Author: St. Mary's Catholic Church

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 16, 2021

Hebrews 4:12-16Psalms 19:8-10, 15Mark 2:13-17 Hebrews 4:12-1612 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And before him no creature is hidden, but all are open and

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Jan

Love, Truth & Authentic Happiness: A new policy on the Human Person and Gender Dysphoria

Love, Truth & Authentic Happiness: A new policy on the Human Person and Gender Dysphoria January 15, 2021 Diocese of Lansing The Diocese of Lansing has today published a new policy on “gender identity” which aims to foster the highest standards of pastoral care for those with gender dysphoria while also ensuring that Catholic entities, such

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 15, 2021

Hebrews 4:1-5, 11Psalms 78:3, 4, 6-8Mark 2:1-12 Hebrews 4:1-5, 111 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it. 2 For good news came to us just as to them; but the message which they heard did not benefit them,

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Jan

Watch: On the Path to Priesthood: Brett Ivey

Watch: On the Path to Priesthood: Brett Ivey January 14, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Meet Diocese of Lansing seminarian, Brett Ivey. 23-year-old Brett hails from the parish of Saint Mary in Williamston and studies at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit on his path to priesthood. Deo volente. Growing up, Brett’s family were involved in

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 14, 2021

Hebrews 3:7-14Psalms 95:6-11Mark 1:40-45 Hebrews 3:7-147 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, when you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, 9 where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years. 10 Therefore I

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Jan

Worth a Read: Bishop Boyea's New Year Challenge

Worth a Read: Bishop Boyea’s New Year Challenge January 13, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Bishop Earl Boyea throws out a New Year’s challenge to each of us in his editorial in this month’s FAITH Magazine, the official publication of the Diocese of Lansing: Evangelize in word and deed, especially through spiritual and corporal works of

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 13, 2021

Hebrews 2:14-18Psalms 105:1-4, 6-9Mark 1:29-39 Hebrews 2:14-1814 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same nature, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong

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Jan

Read: My Story of Sisterhood: Sister Theresa Immaculata

Read: My Story of Sisterhood: Sister Theresa Immaculata January 12, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Meet Sister Theresa Immaculata of the Sisters of Mary, Morning Star, contemplative sisters who “live in the heart of the world in order to respond to the call of the Holy Spirit for the New Evangelization”. A native of Nigeria, Sister

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Jan

Mass Readings for January 12, 2021

Hebrews 2:5-12Psalms 8:2, 5-9Mark 1:21-28 Hebrews 2:5-125 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. 6 It has been testified somewhere, “What is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou carest for him? 7 Thou didst make him

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Jan

Watch: Saint Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians Explained: Bishop's Year of the Bible

Watch: Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians Explained: Bishop’s Year of the Bible January 11, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Beginning in Advent 2020, Bishop Earl Boyea of Lansing is leading people on a day-by-day journey through the Holy Bible. To subscribe go to Bishop’s Year of the Bible at https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/byob​ Today, January 11, the