Holy Family

Catholic Church
830 Main Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96818
Tel: (808) 422-1135
holyfamilyhonolulu.org

March 26, 2017 PASTORAL REFLECTION
FR. JOHN LEVECKE
Rev. John LeVecke, Administrator
Dear Holy Family Parishioners & Guests,
Rev. John Weling, Rector

Mrs. Chris Malins, Principal This week on Tuesday evening at 7:00p.m., we all have the graced
Mr. Tom Grant, Pastoral Associate opportunity to join together to celebrate the loving mercy of God offers to
us this Lent by our Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. For the times we have
chosen darkness instead of living in Gods Light, Jesus desires to lead us
out of any blindness to seeing as God sees.
MASS SCHEDULE

Monday Friday 8:00AM At our initial Parish Strategic Planning Session, participants reflected upon
the opportunities we enjoy here at Holy Family to be guided and inspired
Saturday Vigil 5:00PM
by the ever new vision by which Christ desires us to live. There are many
Sunday 8:30AM, 11:00AM, 7:00PM opportunities we have which could be factored into our future planning
1st Sunday Samoan Mass 3:00PM which support priorities of the Strategic Plan of our Diocese of Honolulu:

3rd Sunday Pohnpeian Mass 3:00PM Strengthening Marriage & Family Life
+ Offering retreats for couples. (Military has one called CREDO mini
CONFESSIONS staycation makes couples stronger.)
Saturday 4:15 4:45PM + Couples need support where someone else watches children.
and by appointment + Encourage regular family prayer start small (maybe 5 minutes a day).
+ Date nights (dancing, cooking, arts & crafts, with babysitting).
BENEDICTION + Recognize anniversary & birthday with the blessings done in front.
First Friday of the Month after Mass + Recognize our youth and children also in front of the church assembly.

Faith Formation
BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE
Please contact the Parish Office
or Mrs. Malins (808) 423-9611 ext.302
CERTIFICATES ~ For all certificates, a
written application/form is necessary.
Telephone, send by post or email with your
address, or request personally.
PARISH OFFICE
Office Hours: M-Th 9:30AM12:30PM
and by appointment
Email: info@holyfamilyhonolulu.org
+ Offer Bible & faith Sharing Groups.
+ Promote the Chaplet of Divine Mercy
+ Utilize our new Ohana Center facilities at 511 Main Street to the max.
+ Offer family-oriented, simultaneous activities for youth and adults.
+ Provide community service opportunities including expanding
communion to the sick; prison ministry; supporting new HFC Food
Pantry being initiated by the Micronesian community.
+ Do instructional Masses (one or two times a year).
+ Promote the Parish and Academy doing more things together such as the
Annual Fall Festival.
+ Within Masses integrating/valuing all ethnic groups (start quarterly).

Phone: (808) 422-1135 Youth & Young Adults

+ Build up program for youth after confirmation, bringing diverse young
people together as friends.
WEBSITES + Help our youth learn & integrate life skills.
http://holyfamilyhonolulu.org + Promote vocations to priesthood * religious life.
http://hfcahawaii.org
http://catholic.com
+ Offer HFCA tuition discounts to parish families but they should be
http://catholic.org active parishioners who volunteer time & talent.
We proceed trusting thatthe Lord is our Shepherd. We shall not want.

 SAINT OF THE WEEK

ANNOUNCEMENTS

+ Have I resisted seeing myself & others
as God sees us?
+ Have I judged, criticized, or alienated others based
upon circumstantial information or externals
rather than trying to see into their hearts &
treating them as beloved children of God?
Lazarus
March 27, 2017
+ Have I doubted the Lords shepherding care?
+ How have I fallen short of living as a child of the Light
Lazarus, the friend of Jesus, the brother of in goodness, righteousness, & truth?
Martha and Mary, was the one of whom the + Have I held back on forgiving as I am forgiven?
Jews said, See how much he loved him. In
their sight, Jesus raised his friend Lazarus + How have I sometimes chosen darkness rather than
from the dead. Legends abound about the living in Gods Light?
life of Lazarus after the death and
resurrection of Jesus. He is supposed to
have left a written account of what he saw in The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.
the next world before he was called back to
life. Some say he followed Peter into Syria.
Another story is that despite being put into
a leaking boat by the Jews at Jaffa, he, his
sisters, and others landed safely in Cyprus.
There he died peacefully after serving as
bishop for 30 years. A church was built in
his honor in Constantinople and some of his
reputed relics were transferred there in 890.
A Western legend has the oarless boat
arriving in Gaul. There he was bishop of
Marseilles, was martyred, and was buried in
a cave. His relics were transferred to the
new cathedral in Autun in 1146. Around
390, the pilgrim lady Etheria talks of the
procession that took place on the Saturday
before Palm Sunday at the tomb where
Lazarus had been raised from the dead. In
the West, Passion Sunday was
called Dominica de Lazaro, and Augustine
tells us that in Africa the Gospel of the HOLY FAMILY PARISH LENTEN
raising of Lazarus was read at the office of
Palm Sunday. COMMUNITY PENANCE SERVICE
THIS TUESDAY, March 28th, 7:00p.m.!!!
2016 Reprinted with permission of Franciscan Media. To read
more about these saints, visit their website All parishioners are invited & encouraged to
http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saintofday.
participate as we celebrate the graced Light &
New Vision Jesus offers us in His mercy & love.
OUR WEEKLY OFFERING

March 18/19, 2017 + + +

Mahalo for your generous
contribution for the past weekend.

