Hawaii Catholic Herald

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Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Authentic prophets share God’s truth

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SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Jeremiah 23:1-6; Ephesians 2:13-18; Mark 6:30-34 The Book of Jeremiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. One of the three major prophets of ancient Israel, Jeremiah so firmly saw himself as God’s representative that he wrote as if God were writing through him. So, in Jeremiah’s works, God […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus guides us despite our flaws

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Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time Ezekiel 2:2-5; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Mark 6:1-6 The Book of Ezekiel furnishes the first reading. The prophet speaks in the first person. He says that he literally heard God speaking to him. God told Ezekiel that he was sending him to the Israelites, who had rebelled against God’s holy law, […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: We will always need God’s unfailing love

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TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Job 38:1, 8-11; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41 This weekend the Sunday liturgies return to Ordinary Time, after the long period of Lent, the Easter season and a series of important feasts. The first reading from the Bible for this weekend is from the Book of Job. Job, who has […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God identifies us as his children

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TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Genesis 3:9-15; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35 The Book of Genesis is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Genesis is the first book, chronologically and sequentially, in the modern translation of the Bible. It is among the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, or Old Testament. These books […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Trinity reminds us that God is love

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Feast of the Holy Trinity Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20 The Book of Deuteronomy is the source of this feast’s first reading. Deuteronomy is the fifth book now in sequence in the Old Testament. It is one of the five books that form, for Jews, the basic revelation by God. This reading describes […]