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;
Read: Saint Gabriel’s Guide to Holiness on Campus by Father Corey Bilodeau February 27, 2025 Diocese of Lansing We are called to be saints no matter who you are: man or woman, old or young – if we wish to be in heaven, we must become saints, we must work on growing in holiness, writes
Read: Diocese of Lansing seminarian, Thomas Crowley, takes one step closer to the Priesthood March 03, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Congratulations to Diocese of Lansing seminarian, Thomas Crowley, who was admitted to the Ministry of Acolyte in Rome on Sunday, March 2. The ceremony took place within the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Rome’s
Sirach 17:20-24Psalms 32:1-2,5-7Mark 10:17-27 Sirach 17:20-24(20) Their iniquities are not hid from him; And all their sins are before the Lord. (21) (22) With him the alms of a man is as a signet; And he will keep the bounty of a man as the apple of the eye. (23) Afterwards he will rise up
Sirach 27:4-7Psalms 92:1-2,12-151 Corinthians 15:54-58Luke 6:39-45 Sirach 27:4-7(4) In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains; So the filth of man in his reasoning. (5) The furnace will prove the potter’s vessels; And the trial of a man is in his reasoning. (6) The fruit of a tree declares the husbandry thereof; So is
Sirach 17:1-15Psalms 103:13-18Mark 10:13-16 Sirach 17:1-15(1) The Lord created man of the earth, And turned him back to it again. (2) He gave them days by number, and a set time, And gave them authority over the things that are thereon. (3) He endued them with strength proper to them; And made them according to
Watch: Week 9 | Be My Witnesses w/ Bishop Boyea | Prayer: The Eucharist, source and summit of prayer February 28, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Friday, February 28, 2025 Feast of Saint Hilary Dear Friend, Welcome to week nine of BMW, Be My Witnesses. We have completed our first cycle of movement from prayer to
Read: “Do the little things” | Life Lessons from Saint David of Wales by James Owens March 01, 2025 Diocese of Lansing My grandmother, an immigrant from Wales, often spoke of her homeland with deep pride, writes James Owens upon the Feast of Saint David, Patron of Wales, March 1. James is a licensed mental
Read: Truth in Love | Diocesan gathering studies a Catholic response to “gender theory” February 28, 2025 Diocese of Lansing While the so-called “transgender” movement seems to be in a moment of cultural retreat, Catholics are still called upon to offer truth in love to those afflicted by gender dysphoria. That was a key conclusion