WITNESS TO JESUS | FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered July 8 at St. Joseph Church, Waipahu, on the occasion of the installation of the pastor, and for the patronal feast of the Cathedral Basilica of […]
Tommy and Rosanna Figuera, parishioners at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Papaikou: When you do things for Jesus
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING This conversation was recorded by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP, for the Hawaii Catholic Herald Rosanna: This has been my church long before kindergarten. I am now 73 years old. Tommy and I have been married 54 years. Tommy: I was born and raised here. This church was my playground. I remember […]
Talk story: It is a burden of love
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Jesus can enter the lives of those who live with so little peace, who have to sleep by day to guard against the human predators who prowl at night … Jesus chooses each one of us to witness his presence to someone in our lives.” (Bishop Larry Silva, homily, Feast […]
Effie Caldarola: Becoming our parents
COMMENTARY As my mom grew older, she became less mobile. When we’d visit the mall she wouldn’t walk to the parking lot; we’d find a secure bench outside a store, and she would wait there for us to bring the car around. Often, when we’d drive up, Mom would be engaged in conversation with someone, […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why can’t you marry in any church?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Why can’t a Catholic couple receive the sacrament of marriage at any church? My grandson and his fiancée chose Indianapolis as a midpoint of getting married, to help their family travel distances. They sought the ceremony at several churches but were declined because they were not parishioners. Our family is devastated and […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Are we saints or sinners, wheat or weeds?
16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s first reading. Wisdom is the name not only of this book of the Old Testament, but of an entire set of writings. Collectively, the purpose is to convey in human language, and for situations in human […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Prepare for the big day!
EMBRACING FAMILY Are anxieties increasing in your house? Are you feeling stressed about the big day? Do you feel ready and prepared? Well, it’s time to get ready because the new school year is rapidly approaching. Some kids are excited, some are anxious, and some have mixed feelings. Regardless of how they are feeling, preparing […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Witness to Jesus
WITNESS TO JESUS | TWELFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily Bishop Larry Silva delivered for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, June 24 and 25, on the occasion of the administering of Confirmation and first Communion at Sacred Heart Church, Pahoa; Malia Puka O Kalani Church, Hilo; and […]
Talk story: ‘Have no fear’
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “You do not need so much to be afraid of suffering misunderstanding and criticism, of losing prestige and economic advantages to remain faithful to the Gospel, no, but of wasting your existence in the pursuit of trivial things that do not fill life with meaning.” (Pope Francis, Angelus homily, June 25, […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God awaits our call
14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend, the first biblical reading is from the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah was of the priestly caste and was born in Babylon. His birth occurred during the time when many Jews were in forced exile in the Babylonian capital. He went to […]
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