Q: At a family discussion, the following question came up: Can anyone other than a priest or deacon do a Catholic blessing? (Baltimore) A: As your question would suggest, aside from certain blessings reserved to a bishop (e.g., the consecration of the sacramental oils at the chrism Mass during Holy Week), it is a priest […]
Archives for October 2014
Kathleen T. Choi: Help here and now
Our family had a serious health scare recently. We’re not completely out of the woods yet, but prospects are good. My prayer during this time has been pretty basic: “Help! Please help!” “The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis deals with anxiety like mine. Lewis points out that when God asks us to submit patiently to […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: God’s law is one and inseparable
Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10; Matthew 22:34-40 The Book of Exodus provides this weekend with its first reading. Exodus is among the first five books of the Bible, the books attributed to Moses. So in ancient Jewish tradition, Exodus came from Moses. Therefore, in a most special way, it was seen as the very word […]
Talk story | Office for Social MInistry: Reaching out, offering hope
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace … where there is despair, let me bring hope.” (Prayer of St. Francis) With a lava flow threatening, these words of St. Francis summed up why folks gathered in Avery Hall of Sacred Heart Parish in Pahoa for a Sunday potluck town meeting at noon on Oct. […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Oct. 24, 2014
November is on the horizon, quizzicals. This year has gone by so quickly! Enjoy this new quiz filled with a cornucopia of faith facts. It is fall after all! 1) Saints Sts. Crispin and Crispinian, whose feast day is celebrated Oct. 25, are the patrons for cobblers and leather workers. How are they related? a) […]
Serra Club promoting events for priests, religious
The Serra Club of Honolulu is promoting two upcoming events in keeping with its support of religious vocations. For Priesthood Sunday, Oct. 26, the organization is urging lay parish leaders to join parishes throughout the United States in honoring their priests. On Nov. 6, Serra will host its 22nd annual appreciation dinner for consecrated religious […]
Left Behind: First movie in trilogy, weaves fiction with rapture theology
Nicolas Cage stars in a scene from the movie “Left Behind.” (CNS photo/Teddy Smith, courtesy Stoney Lake Entertainment) NEW YORK — The fundamentalist conception of the rapture, as described in the best-selling “Left Behind” novels, may be arriving — for the first time — at a movie theater near you. Three earlier films, all […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: Oct. 24, 2014
Quote “If only we all would be infected with this holy hurry to go out and walk the paths of our age with the Gospel in our hands and the Spirit in our hearts.” | Pope Francis expressed in an Oct. 15 letter to the bishop of Avila, Spain, his wish for the church to […]
Parish and School News: Oct. 10, 2014
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Women, walking wounded from abortion, need healing, forgiveness, mercy
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops designated the first Sunday of October as “Respect Life Sunday,” kicking off a month-long campaign for Catholics to pray for an end to societal injustices affecting human dignity. Respect Life Month especially aims to rally the faithful around the injustice of abortion. This year’s theme for the October campaign, […]