33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Malachi 3:19-20a; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19 The Book of Malachi supplies this weekend’s Liturgy of the Word with its first reading. Actually, Malachi was not the name of the author of this book. Rather, it refers to a title, “Messenger of God,” that appears in the first verse. It […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Thankful for technology
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and as you read this you are probably already thinking about the day after — “Black Friday.” It is a mindset that has shifted the meaning of the holiday. We used to focus on this as an opportunity for coming together as a family around the dinner table […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Wrestling with God
WITNESS TO JESUS | 29TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text to the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered Oct. 20 at St. Joseph Church, Hilo. The Mass also celebrated the installation of the pastor, Father Apolinario Ty. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=144829690245033&id=125502825511053&__xts__[0]=68.ARApVOr55WAV12hPVRNuXGTVeve9CHSY2Aq6RZOPiqHjyxMuaJO-OwtLyELPPYV5SMLex2vSL_gBOoU617b2V82fdPYOReCXUA0WilSHXMPL-W6cmSgG4A2wSr82IvBIAPv8BCnZAlts93gb4ViuxeIdNXT2J0pnXikLIJhM7NpnTkxYuwvzBBYszN27dkPIet7RH3D5TE-4EaUEFQywc83ngOZAAXhVJ8fPYMh3s75OUws0CXh1iglabfpntM9zGes-n1KnmyiZumqVE6G8KReAmSYdEckPqqJOkGZrbXyCldpHq8fTxezBnNexgFclA4P4rk2GDf9zBkLtWsP9-lc&__tn__=-R A priest friend of mine is […]
Father Diego Alejandro Restrepo Serna, diocesan priest: Are you available to go?
Viriditas: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Since I was 8 years old, my family has always supported my decision to become a priest. My parents had six children, four boys and two girls of which I am the third. After my ordination, my bishop asked me, “Are you […]
Talk story: The cry of the earth, the cry of the poor
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Laudato si’, mi’ Signore.” (“Praise be to you, my Lord.”) In the words of this beautiful canticle, St. Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life … and a beautiful mother, who opens her arms to embrace us.” (Pope Francis, […]
Christina Capecchi: Grandma remembers: the secret of 90
TWENTY SOMETHING It’s become a four-generation tradition to head south of the cities and take in a small-town celebration of fall. Our route winds between soaring bluffs and a shimmering lake. It feels like a narrow passageway, a tunnel back in time. We perused antique dolls at a whimsical toy store in Wabasha, Minnesota. Grandma […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Ten Commandments or 613? Masses said for non-Catholics?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Why is it that Christians feel that the coming of Jesus freed them from the 613 prescripts that Jews count in the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) and that they can adhere only to the Ten Commandments? Why those 10 and not the other 613? (Albany, New York) A: […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Rich man up a tree
31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 11:22-12:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s first reading. An essential component in ancient Hebrew belief, and contemporary Jewish thought as well, is that God is the Creator of all, and the author of all life. The emphasis by Pope Francis upon the […]
Mary Adamski: Of bones, memories and the weary pilgrim
VIEW FROM THE PEW Relics have been on my mind lately. I’m in a meditative mood not a morbid one as I think about our human tendency to hold onto a memory, a piece of history by clinging to a thing. It’s not just me reviewing my clutter, our landscape is full of memorials and […]
Mary (and Tom) Duddy: Whole Foods reminders and hurts
THE MARRIED LIFE “As the hind longs for the running water, so my soul longs for you O God!” (Psalms 42:2) Mary: “Stop!” Tom said, and he pointed to a deer in the forest coming slowly toward us, with its mate not far behind. The deer came so close we could probably have reached out […]
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