WITNESS TO JESUS | SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER This is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva on May 14, the Sixth Sunday of Easter, at St. Philomena Church, Honolulu, on the occasion of the celebration of Confirmation and first Communion I remember when I was about 10 years old, walking […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why do days of obligation differ? How do vegetarians do Lent?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Why do Holy Days of Obligation differ from year to year, diocese to diocese, and around the world? (Los Angeles, California) A: Holy days of obligation — days when Catholics are obligated to attend Mass — are discussed in canon 1246 in the Code of Canon Law. This canon first describes Sundays […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: The wisdom of night prayer
FAITH AT HOME “Lord, now let your servant go in peace; your word has been fulfilled.” Thus begins the Canticle of Simeon, the prayer drawn from the words of the prophet who held the baby Jesus in the Temple at the presentation (Lk 2:29-32), a prayer often known by its Latin name “Nunc Dimittis” (“now […]
Sarah Hoyoung Ku: The Korean mother martyrs
COMMENTARY Reading the stories of the Korean saints to me is like sparks flying when meeting a new mom at the park. There’s the thrill of each shared connection and an eagerness for more. When I learn about the Korean saints, I find threads connecting me to them in our shared Korean heritage. As a […]
Talk story: Building a better future with migrants and refugees
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We are called to renew our commitment to building a future that conforms ever more fully to God’s plan of a world in which everyone can live in peace and dignity … If we want to cooperate with our heavenly Father in building the future, let us do so together with […]
Mary Adamski: Sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit
VIEW FROM THE PEW School’s out, school’s out, teacher let the students out. It’s graduation time with all the flourishes and flowers, and for other scholars, a break from the discipline and demands, homework and goals and tests. It’s still a vivid happy memory for a lot of adults like me — the bell rang […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: In flight from sin and death
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 […]
Christina Capecchi: The Catholic creative
TWENTY SOMETHING The idea came in a dream. It was just like the movies, the fantasy of every writer who has slogged away at a keyboard, awaiting inspiration. Haley Stewart’s came. “I woke up, and I was like: ‘I have to write this story! It was just given to me!’” Over the years the 36-year-old […]
Embracing Family: I’m OK, so why aren’t you?
By Sarah and David Herrmann Special to the Herald 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. {You might want to read this before you […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Our vocation is to reflect Christ
3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke 1:1-14, 4:14-21 The Book of Nehemiah furnishes the first reading for this weekend. Although some Old Testament books tell the history of the people of Israel, mentioning many aspects of life, such as famine, plenty, disease and war, all are chiefly concerned […]
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