Read: “How to be a good steward of your God-given talents” by Father Chas Canoy, Saint John the Evangelist, Jackson October 16, 2024 Diocese of Lansing God has uniquely gifted YOU in a way that he has not gifted any other human person! So writes Father Chas Canoy, Pastor of Saint John the Evangelist in
“Why our schools are embracing Pope Saint John Paul’s Theology of the Body” by Sarah Salow, Associate Superintendant for Schools, Diocese of Lansing October 22, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Pope Saint John Paul II (1920 – 2005). Happy feast day! Pope John Paul’s “Theology of the Body” is a compendium
Ephesians 2:1-10Psalms 100:2-5Luke 12:13-21 Ephesians 2:1-10(1) You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, (2) in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience; (3) among whom we
Read: Creating a prayerful parenting partnership by Sheri Wohlfert, Saint Mary, Westphalia October 21, 2024 Diocese of Lansing During our dating days I remember talking about babies and how many kids we imagined having, but I don’t remember talking about how we would actually parent them. So writes Sheri Wohlfert, pictured, in the latest edition
Isaiah 53:10-11Psalms 33:4-5,18-20,22Hebrews 4:14-16Mark 10:35-45 Isaiah 53:10-11(10) Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days, and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand. (11) After the suffering of his soul, he
Ephesians 1:15-23Psalms 8:2-7Luke 12:8-12 Ephesians 1:15-23(15) For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints, (16) don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, (17) that the God of our
Read: “Put down your phone and pray!” by Father Todd Koenigsknecht, Pastor of Sacred Heart, Hudson, and Saint Mary on the Lake, Manitou Beach October 16, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, the French nun of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, who received apparitions of
Read: “Why I’m inspired by the North American Martyrs” by Diocese of Lansing seminarian, Ryan Ferrigan October 18, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Tomorrow is the feast day Saints Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions, the great Jesuit missionaries who were killed by natives in the mid-17th century in both Canada and upstate New York.
2 Timothy 4:10-17Psalms 145:10-13,17-18Luke 10:1-9 2 Timothy 4:10-17(10) for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. (11) Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service. (12) But I sent Tychicus to
Read: Happy Anniversary Saint Thomas More Academy! October 15, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Thank you to the good folk at Saint Thomas More Academy in Burton for sending us these great photographs capturing the visit of Bishop Earl Boyea to celebrate the school’s 35th anniversary, October 13. Ad multos annos! “We are grateful to celebrate