Where is Jesus when you need him? This is a question many have asked as they suffer through the loss of a home or livelihood in a wildfire, a debilitating illness in oneself or a loved one, or serious conflicts among family members or nations. Sometimes we have the notion that Jesus is basking in […]
2023 Easter Message of the Most Reverend Larry Silva, Bishop of Honolulu
Hidden in plain sight. That is an apt description of the risen Jesus’ presence among us. The first to see him after he rose from the dead, Mary Magdalene, thought he was the gardener — until he called her by her name (John 20:11-18). The two disciples who already knew him well walked seven miles […]
Bishop Larry Silva’s 2022 Easter Message
2022 EASTER MESSAGE If Jesus is risen from the dead — which is what we celebrate at Easter — where is he now? Was his resurrection only an event to inspire his own Apostles and other disciples who knew him two thousand years ago, so that they could tell the wondrous story to inspire […]
2021 Easter Message of the Most Rev. Larry Silva, Bishop of Honolulu
He is risen! Alleluia! What difference does it make that Jesus rose from the dead? In our more cynical moments we might very easily entertain this question. We say he conquered sin. Well, Alleluia! But sin is all around us, and we could make a long list of how God’s commandments are not only disobeyed […]
Bishop Larry Silva: The glory of the empty tomb
2019 Easter Message — The emptiness of a woman whose beloved husband died is deeply painful. The emptiness of an elderly person in a nursing care facility who has no one to visit him causes more suffering than his many physical ailments. The emptiness of a man addicted to pornography grows ever more burdensome, […]