OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The Eucharist is not just a word, it is an action, a verb. It gathers us together as an ohana … to give thanks as sons and daughters of God our Creator. It nourishes us as an ohana through a sacred meal as sisters and brothers in Christ, who left us […]
Wade Andrade: Put a prayer on it
VIRIDITAS 2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Toward the end of one of my routes, I noticed a lone boy sitting in the back of the bus. He looked down and out. I asked, “What, you the black sheep of the family?” He responded, “My parents are on […]
Effie Caldarola: ‘Do not worry about tomorrow’
FOR THE JOURNEY One of my daughters recently reunited with college roommates on the opposite coast. It was her first airplane flight since COVID-19, and the first time she would be away, overnight, from her almost 2-year-old daughter. She was nervous. The 2-year-old? Not so much. “How’s the baby doing?” I asked my son-in-law. “Is […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Crying babies are ruining Mass. Plus: Should my daughter take communion?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I love children, and I know that babies will cry at inopportune times. That said, I am puzzled at the young parents in our parish who allow their children to cry loudly in church for extended periods of time. I tend to believe that it might be part of our American culture […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Pursue what is important
25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Amos 8:4-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13 The first reading for this weekend is from the Book of Amos. This prophet, regarded as one of the minor prophets, was from Tekoa, a rural area of Judea, about 10 miles from Jerusalem. Amos was a shepherd. He knew well the religious […]
Mary Duddy: Be an encourager
THE MARRIED LIFE “Consider your own calling, brothers and sisters; not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong, and God […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Enter through the narrow gate
WITNESS TO JESUS | 21ST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text for the homily delivered Aug. 21 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Pearl City, with the blessing of a new reconciliation room. Inclusion and diversity seem to be on everyone’s minds today. Universities and businesses now often have an “Inclusion […]
Talk story: The Eucharist: Multiplying the living presence
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “It is the Church that makes the Eucharist, but it is more fundamental that the Eucharist makes the Church.” (Pope Francis, homily on the 2022 Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ [Corpus Christi]) Many Catholic churches are facing declining attendance and increasing religious disaffiliation. In response to […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is it better to go to church or be kind? Why do Catholic light candles in church?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Who is a better person? Someone who attends Mass every Sunday and receives Communion but is not nice to people (rude, insulting, doesn’t help the poor)? Or someone who attends Mass sporadically but is a kind, considerate and helping individual? (Gahanna, Ohio) A: Is it better to walk on your right leg […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Facing winds of opposition
23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 9:13-18b; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s liturgy with its first Scriptural reading. This book was written, according to scholars, in Alexandria by a Jew who had emigrated from the Holy Land, or whose forebears had come from the Holy Land. Originally, it […]
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