Bishop Boyea’s Year of the Bible “Thank you” November 30, 2020 Diocese of Lansing Bishop Earl Boyea would like to thank all of you have accepted his invitation to join him in reading through the Holy Bible over the course of the next 12 months, starting this Advent. “I’ve been delighted by the response to
Romans 10:9-18Psalms 19:8-11Matthew 4:18-22 Romans 10:9-189 because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved. 11
Isaiah 63:16-17, 19; 64:2-7Psalms 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-191 Corinthians 1:3-9Mark 13:33-37 Isaiah 63:16-17, 19; 64:2-716 For thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us; thou, O LORD, art our Father, our Redeemer from of old is thy name. 17 O LORD, why dost thou make us err from
Revelation 22:1-7Psalms 95:1-7Luke 21:34-36 Revelation 22:1-71 Then he showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds
On the path to priesthood: Seamus Kettner November 27, 2020 Diocese of Lansing Meet Diocese of Lansing seminarian, Seamus Kettner. 28-year-old Seamus hails from the parish of Saints Charles & Helena in Clio. He now studies at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. Today Seamus explains his journey towards seminary and, Deo volente, the sacred priesthood.
Revelation 20:1-4, 11–21:2Psalms 84:3-6, 8Luke 21:29-33 Revelation 20:1-4, 11–21:21 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain. 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3
Sirach 50:22-24Psalms 138:1-51 Corinthians 1:3-9Luke 17:11-19 Sirach 50:22-2422 And now bless the God of all, who in every way does great things; who exalts our days from birth, and deals with us according to his mercy. 23 May he give us gladness of heart, and grant that peace may be in our days in Israel,
Revelation 15:1-4Psalms 98:1-3, 7-9Luke 21:12-19 Revelation 15:1-41 Then I saw another portent in heaven, great and wonderful, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is ended. 2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who had conquered
Read: My Story of Sisterhood: Sister Mary Luke Feldpausch November 24, 2020 Diocese of Lansing Meet Sister Mary Luke Feldpausch, a novice with the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Michigan. 28-year-old Sister Mary Luke is a native of Most Holy Trinity Parish in Fowler. Here is her story of sisterhood: “Though I first felt
Revelation 14:14-19Psalms 96:10-13Luke 21:5-11 Revelation 14:14-1914 Then I looked, and lo, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him