Aloha nui to all of our wonderful faithful out there! Your prayers have been awesome! And the Lord said to Paul in today's First Reading, "Do not be afraid." Jesus says this a lot in the Gospels. He knows that we, weak as we are, need to be reassured that our fears are our own [...]
Blessings, pono and pule to all on this feast of the Mexican "Cristero" martyrs, Sts. Christopher Magallanes (a priest) and his companions. "Viva Cristo Rey! Viva! Viva!" This was the battle cry of the "Cristeros" when they fought against the Mexican Government in the 1920's to restore the Catholic Church and the Sacraments in the [...]
A Reflection by Fr. Brian: It was early morning sometime in 1992 or 1993 in south Berkeley/north Oakland, California. I was driving from our House of Studies in Berkeley where I was living at the time with our seminarians to St. Joseph-Notre Dame High School in Alameda where I ministered as Librarian, Substitute Teacher, Yearbook [...]
Peace be with you and your ohana this Wednesday 6th Week of Easter, the feast of St. Bernardine of Siena! St. Paul has some encouraging words for us in today's First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles: "The God who made the world and all that is in it, the Lord of heaven and [...]
Aloha nui to all ohana on this Tuesday morning, the 6th week of Easter, 2020! Scripture: "Then he brought Paul and Silas out from their jail cell and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?' And they said, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus.' And his household rejoiced at having come to faith in [...]
Peace of the Lord be with all on this Monday of the 6th week of Easter! It is the feast of a Pope who became a martyr, St. Pope John I. Let us pray for our Pope, Francis I, as he leads our church and the world through this crisis. Let us pray for a [...]
A Reflection by Fr. Brian: (continued from May 16th) So, I would walk from our house to the parish nearby where ladies would prepare the food and coffee for delivery. I would then help load up the back of the pickup and drive it down to the park, where there would be a long line [...]
Sunday 6th week of Easter Mass at Kaluaaha, Molokai with Fr. Brian Guerrini, ss.cc. Today's mass was recorded at Our Lady of Seven Sorrows church. May the grace and peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you and your ohana on this 6th Sunday of Easter! We hear Jesus speaking of the Holy Spirit [...]
Molokai History: (from "Pioneers of the Faith: History of the Catholic Mission in Hawaii (1827-1940)" by Robert Schoofs, SS.CC., Sturgis Printing Company, Inc., Honolulu, HI, 1978) (continued from May 15th) At long last, in 1900, the Pukoo district of East Molokai welcomed a missionary-priest who was to stay at his post for no less than [...]
Peace be with all of our parish ohana on this Saturday of the 5th week of Easter! In today's Scriptures, we hear of growth in the Lord, of being called and chosen, of serving with joy and of seeking the things of God. Let us embrace these words and be inspired to think, do and [...]