Holy Family Catholic Church

830 Main Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818 Telephone: 422-1135 Fax:423-0389 Email: HFC830@gmail.com and Sebchacko@hawaii.rr.com Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 16, 2014 PASTORS CORNER

Mass Schedule
Monday-Saturday: 7:15 AM Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:30 AM, 11:00 AM & 7:00 PM 1st SundaySamoan Mass-2 PM 2nd Sunday Chuukese Mass-2PM 3rd Sunday-Pohnpeian Mass-2 PM Confessions Saturday: 4:004:45 PM and after daily Masses First Friday of the Month Benediction After 7:15 am Mass

This Sundays Scripture Readings are meant to challenge and to exhort us. We are asked to make a CHOICE. Too many of us are either afraid to make a choice or are reluctant to do so for personal reasons. Some make rash decisions or choices. Either they lack the humility or wisdom to guide them to make the right choice, or once they have made a wrong choice, they are unwilling to make corrections. They drag their feet or procrastinate and lose valuable opportunities to go ahead in life and mature spiritually through their experiences. The prophet Sirach says in the First Reading, if we trust in God and make the right choices, we will live. God is wise and just and therefore His Commandments bring life, security and progress. We cannot go wrong, when we choose what He has laid down for us to choose. He does not take away our freedom. However, He expects us to make the right choices in life. Saint Paul tells the Corinthians, it is through the gift of wisdom that God directs us to make the right choices in our lives. During the closing moments of His famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus challenged His audience to be bold and do even more than just making the right choices. He encouraged them to act wisely and courageously. He wanted them to understand and work hard and transcend above the mere observance of laws and commandments. His whole life was a commitment to that vision He had provided in His First Sermon. Let us seek not only to do the bare minimum, but the maximum we can, to keep Gods commandments and laws that we may live happily and prosper with true joy and peace. Fr Sebastian

2014 THE YEAR OF THE CONSECRATED LIFE Come Follow me.

Matthew 4:19

WEBSITES PARISH: Holyfamilyhonolulu.org ACADEMY Hfcahawaii.org

CHOOSE WISELY AND LIVE

St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

The Bible pays Joseph the highest compliment: he was a just man. The quality meant a lot more than faithfulness in paying debts. When the Bible speaks of God justifying someone, it means that God, the all -holy or righteous One, so transforms a person that the individual shares somehow in Gods own holiness, and hence it is really right for God to love him or her. In other words, God is not playing games, acting as if we were lovable when we are not. By saying Joseph was just, the Bible means that he was one who was completely open to all that God wanted to do for him. He became holy by opening himself totally to God. The rest we can easily surmise. Think of the kind of love with which he wooed and won Mary, and the depth of the love they shared during their marriage. It is no contradiction of Josephs manly holiness that he decided to divorce Mary when she was found to be with child. The important words of the Bible are that he planned to do this quietly because he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame (Matthew 1:19). The just man was simply, joyfully, wholeheartedly obedient to God in marrying
Mary, in naming Jesus, in shepherding the precious pair to Egypt, in bringing them to Nazareth, in the undetermined number of years of quiet faith and courage.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Feb. 17-Monday-Presidents Day Holiday Monday-6:30 pm-Bible Sharing Feb. 18-Tuesday-6:30 pm Our Lady of Perpetual Help Feb. 24-Monday-6:30 pm-Bible Sharing Feb.25-Tuesday-6:30pm Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mar. 5-Ash Wednesday Mar. 7-Friday-after 7:15 am Mass-Benediction And World Day of Prayer Mar. 9-First Sunday of Lent

MINISTRIES We thank all those who have signed up for various Ministries in our Parish. Please see a complete list at the Notice Board near the Baptistery in the Church. We thank Chet Malins for his hard work in tabulating names and the Ministries. We also thank all the Leaders of Various Ministries for their assistance.

The Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers are requested to come for a Training Session on Saturday 22 February after the 5 PM Mass or on Sunday 23 February at 6 PM FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
The First Holy Communion Services will be held on Sunday April 27 at the 8.30 (ACADEMY) and 11.00 AM (PARISH) * Lenten Retreat and Parents Meeting will be on March 28 at 5.30 PM * The First Reconciliation Service will be on Saturday April 5th at 11.00 AM for ALL Parents, please mark these dates and make sure that you arrange to be present and prepare your children for the worthy reception of these important Sacraments.

