WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered the weekend of March 2-3 at St. Patrick Church, Kaimuki, and St. Ann Church, Kaneohe, marking the installation of pastors. We all have deadlines. A student can study a little bit every day, but when she knows […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Seeking clarity in discernment
WITNESS TO JESUS | FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered the weekend of Feb. 17-18 at Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue; Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu; and St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe, marking the Rites of Election and the retreat for deacons. Rainbows are a very common sight […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Joseph Dutton’s penitentiary
WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered on Jan. 21 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, marking the closure of the diocesan phase of the cause for beatification and canonization of Servant of God Joseph Dutton, layman. What is […]
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, […]
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 […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Joy to the world, the Lord is come
WITNESS TO JESUS | CHRISTMAS Here is the prepared text of the homily of Bishop Larry Silva for Christmas, Dec. 24 and 25, delivered at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu; the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu; and at St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea, with Chuukese Community. A man I know who grew […]
Bishop Larry Silva: You are a tabernacle
WITNESS TO JESUS | SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the feast of Christ the King, delivered Nov. 25 and 26 at Annunciation Church, Waimea, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of dedication of the church, and at […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Words and actions
WITNESS TO JESUS | Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time This is the prepared homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva on Nov. 5, the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, at the Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, at the convention of the Diocesan Congress of Filipino Catholic Clubs. I once lived in a rectory with three other priests. […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Tending to the neglected branches
WITNESS TO JESUS | TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily for the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered by Bishop Larry Silva, Sept. 24, at Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue, on the occasion of the installation of the new pastor. I was recently speaking to one of our […]
Bishop Larry Silva: The same old same old?
WITNESS TO JESUS | 26TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at St. Theresa Church, Kihei, for the parish patronal feast, and at St. Rita Church, Haiku, on the occasion of Confirmation and First Communion, and the installation […]
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