Welcome to Lent 2021! For better understanding of what Lent is all about, let me tell you a story, whether it’s true or not, judge for yourself: “A mother camel and her baby were talking one day, and the baby camel asks, “Mom why have we got these huge three-toed feet?” The mother replies, “To enable us to trek across the soft…
Livonia, Michigan
Livonia, Michigan
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February 13th and 14th, 2021 Hello Faith Formation families, Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday, February 17th. This day marks the start of Lent. The forty-day period symbolizes the time Jesus spent in the desert before he began his ministry. Lent comes from the Old English word Lencten, which means “spring”. Attend Mass to receive ashes…
If you wish, you can make me clean… I will do it, be made clean What a story we have in this last gospel during the ordinary time, just before we begin Lent 2021! This passage describes Jesus touching a sick man suffering from a severe case of leprosy and healing him instantly. In this miracle, we have all the essentials for…
February 6th and 7th, 2021 Hello Faith Formation families, Lent will begin in two weeks. Please check your family pack-et for your Lenten calendar and have your children begin to color the “ALLELUIA” and bury it the decorated Pringles can. I will email home a simple prayer service you can do as a family. Beginning…
Lenten Fish Dinners Volunteers Needed The popular St. Genevieve-St. Maurice Fish Fry Dinners 2021 will proceed with Covid19-safety in mind – this year the delicious meals will be carry-out only. The help of each parishioner a parish organization member will be needed to make the new system successful. Please take a moment to choose a…
HOPEFULLY YOUR LIFE IS BLESSED! After I read today’s Gospel for the first time, this question came to my mind: What is the reason that you are looking for Jesus??? Last week we heard about Jesus who heals a man with an unclean spirit in the synagogue. From the synagogue he goes to Peter’s house and heals his mother in-law who has…
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