Focus on Faith

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

First reading: Is 35:4-7
Second reading: Jas 2:1-5
Gospel: Mk 7:31-37

“Parenting a toddler involves allowing them to transport you into their world of adventure and imagination. Passing along faith to our toddler has involved introducing our child to a Catholic imagination for the world around us.”

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

First reading: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8
Second reading: Jas 1:17-18, 21-22, 27
Gospel: Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

“The students who do these three things become better people after the journey’s end and are equipped for whatever life throws at them.”

The pope continued his series of talks on St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians and focused on the dangers of the law by looking at the apostle Peter’s “inconsistency” at Antioch.

In a written message prepared on behalf of Pope Francis, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, reflected on how the the COVID-19 pandemic confirmed changes previously underway in people’s understanding and participation in Sunday Mass. The message was for the 71st National Liturgical Week in Cremona, Italy.

“Unexpected peace, new forms of prayer, insight, relaxation and reflection — these and other, less tangible ‘objects’ can bring the retreatant, however imperfect, into a profoundly rich experience.”

Here are seven ways to carry out what the encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” teaches.