Read: Pope Leo XIV appeals for a day of prayer and fasting for peace this Friday August 20, 2025 Diocese of Lansing His Holiness Pope Leo XIV is appealing to all Catholics to unite in prayer and fasting on Friday, 22 August, Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for a “disarmed and
Judges 6:11-24Psalms 85:9, 11-14Matthew 19:23-30 Judges 6:11-24(11) Then an Angel of the Lord arrived, and he sat under an oak tree, which was at Ophrah, and which belonged to Joash, the father of the family of Ezri. And while his son Gideon was threshing and cleaning the grain at the winepress, so that he might
Invitation: Children’s rights author, Katy Faust, to speak at Holy Spirit, Brighton | October 8, 2025 August 19, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Katy Faust, author of the popular book Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children’s Rights Movement, will be speaking at Holy Spirit parish in Brighton at 7pm on Wednesday, October 8,
Judges 2:11-19Psalms 106:34-37, 39-40, 43-44Matthew 19:16-22 Judges 2:11-19(11) And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served the Baals (12) And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had led them away from the land of Egypt. And they followed foreign gods and the gods
Read: New Teachers Institute | Forming those who form young saints and scholars August 18, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Happy new academic year! As schools start returning from summer vacation, 34 new recruits to teaching gathered earlier this month at Saint Francis Retreat Center in DeWitt to prayerfully prepare for their frontline role in forming
Deuteronomy 6:4-13Psalms 18:2-4, 47, 51Matthew 17:14-20 Deuteronomy 6:4-13(4) Listen, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord (5) You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength (6) And these words, which I instruct to you this day, shall be in your
Joshua 24:14-29Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 11Matthew 19:13-15 Joshua 24:14-29(14) Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and very sincere heart. And take away the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord (15) But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the
Watch: Week 33 | Be My Witnesses w/ Bishop Boyea | Belong: My Parish, my Diocese August 16, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Friday, August 15, 2025 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary My sisters and brothers in the Lord, Happy Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ave Maria! And welcome
Watch: Week 33 | Be My Witnesses w/ Bishop Boyea | Belong: My Parish, my Diocese August 16, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Friday, August 15, 2025 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary My sisters and brothers in the Lord, Happy Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ave Maria! And welcome
Revelation 11:19, 12:1-6, 10Psalms 45:10-12, 161 Corinthians 15:20-27Luke 1:39-56 Revelation 11:19, 12:1-6, 10(19) And the temple of God was opened in heaven. And the Ark of his Testament was seen in his temple. And there were lightnings and voices and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail (1) And a great sign appeared in heaven: