FAITH AT HOME We tend to look outside our walls to ask how we can help. Where are the hungry or homeless in our community? How can we care for those in poverty or prison? But the works of mercy call us to look closer: to see those around us as Christ, too. Often it’s […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: When did the Holy Spirit come? Why no altar flowers for Lenten funeral?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I have often wondered about the difference between the disciples receiving the Holy Spirit immediately after the Resurrection “on the evening of that first day of the week” (Jn 20:19-23) and the coeming of the Holy Spirit upon them at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4). Is it two different accounts of the same event, […]
Richard Doerflinger: Gender politics and the Supreme Court
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Judging by news coverage and social media, Senate hearings on the confirmation of appellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer have provided more political theater than enlightenment on the law. One media storm erupted over the claim that Judge Jackson doesn’t know what a woman is. […]
Talk story: The Way of the Cross
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Holy God, be with us now as we meditate on your Son’s journey to Calvary. Remind us that still, in this present day, many of your children continue that walk to Calvary, carrying heavy, difficult crosses. May we, struggling with our own crosses, always remember your promises of justice, mercy and […]
Bishop Larry Silva: On fire with his love
WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Third Sunday in Lent, delivered March 20 at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe Fire is fascinating. People can sit before a roaring fireplace or a flickering candle and be mesmerized by the fire. We […]
Talk story: Consecration to the Immaculate Heart
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Mother of God and our Mother, to your Immaculate Heart we solemnly entrust and consecrate ourselves, the Church and all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine. Accept this act that we carry out with confidence and love. Grant that war may end and peace spread throughout the world. The ‘Fiat’ that arose […]
Deacon Gary Streff: Keeping a promise
Oberammergau Passion Play The world was in a panic. An unknown lethal disease was affecting everyone, especially the elderly. Known remedies proved inadequate, symptoms varied but the result was the same — overwhelmed hospitals, patients dying under severe conditions. The death toll was over 500,000 but estimated to be in the millions. In response, the […]
Mary Duddy: Small things matter
THE MARRIED LIFE Sometimes it’s the small things in life that mean the most. A smile. A kind word. Conversely, a harsh word can cause tears or bitterness. Good humor makes us laugh. Negative humor has a sting that hurts. Loving in small ways requires thought and grace. It is attentive and caring. It speaks […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God’s mercy, in Christ
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11 The Book of Isaiah supplies the first reading for this weekend in Lent. The reading is from the second part of Isaiah, written at a time that hardly was the best period in the history of God’s people. The people had survived being exiled after […]
Elise Italiano Ureneck: The things they carry in Ukraine
FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS Like many people, I have spent the past few weeks watching and reading the news out of Ukraine. Images of desperate refugees fleeing home, of men pressed into service, of mass graves are now firmly lodged in my mind. I had to turn the television off one afternoon after watching […]
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