My grandfather retired from the piano company at age 73, but within months he’d started a new job selling cars. My mother said that Gramma made him go back to work. “She married him,” Mom explained, “for better or worse, but not for lunch.” It’s a cute story, and the sympathy cards I received when […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Consider the birds of the air Isaiah 49:14-15 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Matthew 6:24-34 It is not difficult to imagine the frustration with which the author of the third section of Isaiah felt as he heard the despairing and critical remarks of the people around him. Times were bad. They were very bad. The people long […]
Viriditas: Brother Peter E. Zawot, Christian Brothers
Fresh starts Some people say that moving around from one place to another is not a very good thing to do. Since entering religious life, I have lived in nine different communities all over the eastern part of the United States, in the south and now in Hawaii. Each time I embark on a journey […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Once upon a Protestant
I’ve often written about why I treasure Catholicism. Today I thought I’d praise the things I believe our Protestant brethren do especially well. Biblical knowledge. Fundamentalists and evangelicals, in particular, know their way around the Bible like they know their morning commute. When they read the New Testament, they hear all the Old Testament echoes. […]
Viriditas: Sister Cecilia Fabular, Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary
Live what you preach; preach how you live As a religious and as an educator, a leader, what keeps me going in my ministry is my personal relationship with God. When I wake up in the morning, I first thank God that I am still alive. Then, I take a few minutes of quiet time. […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: Come in from the cold: finding mercy in the city
It’s 15 below with a wind chill of minus 39 when I arrive at the cathedral tonight. The holy water is partly frozen. Perched atop Summit Hill in St. Paul, Minn., the Cathedral of St. Paul is the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, a Vatican-appointed National Shrine of the apostle […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The author of the Commandments Sirach 15:15-20 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 Matthew 5:17-37 The Book of Sirach that is the source of this weekend’s first reading is part of a collection of biblical writings that in their very origin teach an important lesson. As various fortunes, political, economic, and individual, changed and reversed among God’s people […]
Viriditas: Father Stephen Macedo, diocesan priest
The other ways I pray It’s really nice being at Annunciation Parish in Waimea. It is a really beautiful area of the state and island of Hawaii. The parishioners are very good and helpful. There is a lot of active involvement in our religious education and faith formation programs as well as in our social […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Cuddle up
The Jesuits encourage us to pray with our imagination. For example, imagine the day John baptized Jesus. Picture the crowds and the noise. How much attention do strangers give to Jesus’ moments in the water? Do you hear God declare that Christ is his son? Or was it just a clap of thunder? What does […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Presentation of the Lord
Simeon and Anna Malachi 3:1-4 Hebrews 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40 Under other circumstances the liturgy for this weekend would be that of the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Instead, however, the church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Any interruption in the usual course of the liturgical season is a lesson in itself. […]
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