One of the loveliest images in the Bible appears in Psalm 85. The psalmist laments Israel’s unfaithfulness, but then he promises that God will forgive and bless his people. “Kindness and truth shall meet; justice and peace shall kiss.” Like lions lying down with lambs, justice kissing peace is something I don’t expect to see […]
Father John Catoir: God’s love has to overcome any fear of judgment
A letter came to me recently, thanking me for helping the person see Jesus as “a loving brother or a kind Father” rather than as a judge. This letter is similar to many others that have graced my life. I, too, grew up with a lot of fear about eternal punishment, and though it certainly […]
Stephen Kent: The senseless loss of children’s lives
These hours-long “humanitarian cease-fires” called to interrupt the ongoing carnage between Israel and Gaza are obscene. They are implemented, observed then violated. Their purpose is to allow time for civilians to leave their places of relative safety in search for food, medicine and taking the injured to medical care. Civilian victims of the hubris of […]
Viriditas: Father Francisco Nicomedes S. Sanchez, diocesan priest
Physical and spiritual maintenance I am one of three brother priests who were ordained in the Diocese of Butuan, Philippines, in 1994. One of my companions is working in the university, and the other is working as a chaplain in the bishop’s residence. I was assigned in a city parish as priest and chaplain. I […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Imagine that
St. Ignatius Loyola taught his Jesuits a way of encountering God that he called the Spiritual Exercises. One exercise is meditating on a scene from the Gospels. You try to picture the event in detail, using all your senses, as if you were actually present. As you watch Christ, he becomes more real. Your heart […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Loaves and fish Isaiah 55:1-3 Romans 8:35, 37-39 Matthew 14:13-21 The last and third section of the Book of Isaiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. The first section of Isaiah was written when the Hebrews still were living in the Promised Land, although clashes among them had divided the land into two […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: ‘Was Mary’s privilege retroactive?’
Was Mary’s privilege retroactive? Q: In a recent article on Our Lady in a well-known Catholic magazine, I was disturbed to read that the Blessed Mother was “saved retroactively from original sin” in view of the merits of Jesus Christ. I had always learned that, from the time of her conception, Mary was born without […]
Mary Adamski: Jesse, meet Matt
Conquering addiction requires friends, family, saints We celebrated a milestone in the life of a beloved elder a couple weeks ago by following his longstanding wishes. There was no party, no gifts, no spreading the word so more people would chime in. It’s an anniversary he never announces in advance and I don’t believe he […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: A drive, a crash, a ‘mystery priest’
Katie Lentz had plucked the perfect dress for her Sunday surprise, and the yellow J. Crew frock was dangling in the back of her 1989 Mercedes, bouncing along the highway as the sun streamed in and oldies played on the radio. The 19-year-old blonde from Quincy, Ill., had just completed her summer internship in Jefferson […]
Viriditas: Sister Miriam Dionise Cabacungan, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities
Providence will provide Our first patient in our newly opened hospice program in Nuuanu was an elderly Hawaiian-Japanese lady. She was dying of cancer and very weak. It was hard to even sit her up in a chair. One day, as I was trying to figure out how to help her, I bent over, put […]
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