QUESTION CORNER Q: In a recent issue of our diocesan paper, I read an article about a conversation that had occurred in Italy between Pope Francis and a young boy. The boy — who was both fearful and tearful, as he whispered his question to the pope — wanted to know whether his deceased father […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Renewing the face of the earth
WITNESS TO JESUS | SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST This is the text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, given May 19 and 20 at three parishes where he also administered the sacrament of confirmation, Immaculate Conception Church, Ewa; Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Honolulu; and the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at […]
Scott Bush, diocesan priest: Father, my life is in your hands
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I am a second career vocation. The phrase in the Gospel says it all. When Jesus tells Peter, “When you were young you could do whatever you wanted, but there will come a time when your hands will be tied. Tied, and […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Does ill woman have to go to Mass?
QUESTION CORNER Q: An elderly woman in our parish has terminal lung cancer. I have seen her condition deteriorate over the last two months. She is no longer driving, is very weak and is now on oxygen full time. I had been helping her to get to church, and the other day she told me […]
John Garvey: What’s so funny?
INTELLECT AND VIRTUE Our youngest daughter is living at home while her husband finishes his medical residency. One of the many blessings of this old-fashioned arrangement (several generations under one roof) is that we have two babies to pass around. The youngest is just 5 months old. She doesn’t have much to say yet, but […]
Elise Italiano: Lessons from two soon-to-be saints
IN LIGHT OF FAITH I was thrilled to see the announcement that Pope Francis will canonize Blessed Paul VI and Blessed Oscar Romero during the upcoming synod on “Young people, the faith and vocational discernment,” and I was even more elated that their canonizations will take place on the same day. I read Pope Francis’ […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: ‘This is my body’ ‘This is my blood’
FEAST OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Exodus 24:3-8; Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 Providing this feast day’s first reading is the Book of Exodus, the story of an event that occurred as the Hebrews were making their way across the Sinai Peninsula, in flight from Egypt and slavery. To modern ears, the story […]
Talk story: Setting hearts on fire
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The Holy Spirit is the divine force that changes the world … The Spirit does not only change hearts; he changes situations. Like the wind that blows everywhere, he penetrates to the most unimaginable situations.” (From Pope Francis’ homily for Pentecost 2018) Just as the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Fire and knives
WITNESS TO JESUS | Sixth Sunday of Easter This is the text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, given May 12 and 13 at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe, and St. Philomena Church, Salt Lake, parishes where he also administered the sacrament of confirmation. Don’t play with fire! […]
Talk story: Blessed are the pure in heart
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.’ Certainly there can be no love without works of love, but this Beatitude reminds us that the Lord expects a commitment to our brothers and sisters that comes from the heart.” (From Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, “Rejoice and Be Glad: […]
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