Isaiah 48:17-19Psalms 1:1-4,6Matthew 11:16-19 Isaiah 48:17-19(17) Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go. (18) Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your
Zechariah 2:10-13Judith 13:18-19Luke 1:26-38 Zechariah 2:10-13(10) Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh. (11) Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has
Read: “Why I love Our Lady of Guadalupe” by Susana Chapa Vargas, Coordinator of the Hispanic Ministry, Diocese of Lansing December 12, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Happy Feast Day! t was in December 1531 that the Virgin Mary first appeared before an indigenous Mexican peasant, Saint
Watch: Bethlehem comes to Williamston | Winter Wonderland Light Parade 2024 December 11, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Bethlehem came to the heart of Williamston on Saturday night as the parishioners of Saint Mary parish participated in the town’s annual Winter Wonderland Light Parade, December 7. “Our church wanted to bring the light of Christ to
Isaiah 40:25-31Psalms 103:1-4,8,10Matthew 11:28-30 Isaiah 40:25-31(25) “To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One. (26) Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because
Isaiah 40:1-11Psalms 96:1-3,10-13Matthew 18:12-14 Isaiah 40:1-11(1) “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. (2) “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.” (3) The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the
Read: Feast of Our Lady of Loreto | “How we can pursue holiness in domestic life” by David Kerr, Director of Communications, Diocese of Lansing December 10, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Happy Feast of Our Lady of Loreto! It was within a simple family home in Nazareth that the Blessed Virgin Mary was born. It
Genesis 3:9-15,20Psalms 98:1-4Ephesians 1:3-6,11-12Luke 1:26-38 Genesis 3:9-15,20(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
Read: Happy 111th Anniversary Saint Mary Cathedral | Feast of the Immaculate Conception December 09, 2024 Diocese of Lansing For over a century, the twin neo-gothic towers of Saint Mary Cathedral have been a fixture of the Lansing skyline sitting adjacent, as they do, to the neoclassical dome of the state capitol. God and Caesar.
Baruch 5:1-9Psalms 126:1-6Philippians 1:4-6,8-11Luke 3:1-6 Baruch 5:1-9(1) Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of your mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that comes from God forever. (2) Cast about you the robe of the righteousness which comes from God; set a diadem on your head of the glory of the