Realign Resources for Mission Weekly Update, December 9, 2021 December 09, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Welcome to this week’s Realign Resources for Mission Weekly Update. Happy Feast of Saint Juan Diego! As ever, this week we are exploring another of the principles, developed through prayer and study, which underpin the vision for realigning resources for mission
Isaiah 41:13-20Psalms 145:1, 9-13Matthew 11:11-15 Isaiah 41:13-2013 For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I will help you.” 14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Genesis 3:9-15, 20Psalms 98:1-4Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12Luke 1:26-38 Genesis 3:9-15, 209 But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” 11 He said, “Who told
Isaiah 40:1-11Psalms 96:1-3, 10-13Matthew 18:12-14 Isaiah 40:1-111 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the
Isaiah 35:1-10Psalms 85:9-14Luke 5:17-26 Isaiah 35:1-101 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus 2 it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory
Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26Psalms 147:1-6Matthew 9:35–10:1, 5-8 Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-2619 Yea, O people in Zion who dwell at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you. 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity
Isaiah 29:17-24Psalms 27:1, 4, 13-14Matthew 9:27-31 Isaiah 29:17-2417 Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? 18 In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness
Read: “Why I love the First Friday Devotion” by Father Todd Koenigsknecht December 03, 2021 Diocese of Lansing On December 27, 1673, a nun of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, claimed to have received apparitions of Jesus Christ in the Burgundian French village of Paray-le-Monial. The visions continued,
Read: Pete’s Advent Prayer Challenge | November 29, 2021 November 29, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Welcome to Advent! This is a season of preparation: Preparation for the return of Christ at the consummation of time; at the conclusion of our own earthly pilgrimage; and for his birth in Bethlehem at Christmas. In the latest edition
Details: Day of Prayer and Fasting | December 1, 2021 November 30, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Bishop Earl Boyea is calling upon all Catholics within the Diocese of Lansing to observe a day of prayer and fasting tomorrow, Wednesday, December 1, as the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v.