Author: St. Mary's Catholic Church

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Read: Spring Ember Days | "What are Ember Days?" by Will Bloomfield

Read: Spring Ember Days | “What are Ember Days?” by Will Bloomfield February 20, 2024 Diocese of Lansing This week will see many Catholics observe the Lenten Ember Days. But what are Ember Days? And why do they matter? Here’s a great explainer by Will Bloomfield, General Counsel of the Diocese of Lansing. Writes Will:

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Feb

Worth a Watch: Westphalia on EWTN

Worth a Watch: Westphalia on EWTN February 22, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Have a look at the video below. Have you watched it before? Perhaps you have. Perhaps you haven’t. Back in 2022, the global Catholic media network, EWTN, profiled the town of Westphalia, Michigan, as part of their series, Living Divine Mercy. It’s worth

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Mass Readings for February 22, 2024

1 Peter 5:1-4Psalms 23:1-6Matthew 16:13-19 1 Peter 5:1-4(1) Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. (2) Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion,

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Feb

Read: Sisters in Service | The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist

Read: Sisters in Service | The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist February 21, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Generations of school students across the Diocese of Lansing have been blessed by the wisdom and witness of religious sisters in the classroom. Thanks be to God, the same is true today as you can

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Mass Readings for February 21, 2024

Jonah 3:1-10Psalms 51:3-4,12-13,18-19Luke 11:29-32 Jonah 3:1-10(1) Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying, (2) “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.” (3) So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey

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Mass Readings for February 20, 2024

Isaiah 55:10-11Psalms 34:4-7,16-19Matthew 6:7-15 Isaiah 55:10-11(10) For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater; (11) so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it

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Read: Shepherds of Young Souls | Meet the High School Chaplains

Read: Shepherds of Young Souls | Meet the High School Chaplains February 20, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Meet the four Diocese of Lansing high school chaplains. They are, from left to right, Father Joseph Campbell of Lansing Catholic High School; Father Brian Lenz of Lumen Christi Catholic School in Jackson; Father Anthony Smela of Powers

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Mass Readings for February 19, 2024

Leviticus 19:1-2,11-18Psalms 19:7-9,14Matthew 25:31-46 Leviticus 19:1-2,11-18(1) Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, (2) “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy. (11) “‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another. (12) “‘You shall not