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 […]

WITNESS TO JESUS | 17TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 23 and 24, at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Honolulu, on the occasion of the reception of Confirmation and First Communion If you watch TV […]

WITNESS TO JESUS | 15TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Silva for July 10, the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered at Sacred Hearts Church, Lanai City, on the occasion of the reception of Confirmation and First Communion. Someone is bullied at school, and we just […]

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 […]