EMBRACING FAMILY It seems it was just the other day that we were eagerly anticipating the end of the school year and the coming of summer and all its adventures. Now we find ourselves on the cusp of a new school year, especially those with “year-round school” calendars. Where, oh where, did summer go? As […]
Deacon Gary and Val Streff: The truth we believe and live
RESPECT LIFE Daily we are bombarded with news about women’s rights. Women call themselves “pro-choice” to describe their “right” to decide what is best for their own bodies in issues such as contraception and pregnancy. This term has been around since the 1960s and is visible today in the slogan “My Body, My Choice.” “Pro-choice” […]
Bishop Larry Silva: A perfect community of love
WITNESS TO JESUS | TRINITY SUNDAY This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for Trinity Sunday, June 12, delivered at St. Joseph Church, Makawao, Maui Some years ago I led a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I was shopping for a gift at an icon shop, and I selected the […]
Mary Adamski: Worth a thousand words
VIEW FROM THE PEW It was one of those Biblical texts that brought out the writer and editor in me. The evangelist John quoted Jesus, making his farewell to the Apostles, as saying “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot hear it now.” It was just the thing to distract; the worst […]
Talk story: For our families, let us pray
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The family is the place where we learn to live with one another, to live with young people and with those who are older. And by being united in our differences — young people, the elderly, adults, children — we evangelize with our example of life.” (Pope Francis, Pope’s Prayer Network, […]
Effie Caldarola: Choosing a side
FOR THE JOURNEY In the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the saint asks us to make a choice between “the two standards.” Using our imaginations, we envision the banner, or standard, of Christ arrayed on one side, and the legions of the evil one gathering in opposition on the other. Which side do […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Am I doomed by Scripture? Masses said for things other than specific people?
QUESTION CORNER Q: In the Book of Wisdom (3:17-18 and 4:3) it indicates that children born of a forbidden union will suffer a miserable fate and not amount to anything. They are illegitimate and can never lay a firm foundation with values that are deeply rooted. I was born out of wedlock; my Dad’s family […]
Greg Erlandson: A tale of two weddings
AMID THE FRAY How do we attract people to our church? How do we invite people to “come and see”? These are questions being asked with greater urgency these days. The “nones,” that is, those with no religious affiliation, are growing in number, while too many Catholics are walking away from any sort of consistent […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Freedom from slavery
13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1Kings 19:16b, 19-21; Galatians 5:1, 13-18; Luke 9:51-62 The First Book of Kings is the source of this weekend’s first reading. As the names of these two volumes imply, First and Second Kings were written, to a degree, to be a chronicle of the lives and reigns of Israel’s early […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Join the eucharistic revival
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Every Sunday at Mass we are invited to sit at the table of the Lord and behold the mystery of the bread and wine being consecrated and transformed into the real presence of the body and blood of Christ. For many Catholics, this tenet of our faith has simply become symbolic. “I […]
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