FOR THE JOURNEY Are you the one who is to come? That plaintive question fills our hearts this Easter. It was asked in Matthew 11:3, when the imprisoned John the Baptist sends two of his disciples to Jesus. Are you the Messiah? Are you the one for whom we’ve been waiting? As I sat bundled […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus is Lord! He lives!
4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10 The Acts of the Apostles again furnishes the first biblical reading. As was the case last weekend, it is a passage recalling a time when Peter spoke in behalf of all the Apostles. This event occurred on Pentecost, an important Jewish feast. The […]
Talk story: Together, we will get through this storm
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Here we cry, and we suffer. All of us. We can only get out of this situation together, as a whole humanity and we need to look at each other with a sense of solidarity.” (Pope Francis) The constantly evolving news surrounding the spread of COVID-19 and the suffering of […]
Father Alapaki Kim, diocesan priest: Experiencing God in our midst
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic E Iehova, ua haka pono mai ‘oe ia‘u, a ua ‘ike ho‘i. Ua ‘ike no ‘oe i ko‘u noho ‘ana i lalo, a me ko‘u ala ‘ana i luna, Ua maopopo ho‘i ko‘u mana‘o ia ‘oe ma kahi lo‘ihi ‘e aku. Ua ho‘a‘o […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Sacrament by intention (during the coronavirus) and genuflecting or bowing
QUESTION CORNER Q: I am a recent (fervent) convert to the Catholic Church. I am also a registered nurse and have held many patients as they passed on to eternity. I am concerned over the issue of priests being “barred” from hospitals during the current coronavirus epidemic; I have heard many Catholics bemoan the fact […]
Father Richard G. Malloy, SJ: What do we mean by ‘spiritual Communion’?
COMMENTARY “Sacraments are those signs that achieve in human hearts and lives what they signify to human minds,” University of Notre Dame theologian Jesuit Father Brian Daley once said. At this time of the coronavirus pandemic, most are unable to receive physically the Eucharist, the sacrament of holy Communion at Mass. Some want to know […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The Lord lives! He lives today
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts of the Apostles 2:42-47; 1 Peter 1:3-9;John 20:19-31 As almost always in the Easter season, the Acts of the Apostles furnishes the Liturgy of the Word with its first reading. Acts claims to be, and scholars assume it indeed to be, the work of the Evangelist who wrote St. Luke’s […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Flourishing-in-place
Photo by Josh Applegate on Unsplash EMBRACING FAMILY Who would have ever thought that our lives would have changed drastically over the past few weeks? Many of us look back at 9/11 as a day that changed history and the lives of each one of us. Amid the fear and anguish, we also saw our country unite, and […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: A time for Divine Mercy
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS This April marks the 20th anniversary of the proclamation by Pope John Paul II of the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. The pope’s declaration coincided with his canonization of Polish saint St. Faustina Kowalska. Her visions of Jesus inspired the image and have become synonymous with devotions to the […]
Sister Anne Therese of the Immaculate Heart, Order of Discalced Carmelites: A newness of life
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Celebrating my new life in Hawaii’s Carmel, I can simply see God’s majesty in his creation — the unspoiled landscape of the mountains, the vast panoramic ocean, the tranquil invigorating breeze, and the sparkling boon of sunshine. One can also experience the […]
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