By Easter Almuena Special to the Herald If there was a time in our existence when we needed to read the Bible more, that time would be now. A few months ago, when the coronavirus shut down churches in Hawaii, it was so difficult not receiving Jesus daily in the Eucharist. I missed the Eucharist […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Please explain death as a consequence of sin. If I am distracted in prayer, should I go back and redo those parts?
QUESTION CORNER Q: In one of your recent columns — about Our Blessed Mother’s Assumption — you wrote “Some theologians feel that, since death is a consequence of sin, Mary would not have had to die.” I have never thought of sin as causing death. Can you explain this a little more? (Montvale, Virginia) A: […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Finding the pearl of great price
WITNESS TO JESUS | 17TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time delivered July 26 at St. Anthony Retreat Center, Kalihi, on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Hawaii Catholic Charismatic Renewal. I have to admit that I would […]
Mary Adamski: There was a tiny whispering sound
VIEW FROM THE PEW Is everyone out there recycling cartoons and photos of comic or caustic signs that are commentaries on life in these perilous times? I get a daily dose of stuff in the email box. I guess some are hilarious but I am overdosed. Not much to laugh at in this country, or […]
Mary Duddy: The good with the bad
THE MARRIED LIFE My mother wrote poems, mostly about the family. They were insightful and funny: Grab a chair and sit down dear, While I tell you of our trip up here. Hot, hot, hot as it could be Tempers flared — I’m speaking of me, Ten back seat drivers shouting at Phil, It’s a […]
Talk story: The cry of the earth, the cry of the poor
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The poor and the earth are crying out. O Lord seize us with your power and light, help us to protect all life, to prepare for a better future, for the coming of your Kingdom of justice, peace, love and beauty. Praise be to you! Amen.” (Pope Francis, “Laudato Si: On […]
Joseph Nugent, Lay Marianist: God knows the path
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Keeping my soul green is a walk in humility. I give my life to God in regular prayer, service and community. But as I grow, I learn that I never “arrive” at a plane of greenness, instead God finds me in my […]
Elise Italiano Ureneck: Our vanishing children
FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS An Associated Press report revealed June 29 that the Chinese government has devised a widespread plan amounting to the “demographic genocide” of its Uighur population through forced sterilization. It appears to be designed to either drastically curb or totally eradicate the Muslim population in the Xinjiang region and is being […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Signs at Christ’s death convincing? Is the King James Bible accepted by Catholics?
QUESTION CORNER Q: At the precise time that Jesus died, the sanctuary curtain was torn in half, darkness and earthquakes occurred and many were converted to Christianity because they felt this was proof that Jesus was the Son of God. So why didn’t the Jewish faith gradually disappear? (South Glens Falls, New York) A: Mark’s […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus walks on the water
19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-33 The First Book of Kings is the source of this weekend’s first reading. The two Books of Kings highlight the kings of the united kingdom of Israel — Saul, David and Solomon — but neither book ultimately is a political history. Both […]
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