to take you deeper. It is one thing to be exposed to the Story, but it is another to remember it. This Companion will help those who are so quick to forget―which is all of us! … In this world, where we are so tempted toward distraction and distress, we now have a resource to understand how the story of salvation unfolds and how we can fit into that story today. Now, we have a place to remember.”

--Fr. Mike Schmitz, host of The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

Undoubtedly, You NEED this!!

"My sister and I are doing BIY and I use the Companion, my sister doesn't. Just doing the podcast is amazing in itself but if you want to truly retain what you hear/read you NEED this. I can easily recall my journey, review introductions to new time periods, retake the quizzes at the end of each era... my understanding of the Lord's Word is always right in front of me. I love it! Please give it a shot! And I have just ordered Volume II..."

--Kimberly D., The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) listener

Excellent complement to The Bible in a Year podcast.

“I have found The Bible in a Year Companion to be an excellent resource to use to help dig deeper into the readings and allow me to record my reflections as well as review my initial thoughts from The Bible in a Year Notebook I filled in when I first did the program. I am currently going through the program again and am gaining more understanding and insight into my faith. Thank you for addition to the program.”

--James N., The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) listener

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ascension Press (November 8, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 257 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1950784991
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1950784998
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.71 x 8.9 inches
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Father Mike Schmitz is a Catholic priest, author, and speaker in the Diocese of Duluth, MN. Working with Ascension Press, he is the author of the Belonging study program, and is featured in many others, including Altaration, YOU, Chosen, and I Will Follow. Father Schmitz has been the primary personality involved in Ascension Press’ outlet, Ascension Presents, with weekly YouTube videos offering Catholic perspectives of cultural and societal issues. Beginning in 2017, these talks were also offered in audio form as podcasts. He currently runs the Newman Center at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and is also the Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the diocese.

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Blondie
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for daily devotion
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Wonderful for daily devotion. If you're a first time reader, these companions along with the great adventure Bible make a read through a lot more meaningful and a lot less intimidating.
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C. Turner
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic bible study
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I love the explanations given to help understand. the words used in the bible. This is a wonderful Bible study.
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Gloria
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Delivery was great. The book was not as I had thought it would be, but I'll keep it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well written and colorful pages
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Brings the Bible to life, yet doesn’t get bogged down in too many details that could scare the less educated away from seeing the Bible as salvation history and an important part of one’s everyday need for spiritual nourishment and direction.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great companion!
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Barbsan
4.0 out of 5 stars Very difficult to keep book open!
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2023
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I have written reviews for all the volumes which I Purchased. I really cannot use these books because the binding is so tight. It’s so hard to keep the book open and literally I had my husband try to open it better for me, but it will not no matter what you do unless you completely break the binding. Its hard to even read because the book won’t open completely and if you have any arthritis like I do forget it you can’t handle these books unfortunately.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent follow up to every podcast and as review
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2023
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So grateful for these! I actually went through 2/3 they year of podcasts before realizing these 3 companions exist! They provide essential reinforcement of the readings as well as further readings, images, and thought provoking bonuses and prayer. It’s great to have for review and as a refresher. Going to repeat, after catechism in a year! Love!
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Julien
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Nice Companion
Reviewed in Canada on March 4, 2024
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I decided I wanted to go through the entire Bible in 2024. Started on January 1st and have not missed a day since. I like that each day includes bullets points on the reading for that day as well as a little prayer. I recommend this companion if you want to read the Bible in a year.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent companion
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2023
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Excellent companion to use whilst listening to the Podcast by Father Mike Schmitzs, makes reading the Bible so much easier.
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Tyrone Beiron
5.0 out of 5 stars Bible Reading Guide Anyone Can Use
Reviewed in Singapore on January 18, 2023
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Of course you would have heard or subscribed to the podcast by Fr. Mike Schmitz and possibly followed through all 365 days plus. Having the 'companion' text is better than the transcript, as you're now sure it's passed editorial care of the Ascension Press team: Jeff Cavins and Lavinia Spirito. It's also colour coded on the edges to correspond to Cavin's Great Adventure Bible Timeline if you already like the system. The reading font and type size is comfortable enough for anyone on the go or elderly, and there is some space for adding notes. The text is also free from some of the constraints of the podcast platform regarding religious faith or violence, and the editors seem sensitive about this although anyone who feels the need to be immunised from tragedy and violence is certainly not living in reality. The death of Jesus was excruciatingly violent alone, and the message about redemption is closely tied to this whole 'story' told in the Bible of God's long and faithful relationship with humanity. There nothing overtly Catholic about the commentary so it's definitely fine for any Christian to use. I am totally pleased with having bought all three volumes and glad it was broken into these to make them portable, although I won't be surprised there'll be other formats to look forward to. No caveats here, except this is about making the whole library of the Scriptures accessible to 'everyone' and those theological apologists and scholars can certainly look elsewhere for source material. Definitely a worthwhile buy especially if there's a deal.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bible Reading Guide Anyone Can Use
Reviewed in Singapore on January 18, 2023
Of course you would have heard or subscribed to the podcast by Fr. Mike Schmitz and possibly followed through all 365 days plus. Having the 'companion' text is better than the transcript, as you're now sure it's passed editorial care of the Ascension Press team: Jeff Cavins and Lavinia Spirito. It's also colour coded on the edges to correspond to Cavin's Great Adventure Bible Timeline if you already like the system. The reading font and type size is comfortable enough for anyone on the go or elderly, and there is some space for adding notes. The text is also free from some of the constraints of the podcast platform regarding religious faith or violence, and the editors seem sensitive about this although anyone who feels the need to be immunised from tragedy and violence is certainly not living in reality. The death of Jesus was excruciatingly violent alone, and the message about redemption is closely tied to this whole 'story' told in the Bible of God's long and faithful relationship with humanity. There nothing overtly Catholic about the commentary so it's definitely fine for any Christian to use. I am totally pleased with having bought all three volumes and glad it was broken into these to make them portable, although I won't be surprised there'll be other formats to look forward to. No caveats here, except this is about making the whole library of the Scriptures accessible to 'everyone' and those theological apologists and scholars can certainly look elsewhere for source material. Definitely a worthwhile buy especially if there's a deal.
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Wendy
4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Guide
Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2024
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Helpful guide to go along with Father Schmitz program reading the Bible in one year. This isn't my first time reading the Bible so I have some good understanding. The guide gives you a clear overview of what you read that day as well as a prayer and a "deeper dive" which has you thinking. I just think this book is extremely expensive.
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Anna
5.0 out of 5 stars Great companion book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2022
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Great companion book to Fr Mike's podcast
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