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
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 13, 2014
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

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
WEBSITES

PARISH:
Holyfamilyhonolulu.org

ACADEMY
Hfcahawaii.org

2014 THE YEAR
OF THE
CONSECRATED
LIFE

Come Follow me.

Matthew 4:19
PASTORS CORNER

Last week-end, we learned from the Scriptures that any
person who wants to search and do the will of God,
would have to be humble! Jesus invited us to take up our
crosses and follow Him with humility. I am meek and
humble of heart. Humility is a basic virtue on which we
can build a real and lasting relationship with God and
with one another.

This week-end, we are asked to accept Gods grace and
work to make the grace of God fruitful in our lives.
Isaiah says the grace of God will allow the seed to
grow on fertile soil. Jesus, in the Gospel speaks about
the sower and the seeds that fell on soil of various de-
grees of fertility. We are asked to have the ability to al-
low Gods grace to grow in us. We are expected to re-
ceive Gods grace and provide the fertility that brings
abundant growth.

Right at the beginning of the Bible, God had made it
known to our first parents, that it would be through the
sweat of their brows that they would have to earn their
living. Somehow, when there is a price reduction or
sale, we all rush to take advantage. When we think of it
seriously, there is nothing free except LOVE. God loves
us for free. We love one another, but because of our hu-
man nature, there is always a give and take attitude, even
when we love others. Taking freely what does not belong
to us, is an attitude that is presented to us by politicians,
not by Christ. We must be responsible. We must work
hard. We must produce whatever we can to be successful
in life. We must love just like God. Fr Sebastian
BE YOU FRUITFUL
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Hermits lived on Mount Carmel near the Fountain of Elijah (northern Israel) in the 12th century. They had a chapel
dedicated to Our Lady. By the 13th century they became known as Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. They
soon celebrated a special Mass and Office in honor of Mary. In 1726 it became a celebration of the universal Church
under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. For centuries the Carmelites have seen themselves as specially related
to Mary. Their great saints and theologians have promoted devotion to her and often championed the mystery of her
Immaculate Conception. St. Teresa of Avila (October 15) called Carmel the Order of the Virgin. St. John of the
Cross (December 14) credited Mary with saving him from drowning as a child, leading him to Carmel and helping
him escape from prison. St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (October 1) believed that Mary cured her from illness. On her
First Communion, she dedicated her life to Mary. During the last days of her life she frequently spoke of Mary. There
is a tradition (which may not be historical) that Mary appeared to St. Simon Stock, a leader of the Carmelites, and
gave him a scapular, telling him to promote devotion to it. The scapular is a modified version of Marys own gar-
ment. It symbolizes her special protection and calls the wearers to consecrate themselves to her in a special way.
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
Our Weekly Offerings
July 6, 2014

5:00 PM $1,01.68
8:30 AM $2,012.31
11:00 AM $853.53
7:00 PM $1,217.10

GRAND TOTAL $ 5,89.62


SIGN-UP SHEETS FOR APPRECIA-
TION DINNER.

Please be kind enough to sign your name on the
lists for various Ministries. We need an exact
count to make sure that all our plans will be
good. Thank you. Fr Sebastian

WELCOME TO NEW-COMERS.

There are several individuals and Families
that have joined our Parish during the last
few weeks. Father Sebastian will be sending
you separate letters or emails to welcome
you personally. May your attendance and
particularly all those who would like to use
your time and talents for the Lord in our
various Ministries, may find our Parish a
warm and welcoming place for worship and
fellowship.

LECTORS/EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

Those who would like to volunteer please
contact Father Sebastian for training and
commissioning you into our Parish Minis-
tries. The training will be on Saturday July
26, after the 5 PM Mass.
Mark Your Calendar

July 25-Feast of Saint James
July 31-Thursday-6:00 PM, Stewardship
Appreciation Dinner
Aug. 1-Friday-After 7:15 am Mass
Benediction and Adoration
Aug. 4-Monday-Holy Family Catholic Academy
Begins Year 2014-2015
Aug. 14-Thursday-Feast of Saint
Maximilian Kolbe
Aug. 15-Friday-The Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin MaryHoly Day of Obligation
Aug. 29-Friday-The Passion of St. John
The Baptist




