May the Lord be with you on this Saturday of the last week of Easter! Tomorrow we celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit. May the Spirit be alive in you! Today's Scriptures speak of suffering for the sake of the Kingdom and the spread of the Gospel. They also speak of the coming [...]
Peace be with all on this feast of St. Pope Paul VI! I remember growing up in the Catholic Church, when Vatican II was taking place. It was in the mid 1960's and Pope John XXIII had just died and Pope Paul VI became Pope. It was Pope Paul VI who shepherded the church through [...]
Aloha nui to all on this Thursday of the last week of Easter! May God bless you as we prepare to reopen our churches on June 2. It is a time of change in our lives. Yet, it is also a time of greater caring for one another in whatever ways we can. It is [...]
Peace to all on this Wednesday, the last week of the Easter season! Scripture today has words of caring and love: "Tend the Church of God. Be vigilant. By hard work we must help the weak. It is more blessed to give than to receive." (Acts of the Apostles 20) "Confess the power of God. [...]
A Reflection by Fr. Brian (the firestorm of Oakland, CA): (continued from May 25th) The Oakland/Berkeley Hills Firestorm of 1991 was a real disaster and I had just started at St. Joseph/Notre Dame High School in Alameda, CA, just down the road from Oakland and Berkeley. I remember it was a Sunday and I was [...]
Tuesday 7th week of Easter Mass at Kamalo, Molokai with Fr. Brian Guerrini, ss.cc. Our Scriptures today speak of tears and trials, of bearing witness, of persevering in the race, of God's grace, of God bearing our burdens and a God who saves us for eternal life. Scripture: "I served the Lord with all humility [...]
A Reflection by Fr. Brian: (this is part 1 of a several part reflection on two California wildfire experiences I had) Whenever I hear the song "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphy, it brings to my mind one of the things I feared the most living in the state of California. That is, wildfires! The song [...]
May the grace and peace of the ascended Lord be with you and your ohana on this Monday of the last week of Easter! It is a time when we are preparing to reopen our churches to resume masses. Our first mass will be the 7am mass on Tuesday, June 2 at St. Damien church [...]
He is risen! Alleluia! On this the solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, body and soul into heaven to be with his heavenly father, we have the fulfillment of a promise that God made to us that he would send his only son to us to teach us and show us the way back [...]
Peace of the Lord be with you and your ohana on this Saturday of the 6th Week of Easter! Our Bishop has allowed churches to open up, if they are ready, for masses May 30-31. However, we are not quite ready yet. We still have to coordinate some things into place and receive a supply [...]