A young man close to me needs a miracle. Despite good medical care and a loving family, he is locked in suffering. Divine intervention is his only hope. Turning to Scripture, I see three situations in which miracles occur. One is when it’s part of God’s master plan, like the parting of the Red Sea. […]
Mary Adamski: Sustainable acts of kindness
Random acts of kindness. Someone created that phrase a couple decades ago to package the concept of spontaneous and anonymous generosity to help or cheer a total stranger. I believe it was dreamed up as an antidote to “random acts of violence,” the unexplainable bursts of cruelty and destruction that fill the news and wrench […]
Viriditas: Sister Yoo Soo Kim, Maryknoll Sisters
Seasons of God’s beautiful creation “When I enter my studio, I feel the sacred air. Brightness of the candle flame, smoke of the incense, and smell of tea … At that moment my heart becomes pure, An armful of flowers in the sacred air, softness of sea air … As I fill my room with […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The rich man and Lazarus Amos 6:1a, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Luke 16:19-31 The Book of Amos provides this weekend’s first reading this weekend. The book itself states that it was written during the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, or between 783 and 742 BC. This was a time of tranquility and prosperity. No […]
Kathleen T. Choi: The queen and I
In case you hadn’t heard, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William had a baby in July. As a lifelong fan of the monarchy, I was among those eagerly awaiting this birth. I blame my starry eyes on my grandmother, who was born and raised in Scotland. She married a Yank and became an American, […]
Viriditas: Sister Rose Miriam Schillinger, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
‘Whatever God wants, is what I want’ Forty-three years ago when I was asked to go to Hawaii, I told my provincial superior: “No, I don’t want to go. I am a homebody and I love my home in Watervliet, New York.” She said that Hawaii really needed someone with a degree to teach social […]
Kathleen T. Choi: In the big boat
I just read “Take This Bread” by Sara Miles (Ballantine Books, 2008). Miles describes herself as an atheist and “a lesbian, left-wing journalist.” She spent her younger years in restaurant work and covering revolutions in South America. Then one day she wandered into St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. When the priest […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Associating with tax collectors Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-32 This weekend’s first reading is from the Book of Exodus. This book roughly chronicles the passage of the Hebrew people from Egypt where they had been slaves. Moses guided them, but essentially, in Hebrew eyes, God guided Moses, since Moses could not have […]
Mary Adamski: Boot camps, religious and otherwise
Jeremy Sabugo, Justin Carrigan and Michael Kamauoha stand in front of Father Johnathan Hurrell, seated, at their profession of first vows, Aug. 10, in St. Patrick Church. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) It was a moment for mini-meditation during a traffic stall last week along the University of Hawaii dormitory row — a conscious […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Humility is key to holiness Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a Luke 14:1, 7-14 The Book of Sirach furnishes this weekend’s first Scripture reading. Sirach is among those biblical volumes collectively called the Wisdom Literature. This designation means that these books attempt to show that the Jews’ ancient faith in the one God of […]
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