FOR THE JOURNEY A story about St. Teresa of Avila tells us that one day the devil appeared to her in the guise of Christ. Immediately, she dismissed him. You are not Christ, she told the devil. The devil was puzzled. How did you know I wasn’t Christ? Because, Teresa replied, you have no wounds. […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is wearing a veil in church prideful?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Recently, I have been “convicted” to wear a veil in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament — both when I am at Mass and during my adoration hours in our parish’s Chapel of Perpetual Adoration. Several other women in the parish have also felt led to do so. However, I am told […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Jesus’ triumph over sin and death
WITNESS TO JESUS | Easter Vigil/Easter Sunday Here is the prepared text of the homily of Bishop Larry Silva delivered at the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday Masses, April 16 and 17, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace and the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu There were many trees in the Garden […]
Talk story: Bringing Easter hope to others
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Brothers and sisters, may we be won over by the peace of Christ! Peace is possible; peace is a duty; peace is everyone’s primary responsibility!” (Pope Francis “Urbi et Orbi,” Easter 2022) Addressing thousands of worshipers at the Vatican this Easter, our Holy Father Pope Francis shared a challenging yet hopeful […]
Msgr. Owen Campion: Peter, do you love me?
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts of Apostles 5:27-39, 40b-41; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 Again, this weekend, the church presents as its first reading for liturgy in Eastertime a passage from the Acts of the Apostles. The mere construction of Acts is a lesson. It is a continuation of St. Luke’s Gospel. Its underlying lesson is […]
Elise Italiano Ureneck: Learning to love the cry room
FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS When I was a young, single professional living in Washington, I harbored a secret judgment against churches that had “cry rooms.” In my naivete, I considered parishes that built these spaces to be intolerant of young children. While I appreciate a reverent Mass, a silent church is a dying church, […]
Greg Erlandson: Evening news despair and Easter hope
AMID THE FRAY One of the best decisions my wife and I ever made was to keep our television out of the bedroom. We’ve never fallen asleep bathed in the blue glow of some late-night comic or some not-quite-funny comedy. The bedroom is our oasis. We may, however, do something almost as bad these days. […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is Jesus’ resurrected body human?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Did the resurrected Jesus have a human body? (Carrollton, Georgia) A: It is a fundamental truth of Christianity that Jesus rose from the dead in his physical body. (This differs from the doctrine of Jehovah’s Witnesses, who hold that the post-resurrection Christ was spiritual, not physical.) Christians believe that the Jesus […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: ‘Mother, may I?’ Old game, new twist
EMBRACING FAMILY Many parents ask us questions, and we share faith-based parenting advice, based on Love and Logic © and the Preventive System of St. John Bosco (Reason, Religion, Loving Kindness). We’d like to share some of these with you. Mother’s Day is coming up, and this, too, is the month dedicated to Mary, the […]
Effie Caldarola: Easter offers hope
FOR THE JOURNEY Like life itself, Lent starts out nice and slow. And suddenly, Easter is upon us. There may have been a Lenten midway point, or maybe as Holy Week began, we realized that Lent has sped by. We ask ourselves, Did I do enough? It’s human nature to feel like maybe we […]
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