Author: St. Mary's Catholic Church

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Mass Readings for December 21, 2022

Song of Solomon 2:8-14Psalms 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21Luke 1:39-45 Song of Solomon 2:8-148The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. 9My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. 10My beloved

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Dec

Mass Readings for December 20, 2022

Isaiah 7:10-14Psalms 24:1-6Luke 1:26-38 Isaiah 7:10-1410 again the lord spoke to ahaz, 11″ask a sign of the lord your god; let it be deep as sheol or high as heaven.” 12 but ahaz said, “i will not ask, and i will not put the lord to the test.” 13 and he said, “hear then, o

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Dec

Mass Readings for December 19, 2022

Judges 13:2-7, 24-25Psalms 71:3-6, 16-17Luke 1:5-25 Judges 13:2-7, 24-252 and there was a certain man of zorah, of the tribe of the danites, whose name was mano’ah; and his wife was barren and had no children. 3 and the angel of the lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “behold, you are barren

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Dec

Mass Readings for December 18, 2022

Isaiah 7:10-14Psalms 24:1-6Romans 1:1-7Matthew 1:18-24 Isaiah 7:10-1410 again the lord spoke to ahaz, 11″ask a sign of the lord your god; let it be deep as sheol or high as heaven.” 12 but ahaz said, “i will not ask, and i will not put the lord to the test.” 13 and he said, “hear then,

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Dec

Mass Readings for December 17, 2022

Genesis 49:2, 8-10Psalms 72:1-4, 7-8, 17Matthew 1:1-17 Genesis 49:2, 8-102 assemble and hear, o sons of jacob, and hearken to israel your father. 8 judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you. 9 judah is a lion’s whelp; from

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Dec

Happy Anniversary St. Mary Cathedral!

Happy Anniversary St. Mary Cathedral! December 09, 2022 Diocese of Lansing Today the Diocese of Lansing celebrates the Anniversary of the Dedication of Saint Mary Cathedral in Lansing. Happy feast day! St. Mary’s was completed and dedicated on December 8, 1913, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The Gothic church was built using wagon loads

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Dec

Watch: Lansing parish's stunning new painting of Saint Gerard

Watch: Lansing parish’s stunning new painting of Saint Gerard December 16, 2022 Diocese of Lansing This weekend will witness a stunning new painting of Saint Gerard Majella unveiled and blessed at Saint Gerard parish in Lansing. The life-size work is the creation of Jackson-based artist, Joseph Macklin. “It’s beautiful,” said Father Bob Bacik, Pastor of

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Dec

Mass Readings for December 16, 2022

Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-8Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 7-8John 5:33-36 Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-81 thus says the lord: “keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. 2 blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the sabbath, not profaning it, and

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Dec

Mass Readings for December 15, 2022

Isaiah 54:1-10Psalms 30:2, 4-6, 11-13Luke 7:24-30 Isaiah 54:1-101″sing, o barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in travail! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her that is married, says the lord. 2 enlarge the place of