Molokai/Father Damien History: (taken from "Father Damien's Letters", Congregation of the Sacred Hearts SS.CC., Rome, 2017) Letter dated May 27, 1873 from Fr. Damien at Kalawao to his Superior: I hope that in eight days I can go back to running after the lost sheep of Molokai. On Friday, I went to Pelekunu where I [...]
Aloha nui to all on this Thursday of the 11th week of ordinary time! Prayer! Prayer! Prayer! Probably one of the oldest forms of communication in the world. To pray is to have a conversation with God. It is to communicate with God. It is to have a relationship with God. It is a human [...]
Molokai History: (taken from "Father Damien's Letters", Congregation of the Sacred Hearts SS.CC., Rome, 2017) Letter dated May 20, 1873 from Fr. Damien at Kalawao to his Superior: According to what I have been told, in one of the valleys, some miles from here by sea, there is a great number of Christians. The area [...]
Peace be with you this Wednesday of the 11th week of ordinary time! Prayer is a wonderful thing. It is free. You don't have to pay for it. You can do it anytime you wish. Prayer is an awesome thing because it is a conversation with God. How many times do you try to reach [...]
Peace to all this Tuesday of the 11th week of ordinary time! Love! Love! Love! It's a Love-In! This is what Jesus is asking us to do in today's gospel. To love! Not just those we like, but those we don't like! You don't have to like everyone, but Jesus asks us to love everyone. [...]
A Reflection from Fr. Brian: As we ease back into Ordinary Time in our Church year, it is with a different frame of mind and a different MO (method of operation)! We are more dependent on others now. It is a realization that we are all in this world as one body, not as separate [...]
Aloha nui to all on this Monday of the 11th week of ordinary time! Since I missed yesterday's message because I didn't have enough time to get to it, here is a message based on yesterday's readings for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi Sunday). The Eucharist is our communion [...]
Hawaii History: (from "History of the Catholic Mission in the Hawaiian Islands" by Father Reginald Yzendoorn, SS.CC., Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, 1927) (continued from June 12th) Having re-discovered the three northernmost islands of the Hawaiian Islands in January, 1778, Captain Cook left these islands for less agreeable fields of discovery. But when [...]
Aloha nui to all! On this Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church, we are reminded of the power of the Word of God and the power of preaching that Word! Following Christ is a constant challenge! Just ask Elisha in the First Reading today. It requires saying "yes" to [...]
Hawaii History: (from "History of the Catholic Mission in the Hawaiian Islands" by Father Reginald Yzendoorn, SS.CC., Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, 1927) (continued from Jude 10th) About the year 1870, a journalist visited the heiau of Mookini which Paao built and where Paao officiated. He was accompanied by Naaipaakai, a circuit judge [...]