Watch: Week 1 | Be My Witnesses w/ Bishop Boyea January 03, 2025 Diocese of Lansing January 3, 2025 Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Dear Friends, We are about to begin a new year-long journey, Be My Witnesses. Welcome! You know how I enjoy acronyms, so this one is BMW. The title for
Philippians 2:5-11Psalms 113:1-8Matthew 1:18-23 Philippians 2:5-11(5) Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, (6) who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, (7) but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. (8) And being
1 John 2:22-28Psalms 98:1-4John 1:19-28 1 John 2:22-28(22) Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. (23) Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also. (24) Therefore,
Read: A Special New Year Message from Bishop Earl Boyea of Lansing January 01, 2025 Diocese of Lansing 2024 has been a wonderful year due to the Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, writes Bishop Earl Boyea of Lansing upon the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, January 1, 2025. I was so moved especially by the
Numbers 6:22-27Psalms 67:1-2,4-5,7Galatians 4:4-7Luke 2:16-21 Numbers 6:22-27(22) Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, (23) “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.’ You shall tell them, (24) ‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you. (25) Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to
1 John 2:18-21Psalms 96:1-2,11-13John 1:1-18 1 John 2:18-21(18) Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour. (19) They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they
1 John 2:12-17Psalms 96:7-10Luke 2:36-40 1 John 2:12-17(12) I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake. (13) I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to
Sirach 3:2-7,12-14Psalms 128:1-5Colossians 3:12-21Luke 2:22-40 Sirach 3:2-7,12-14(2) For the Lord has given the father glory as touching the children, And has confirmed the judgement of the mother as touching the sons. (3) He that honors his father will make atonement for sins: (4) And he that gives glory to his mother is as one that
1 John 1:5-2:2Psalms 124:2-5,7-8Matthew 2:13-18 1 John 1:5-2:2(5) This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (6) If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the
Read: Holiday in, hostility out by Sean O’Neill, Editor, FAITH Magazine December 23, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Christmas is, of course, a season of peace and good will to all, writes Sean O’Neill, pictured, Editor of FAITH Magazine, the official publication of the Diocese of Lansing. Hopefully, you will have the opportunity to take some