View from the pew I was looking every which way to avoid the topic of this week. Feeling guilty that I should even talk about giving thanks, I should confess all the times I fail to do that, or mouth thanks but with an insincere or ungrateful heart … and that’s just in the past […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Love, even around the family table
FAITH AT HOME Religion and politics. The two subjects you’re supposed to avoid in polite conversation. Except that the holiday season is when faith and family collide. Feasts like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s bring moments ripe for conversation with relatives — for better or for worse. What can we do when talking about our […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Did Judas receive Communion? Can I child be refused for baptism?
QUESTION CORNER Q: At the Last Supper, Jesus told the apostles to take his body and his blood. But Christ knew that Judas was in a state of serious sin. So how could he have let him receive? (Alexandria, Louisiana) A: Scripture scholars indicate that there is room for debate as to whether Judas was […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Making real the coming of Jesus
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:37-44 With this weekend, the church begins its new liturgical year. In so doing, it also begins to use the A Cycle of readings at Sunday Masses. This weekend’s first reading is from the first section of the Book of Isaiah. Isaiah is one of the […]
Greg Erlandson: Advent: Can we do it?
AMID THE FRAY How is your supply of Christmas cheer doing these days? Mine is in rather short supply. Every year around this time I grouse about the Christmas ads in September and the Christmas music in October, the carefully crafted marketing intended to prompt a Pavlovian response of debt-fueled consumerism. William Wordsworth wrote, “The […]
28 days of blessings: Thanksgiving to Christmas challenge
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald As I write this, it’s less than a week past Halloween, and already the online publications are releasing their holiday gift lists, and stores are pushing their seasonal sales. Santa is perched on Ala Moana Shopping Center’s roof, and I haven’t even had the chance to decide what I’m […]
Mary Duddy: Marrying Tom or the military?
THE MARRIED LIFE The bishop where I worked in North Carolina wanted to talk to me about my recent engagement to Tom. He had never met Tom, but he had a sister who married someone in the military and she experienced many hardships. Knowing that Tom was in the Navy and what that lifestyle might […]
Sister Otelia Fortaleza, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: When Jesus calls, we need to respond
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Aunty, aunty! Let’s go outside and play now,” the children often call to me. Sometimes they grab my hand, tug at the scapular of my religious habit, or even my leg wanting me to go with them. “Aunty, I need my bottle […]
Father John Catoir: It’s lovely to be human
Life can be difficult at times, but all things considered, it’s lovely to be human. Thanks be to God, we were all given such an incredible gift at birth: the gift of life. Dare I say that in many ways we’ve made great progress since then. At birth, every baby has a body made up […]
Anthony Selvanathan: Reflecting on Thanksgiving, local-style
Commentary Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and the fixings. While these may be the first things that come to mind when we gather around our dining tables on the fourth Thursday of November, I proffer that Thanksgiving takes a much deeper meaning for Catholics, especially for all of us who live in Hawaii. Our […]
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