In school, I used to hate running even more than I hated spiders or math. I couldn’t run fast in elementary school, so I was always one of the last kids to cross the finish line during gym class, a feat for which I earned incessant teasing instead of a gold medal or nifty ribbon. […]
Manaolana | Lisa’s catechism corner: Why are the Beatitudes so important?
YOUCAT*: Those who yearn for the kingdom of God look to Jesus’ list of priorities: the Beatitudes. [1716-1717, 1725-1726] As preparations begin for the next international World Youth Day celebration in Krakow, Poland, in 2016, Pope Francis has asked young people to reflect upon the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12). When Jesus gave us the Sermon on […]
Manaolana | Makana’s helpful hints: Can I be perfectly honest with you?
“By its very nature, lying is to be condemned. It is a profanation of speech, whereas the purpose of speech is to communicate known truth to others.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2485) The point of speech is to pass truth on to others. The purpose of every word we say or action we take […]
Left Behind: First movie in trilogy, weaves fiction with rapture theology
Nicolas Cage stars in a scene from the movie “Left Behind.” (CNS photo/Teddy Smith, courtesy Stoney Lake Entertainment) NEW YORK — The fundamentalist conception of the rapture, as described in the best-selling “Left Behind” novels, may be arriving — for the first time — at a movie theater near you. Three earlier films, all […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: Oct. 24, 2014
Quote “If only we all would be infected with this holy hurry to go out and walk the paths of our age with the Gospel in our hands and the Spirit in our hearts.” | Pope Francis expressed in an Oct. 15 letter to the bishop of Avila, Spain, his wish for the church to […]
Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: What is prayer?
Church teaching explained to you YOUCAT*: Prayer is turning the heart toward God. When a person prays, he enters into a living relationship with God. [2558-2565] We read in the Old Testament of Abraham and Moses praying to God. We also read of how Samuel and David taught the Israelites how to pray. And in […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Are you divided
Exciting ways to enhance young adult ministry In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus tells the crowd, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house.” If you are registered to vote, then you have an important task on Nov. 4. As citizens of the United States, voting is a right […]
Manaolana | Baseball player leaves the field to pursue the priesthood
OAKLAND, Calif. — Bishop Michael C. Barber was able to do what general manager Billy Beane could not: Call Grant Desme to Oakland. Four years ago, the Oakland Athletics and the baseball community were stunned when Desme responded to an invitation to spring training by retiring from baseball at age 23 to pursue a vocation […]
Christina Capecchi | Twenty something: Self-reflection in the age of selfies
Lena Dunham is not done confessing. That’s the headline of The New York Times Magazine profile just published about the actress-turned-memoirist, and it couldn’t be more apt. Though I’ve never seen an episode of her highly rated, super-raunchy, nudity-filled HBO show “Girls,” I consider Lena something of a cultural case study, given how often she […]
Manaolana | Karen Osborne: Go offline (and connect to real life)
Yesterday, I left my cellphone on the kitchen table when I left the house. It felt as if the apocalypse happened. The first hour wasn’t so bad. It was bright and early in the morning, and I had coffee to drink and work to do. The second hour was a little worse. I really wanted […]
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