HOLY FAMILY

CATHOLIC CHURCH
830 Main Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96818

June 28, 2015

PASTORS CORNER
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

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: HFC830@gmail.com or
Sebchacko@hawaii.rr.com
Certificates ~ For all certificates a
written application is necessary. Send by
post or email with your address, or hand
over personally.

The last two Sundays in Ordinary time, we had Scripture

Readings about Nature, the trees and about water. This
week-end, we are asked to contemplate on the end of life,
which is death.
Some people blame God, for creating death. Our First
Reading from the Book of Wisdom, blames death on the
Devil, the Evil One. In our Second Reading, Saint Paul
explains that we need to share what we have with others,
so that we are alive in the spirit. Thus implying that, if we
do not share, then we are actually spiritually dead!
In the Gospel, Jesus through raising Jairus daughter back to
life, proves to us that God is not a God of Death, but a God
who gives Life. Death, however, is a human condition that
cannot be reversed. But God through His Mercy and Love
has sent us Christ who died but rose from the dead. We are
called to be alive in the spirit, by sharing our talents, time
and treasure with others as a sure means to be rewarded in
Heaven.
Father Sebastian has safely reached India and will begin his
three months of sabbatical studies on Spirituality on July 1.
You can email him for any need. sebchacko@hawaii.rr.com
or hfc830@gmail.com
We pray for our Nation as we get ready for July 4th
Celebrations.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev Father Francisco Chavez will be

here on this week-end. Rev Father Tony Bobis will be in
residence from July 1, till I return. We thank both of them.
Our Collections last week: $5,238.11
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13th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24
Ps 30:2, 4-6,11-13
2 Corinthians8:7,9,13-15
Mark 5:21-43
Monday June 29
Sts. Peter and Paul
Acts 12:1-11
Ps34:2-9
2 Timothy 4:6-8,17-18
Matthew 16:13-19
Tuesday June 30
Genesis 19:15-29
Ps 26:2-3,9-12
Matthew 8:23-27
Wednesday July 1
Genesis 21:5,8-20a
Ps 34:7-8,10-13
Matthew 8:28-34
Thursday July 2
Genesis 22:1b-19
Ps 115:1-6,8-9
Matthew 9:1-8
Friday July 3
St. Thomas
Ephesians 2:19-22
Ps 117:1bc,2
John 20:24-29

Wouldn't it be great if we
could actually touch and feel
the hem of Jesus' clothing,
like the woman in this Sunday's Gospel reading? To be
near enough to Jesus to be
healed spiritually, physically,
and emotionally. How can
we, more than 2000 years
after he ascended to heaven,
get so close to him?
It is possible, and it's exactly
what Jesus wants. It comes
from developing a better understanding of who Jesus
really is and how much God
really cares. The synagogue
leader understood, which is
why he could say: "Please,
come lay your hands on my
daughter that she may live."
He understood Jesus beyond what was in front of his
eyes.

Knowing Jesus is to know

divine life, which transforms
our earthly life into something much more like his and
then takes us to heaven. The
Saturday July 4
first reading, remember,
Genesis 27:1-5,15-29
states clearly that death is
Ps 135:1b-2,3-4,5-6
Matthew 9:14-17
not part of God's plan. Jesus
drives this point home by
allowing the girl to die before he reaches her house.
Certainly God could have kept her alive until he got
there! But he wanted to show us that he could restore
life and that he has the power to rescue us from death.
If we fear death, we don't recognize the nearness of
Christ. We can touch the hem of his garment, but we
don't see it, and so we don't believe it. In this case,
we're like the mourners that Jesus had to chase out of
the house before working his miracle.

If we fear that our trials are leading

to disastrous conclusions, we've forgotten how powerful Jesus is, and
we've forgotten that he
cares
enough to rescue us. We need to
move ourselves closer to Jesus. We
have to press on through the crowd
of distractions and doubts, with our
eyes fixed only on Jesus and our
hands reaching out to him in prayer.
If we fear that God doesn't care
enough to help us, we need to
spend more time learning why Jesus
gave up his life for us and why the
Father sent him to us.

Reflect & Discuss:

1. Do you believe that Jesus wants
to work miraculously in your life?
2. How has the disbelief of the
people around you infected your
thinking and reduced your faith?
3. Describe a miracle that you saw
or experienced. How long did it
take?
4. What blessings occurred during
the time of suffering?
5. How was all of this an expression of God's love?

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