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May

Mass Readings for May 12, 2024

Acts 1:1-11Psalms 47:2-3,6-9Ephesians 1:17-23Mark 16:15-20 Acts 1:1-11(1) The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, (2) until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. (3) To these he also

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May

Mass Readings for May 11, 2024

Acts 18:23-28Psalms 47:1-2,7-9John 16:23-28 Acts 18:23-28(23) Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples. (24) Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures. (25) This man had

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May

Mass Readings for May 10, 2024

Acts 18:9-18Psalms 47:2-7John 16:20-23 Acts 18:9-18(9) The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent; (10) for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” (11) He lived there a year

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May

Read: "Why Saint Damien inspires us to love the most rejected" by Michael Andrews

Read: “Why Saint Damien inspires us to love the most rejected” by Michael Andrews May 10, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Damien, the 19th century Belgian missionary priest who sacrificed his health and, ultimately, his life to care for the lepers on the Kalaupapa Peninsula of Molokaʻi, Hawaii. “Saint Damien

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May

Mass Readings for May 9, 2024

Acts 18:1-8Psalms 98:1-4John 16:16-20 Acts 18:1-8(1) After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. (2) He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to

09
May

Pray: Holy Spirit Novena | May 10-18, 2024

Pray: Holy Spirit Novena | May 10-18, 2024 May 09, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Tomorrow the Church worldwide will begin praying a novena – nine days of prayer – to the Holy Spirit as we prepare for the great Solemnity of Pentecost on Sunday, May 19. Veni Sancte Spiritus! Come Holy Spirit!The Diocese of Lansing’s

08
May

Mass Readings for May 8, 2024

Acts 17:15,22,18:1Psalms 148:1-2,11-14John 16:12-15 Acts 17:15,22,18:1(15) But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed. (22) Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very

08
May

Read: Mother's Day Love Letters to Mom

Read: Mother’s Day Love Letters to Mom May 08, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Prepare yourself to read a beautifully moving letters from loving daughters to their moms. Ahead of Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 12, we asked various women across the Diocese of Lansing to pen a love letter to their mother. Here are three

07
May

Mass Readings for May 7, 2024

Acts 16:22-34Psalms 138:1-3,7-8John 16:5-11 Acts 16:22-34(22) The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods. (23) When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, (24) who, having received such