Read: Feast of All Souls | November 2, 2021 November 02, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today parishes across the Diocese of Lansing dedicate their prayers in a particular way for all the holy souls in Purgatory, still being purified of the remains of sin. “We feel found by charity to offer those brothers and sisters
Read: Feast of All Saints | November 1, 2021 November 01, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of All Saints. Happy feast day! Today’s feast commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in Heaven. It precedes All Souls’ Day on November 2, which specifically commemorates the departed faithful who have not
Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14Psalms 24:1-61 John 3:1-3Matthew 5:1-12 Revelation 7:2-4, 9-142Then I saw another angel ascend from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, 3saying, “Do not harm the earth
Deuteronomy 6:2-6Psalms 18:2-4, 47, 51Hebrews 7:23-28Mark 12:28-34 Deuteronomy 6:2-62 that you may fear the LORD your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel,
Romans 11:1-2, 11-12, 25-29Psalms 94:12-13, 14-15, 17-18Luke 14:1, 7-11 Romans 11:1-2, 11-12, 25-291 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what
Watch: On the Path to the Priesthood | Corey Bilodeau October 29, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Watch as Diocese of Lansing seminarian, Corey Bilodeau, charts his path towards the Sacred Priesthood. Deo volente. 29-year-old Corey began to hear the call of God just a month before he graduated college. It was then he first encountered
Romans 9:1-5Psalms 147:12-15, 19-20Luke 14:1-6 Romans 9:1-51 I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for
Ephesians 2:19-22Psalms 19:2-5Luke 6:12-16 Ephesians 2:19-2219 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure is joined together
Weekly Realign Resources for Mission Update, October 28, 2021 October 28, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Welcome to this week’s Realign Resources for Mission Weekly Update. Happy Feast of Saints Simon and Jude! As ever, this week we are exploring another of the principles, developed through prayer and study, which underpin the vision for
Romans 8:26-30Psalms 13:4-6Luke 13:22-30 Romans 8:26-3026 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. 27 And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit,