Focus on Faith

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
First reading: Jer 20:7-9
Second reading: Rom 12:1-2
Gospel: Mt 16:21-27

Like other great women in the Catholic Church’s past, St. Rose of Lima dedicated her life to marginalized people and gained eternal life through prayer and penance, Pope Francis said.

On Sept. 23, Oklahomans will get a front row seat to the beatification of Father Stanley Rother, an ordinary man from an ordinary town, who died extraordinarily as a martyr in Guatemala while serving in a mission.

1792 – 1879 FEAST August 30 Born in Brittany, in France, Jeanne was four when her fisherman father died. Her mother supported six children as a […]

Catholics have access to abundant graces through the seven sacraments that help us to live as God wants; and we have, from Christ, the guarantee of fundamental truth and of continual guidance in theological teaching.

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
First reading: Is 22:19-23
Second reading: Rom 11:33-36
Gospel: Mt 16:13-20

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First reading: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7
Second reading: Romans 11:13-15, 29-32
Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28

It is good to honor them together during the summer months that are marked by abundant hospitality to family members and neighbors in our homes and to vacationing worshipers in our churches.