QUESTION CORNER Q: Why do we call the day Jesus was crucified “Good” Friday? Christ was made to suffer horribly, so this has always bothered me. (Radford, Virginia) A: A fair number of people agree with you, and some have suggested that “Black Friday” would be a more appropriate designation. Interestingly, in the Greek Orthodox […]
Greg Erlandson: Where we go from here
AMID THE FRAY “I think it’s a great opportunity.” I was bemoaning the state of a country divided almost down the middle. The election that so many people thought was for the soul of the country or for its future instead revealed that we are divided almost 50-50. The priest I was talking with agreed. […]
Hosffman Ospino: Healing divisions
JOURNEYING TOGETHER The headline grabbed my attention: “You are no longer my mother”! The Reuters article, written a day prior to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, shared the story of a mother disavowed by her own son. The reason: political differences. The story, unfortunately, is not new. We have heard it far too many times. […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Did you bring extra oil?
WITNESS TO JESUS | 32ND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily of the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered Nov. 8 at the Benedictine Monastery of Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, Waialua. In college, I remember one classmate who stayed up all night to study for […]
Talk story: Pour forth a fraternal spirit
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Social friendship and universal fraternity necessarily call for an acknowledgment of the worth of every human person, always and everywhere …” (Pope Francis, “Fratelli Tutti”) As we celebrate Veterans Day to remember and honor the men and women who have risked their lives for our country, let us not forget the […]
Father Robert Ni Ni, Missionaries of Faith: From Loikaw to Lahaina
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Situated in the eastern part of the majorly Buddhist country of Myanmar is a small state called Kayah State. The capital of this mountainous and hilly state is Loikaw. The Diocese of Loikaw is the only in the state and the smallest […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Virtual conferences are here to stay
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS And that’s a good thing A big part of my year is usually devoted to traveling to speak at Catholic conferences. But as the impact of the pandemic forced organizations to pivot from in-person conferences to virtual ones, I had to pivot too. So far, I have been a virtual speaker for […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Did you remember to invite Jesus?
EMBRACING FAMILY “Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40) Thinking back on the origins of Thanksgiving, it is interesting to note that much of what we consider “traditional” about it never transpired. The meat served was documented as “fowl” (possibly turkey, ducks, geese and swans). […]
Christina Capecchi: Hospitality at six feet
TWENTY SOMETHING “Can you come in?” My grandma’s favorite question is one we now discourage her from uttering. The impulse to swing open her door and her arms, honed over nine decades and stitched into her Irish-Catholic DNA, is not easily thwarted. Yet we have attempted to do so this year. She’s doing her best, […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The Lord will return
33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31;1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30 The Book of Proverbs provides this weekend’s first reading. This book was composed when both the Holy Land, and the lives of its inhabitants, God’s Chosen People, had experienced massive changes as a result of the military conquest of the Holy Land, […]
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