Numbers 6:22-27Psalms 67:2-3, 5-6, 8Galatians 4:4-7Luke 2:16-21 Numbers 6:22-2722 The LORD said to Moses, 23 “Say to Aaron and his sons, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, 24 The LORD bless you and keep you: 25 The LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days after Christmas | January 1 | Mary, The Mother of God January 01, 2022 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Happy feast day! Happy New Year! Today’s feast celebrates Mary’s motherhood of Jesus Christ who was both true God and true man. It was
1 John 2:18-21Psalms 96:1-2, 11-13John 1:1-18 1 John 2:18-2118 Children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days after Christmas | December 31 | Saint Sylvester December 31, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Sylvester, the 4th century pope who governed the Church during the reign of Constantine when Christianity moved from persecution to toleration within the Roman Empire. Bishop Earl Boyea now explains
1 John 2:12-17Psalms 96:7-10Luke 2:36-40 1 John 2:12-1712 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write
1 John 2:3-11Psalms 96:1-3, 5-6Luke 2:22-35 1 John 2:3-113 And by this we may be sure that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days after Christmas | December 27 | Saint John the Apostle December 27, 2021 Diocese of Lansing The seven days after Christmas are laden with significant feast days. Traditionally, the Church celebrates the Feast of Saint John the Apostle upon December 27. Saint John was one of the Apostles of Jesus
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days after Christmas | December 29 | St Thomas Becket December 29, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Thomas Becket. Happy feast day! Saint Thomas was Archbishop of Canterbury in England from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He was killed following his conflict with Henry II,
1 John 1:5–2:2Psalms 124:2-5, 7-8Matthew 2:13-18 1 John 1:5–2:21:5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Seven Days after Christmas | December 28 | The Holy Innocents December 28, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Happy feast day! The feast recalls the incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, King of Judea, orders
