INTELLECT AND VIRTUE Last week a friend invited my wife and me to join her in celebrating the 50th anniversary of her perpetual vows. It was a simple but moving ceremony. There was a Mass with guests and members of her religious community. At the offertory she renewed her vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Follow the Lord in confidence
31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Malachi 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10; 1 Thessalonians 2:7b-9, 13; Matthew 23:1-12 The Book of Malachi provides this weekend’s first reading. The prophet’s name, Malachi, reveals his role. In Hebrew it means “messenger of God.” As a prophet, he brought God’s message to the people. Often in prophetic writings, as in this weekend’s […]
Bishop Larry Silva: A new lease on life
WITNESS TO JESUS This is the text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered Oct. 7 and 8 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Papaikou, and St. Anthony Church, Papaaloa. A new lease on life! That is a phrase we use to describe a change for the better in […]
Mary Adamski: Lost in translation
VIEW FROM THE PEW Hey, how about that Magnum Principium? That ought to push the Liturgiam Authenticam back to the bottom shelf, yah? Maybe we will get back in the true spirit of the Sacrosanctum Concilium; not a minute too soon, I’d say. I know some think Papa Francisco exceeded his teaching magisterium limits with […]
Talk story: Bringing good news to the poor
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Blessed are the hands that reach beyond every barrier of culture, religion and nationality, and pour the balm of consolation over the wounds of humanity.” (Pope Francis, First World Day for the Poor) Just as the Lord hears the cry of the poor (Psalm 34), we are all called to do […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: People leaving right after Communion
QUESTION CORNER Q: I am surprised by the number of people who regularly leave church immediately after receiving the Eucharist. In the diary of St. Faustina, Jesus says how sad he is that people treat him as a dead object and busy themselves with other things. It is distracting and disruptive of my own personal […]
Greg Erlandson: The hollow man
AMID THE FRAY What savagery lies in the breast of man? Two recent television epics ask us to contemplate this question. The first is Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s magnificent documentary, “The Vietnam War.” The other epic is the massacre in Las Vegas. A lone gunman used his hotel room as a sniper’s nest, ambushing […]
Father John Catoir: Tell it like it is
To some, the devil is nothing more than a silly Halloween costume. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Las Vegas massacre cannot be explained as a mental health issue. It was pure evil that manifested itself as demonic madness. Those who deny the existence of Satanic malice have a lot to learn. […]
Effie Caldarola: Father Edward Flanagan’s legacy
FOR THE JOURNEY The tall, good-looking priest had the craggy profile prompting the comment, “He had the map of Ireland written all over his face.” Father Edward Flanagan was the founder of Boys Town, an innovative village for runaway and orphaned boys near Omaha, Nebraska, a landmark that revolutionized the treatment of neglected kids. Although […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Render to God
29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 45:1, 4-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b; Matthew 22:15-21 The second part of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s first reading. The context is a very bad time for God’s people. The two Hebrew kingdoms no longer existed, both having been victims of a military onslaught from neighboring, and very […]
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