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. […]
Reconciliation needs more than apologies
January certainly lives up to its name. We inherited the word from the ancient Romans who started the calendar year commemorating Janus, a mythological fellow depicted as having two faces since he looked to the past and to the future. He was the god of transitions, presiding over the beginning and ending of conflict. That […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: Cold hands, young heart: the wonder of winter
Just when you think you’ve seen everything — every lion hugging human, every shark-eluding seal — the World Wide Web churns out a picture that makes you stare. We process a barrage of images so glibly that it takes something special to keep us from skipping and scrolling right by. And yet here it was: […]
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