Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days of Easter | Friday April 09, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is Easter Friday. Today Jesus Christ reveals himself for a third time to his disciples, this time as they are fishing upon the Sea of Tibe’ri-as in Galilee (John 21:1-14). “Why they had returned to fishing we don’t know,”
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days of Easter | Wednesday April 07, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Welcome to Easter Wednesday and one of Bishop Boyea’s very favorite passages of the Bible: The risen Christ’s encounter with two distraught disciples on the road to the village of Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35). During this pilgrimage, Jesus “interpreted to them
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days of Easter | Tuesday April 06, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Easter isn’t just one day. It’s eight days. An octave. What is more, every day of the octave is a solemnity. That’s the highest rank of feast day. So, happy feast day! Each day of the Octave of Easter also
The Gospel of Saint Luke Explained | Bishop Boyea’s Year of the Bible | Monday, April 5 April 05, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today Bishop Earl Boyea’s Year of the Bible moves onto the Gospel of Saint Luke. We’ll be reading this book of Bible from Monday, April 5 to Wednesday, April 28. To join
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days of Easter | Monday April 05, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Happy Easter! Did you know that the celebration of Our Lord’s Resurrection continues in the Church for eight days, called the Octave of Easter. Each day of the Octave is ranked as a Solemnity in the Church’s liturgical calendar, the
How to Watch: The Easter Vigil from Saint Mary Cathedral April 03, 2021 Diocese of Lansing On Holy Saturday the Church waits at the Lord’s tomb, meditating on his suffering and death. The altar is left bare, and the sacrifice of the Mass is not celebrated. Only after the solemn vigil during the night, held
How to Watch: Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion from Saint Mary Cathedral April 01, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is Good Friday. Today the whole Church mourns the death of our Savior. This is traditionally a day of sadness, spent in fasting and prayer. The title for this day varies in different parts of
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days of Holy Week | Saturday | The Vigil of Easter | April 3 April 01, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Vigil of Easter. Tonight our churches will be cast into darkness only to be engulfed by the Light of Christ who is raised from the tomb and, in
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days of Holy Week | Holy Thursday | April 1 April 01, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is Holy Thursday. It was on this day that Jesus Christ instituted both the Holy Eucharist and the sacred priesthood during the Last Supper. “Sisters and brothers, this Holy Thursday gathering is neither a