HOLY FAMILY

CATHOLIC CHURCH
830 Main Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96818

January 31, 2016

Father Sebastian

MASS SCHEDULE
Monday Saturday

7:15AM

Saturday Vigil

5:00PM

Sunday

8:30AM, 11:00AM, 7:00PM

1st Sunday Samoan Mass

4:00PM

3rd Sunday Pohnpeian Mass

3:00PM

CONFESSIONS
Saturday
and after daily Masses

PASTORS CORNER

4:00 4:45PM

BENEDICTION
First Friday of the Month after Mass

BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE

Please contact Fr. Sebastian
Phone: (808) 422-1135 or
Mrs. Malins (808) 423-9611 ext.302
Email: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Certificates ~ For all certificates a
written application is necessary. Send by
post or email with your address, or hand
over personally.

WEBSITES
http://holyfamilyhonolulu.org
http://hfcahawaii.org
http://catholic.com
http://catholic.org
Hictv.com & Cable133.3
Catholictv.com

In our First Reading, it is evident that God was fed

up with Kings and Priests, as they did not obey His
Commandments. God chose Jeremiah, even before
he was born to be His prophet to lead the people
with integrity and strength. How can we not, but
apply this Reading to the political and even
Religious situations through-out the world. It is
sad that Leaders in Governments are enacting laws
that are contrary to Gods laws. They question God,
they reject God and make themselves gods
After having explained to the Corinthians the need
to work together, since they had received various
and different gifts from the One and Same Spirit, in
todays Second Reading, he encourages them to
increase in Faith and Hope and Love, while serving
one another and awaiting the return and final
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
In the Gospel, we do not hear anything that Jesus
did or said. Instead we hear the questions and
rumblings in the hearts and minds of the Priests
and Pharisees. They were bad. Jesus presents
Himself as Elijah, the Prophet, healing the sick and
the lepers. Those healed, were not from the chosen
people of God. Those people who were healed
were pagans. They seemed to have more Faith
and Belief in Christ than the Jews. Let us believe in
Christ and be saved and healed. Fr Sebastian
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

SAINT OF THE WEEK

SAINT CATHERINE OF SWEDEN

Donation Statements
Donation Statements have been sent to all those
who had requested for one. For those who did not
receive and would like to have a Statement, please
wait till Father Sebastian returns from his trip to
New Zealand. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Father will return on February 12.
St. Joseph of Leonissa
(1556-1612)
Feast Day February 4

Born at Leonissa in the Kingdom of Naples,

St. Joseph joined the Capuchins in 1573.
Denying himself hearty meals and
comfortable quarters, he prepared for
ordination and a life of preaching. In 1587 he
went to Constantinople to take care of the
Christian galley slaves working under
Turkish masters. Imprisoned for this work,
he was warned not to resume it on his
release. He did and was again imprisoned
and then condemned to death. Miraculously
freed, he returned to Italy where he preached
to the poor and reconciled feuding families as
well as warring cities which had been at odds
for years. St. Joseph died of cancer in 1612 at
a monastery in Armatice, Italy.
.
Every Christian must be a living book wherein
one can read the teaching of the gospel. Our
heart is the parchment; through which the
ministry the Holy Spirit is the writer.
~ St. Joseph Leonissa
2015. Reprinted with permission of Franciscan Media. To read more about these saints,
visit their website http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saintofday/, or get daily
inspiration from the saints everywhere you go by downloading the Saint of the Day APP for
your iPhone, iPad or android device.

OUR WEEKLY OFFERINGS

January 23/24,2016
Thank you for your generous
contribution for the past weekend.
5:00 PM
8:30 AM
11:00 AM
7:00 PM
Other donations
GRAND TOTAL

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$1,490.38
$2,327.00
$1,379.00
$1,663.28
$ 100.00
$6,959.66

Ash Wednesday- FEBRUARY 10, 2016

There will be two Masses on Ash Wednesday. 7.15
AM and at 7 PM. The Ashes will also be distributed
for the School children and Staff at 8.30 AM
Appreciation Luncheon
Once again a very BIG THANK YOU to Ms Christina
Malins, for organizing the Parish/Academy
Appreciation Luncheon. We also thank Allison
Castellano and the Kitchen Staff for the excellent
Food that they had prepared. We thank the
Samoan strong men for putting up the tents and all
others who helped arrange the tables and chairs
for the Party. Mahalo to One and All.
Priest Supply
In the absence of Father Sebastian, Rev. Fathers
Francisco Sanchez and Raymund Ellorin will help
us during the week-ends. They are both engaged in
the Hospital Ministry. During the week, Lectors
and Eucharistic Ministers have been appointed to
lead the Recitation of the Rosary and the
Distribution of Communion.

