28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 25:6-10a; Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20; Matthew 22:1-14 The first part of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s first Mass reading. Understanding the cultural, social, political and economic context surrounding the composition of biblical texts always helps to capture their meaning. As a general rule, times were not good […]
Christina Capecchi: Rescued by a pig: A Titanic story
TWENTY SOMETHING A mother understands. From the outside, Edith Rosenbaum was bursting with beauty and promise, 32 and a rising star in fashion. Her job was glamorous, working as a Paris correspondent for Women’s Wear Daily, an American fashion publication. She covered couture openings and penned a column that appeared on the front page, […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Emotional over your kid’s grades?
EMBRACING FAMILY It’s that time of year again: report card conferences. Emotions run the gamut. Some parents are excited; some are nervous. Others are anxious because they want their child to make the honor roll. Honestly, none of these emotions are relevant. Report card conferences are about the CHILDREN, not the parents. This is an […]
Helen Turner, professor, Chaminade University: God finds a way
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald During a lunch with some new team members at Chaminade, a colleague posed an intriguing question: “When did you first want to be a scientist?” As the conversation circled to me, I found myself answering (to everyone’s surprise) “As a teenager I […]
Effie Caldarola: Prigozhin, Putin and the hope of a merciful God
COMMENTARY Every news channel showed the crash over and over again until I could see the horrifying image in my sleep. The only problem was, it was so distressing I couldn’t sleep. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russia’s brutal Wagner group, was believed to be on a private jet carrying 10 people when it […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Does faulty faith prevent healing?
QUESTION CORNER Q: When I was Evangelical, we were told Jesus wanted to heal us, every time; we need only ask “in his name.” If we weren’t healed it was because we lacked sufficient faith to “claim it.” I remember my Catholic Grandma saying though, that sometimes God heals and sometimes not, and that […]
Talk story: I was a stranger and you welcomed me
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The decision to migrate should always be free, yet in many cases, even in our day, it is not. Conflicts, natural disasters, or more simply the impossibility of living a dignified and prosperous life in one’s native land is forcing millions of persons to leave.” (Pope Francis, message for the […]
Mary Adamski: As we forgive those who trespass against us
VIEW FROM THE PEW How long does it take us to recite the Lord’s Prayer together at Mass … less than a minute, for sure. So, maybe a couple seconds of reflection might occur when we say “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” On a recent Sunday, that familiar […]
Bishop Larry Silva: A hell of your own making
WITNESS TO JESUS | TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva delivered Sept. 17 at St. Rita Church, Nanakuli, on the occasion of the installation of the pastor, Capuchin Franciscan Father Paulo Kosaka. I would like to tell you about the time I went […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Turn to God, ask forgiveness
26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Ezekiel 18:25-28; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32 The Book of Ezekiel provides this weekend’s first reading. Pivotal in Jewish history was the time spent by Hebrew captives, and by their descendants, in Babylon, the capital of the then powerful Babylonian Empire. This empire overtook the Promised Land militarily, ending the […]
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