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Mass Readings for July 26, 2024

Sirach 44:1,10-15Psalms 132:11,13-14,17-18Matthew 13:16-17 Sirach 44:1,10-15(1) Let us now praise famous men, And our fathers that became the father of us. (10) But these were men of mercy, Whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten. (11) With their seed shall remain continually a good inheritance; Their children are within the covenants. (12) Their seed stands

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Read: Feast of Saint James | The Power of Pilgrimage w/ Bishop Earl Boyea

Read: Feast of Saint James | The Power of Pilgrimage w/ Bishop Earl Boyea July 25, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint James the Apostle. Happy feast day! The brother of Saint John, James was beheaded in Jerusalem in 42 or 43 A.D. upon the orders of Herod Agrippa. The Camino

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Mass Readings for July 25, 2024

2 Corinthians 4:7-15Psalms 126:1-6Matthew 20:20-28 2 Corinthians 4:7-15(7) But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves. (8) We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; (9) pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not

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Read: "Why you should cultivate a spirit of gratitude" by Pete Burak

Read: “Why you should cultivate a spirit of gratitude” by Pete Burak July 24, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Isn’t it amazing how easily we human beings can take things for granted? So writes Pete Burak, the popular Ann Arbor based evangelist, pictured. Pete continues: Often the initial rush of excitement and gratitude diminish, and before

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Mass Readings for July 24, 2024

Jeremiah 1:1,4-10Psalms 71:1-6,15,17Matthew 13:1-9 Jeremiah 1:1,4-10(1) The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. (4) Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, (5) “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have

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Read: Writing his way to heaven | A profile of Catholic convert, John J. Miller

Read: Writing his way to heaven | A profile of Catholic convert, John J. Miller July 23, 2024 Diocese of Lansing When he was in high school, Hillsdale College’s John Miller — a writer, journalism professor, and convert to Catholicism — read the Book of Job for an English class, writes Maria Servold for the

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Mass Readings for July 23, 2024

Micah 7:14-15,18-20Psalms 85:2-8Matthew 12:46-50 Micah 7:14-15,18-20(14) Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the middle of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. (15) “As in the days of your coming out of the

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Mass Readings for July 22, 2024

Micah 6:1-4,6-8Psalms 50:5-6,8-9,16-17,21,23John 20:1-2,11-18 Micah 6:1-4,6-8(1) Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say. (2) Hear, you mountains, Yahweh’s controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with