Bishop Earl Boyea
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Bishop of Lansing, Michigan
Joined October 2012
Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat! Christ conquers! Christ reigns! Christ commands!
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What if Saint Teresa of Kolkata had been called to Lansing, MI? What might her mission have looked like? For Bianca Murray, of the Mother Teresa House, that mission looks like overseeing two quiet, unassuming homes for the terminally ill. Read more:
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Bianca’s mission of mercy at Mother Teresa House
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Welcome to week 47 of BMW, Be My Witnesses. This week we focus on the importance of being docile to the Holy Spirit as we attempt to bring Christ to others and others to Christ. Veni, Sancte Spiritus! Come, Holy Spirit! https://t.co/oGy1BNY9WQ
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"The sheer gratuitousness of the grace of salvation is particularly manifest in infant Baptism. the Church and the parents would deny a child the priceless grace of becoming a child of God were they not to confer Baptism shortly after birth." (Catechism #1250).
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"Defend your Church, O Lord, by the protection of the holy Apostles, that, as she received from them the beginnings of her knowledge of things divine, so through them she may receive, even to the end of the world, an increase in heavenly grace." Amen.
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One of the most important things Catholics can do for their families is to preplan their funerals. Joni Guenther, the family service adviser at St. Joseph Cemetery in Lansing, helps Catholics plan for those events. Read more:
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How preplanning can ease the pain of this work of mercy
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Homily (2nd century): I ask...that you repent with your whole heart, to save yourselves & find life. If we do this, we shall set an example for all young people...
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church is an authoritative summary of Church teaching on faith and morals. This week in Be My Witnesses, I invite each of us to do some learning from the Catechism on how to be a missionary. These are our marching orders!
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“I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him.” Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) More: https://t.co/CyQomDegks
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“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him,” G.K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936). May God bless all who have served.
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"Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace is the mother of unity. Peace is the rest of the blessed souls. Peace is the dwelling place of eternity." Pope Saint Leo the Great ( c. 391 – 461)
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Thousands of pro-lifers across Michigan descended upon the state Capitol building in Lansing to demonstrate their commitment to defending life in all stages. https://t.co/YRc3xQHOcv
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Students, marchers from across state gather in Lansing to defend right to life, remind voters 'we stand with, not against, women'
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Delighted to ceremonially mark the beginning of construction at Powers Catholic High School's new chapel which will be dedicated under the title of All Saints in honor of the now-closed Flint parish whose financial patrimony has significantly funded this project.
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This short film is superb. Watch below as the children of Church of the Resurrection School in Lansing celebrate this month's All Saints' Day with much fervor, faith, and fun!
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Thanks to Deacon Jim Collom for ensuring the prayerful interment of cremated mortal remains at Saint Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, of those whose ashes have gone uncollected over the past year from the local medical examiner’s office and funeral homes. Requiescant in pace.
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The Church, in her wisdom, dedicates November to the dead: All Souls’ Day is not about despair but about love. We pray for our faithful departed, remembering them not as gone, but as living in Christ, united with us in the same mystical body. Read more:
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How should a Catholic approach death?
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“Prayer is the beginning, the progress and the complement of all virtues.” Saint Charles Borromeo (1538 – 84) More: https://t.co/XnrKPiH5Nj
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“Do not complain, that shows discontent with the will of God in the present moment. That is also proof of impatience.” Saint Martin de Porres (1579 - 1639)
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"But if he was looking to the splendid reward that was laid up for those who fall asleep in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Therefore he made atonement for the dead, so that they might be delivered from their sin." 2 Maccabees 23:45-46
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"From the beginning of the world patriarchs, prophets, apostles, martyrs, and all other righteous men who lived or now alive or shall live in time to come, are one Church." Bishop Nicetas of Remesians (335-414), Instructions for the Candidates for Baptism
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