Author: St. Mary's Catholic Church

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Mass Readings for July 19, 2021

Exodus 14:5-18Exodus 15:1-6Matthew 12:38-42 Exodus 14:5-185 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” 6 So he made ready his chariot

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Mass Readings for July 18, 2021

Jeremiah 23:1-6Psalms 23:1-6Ephesians 2:13-18Mark 6:30-34 Jeremiah 23:1-61 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says the LORD. 2 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not

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Mass Readings for July 17, 2021

Exodus 11:10–12:14Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18Matthew 12:1-8 Exodus 11:10–12:1410 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you

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Mass Readings for July 16, 2021

Exodus 11:10–12:14Psalms 116:12-13, 15-18Matthew 12:1-8 Exodus 11:10–12:1410 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you

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Watch: My Path to the Priesthood | Thomas Crowley

Watch: My Path to the Priesthood | Thomas Crowley July 16, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Here’s Diocese of Lansing seminarian Thomas Crowley explaining his path to seminary and, Deo volente, onto the sacred priesthood. 20-year-old Thomas hails from the parish of the Church of the Resurrection in Lansing and is presently studying at Saint John

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Read: "Why I love Our Lady of Mount Carmel" by Bianca Murray

Read: “Why I love Our Lady of Mount Carmel” by Bianca Murray July 16, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Happy feast day! Sacred Scripture celebrates the beauty of Mount Carmel in Palestine as the place where the Prophet Elijah defended the purity of Israel’s faith in

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Mass Readings for July 12, 2021

Exodus 1:8-14, 22Psalms 124:1-8Matthew 10:34–11:1 Exodus 1:8-14, 228 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. 10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war

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Mass Readings for July 15, 2021

Wisdom 8:2-7, 16-18Psalms 16:5-9, 11Matthew 5:13-19 Wisdom 8:2-7, 16-182 I loved her and sought her from my youth, and I desired to take her for my bride, and I became enamored of her beauty. 3 She glorifies her noble birth by living with God, and the Lord of all loves her. 4 For she is