God bless all this feast of one of the Apostles, St. Barnabas! It is also Kamehameha Day in the State of Hawaii, in remembrance of the unification of the Hawaiian Islands into one Kingdom by King Kamehameha the Great (Kamehameha I). Unity is hard to come by, as we know. Both Barnabas [...]
Peace be with you and your ohana on this Wednesday of the 10th week of ordinary time! It is the fulfillment of the law of Moses that Jesus came into the world. He did not come to abolish that law but to give it more flesh and blood. Jesus speaks of the least and the [...]
A Personal Reflection from Fr. Brian: Light is something we take for granted sometimes. We assume that the sun will come up each day and that it will set at night because it has always done so. Just as the sun rises and sheds its light to give our world light, so too it is [...]
Aloha nui to all on this the Memorial of St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church! Light is something we can't do without! We need it for the life of plants, animals and humans! Light is not just from the sun. It is also from others. We need models and examples of this light [...]
Peace and love of the Lord be with you on this Monday of the 10th Week of Ordinary Time! Well, it really isn't ordinary time right now in our world! It seems there is a lot to reflect on and God knows we have all been doing that! In the Beatitudes, Jesus gives his disciples [...]
Peace to all as we open up our churches here on topside Molokai for weekend masses. This weekend we celebrate Trinity Sunday which has special meaning for Catholics since it celebrates the greatest mystery of our faith, the Blessed Trinity! Today's Scriptures speak of professing and showing our faith through persistence, whether convenient or inconvenient. [...]
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 4th) Now since Paao introduced a new religion, it can hardly have been any other but the Roman Catholic religion. It must be [...]
A Personal Reflection from Fr. Brian: My mother's father's side of my family was German, German Catholics, through and through, and also very strict German Catholics. On today, the feast of St. Boniface, Apostle to the German race, I reflect on my own German heritage. My mother's maiden name was Oberhausen, a very German name. [...]
Blessings & Peace! Today we remember St. Boniface, a Bishop and Martyr who became the patron Saint of Germany and apostle to the people of Germany. In today's readings we hear of persecution, deliverance, salvation and the wisdom, faith, peace and love that is a part of these experiences. Today is the First Friday of [...]
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 3rd) We have yet another historical proof of the visits by Spaniards to the Hawaiian Islands. On the island of Oahu a stone statue has been found [...]