Peace be with you this on this Monday of the 12th week of ordinary time! Three saints today: St. Paulinus of Nola, St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher. The latter two were martyred for their faith during the reign of King Henry VIII in England. Scripture today tells us that we need God's [...]
Aloha nui loa to all on this Saturday Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary! Our Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (SS.CC.) honor Jesus and Mary as twin pillars of our spirituality. They are the models of God's compassionate love in the world for us. We try to [...]
Peace be with you and your ohana on this Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! What a blessed day to celebrate the loving, compassionate heart of our Lord, Jesus Christ! My religious Congregation, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary, celebrates this great feast every year as one of our major days of [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]