Read: “Great holiness if for children too!” by Michael Sauter, Headmaster, Saint Thomas, Ann Arbor February 20, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Can a child have heroic virtue? By the grace of God, yes! So writes Michael Sauter, Headmaster of Saint Thomas the Apostle Catholic School in Ann Arbor, upon the Feast of Saints Jacinta and
Genesis 9:1-13Psalms 102:15-20,28,21-22Mark 8:27-33 Genesis 9:1-13(1) God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth. (2) The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and
Read: Saint Martha, Okemos | How Saints & Scholars Campaign is raising money for local initiatives February 19, 2025 Diocese of Lansing The Stewardship for Saints and Scholars campaign is about so much more than raising money. It’s a shared mission uniting parishes and schools across our diocese. It’s a powerful vision to form and
Genesis 8:6-13,20-22Psalms 116:12-15,18-19Mark 8:22-26 Genesis 8:6-13,20-22(6) At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made, (7) and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth. (8) He himself sent out a dove to see if the
Watch: Week 7 | Be My Witnesses w/ Bishop Boyea | Mission: Feeding the Hungry February 14, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Dear friend, Welcome to week seven of BMW, Be My Witnesses. I believe that one of the chief ways for us to be witnesses of Jesus Christ is to do what he asks us
Read: “Who is responsible for teaching our children?” by Sheri Wohlfert February 18, 2025 Diocese of Lansing While outsourcing is common practice in modern business, our responsibility as the primary educator of our children is a terrible place to apply the practice, writes Sheri Wohlfert who is a Westphalia-based mother, grandmother, and teacher, as well
Genesis 6:5-8,7:1-5,10Psalms 29:1-4,3,9-10Mark 8:14-21 Genesis 6:5-8,7:1-5,10(5) Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil. (6) Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart. (7) Yahweh said, “I
Genesis 4:1-15,25Psalms 50:1,8,16-17,20-21Mark 8:11-13 Genesis 4:1-15,25(1) The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” (2) Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. (3) As time
Jeremiah 17:5-8Psalms 1:1-4,61 Corinthians 15:12,16-20Luke 6:17,20-26 Jeremiah 17:5-8(5) Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh. (6) For he will be like a bush in the desert, and will not see when good comes, but will inhabit the parched places in the
Genesis 3:9-24Psalms 90:2-6,12-13Mark 8:1-10 Genesis 3:9-24(9) Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” (10) The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” (11) God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten