Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Kathleen T. Choi: Control

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I’ve been thinking a lot about Adam and Eve lately. I’ll say why in a minute. First, let’s look at the story. God creates the earth and fills it with all that is necessary to sustain life. Its abundance is that of a lush garden. He creates a man and a woman to tend this […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The living bread

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Proverbs 9:1-6; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58 The Book of Proverbs, the source of this weekend’s first reading, is part of the Wisdom Literature. This literature, forming an important part of the Old Testament, came to be in an interesting development of history. As years passed, and in circumstances good and bad, many Jews left the […]

Kathleen T. Choi: The new and improved Hell

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We’ve seen so many cartoons of tiny flames and cute little devils with pitchforks that it’s hard to fear damnation anymore. However, Satan may have upgraded since the Bible was written. Maybe Hell is more like this: “Morning, folks, it’s Old Nick with today’s weather report. It’s a typical day for Perdition. Temperature 110 degrees, […]

Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Saying no to an economy of exclusion

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“Let us say ‘no’ to an economy of exclusion and inequality, where money rules, rather than service. That economy kills. That economy excludes. That economy destroys Mother Earth.” (Pope Francis, Bolivia 2015) Pope Francis delivered this strong message on his recent journey to Latin America. Soon he will be in the United States where he […]