FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Jeremiah 33:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 This weekend begins the church’s year. Usually Advent is seen simply as a time to prepare for the feast of Christmas, and in the current American culture, a tempered, penitential season is not in order. Actually, the season is for us a new […]
Effie Caldarola: Remembering Dorothy Day
FOR THE JOURNEY November is a month of thanksgiving, family and celebration. But it also ushers in our national period of overconsumption and excess in December. This year, the holidays come as the gap between the very rich and the poor widens, as attacks on Jewish-Americans and other minorities grow, and health care […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Recognize ‘ego-theism’ and reject it
WITNESS TO JESUS | 31ST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the text of the Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered Nov. 3 and 4 at Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue, and at the convention of the Diocesan Congress of Filipino Catholic Clubs. Sometimes it only takes one word to […]
Talk story: Hearing the cry of the poor
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The poor man cried out and the Lord heard him.” (PS 34:6) This Scripture passage is the theme for World Day of the Poor, Sunday, Nov. 18. It is also the first line in Bishop Larry Silva’s letter, published in the Nov. 2 Hawaii Catholic Herald, urging support for the […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: In the end, God will prevail
33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32 The Book of Daniel provides the first reading this weekend. Michael, the “great prince” of the angels, is the center of attention. He is one of the few angels mentioned by name in the Scriptures. Michael’s role in Daniel was to defend God’s […]
Carolyn Woo: ‘Fearfully, wonderfully made’
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY During a lecture at an Asian university on how businesses and the students’ future careers in this sector can bring about constructive social and environmental change, a question shot out of the blue: “Dr. Woo, I have problem engaging on this macro question when I feel like I am unable to move […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: The best defense against depressing times
THE HUMAN SIDE How do we keep our minds healthy in light of all the disturbing events in our world? How do we successfully deal with senseless crimes, starving children, devastating hurricanes, forest fires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? Some suggest we turn off the news totally or at least periodically. This is true. Whenever travel […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Where do ‘single Catholics’ fit in?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Where do single people “rank” within the Catholic Church? Many times we are asked to pray for those who are married or who have followed a calling to the religious life — but how many times has anyone in any parish been asked to pray for those who are single? Are we […]
Effie Caldarola: Choose to hope
FOR THE JOURNEY What is the nature of hope? Are we born to be either a pessimist or an optimist? Or is it up to us to decide? At a day of reflection, a Sister of Mercy discussed the environmental threat to our planet. Then she asked us to stand up and choose a side […]
Greg Erlandson: Getting real about our challenges
AMID THE FRAY Tracking the Catholic zeitgeist these days can be a dizzying experience. It helps to have a sense of history, and perhaps a sense of irony as well. Once upon a time, it was liberal Catholics who were upset at the pope, who wanted more democracy in the church, who railed against the […]
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