THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18 For centuries this Sunday was called “Gaudete” Sunday, the name coming from the first word of the Entrance Antiphon, “Rejoice,” or in Latin, “Gaudete.” Rejoice because the Lord’s arrival into human experience will be soon! While violet is the color prescribed for liturgical vestments in […]
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Bishop Larry Silva: Jesus, our ransom from sin and death
WITNESS TO JESUS | 29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time delivered Oct. 16 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center Chapel, Kaneohe, and Oct. 17 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu. Now that most of us are […]
Chosen: New character-driven Bible drama sets the stage for new evangelization
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — It was quite fitting for a Catholic actor and a Christian director of a new streaming series on the life of Jesus to meet Pope Francis on the feast of St. Clare of Assisi, patron saint of televisions and screens. Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus, and […]
Commentary: Praying the rosary together, apart
On May 1, Pope Francis launched a month-long, global recitation of the rosary, pleading for Mary’s intercession for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. By Christian Raquepo Special to the Herald “Pray the rosary every day to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war.” (Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, 1917) […]
HAWAII’S 2021 JUBILARIANS
HAWAII’S 2021 JUBILARIANS “God, our Father, guide of humanity and ruler of creation, look upon these your servants, who wish to confirm their offering of themselves to you. As the years pass by, help them to enter more deeply into the mystery of the church and to dedicate themselves more generously to the good of […]
Talk Story: New approaches to traditional practices
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Every moment of our lives is a time for believing, hoping and loving. The call to experience Lent as a journey of conversion, prayer and sharing of our goods, helps us to revive the faith that comes from the living Christ, the hope inspired by the breath of the Holy Spirit […]
Pope’s pilgrimage: Iraq: Full of historic sites important to Christianity
By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — Pope Francis hopes to embark on the first-ever papal visit to the biblical land of Iraq in early March in a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts to the place known in Arabic as the “land of the two rivers” — the mighty Tigris and Euphrates — and […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Job and Peter’s mother-in-law
5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Job 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23; Mark 1:29-39 The Book of Job is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Scholars disagree as to when this book was written. This book furnishes few details about the identity of Job. It is nonetheless one of the great literary works in […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Using the power of the keys
WITNESS TO JESUS | 21ST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily of Bishop Larry Silva for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered Aug. 23 at St. Pius X Church, Manoa. Lockdown. We all understand what that word means now. We stay home and forego the normal things we […]
Hospital chaplains talk about their ministry in the midst of pandemic
By Dave Guthro Catholic News Service LEWISTON, Maine — “It’s about being present to the human person in those moments of need when we come to experience how vulnerable we all are, and though I may not be able to do something to change the situation, I can still be with that person in need […]
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