Author: St. Mary's Catholic Church

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Jan

Read: Your Child's Own Path to Happiness and Holiness by Sheri Wohlfert

Read: Your Child’s Own Path to Happiness and Holiness by Sheri Wohlfert January 19, 2022 Diocese of Lansing We all want our children and grandchildren to be healthy, happy and holy. We all want them to have good friends and feel like they are safe and they belong. Should you worry, though, if your little

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 18, 2022

1 Samuel 16:1-13Psalms 89:20-22, 27-28Mark 2:23-28 1 Samuel 16:1-131 The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 17, 2022

1 Samuel 15:16-23Psalms 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23Mark 2:18-22 1 Samuel 15:16-2316 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the LORD said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Say on.” 17 And Samuel said, “Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 16, 2022

Isaiah 62:1-5Psalms 96:1-3, 7-101 Corinthians 12:4-11John 2:1-11 Isaiah 62:1-51 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. 2 The nations shall see your vindication, and all the kings your glory; and you shall

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 15, 2022

1 Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1Psalms 21:2-7Mark 2:13-17 1 Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:19:1 There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abi’el, son of Zeror, son of Beco’rath, son of Aphi’ah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth; 2 and he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man.

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 14, 2022

1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22Psalms 89:16-19Mark 2:1-12 1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-224 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, 5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint for us a king to govern us like all the nations.”

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Jan

Watch: On the Path to the Priesthood | Randy Koenigsknecht

Watch: On the Path to the Priesthood | Randy Koenigsknecht January 14, 2022 Diocese of Lansing Diocese of Lansing seminarian, Randy Koenigsknecht, says he first felt called to the sacred priesthood in the sixth grade at school. Despite having two older brothers who were in seminary, 23-year-old Randy recalls becoming adept at repeatedly dismissing the

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 13, 2022

1 Samuel 4:1-11Psalms 44:10-11, 14-15, 24-25Mark 1:40-45 1 Samuel 4:1-111 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines; they encamped at Ebene’zer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated

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Jan

Read: God favors Andrew & Kathy with a child

Read: God favors Andrew & Kathy with a child January 13, 2022 Diocese of Lansing Andrew and Kathy Rademacher of Saint Jude parish in DeWitt were married in 2009. Ever since they have struggled to have children including, very sadly, a miscarriage in 2013. “We wanted to stay true to Catholic teaching and tried everything