Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: In flight from sin and death

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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 The Book of Deuteronomy provides the first reading for this first Sunday of Lent. Deuteronomy looks to the days when the Hebrews were fleeing from Egyptian slavery and making an uncertain way across the treacherous Sinai Peninsula. Even so, Deuteronomy is not a story of […]

Effie Caldarola: Lessons from Monte Cassino

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FOR THE JOURNEY The hairpin turns were gasp-inducing, especially to someone afraid of heights. As we climbed higher and higher, I alternated between covering my eyes and then peeking out at the remarkable landscape unfolding beneath the narrow Italian road that spiraled up toward the peak of Monte Cassino. I was on my way to […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why ‘Lead us not into temptation?’ Can you bring up the collection basket to the altar?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: When we say the Lord’s Prayer at Mass, we pray, “Lead us not into temptation.” Why would God lead us into temptation? I know that God allows temptation to occur, but the word “lead” is an active verb that implies God may be actively involved in our being tempted. Would you please […]

Talk story: From our social ministry peripheries

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We must personally reach out to the peripheries, to those who have left the Church, those who rarely or never practice their faith, those who experience poverty or marginalization, the excluded, the voiceless, etc.” (Vatican Synod Handbook for Listening and Discernment in Local Churches) Catholics around the world, including Hawaii, are […]