The Story of Mary's Appearance to Three Portuguese Children
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BISHOP LARRY SILVA HAWAII HAWAII WORLD Homily for Third Sunday Upcoming ordination of It’s confirmation season; Pope in Egypt: ‘No act of of Easter: Where is Alfred Guerrero latest in Bishop Silva celebrating violence can be perpetrated God in all of this? string of local vocations 24 of 39 ceremonies in the name of God’ Page 2 Pages 3 Page 5 Pages 7 HVOLUME 80,awaii NUMBER 9 CatholicFRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017 Herald$1 Fatima at 100 The story of Mary’s appearance to three Portuguese children continues to attract worldwide attention, pages 10-11 CNS file photo Jacinta and Francisco Marto are pictured with their cousin Lucia dos Santos (right) in a file photo taken around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis has approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of two of the shepherd children, thus paving the way for their canonization. 2 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MAY 5, 2017 may be prevented from recognizing him, he Bishop Larry is physically present in the Eucharist, giving himself to us always. He has not abandoned Hawaii Silva us. But it is only through the power of the Holy WITNESS TO JESUS Spirit that his presence with us is revealed to Catholic us; that our eyes, and minds, and hearts can be open enough see him in this breaking of Herald the bread. Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu Where is God is all of this? But there is another point to this story that Founded in 1936 Published every other Friday can be easily overlooked. Once the disciples’ This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry us without our even being aware of it. 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