VIEW FROM THE PEW What was that scary movie with those kids running in the forest trying to escape something awful and the trees and bushes seemed ominously reaching out to grab them? I saw it years ago and it replayed as a dream on a recent hot windless night maybe triggered by an overhanging […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Eternal life is for all
13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21; Galatians 5:1, 13-18; Luke 9:51-62 The first reading for this weekend’s liturgy is from the First Book of Kings. While the focus, at least in terms of the books’ titles, is on the kings of Israel, prophets play a major role. Such is the case in […]
Carolyn Woo: Faithful over fearful
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY Common to most commencement speeches is the exhortation to approach life with boldness, to pursue one’s dreams, to live meaningfully, to honor one’s uniqueness and gifts, and to fight for the common good. The advice is definitely sound and seems to resonate with graduates. Yet, if life is the guide, most will […]
Talk story: God remembers us in his heart
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “God remembers us as we are, in our frailty … He returns to us with the heart, because we are in His heart … Remembering is a key word for life … Remembering gives us the strength not to surrender.” (Pope Francis, homily for Trinity Sunday, June 16, Camerino, Italy) Pope […]
Effie Caldarola: A prayer in the face of loss
FOR THE JOURNEY My elderly aunt was a walker. After she retired, she would hoof it around our small town to visit friends or rise early to walk downtown to the coffee shop for breakfast. Sadly, her body stayed in much better shape than her mind, and when dementia overcame her, she was placed in […]
Tony Magliano: The best kept secret
The Catholic Church has a very big secret. It is so powerful, challenging and relevant, that if every bishop, priest, religious and layperson was committed to communicating and implementing this secret, it would turn society upside-down and literally transform the world! However, revealing its contents, and urging the full application of its message, would surely […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: What about the pain of divorce? Taking fussy kids to Mass?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I read your recent answer concerning divorced Catholics and their standing in the church. You and others fail to remind Catholics that the Catechism (No. 2384-85) calls divorce a grave injustice to the abandoned spouse and the children and also introduces disorder into society. How can you (and, it seems, most spokesmen) […]
Father Ajith Kumar Antony Dass, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary: In the footsteps of Father Damien
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When I showed my family members on a map where I was going, in a blue sea with a few dots, they said, “Oh, that is far. You are going there?” But I knew that Hawaii was a very special to me […]
Talk story: Recognizing the Kingdom of God
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Faith assures us that in a mysterious way the Kingdom of God is already present here on earth.” (Pope Francis) Pope Francis begins his message for the 2019 World Day for Migrants and Refugees with this vision from Pope Paul VI’s encyclical “Gaudium et Spes,” reminding us all that God’s kingdom […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: An ode to a friend
THE HUMAN SIDE When my barber David Knight who worked in the U.S. Senate building died, it felt like losing a beloved family member. One meaning of family is a group of people in the service of an individual. For years, Dave and his partners were family to me. The moment I entered the barber […]
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