Explore the latest bulletin articles from St. John the Evangelist Catholic Parish in Jackson, MI—featuring weekly reflections, pastoral insights, faith formation, community updates, and spiritual inspiration for parishioners
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Dcn. Brian Lenz Coming to St. John!
Dear Parish Family, As you may know, July to June is the fiscal year for the Diocese of Lansing and also the time when any new priest assignments take effect. Those are often made known in the month of April. I am very pleased to announce that Deacon Brian Lenz, who will be ordained to
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Do You Really Love Jesus?
If your spouse asks you the question, “do you really love me?” What will you reply? Instantly you will answer non categorically that you do. But if again asked you a second time what will go through your mind? And if again repeated for a third time the question, surely you will begin to doubt
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Happy Easter!
Dear Parish Family, HAPPY EASTER to you and yours! This Divine Mercy Sunday is the last day of the “Easter Octave,” which is eight straight days of solemnities to celebrate the kickoff of the Easter season. We had a beautiful Easter Triduum that saw 25 people receive at least one of the sacraments of initiation
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His mercy endures forever.
Pope John Paul II established the Sunday after Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. The Divine Mercy, of course, is the unconditional love of God seen from the point of view of the sinner. It is the fidelity of the love of God. Divine Mercy Sunday can be seen as the convergence of all the mysteries
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Happy Easter
EASTER; every year is an invitation for us to rise from our periodical decay and death to taste the transformed grandeur of the immortal human nature. Exult. We begin the Easter celebration with the singing of the exultet. The lit paschal candle reminds us of Christ’s presence amidst us. All years, seasons and times belong
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Happy Easter
Dear Parishioners & Guests, The great celebration of Holy Week and the Easter Triduum often brings visitors to our parish. If you are one of them, I extend to you a warm welcome on behalf of all the parishioners of St. John, “the Mother Church of Jackson.” For over 150 years, the steeples of this church
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Holy Week Begins!
Dear Parish Family, Today, “Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord,” begins the holiest week of the year! Do you observe it as such, or is it about the same as every other week? If it is, it’s not too late to make this year’s different. Carve out the time necessary to enter into
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God holds nothing back
Palm Sunday is also known as Passion Sunday. With Palm Sunday we begin the Holy Week and Jesus’ final agonizing journey to the cross. The word passion comes from a Latin word meaning “to suffer,” and we meditatively go with the sufferings of Jesus. In the first part of the liturgy we commemorate the triumphal
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Serving at the Lord’s Altar
Dear Parish Family, You will notice something a little bit different with our altar servers. Do you remember when Mark Martin, our seminarian intern, was here last year before he went into his first year of sem-inary? A number of you commented how good he was in helping the other younger servers in guiding them
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What did Jesus write?
The adulterous woman was dragged by the crowd to throw stones at her and to kill her in accordance with the Law of Moses. They wanted Jesus to approve the sentence. But they all left one by one leaving Jesus and the woman alone. What did Jesus write on the ground that caused the scribes
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Borrowed Time is Not Permanent
Why does God permit the innocent people to suffer? Why the ISIS continue to slaughter and torture good people? The problem of human suffering and evil in the world raises serious questions. People of Israel believed that God punished the people either through violence, war or though epidemics as a result of their sins or
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Pastor’s Sunday Bulletin Article – “House of Mercy” – Part 2
Dear Parish Family, It was a packed week with our staff retreat this past Tuesday and Wednesday. Friends allowed us to use their cottage on Pleasant Lake, and there we worked on team unity and better communication, as well the pastoral vision for the parish we discussed with interested parishioners last Thursday. Then on Thursday
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An Invitation to Listen
Jesus took Peter James John and went up the mountain to pray. And there at their sight he was transfigured. They got a preview of the glory of the risen Jesus from the dead and his glory in heaven. It was also a preview of the glory we all hope to share in heaven. Through
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“The House of Mercy” – Feb. 14 Bulletin Article
Dear Parish Family, With this past Ash Wednesday and today’s First Sunday of Lent, we have begun this holy season of repentance and conversion. We open up our lives to God’s transforming work, and it takes an active denial of the things that get in the way of receiving God’s grace and power. Not denying
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We begin the season of Lent
Lent Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. Lent means “spring time” referring to the long days. We have forty days in the season of Lent beginning with Ash Wednesday excluding the six Sundays leading to the Easter Sunday. Lent is a time given for us to know the person of Jesus
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LENT BEGINS FEB. 10, ASH WEDNESDAY!
Dear Parish Family, Can you believe we already begin the Lenten Season next week?! Ash Wednesday is February 10. As you ponder “what to give up,” may each of us focus on sacrificing those things in our lives that get in the way of deepening our relationship with Jesus our Lord and taking advantage of
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WE TRIED IT BEFORE – AND IT DIDN’T WORK
When life seems to be a challenge that doesn’t offer any prospects, and everyday becomes a dull day, your work and daily life seems to be a struggle, Problems are insurmountable and when everything looks bleak, what is your attitude? Are you tempted to give way to depression and disappointment? Peter in the gospel was
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All-Embracing Love
The people at the synagogue of Nazareth were amazed at the words of wisdom from Jesus. They knew him too well and they knew his parents too and the entire family history. They knew Jesus as a carpenter and the son of a carpenter. They were too familiar with his details, so it was hard
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