VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Don’t go back,” my sister said when I told her I would be returning to the missions. I am very close to my brother and my sister, but it is my sister who takes me around whenever I return home. She was […]
Christina Capecchi: No baby, but still giving thanks
TWENTY SOMETHING Even before she was married, Emily Stimpson Chapman asked for baby prayers. “I’d be in an antique store buying little trinkets for the wedding decorations, and I would be asking strangers: Pray that we have a baby!’” she said. “If I’ve talked to you over the past two years, I’ve asked you to […]
Father John Catoir: Private conscience and the church
The late Bishop Fulton Sheen explained that there are two kinds of truths: “Outer truths, which we master, like the distance of the sun from the earth; and inner truths, which master us; for example: God is merciful to the penitent. Inner truths affect a person’s destiny, like a vocational calling; they are matters of […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Do prayers change God’s mind?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I’m confused about something and would be grateful for your help. Does prayer change God’s mind? Can someone be moved to the head of the line if we pray hard enough? (Cuba, Missouri) A: To answer this question, we first need to admit our limitations. I cannot pretend to know the mind […]
John Garvey: Making and renewing vows
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 […]
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