Newcomers are encouraged to register with the parish

and are welcome to participate in all ministries and
activities. Request Registration Forms from the ushers.

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jeremiah 1:4-5,17-19
Ps 71:1-6,15,17
1 Cor 12:31--13:13
Luke 4:21-30
Monday February 1
2 Sam 15:13-14,30;16:5-13
Ps 3:2-7
Mark 5:1-20
Tuesday February 2
Presentation of the Lord
Malachi 3:1-4
Ps 24:7-10
Hebrews 2:14-18
Luke 2:22-40
Wednesday February 3
2 Samuel 24:2,9-17
Ps 32:1-7
Mark 6:1-6
Thursday February 4
1 Kings 2:1-4,10-12
1 Chron 29:10-12
Mark 6:7-13
Friday February 5
St. Agatha
Sirach 47:2-11
Ps 18:31,47,50,51
Mark 6:14-29
Saturday February 6
St. Paul Miki & Comp
1 Kings 3:4-13
Ps 119:9-14
Mark 6:30-34

Take a close look at this

Sundays Gospel story. Jesus has just finished reading
the scripture
that we heard last
Sunday ("The Spirit
of the Lord is upon
me, he has anointed
me to bring good
news to the poor,"
etc.). He tells the
people in the synagogue that
this scripture is now being
fulfilled through him, and
they all speak highly of him.
But by the end of this scripture, they're furious.
What changed their attitude?
Their awe turned into confusion when they remembered,
"Isn't this the son of Joseph?" Unlike those who
would meet Jesus for the
first time in later chapters of
the story, these people had
experiences with Jesus the
toddler who fell when learning to walk, Jesus the teenager who bled from mistakes
made while learning the carpentry trade from his father,
Jesus the young man who
wept at his fathers funeral.

Their attitude changed when they stopped listening

with their spirits and started listening with their preconceived notions. This disconnect from the divine
then stirred up their emotions.
Think of how people react when you confuse them by
doing or saying something out of character, that is, out
of the character that they expect from you. If you're
perceived as too young or too old to do what you are

in fact capable of doing, or if your

education level doesn't include a
formal degree that proves that you
know what you do already know, or
if you don't tell people what they
want to hear, their surprise turns into confusion
that triggers an emotional
response against you.
We expect them to believe us, and when they
don't, our surprise turns
into confusion and selfprotective anger. But how did Jesus
handle it when they treated him this
way? He calmly spoke a truth that
was inspired by the Holy Spirit. Did
he have an emotional reaction?
Sure! He was human like us; we
were all created by the Father to
have emotions. The problem is not
in the emotions; the problem occurs
when we listen through our emotions
instead of our spiritual connection to
the Holy Spirit.

Reflect & Discuss:

1. How much time do you spend
training your ear to hear the Holy
Spirit within you?
2. When life is busy happening
around you, do you mostly react
to it or are you on some level
praying about it?
3. What can you do this week to
develop a more automatic connection to the Spirit of God?
4. What are some of the ways you
listen to the Holy Spirit?
5. Keeping in mind a surprising
challenge that happened to you
recently, describe the differences
between an emotional reaction
and a spiritual action.

2016 by Terry Modica Catholic Digital Resources: catholicdr.com Reprinted by license.

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Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on Saturday, January 23, 2016

Fr. Sebastian and
the HFCA Admin
hosted a delicious
barbeque to
celebrate our
communitys
dedicated staff
and volunteers,
and to express
gratitude for selfless sharing of
their time and
gifts. MAHALO!

It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into the doing.
It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into the giving.
~ Blessed Mother Teresa

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