Blessed be the Risen Lord! The Lord be with you! As we pray this Thursday morning of Easter Week, let us give thanks for the glory and hope of the Resurrection. That the Risen Christ will strengthen each one of us in mind, body and spirit. Let us pray in the words [...]
On the Road Again! Got to get back on the road again! These lyrics of a Willie Nelson song, beckon us to stay on the path. This Easter season, we are like the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus. We are sad, yet, we have faith & hope that the Risen Lord will remain [...]
Life has conquered death! Alleluia! The Lord be with you and your ohana! We celebrate the Lord's Resurrection this Tuesday of Easter Week! Let us rejoice and be glad! As we continue to adapt to the challenges of our times, may we never forget that the Lord lives! We place our faith, hope and love [...]
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! He has risen! The Lord has overcome death and has been resurrected! This Easter is unlike any Easter we have ever experienced in our lifetimes. As we celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord, let us reflect on the Paschal Mystery, that life comes through death, and apply it to our present situation. [...]
Molokai History: (from " History of the Catholic Mission in the Hawaiian Islands" by Father Reginald Yzendoorn, SS.CC., Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., Honolulu, U.S. Territory of Hawaii, 1927) The last years of Father Damien's life were considerably embittered by his ecclesiastical superiors, who appear to have been jealous of the popularity of their inferior. Their correspondence [...]
The Grace and Peace of Jesus Christ our Lord be with you and your 'ohana this Holy Saturday! It is the great feast of the Church! It is on this night, that, once a year, we gather to renew our faith in God's benevolent love and mercy. It is the night of turning darkness into [...]
The Lord be with you on this Good Friday of the Year of Our Lord, 2020! The inscription that was placed above the head of Jesus on the cross used to crucify Him read "INRI". The first "I" used in place of "J" for the name "Jesus". The "N" standing for "Nazareth", the town where [...]
Molokai History: (from "Pioneers of the Faith: History of the Catholic Mission in Hawaii, 1827-1940" by Robert Schoofs, SS.CC., Published by Louis Boeynaems, SS.CC., Honolulu, HI, 1978) In the course of the 19th century up to 1930, Molokai was designated by names that translated its economic status, such as "The Lonely Island", or "The Forgotten [...]
The Lord be with you this Holy Thursday 2020! If we truly believe in the real presence of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and in the Tabernacle, then we truly believe in His power to wash away all the bad things in our lives and cleanse us of all that takes us away [...]
Molokai History: (from "History of the Catholic Mission in the Hawaiian Islands" by Father Reginald Yzendoorn, SS.CC., Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Limited, Honolulu, U.S. Territory of Hawaii, 1927) There were but few Catholics on the island of Molokai outside of the leper settlement on the peninsula; their number may have amounted to about two hundred, disseminated over [...]