Q Why is it OK to eat fish on Fridays during Lent, but not other animals? Isn’t fish meat as well? Is shellfish, like lobster and shrimp, considered fish, and does the church allow its consumption on meatless days? (It seems to me that lobster is extravagant and shouldn’t be eaten during a season when […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Palm Sunday
The Passion begins Matthew 21:1-11 Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Matthew 26:14-27:66 This weekend observes Palm Sunday, recalling with great reverence the Lord’s traditional entry into Jerusalem, beginning the drama and depth of Holy Week. The liturgy includes two readings from the Gospels. The first occurs at the blessing of the palms and as the procession […]
Kathleen T. Choi: I am the church
It usually happens when I’m at a party with lots of drinking and laughter. One fellow starts joking about dumb haoles. As the cracks get crueler, other guests look nervously at me. “Not you, Kathy,” they assure me. “You’re different.” That bothers me somewhat. I’m just as representative of the white race as whichever Caucasian […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Is being rich a sin?
We hear a lot lately about “income inequality.” The implication is that the rich are forcing everyone else to live in poverty. Several Bible passages appear to support an anti-wealth bias. A closer reading, however, shows that it is the misuse of wealth that brings condemnation, not its possession. Indeed, other verses suggest that God […]
Viriditas: Sister Anielyn Delicana, Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres
Inspiration from the mouths of infants Every day my class begins with a short prayer that I taught the children. It is accompanied by some simple actions. “Dear Jesus, bless me today. Bless my family. Bless my teachers. Bless my classmates. Jesus, I love you.” When they come to the last part of the prayer, […]
Editorial: Seeking justice through the fog of years
It’s disconcerting, to say the least, to see ads in the daily newspaper with photos of Catholic priests, placed by lawyers seeking past victims of sexual abuse by clergy in Hawaii. Distressing because the sexual abuse of minors is a horrible thing, all the more repulsive when perpetrated by priests and religious. But the ads […]
Mary Adamski: Listening — It’s an act of love
How did they tell the story later, Peter, James and John, I wonder, Good Jewish men, they’d been raised on the story from centuries earlier about Moses going to a mountaintop and hearing Yahweh himself establishing his covenant with Israel. There the three humble fishermen were, on another mountaintop when they witnessed Jesus, joined by […]
Viewpoint: Rental Housing Fund a real solution in need of funding
Do you want to end homelessness? Do you have family or friends struggling to pay rent? Do you want the State Legislature to put a priority on creating affordable housing? Do you want the state government to work toward a Hawaii where all can be safely and securely housed? Here is one realistic, long-term, achievable […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Fourth Sunday of Lent
Whose sin caused his blindness? 1Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13a Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 Drawing from the first word, in Latin, in the entrance antiphon for this weekend’s liturgy, this Sunday is sometimes called “Laetare Sunday.” Laetare means “to rejoice.” The church rejoices that even amid the drabness and penance of Lent, the glory of Christ […]
Viriditas: Father Joseph Grimaldi, diocesan priest
That which inspires When I see people at Mass so intense in their faith and devotions, I get inspired. Although very often they thank me and so on for being with them, I see it that we are here to help each other. For me to say Mass, I need them as much as they […]
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