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Mass Readings for May 21, 2025

Acts 15:1-6Psalms 122:1-5John 15:1-8 Acts 15:1-6(1) And certain ones, descending from Judea, were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved. (2) Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas made no small uprising against them, they decided that Paul and Barnabas, and some from the opposing side, should

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May

Read: What's in a name? | The personal testimonies of five Mary's

Read: What’s in a name? | The personal testimonies of five Mary’s May 21, 2025 Diocese of Lansing May is the month of Mary. We asked five women from across the Diocese of Lansing who are named after the Blessed Mother to share about their relationship with Mary, the mother of God, and how bearing

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May

Mass Readings for May 20, 2025

Acts 14:19-28Psalms 145:10-13, 21John 14:27-31 Acts 14:19-28(19) But as the disciples were standing around him, he got up and entered the city. And the next day, he set out with Barnabas for Derbe (20) And when they had evangelized that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra and to Iconium and to

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May

Watch: Father Mac | The long unseen film

Watch: Father Mac | The long unseen film May 20, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Known affectionally as “Father Mac”, the Right Reverend Monsignor Jerome V. MacEachin (1904-1987) was a significant presence within the life of the Diocese of Lansing for many decades. The celebration of his Silver Jubilee of Ordination in 1957 at Saint Thomas

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May

Mass Readings for May 19, 2025

Acts 14:5-18Psalms 115:1-4, 15-16John 14:21-26 Acts 14:5-18(5) Now when an assault had been planned by the Gentiles and the Jews with their leaders, so that they might treat them with contempt and stone them (6) they, realizing this, fled together to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the entire surrounding region. And they

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May

Read: "Servants of all" | 12 new deacons for the Diocese of Lansing

Read: “Servants of all” | 12 new deacons for the Diocese of Lansing May 19, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Here are some great images, above and below, of the ordination to the diaconate of 12 men from across the Diocese of Lansing at Saint Thomas Aquinas in East Lansing on Saturday, May 17. Deo gratias.

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May

Mass Readings for May 18, 2025

Acts 14:21-27Psalms 145:8-13Revelation 21:1-5John 13:31-33, 34-35 Acts 14:21-27(21) strengthening the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them that they should remain always in the faith, and that it is necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations (22) And when they had established priests for them in each church, and

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May

Mass Readings for May 17, 2025

Acts 13:44-52Psalms 98:1-4John 14:7-14 Acts 13:44-52(44) Yet truly, on the following Sabbath, nearly the entire city came together to hear the Word of God (45) Then the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and they, blaspheming, contradicted the things that were being said by Paul (46) Then Paul and Barnabas said firmly: “It

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May

Mass Readings for May 16, 2025

Acts 13:26-33Psalms 2:6-11John 14:1-6 Acts 13:26-33(26) Noble brothers, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, it is to you the Word of this salvation has been sent (27) For those who were living in Jerusalem, and its rulers, heeding neither him, nor the voices of the Prophets that are