Deuteronomy 26:4-10Psalms 91:1-2,10-15Romans 10:8-13Luke 4:1-13 Deuteronomy 26:4-10(4) The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before Yahweh your God’s altar. (5) You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number.
Isaiah 58:9-14Psalms 86:1-6Luke 5:27-32 Isaiah 58:9-14(9) Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly; (10) and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted
Watch: Week 10 | Be My Witnesses w/ Bishop Boyea | Learn: Devote yourself to the teaching of the Apostles March 07, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Friday, March 7, 2025 Feast of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs Dear Friend, Welcome to week ten of BMW, Be My Witnesses. This is Bishop Earl Boyea of the
Isaiah 58:1-9Psalms 51:3-6,18-19Matthew 9:14-15 Isaiah 58:1-9(1) “Cry aloud, don’t spare. Lift up your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins. (2) Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of
Read: “Why we should all volunteer for 40 Days for Life this Lent” by Jenny Ingles March 06, 2025 Diocese of Lansing The annual pro-life campaign, 40 Days for Life, gets underway this week in three locations across the Diocese of Lansing: Flint, Ann Arbor and Lansing. “There can be few better ways to fulfilling
Deuteronomy 30:15-20Psalms 1:1-4,6Luke 9:22-25 Deuteronomy 30:15-20(15) Behold, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and evil. (16) For I command you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh
Read: Ash Wednesday | Preparing the Way for the Lord March 05, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Here are some images from Ash Wednesday at Saint Mary Cathedral in Lansing where hundreds of people attended Holy Mass to receive their ashes and to be challenged to embrace prayer, penance, and almsgiving during the next 40 days
Joel 2:12-18Psalms 51:3-6,12-14,172 Corinthians 5:20-6:2Matthew 6:1-6,16-18 Joel 2:12-18(12) “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.” (13) Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in
Read: Be Prepared | “What are you doing for Lent?” by Richard Budd March 04, 2025 Diocese of Lansing The days fly by, especially in the midst of family life, and if you’re like my wife and me, you regularly have the experience on Ash Wednesday thinking, “Oh gosh, Lent is here already?” writes Richard
Sirach 35:1-12Psalms 50:5-8,14,23Mark 10:28-31 Sirach 35:1-12(1) He that keeps the law multiplies offerings; He that takes heed to the commandments sacrifices a peace offering. (2) He that requites a good turn offers fine flour; And he that gives alms sacrifices a thank offering. (3) To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord;