THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke 1:1-14, 4:14-21 The Book of Nehemiah furnishes the first reading for this weekend. At one time in the Hebrew editions of the Bible this book and the Book of Ezra formed one volume. In time they were separated, and so they remain […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Taking anger by the horns
THE HUMAN SIDE Wherever we look, anger is on the rise and is calling for a deeper look at its anatomy. Anger, which is one of the seven capital sins, is often painted as evil. Psychologists would advise, however, that we take a closer look at it before condemning it completely. Anger can be good […]
Carolyn Woo: Mindsets for growth
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY During the new year, many of us adopt new resolutions to improve ourselves. I suggest that we first take a step back to connect with mindsets that drive us to act. Mindsets are basic beliefs we hold about attributes such as our temperaments or capacity for change and learning. The work of […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Ten pockets of prayer
FAITH AT HOME January dawns, fresh and clean. The beginning of a new year. Although Advent is technically our new year in the church, January offers another jump-start — a chance to change and a renewed resolve to eat better, exercise more or waste less time online. Making time for prayer is a common resolution. […]
Talk story: Building communities of welcome
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “No American institution does more for immigrants than your Christian communities … Not only as the Bishop of Rome, but also as a pastor from the South, I feel the need to thank and encourage you.” (Pope Francis: Prayer during his visit with U.S. Catholic bishops in 2015) For nearly a […]
Father Anton Nyo Ano, Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette: Everyone needs a spiritual dentist
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Everyone should visit their dentist regularly. If you don’t, and wait until five or 10 years have passed, and all the tartar sticks harder to your teeth, and blackened spaces in your mouth grow dimmer, you will be in for a bloody […]
Bishop Larry Silva: There is the martyrdom of love
WITNESS TO JESUS | DEACON ORDINATION OF VINCENT AHN VU Here are extended excerpts from the text of the Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the ordination to the diaconate of Vincent Anh Xuan Vu, Dec. 28 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. Many times I have been here to celebrate the feast of the […]
Greg Erlandson: Guardians of truth
AMID THE FRAY Fifty-three journalists were killed worldwide in 2018. Some died in war, but a shocking number died exposing corruption, covering protests or just doing their job. Time magazine called them and their harassed and persecuted colleagues “Guardians” of truth, and named them collectively “Person of the Year.” In the United States last June, […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Why so much incense at Mass? Can non-Christians be saved?
QUESTION CORNER Can’t stand the incense Q: Our pastor is very old-school and loves elaborate liturgy. He uses incense frequently, and my wife — who is seriously affected by the smoke — is at the point of not going to Mass at all. (She never knows when he might fire up the censer.) I […]
Effie Caldarola: Just do it
FOR THE JOURNEY Many years ago, my spiritual director was a no-nonsense nun. When I arrived for my companioning session with her, I would notice the little sign on her desk, “Just Do It.” That phrase is, of course, a trademark of the shoe company Nike. But on her desk, it spoke, not to Sister […]
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