There’s no better time than Advent for putting our house in order. The house of which we speak is our disposition that is being bombarded by a topsy-turvy world threatening the beauty of the season. Years ago, the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World identified the threats to society […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Father Peyton on way to sainthood?
QUESTION CORNER Q: A friend told me recently that the cause of Father Patrick Peyton had been sent to the Vatican for sainthood. Do you know how it stands and when he might be declared a saint? (I hope and pray that it will be in my lifetime.) Also, what are the stages for someone […]
Richard Doerflinger: What is sex for?
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY It began with reports that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, over many years, used his power over aspiring actresses’ careers to sexually harass and exploit them. The allegations soon extended to other prominent men in the entertainment industry, then to candidates and elected officials of both major parties. Now each day seems […]
Christina Capecchi: The art of giving, the challenge of Advent
TWENTY SOMETHING Oprah Winfrey sings and claps when presented with the $69 lunch box that makes her 2017 “Favorite Things” list. “I looooove!” she belts out in mock falsetto. She doesn’t need to finish her sentence by naming the object of her love. It is expansive, and today, in a video of the selection process […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus will come again
1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b, 64:2-7; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37 This weekend the church begins Advent and the use of biblical readings from Year B of its three-year cycle. It also is the start of a new liturgical year. Each liturgical year is carefully planned so that the seasons, and the major […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Making ourselves slaves to Jesus
WITNESS TO JESUS This is the text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered Nov. 5 at Holy Family Church, Honolulu, on the occasion of the dedication of a new altar and Veterans Day observance with the Order of Malta. There has been much news lately about monuments to […]
Talk story: First World Day of the Poor
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Let us love, not with words but with deeds.” (1 John 3:18) With this scriptural passage, Pope Francis established the first World Day of the Poor, Nov. 19, the last Sunday before Thanksgiving. This is also the weekend for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development collection in all parishes. Therefore it […]
Joseph Kelly: A brief history of Thanksgiving
COMMENTARY Contrary to popular opinion, the first Thanksgiving was not observed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. The “Pilgrims” — a later title given to the settlers — were Puritans who no longer wished to live in England due to religious persecution and for economic reasons. They believed the Church of England was too closely aligned […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble’
VIEW FROM THE PEW To tweak that old adage about how March weather “comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb,” the opposite is true about November this year. I’m not thinking about meteorology — wind, storm and surf stuff — but liturgy, the things we’ve been hearing in church. For the […]
Greg Erlandson: A tale of two popes
AMID THE FRAY There’s a quote attributed, probably falsely, to Mark Twain that observes, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” I suppose it is a sign that I’m getting older, because I’m starting to hear the rhymes in a lot of the current debates in the church about papal leadership. Almost 40 years […]
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