WITNESS TO JESUS | TRINITY SUNDAY This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for Trinity Sunday, June 12, delivered at St. Joseph Church, Makawao, Maui Some years ago I led a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I was shopping for a gift at an icon shop, and I selected the […]

WITNESS TO JESUS | Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva for the Second Sunday of Easter, also called Divine Mercy Sunday, April 23 at St. Augustine Church, Waikiki, with Confirmation and First Communion; and April 24 at the Cathedral Basilica of […]

WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Here is the prepared text of the homily Bishop Larry Silva delivered on the weekend of the Third Sunday of Easter, April 30, at Sacred Heart Church, Punahou, and May 1 at Our Lady of the Mount Church, Kalihi, and Holy Family Church, Honolulu. He administered Confirmations […]

WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Third Sunday in Lent, delivered March 20 at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe Fire is fascinating. People can sit before a roaring fireplace or a flickering candle and be mesmerized by the fire. We […]

WITNESS TO JESUS | SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of the homily of Bishop Larry Silva for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered Feb. 13, at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe, for the Mass for the institution as lectors of deacon candidates. When I was director of vocations in […]

WITNESS TO JESUS | FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary time, delivered Feb. 6 at Mystical Rose Oratory at Chaminade University of Honolulu. The teenaged son of my best friend noticed that one of his classmates was depressed, and he […]

WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text for the homily by Bishop Larry Silva delivered Jan. 22 and 23, the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, at Resurrection of the Lord Church, Waipio, on the occasion of the installation of the new pastor, and at the Cathedral Basilica of […]

WITNESS TO JESUS | SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 1 and 2, delivered at St. John Vianney Church, Kailua, on the occasion of the installation of a new pastor. In this severely rainy weather, many people have very little […]