The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Oct 3, 2026 · 18 min · 8 segments
As Fr. Mike reads from Nehemiah today, we hear about how the hearts of the people of Israel were moved as Ezra reads the book of the law of Moses to them. In our reading of Esther, we have the…
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"And when the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their towns.
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
And he read from it, facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand.
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people.
And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Do not mourn or weep.' For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
Eat the fat and drink sweet wine, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared.
And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.' So the Levites stilled all the people saying, 'Be quiet, for this day is holy.
Do not be grieved.' And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing because they had understood the words that were declared to them." The Feast of Booths celebrated.
"On the second day, the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the law.
And they found it written in the law that the Lord had commanded by Moses that the sons of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, and that they should publish and proclaim in all their towns and in Jerusalem, 'Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths,' as it is written.
"And when the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their towns.
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
And he read from it, facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand.
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people.
And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Do not mourn or weep.' For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
Eat the fat and drink sweet wine, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared.
And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.' So the Levites stilled all the people saying, 'Be quiet, for this day is holy.
Do not be grieved.' And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing because they had understood the words that were declared to them." The Feast of Booths celebrated.
"On the second day, the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the law.
And they found it written in the law that the Lord had commanded by Moses that the sons of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, and that they should publish and proclaim in all their towns and in Jerusalem, 'Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths,' as it is written.
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