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Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Time to fortify Christian resolve

12/07/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 The Book of Isaiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Isaiah was between a rock and a hard place, so to speak. He realized that unwise alliances, and behavior that forgot God, put the Hebrews’ kingdom of Judah at great risk. The […]

Sarah and David Herrmann: How am I supposed to prepare for the coming of Jesus at Christmas?

12/07/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

EMBRACING FAMILY 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. It seems like there is so much to prepare during December: school plays, parties, presents, presents, […]

Father Daniel Chowning, Order of Discalced Carmelites: Prayer: friendship with Jesus

12/07/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When I was about 21 years of age, I found a book with a very simple method of meditating on the Gospels. Thus, I began practicing meditation on my own. From this experience, I was moved to read the biography of St. […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Up in a tree, with Zacchaeus

11/23/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

WITNESS TO JESUS | 31ST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of Bishop Silva’s homily for the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered Oct. 30 to the Korean Catholic Community at St. Andrew Taegon Oratory, Honolulu. Today you climbed a tree to see Jesus. You took the time out of your busy […]

Effie Caldarola: ‘This man welcomes sinners’

11/23/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

FOR THE JOURNEY So, after two years, I finally succumbed to COVID-19. When I woke up feeling like a cold was coming, I wasn’t surprised. I’d been exposed by a grandchild. Nevertheless, since I was going out to lunch with friends, I took a quick test. Negative. On the drive home, I started to feel […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Communion for divorced, remarried?

11/23/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

QUESTION CORNER Q: If a Catholic gets married by a priest, later gets divorced, then gets married by a judge, can that person still receive the holy Eucharist? A: The short answer is “no,” but there is so much more to it than that. First, to explain the rule: The church is a communion of […]

Mary Adamski: The season of elections

11/23/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

VIEW FROM THE PEW Hasn’t this been a headache of a month so far? We survived all the noise and absurd promises, nasty accusations and dire predictions. Whether you were tuned into the red spin or blue spin, it’s been like living in the midst of a rock-crushing operation. I admit that as a news […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus will come again in glory

11/23/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:37-44. The church organizes the biblical readings at Mass into three cycles, A, B and C. This weekend, that of the First Sunday of Advent, begins the new church liturgical year. Therefore, the readings for this weekend, and until Advent 2023, will be within Cycle A. […]

Christina Capecchi: No cell phones, no problem

11/23/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

TWENTY SOMETHING It started with news from Camp Wapo, the Bible camp I’d attended as a kid. The camp counselors in Amery, Wisconsin, enforce a strict no cell-phone policy: Ditch your iPhone when you arrive, get it back when you leave. My reaction surprised me. I felt relief, triumph, a sense that the arc of […]