Our Weekly Offerings

February 9, 2014 Thank you for your generous contribution for the past weekend. 5:00 PM 8:30 AM 11:00 AM 7:00 PM $1,290.27 $1,793.00 $1,488.75 $1,297.52

TOTAL $5,869.54

Church Bulletin: EditorJoe Padron, Phone 423-2439. Bulletin deadline is Tuesday 12:00 noon. Please email notice and picture if applicable to pad.ronjoe@gmail.com

National Marriage Week USA Lets Strengthen Marriage Marriage is a Blessing and Gift "Among the many blessings that God has showered upon us in Christ is the blessing of marriage, a gift bestowed by the Creator from the creation of the human race" - Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan, U.S. Catholic Bishops Pastoral Letter Father Sebastians Birthday &Holy Family Catholic Academy School Week Party Holy Family Parish celebrated Father Sebastians birthday last weekend after the 5:00 pm Mass with about 75 participating in the party. We also recognize Holy Family Catholic Academy School Week and Our Church. Chet Malins was our glorious master-of-ceremony. Father invited Joe Padron and Chet Malins who were also celebrating their birthdays to blow out the birthday candles. Thanks a million to all who shared their pot-luck food, Kailee Padron for her hip-hop dancing and the line dancers, and everyone who helped in the set-up and clean-up. Hospitality Ministry March 2 The next Hospitality Ministry is scheduled for Sunday March 2nd, after the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Masses. Your donation of pastries, cookies, cakes, or other refreshments to share with fellow parishioners will be greatly appreciated. If you can assist with this ministry or have any questions, please contact Chet Malins at 456-3933 or email (malinsc001@hawaii.rr.com) National Marriage Week provides us with opportunities to celebrate the gift and blessing of marriage and to affirm and support engaged and married couples. This annual observance encourages diverse groups to strengthen individual marriages, reduce the divorce rate, and build a stronger marriage culture, which in turn helps curtail poverty and benefits children. WHAT MAKES MARRIAGE WORK Communication : What is the one indispensable ingredient for making marriages work? Family life educators usually answer: communication. This is good news, because effective communication can be learned. Skills such as active listening, using I statements, paying attention to my feelings and those of my spouse, and learning tips for fighting fair make marriage easier. Some couples use these skills intuitively because they saw them modeled in their own upbringing. Others can learn them through classes, workshops and reading. Commitment bonds a couple together when you are tired, annoyed, or angry with each other. Sometimes, remembering your vows can prompt you to push past these problems and try to forgive and start again. Common values are important. If you arent together on basic values such as children, honesty, fidelity, and putting family before work, no amount of learning or effort of the will can resolve the conflict. For example, constant tension will result if one spouse wants to live simply while the other wants lifes luxuries.

God of spirit and of matter, help us to serve You with our whole beings, as truly integrated persons.

NEW PARISHIONERS: Newcomers are encouraged to register with the parish and are welcome to participate in all parish activities and ministries. Registration forms are available in the back of the Church.

Faith and Charity: We Ought to Lay Down Our Lives for One Another
By Pope Francis

(Continuation from Column 1) Faith in God becomes goodness, faith in the crucified Christ becomes the strength to love to the end, even our enemies. The proof of authentic faith in Christ is selfgiving and the spreading of love for our neighbors, especially for those who do not merit it, for the suffering and for the marginalized.

On the occasion of the Twenty-second World Day of the Sick, whose theme this year is Faith and Charity: We Ought to Lay Down Our Lives for One Another (1 Jn 3:16), I turn in a special way to the sick and all those who provide them with assistance and care. The Church recognizes in you, the sick, a special presence of the suffering Christ. It is true. At the side of and indeed within our suffering, is the suffering of Christ; he bears its burden with us and he reveals its meaning. When the Son of God mounted the cross, he destroyed the solitude of suffering and illuminated its darkness. We thus find ourselves before the mystery of Gods love for us, which gives us hope and courage: hope, because in the plan of Gods love even the night of pain yields to the light of Easter, and courage, which enables us to confront every hardship in his company, in union with him.
The incarnate Son of God did not remove illness and suffering from human experience but by taking them upon himself he transformed them and gave them new meaning. New meaning because they no longer have the last word which, instead, is new and abundant life; transformed them, because in union with Christ they need no longer be negative but positive. Jesus is the way, and with his Spirit we can follow him. Just as the Father gave us the Son out of love, and the Son gave himself to us out of the same love, so we too can love others as God has loved us, giving our lives for one another.

By virtue of Baptism and Confirmation we are called to conform ourselves to Christ, who is the Good Samaritan for all who suffer. We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for one another (1 Jn 3:16). When we draw near with tender love to those in need of care, we bring hope and Gods smile to the contradictions of the world. When generous devotion to others becomes the hallmark of our actions, we give way to the Heart of Christ and bask in its warmth, and thus contribute to the coming of Gods Kingdom. Saint John, the disciple who stood with Mary beneath the cross, brings us to the sources of faith and charity, to the heart of the God who is love (1 Jn 4:8,16). He reminds us that we cannot love God if we do not love our brothers and sisters. Those who stand with Mary beneath the cross learn to love as Jesus does. The cross is the certainty of the faithful love which God has for us. A love so great that it enters into our sin and forgives it, enters into our suffering and gives us the strength to bear it. It is a love which enters into death to conquer it and to save us the cross of Christ invites us also to allow ourselves to be smitten by his love, teaching us always to look upon others with mercy and tenderness, especially those who suffer, who are in need of help (Way of the Cross with Young People, Rio de Janeiro, 26 July 2013). I entrust this Twenty-second World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Mary. I ask her to help the sick to bear their sufferings in fellowship with Jesus Christ and to support all those who care for them. To all the ill, and to all the health-care workers and volunteers who assist them, I cordially impart my Apostolic Blessing.

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