NEW PARISHIONERS: Newcomers are encouraged to register with the parish and are welcome to par-
ticipate in all parish activities and ministries. Registration forms are available in the back of the Church.
3rd Annual Parish Picnic
Pictures are worth a thousand words. The
smiling faces of the parishioners attending
the annual picnic simply tell the story
the fun, enjoyment, fellowship, the food,
the gameseveryone is having. There
were food galore hot dogs, hamburgers,
watermelon, tons of home cooked pot
luck dishes, desserts, salads, fruits, and
soft drinks. In behalf of the committee we
extend our deepest appreciation to every-
one who helped in setting up, grilling the
hot dogs and hamburger, cleaning up, and
families who provided their delicious
dishes. Much thanks to Merlene Jose and
family and the Jocos for planning and
executing the games and playing the beau-
tiful music. Special THANK YOU to
Chet and Chris Malins for chairing the
picnic committee. Mahalo to Fr. Sebas-
tian for your encouragement and MA-
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The Fourth of July and an Approach to the Bible

In the days when states were still the colonies and
men wore powdered wigs, a new way of thinking captured
the intelligentsia of the western world. The miracle sto-
ries in the Bible and the lives of the saints may be quaint,
entertaining, and even have symbolic meaning. But cer-
tainly we should not take them literally! Oh, God exists,
for sure. But if the Creator made such a marvelous world,
humming along according to the laws of nature which he
designed, why would he ever step in and work against
those rules? So lets not be naive.

Thomas Jefferson went so far as to take scissors and cut
all the supernatural stories right out of his Bible, leaving
only the moral teaching of Jesus. Others insisted on keep-
ing their bible intact, but reading the miracle stories with a
nod and a wink, just like they read Greek mythol-
ogy. This movement, known as the Enlightenment, was
just too sophisticated to take literally such primitive fan-
tasy.

To tell the truth, the Enlightenment raised a very good
question. Why would the creator of nature violate natural
laws? Perhaps because not everything we experience in
this fallen world is so natural after all. The first chapter
of the Book of Wisdom tells us that death is really not
natural. God designed human beings to live forever. It
was by the envy of the devil that death came into the
world, and the spiritual death resulting from the sin of our
first parents had a disastrous impact on all of crea-
tion. One of the foremost Enlightenment philosophers,
Gottfried Leibniz, said that the world we live in was the
best of all possible worlds. Genesis and the book of Wis-
dom beg to differ.
So perhaps God works miracles, and defies seemingly
natural laws, to restore nature, to rescue his crea-
tion from the degradation and misery that sin has let
loose in the world. Plus, in the case of truly natural
laws, if He created nature, he is above na-
ture. Nature comes from the Latin word for
birth. Nature is that which has been born, which has
come into existence. Our God, unlike the gods of the
Greek and Roman myths, has no beginning or
end. He was, He is, and He is to come. He is there-
fore transcendent, above nature, super-natural.

This is the point Marks gospel is making when it
tells us about Jesus calming the storm, healing the
woman with the flow of blood, and raising Jairus
daughter (Mark 5:21-43). Standing in front of Jesus,
we are in the presence of Mystery. He does not plead
or conjure or recite incantations. He does supernatu-
ral things not through petition but by word of com-
mand. Sophisticated skepticism is a useless response
to Him. So is fear. If I want to experience the sav-
ing, life-giving power that He offers me, the only use-
ful and appropriate response is faith. Before the
tragedies and challenges of life in this imperfect
world, this is what faith says: I cant, He can, and I
think Ill let Him.

Many children were ill in Palestine on that day. But
Jairus believed that Jesus could do something about
the sickness assaulting his daughter, and let him, de-
spite the ridicule of his friends. Many adults physi-
cally touched Jesus on that day as he made his way
through the crowd, but only one woman believed Je-
sus could heal her. She had the boldness to reach out
and touch him with expectant faith, and healing
power flowed out of him, changing her life forever.
If the Eucharist is truly the Body and Blood of this
supernatural miracle worker, why we dont see more
healing, miracles, and sanctification going on in the
lives of communicants?

Maybe its because many who shuffle forward in
communion lines each Sunday are like the nameless
people who bumped into Jesus in the square but were
too busy to notice and too jaded to expect any-
thing. Or maybe its because were just too
enlightened to take such quaint Bible stories too
seriously.

The Lord is King;
He is robed in majesty.