Focus on Faith

Q: I am a caregiver for my elderly mother and also for another woman, who is 95. My goal in life, at this point, is to […]

Every time you go to a Eucharist, stand by an altar and receive Communion, bring your helplessness and paralysis to God.

First reading: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13; Second reading: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12a

Looking backward and forward, it may not be too late to make some new year’s resolutions: to proclaim the good news of God’s kingdom in respect for human life and in efforts for Christian unity.

First Reading: Isaiah 8:23-9:3; Second reading: 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17; Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23

Associated with the beginnings of monasticism, Anthony gave his inherited lands and wealth in Egypt to the poor.

Should I make an adjustment and pray instead to designated saints according to their “specialties”?

First reading: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6;
Second reading: 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; Gospel: John 1:29-34