VIEW FROM THE PEW Whoo-eee! Hasn’t February been a raucous month. Deafening decibels of music and challenging, downright belligerent chants. Extremes of bragging and dramatic tears, jeers and cheers. Events demanding conspicuous consumption of sinfully rich food and high caloric sweet treats, days and days of it. Extravagant, expensive clothes flaunted in a discordant contrast […]
Bishop Larry Silva: May there be one flock, one Shepherd
WITNESS TO JESUS | WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva at Evensong at St. Andrew Episcopal Cathedral, Honolulu, Sunday, Jan. 21, for the Week of Prayer of Christian Unity In the 16th century, the Catholic Church was a very sick sheep, […]
Effie Caldarola: Of worrying and wild things
COMMENTARY Walking through the park on a brisk winter morning, I glance at the parking lot near the playground and notice a colorful van. I see big letters on its side panel: “Worry First.” Wait a minute. I look again. Actually, it says “Worry Free,” the slogan of a utility company’s appliance service. I chuckle. […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why so much incense at Mass?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Our daughter has totally given up going to church because of the relentless use of incense at each Mass. It doesn’t bother me but I do notice a lot of people in the congregation that obviously have problems with it. Since it causes breathing difficulties for many people is it really appropriate […]
Michael R. Heinlein: A Eucharistic Word: Tabernacle
COMMENTARY While praying in our pew after Communion during a recent Sunday Mass, our 6-year-old son decided to administer a pop quiz to his willing little sister. “What was the first tabernacle?” he asked. “I have no idea,” she replied. “Mary, of course! Her tummy held Jesus for the first time,” he answered. “But […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Curing of Peter’s mother-in-law
5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Job 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23; Mark 1:29-39 The Book of Job is the source of this weekend’s first reading. This book furnishes few details about the identity of Job. It nonetheless is one of the great literary works in the Old Testament, and one of the best remembered […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Valentine’s Day, light switches, mirrors
EMBRACING FAMILY I do not need a reminder that Valentine’s Day is approaching. Social media, advertising and stores have reminded us of that since Christmas. The ads are replete with the familiar chocolates, stuffed animals, and other gifts. Despite the commercialism of this holiday, love is the central theme. While it is beautiful to focus […]
Ivan Toguchi, sacristan, St. Michael Church, Kailua-Kona: Connecting with others
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald As a dentist, my enjoyment comes from working with people and delving into their stories. Drawing inspiration from a mainland dentist, I’ve embraced the idea that a successful interaction is when, after half an hour, I know everything about my patient while […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Be the light that leads others to Jesus
WITNESS TO JESUS | SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva, Jan. 7, at St. George Church, Waimanalo, on the occasion of the opening of the parish’s 70th anniversary year. We must never think of the Gospel as only something that happened long ago and […]
Father Patrick Briscoe: Shia LaBeouf’s conversion
COMMENTARY In August 2022, when “Transformers” star Shia LaBeouf revealed during a conversation with Bishop Robert Barron that he had experienced a conversion and begun to attend Mass, I wrote that LaBeouf seemed to me to have undergone a genuine change of heart. He spoke regretfully of the pain and harm he had caused […]
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