God loves you and gives you spiritual gifts. The Letter of James states, “Every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father” (Jas 1:17). God gives you the Holy Spirit. Jesus tells his disciples that the Father “will give you another Advocate to be with you always” (Jn 14:16). His presence includes […]
Carolyn Woo: Whom do we play for?
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY Amid all the Olympics coverage I watched, I was most taken by the women’s basketball team. Their passion was mesmerizing and their tenacity in stepping up to all manner of challenges made me proud. In particular, I could not get over how repeatedly they were described as “unselfish.” Each individual player […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: If we are humble
24TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 This weekend’s first reading is from the Book of Exodus. This book roughly chronicles the passage of the Hebrew people from Egypt, where they had been slaves. Moses guided them, but essentially, in Hebrew eyes, God guided them, since Moses could not […]
Sister Jovita Agustin, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Sister Amazing Grace
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Once, I remember as I made my rounds at St. Francis Hospital West, a patient getting ready for surgery said to me, “Sister, you don’t have to pray over me, I am an atheist.” I replied, “That’s all right.” We then started […]
Talk story: Setting prisoners free
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The Lord secures justice for the oppressed … sets the prisoners free … lifts up those who are bowed down” (Psalm 146:7 quoted by Pope Francis in his call to the Jubilee Year of Mercy) As we enter the last months of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, families from around Oahu […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Am I free to marry?
QUESTION CORNER Q:I was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. When I was younger, I served as an altar boy for several years. About 12 years ago, I got married in a Methodist church. I never had the marriage “convalidated” in the Catholic Church since my wife was against involving another member of the […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: The wonderful world of theology
THE HUMAN SIDE In Robert Bolt’s play “A Man for All Seasons,” Rich, who is enamored with the glory of court life, pleads with St. Thomas More for a court appointment. More replies, “Why not be a teacher? You’d be a fine teacher. Perhaps even a great one.” “And if I was, who would know […]
Father John Catoir: Pure prayer is a joy
Pure prayer is a joy. This idea came from British Benedictine Abbot John Chapman, a biblical scholar and popular preacher who died in 1933. He taught that prayer is not necessarily found in our lofty thoughts or words, nor is it a matter of pious feelings; he insisted you should never force feelings of […]
Christina Capecchi: Dreaming of the Caribbean
TWENTY SOMETHING The phone call came when I was boiling sweet corn — suppertime on a hum-drum Sunday whose excitement peaked with a trip to the grocery store. It had been months since I’d spoken with my college friend Wendy, but she skipped right over the small talk: She’s moving to St. Croix. When I […]
Talk story: Story sessions share closeness to poor
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Our faith in Christ, who became poor, and was always close to the poor and the outcast, is the basis of our concern for the integral development of society’s most neglected members.” (Pope Francis) This summer has been full of folks “talking story” about encountering God through parish social ministries with […]
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