FRIDAY STATIONS OF THE CROSS

5:00 PM $ 959.86
This Friday, March 31st, at 7:00p.m.
8:30 AM $ 2,206.25
11:00 AM $ 806.09
+ + +
Newcomers are encouraged to register with the
3:00 PM [Pohnpeian]$ 84.65
7:00 PM $ 650.41 parish and are welcome to participate in all
ministries and activities. Just ask an usher for a

GRAND TOTAL _ 4,707.26

Registration Form. A warm Holy Family Aloha!
We met our weekly budget goal!

i+ + +

 4th Sunday of Lent
1 Sam 16:1b,6-7,10-13a Conversion is a process. The
Psalm 23:1-6 blind man in the Gospel
Ephesians 5:8-14 reading exemplifies this jour-
John 9:1-41 ney into faith. Notice that at
first he did not go to Jesus.
Monday March 27 Jesus came to him. The man
Isaiah 65:17-21 responded by waiting to see
Ps 30:2,4-6,11-13 what would happen and then
John 4:43-54 by obeying Jesus.
Reflect & Discuss:
Tuesday March 28
Ezekiel 47:1-9,12 Conversion begins when Je- 1. In the first reading, God makes it
Ps 46:2-3,5-6,8-9 sus seeks us out and we clear that he sees what we can-
John 5:1-16 make ourselves available to not see when we're focused on
his touch. He then opens our external evidence. Think of a
Wednesday March 29 eyes to the truth, but we time when you looked deeper or
Isaiah 49:8-15 dont immediately under- beyond the obvious. How did
Ps 145:8-9,13-14,17-18 stand.
John 5:17-30
that change you?
When the mans neighbors 2. In Ephesians 5, we read that we
Thursday March 30
Exodus 32:7-14
asked about his cure, he did have become light in the Lord.
Ps 106:19-23 not yet understand who Je- Name some of the good fruits
John 5:31-47 sus was; he thought of him that come from the ability to see
as just a man. what Jesus is doing in your life.
Friday March 31
Wisdom 2:1a,12-22 Then, the pressure of listen- 3. The Gospel reading illustrates
Ps 34:17-21,23 ing to the Pharisees argue that those who think they can
John 7:1-2,10,25-30 about who Jesus was see the truth are very often blind,
caused him to give it more and those who acknowledge
Saturday April 1 thought. He concluded that
Jeremiah 11:18-20 their blindness become able to
Jesus must be a prophet. see clearly. Why does this hap-
Ps 7:2-3,9bc-12
John 7:40-53 pen? How has it happened to
Next, as the Pharisees treat- you?
ed him more roughly and raised the possibility of ex-
pelling him from the synagogue if he claimed that Je-
sus was the Christ, he began to wonder whether it Lenten Activity:
might be true. Their reasons for hating Jesus became Name areas of your life where
the eye-openers that cured his spiritual blindness. there is confusion from a lack
of understanding. Perhaps
Finally, Jesus sought him out again, this time to minis- youre having a hard time see-
ter to him in response to the mistreatment he had suf- ing the good in someone.
fered from the Pharisees. In this act of caring, the man Maybe youre worried about
could see who Jesus really was. Conversion the pu- the future. What will you do
rification of our spiritual vision takes place in the fire this week that will help you see
of our sufferings as we recognize the concern that it from Gods perspective?
God has for us.

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 AN EXAMEN FOR THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

The Word
As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and
smeared the clay on his eyes, and said to him, "Go wash in the Pool of Siloam" which means Sent. So he went
and washed, and came back able to see. John 9: 1, 6-7

Reflect The Examen asks us to pinpoint our failings and turn to God. What God desires is that we
see as God sees, not by outward appearance, but looking deeply into our own hearts and the hearts of
others. God wants us to live in the clear light of goodness, righteous, and truth. Sometimes we choose
rather to remain in darkness. In what ways do I refuse to see even what is staring me right in the face?
When do I spin the truth or rationalize so that I can dismiss the possibility of looking at something in a
different light? In the light of God, we can examine our experiences that prevent us from seeing as God
sees, but instead hold on to seeing only in our limited human ways. Do I judge or criticize others on the
basis of external sight, or strive to see all people as beloved children of God?

1. Give Thanks. I thank God for this day, for my life, for all I am and have, and for His Word.
2. Pray for Light. I ask the Father to let me see my day as the Holy Spirit sees it, and to show me what I
need to see.
3. Find God. I look at my day in the light of the Spirit.
I I look at what I have done and not done.
Am I putting up with a bad habit? Have I found God in the quiet?
4. Anything Wrong? Have I ignored God? Have I neglected Gods gifts?
Where have I pleased others instead of pleasing God?
Where I have fallen short, I repent and offer thanks.
5. What Now? I look forward in hope. What am I to do now? What do I have to avoid?

Prayer How You can love me, loving Father, You who are the storehouse of all good.
How You can love me, a stack of flaws and failings, I struggle to know.
Yet in all my days, You have run to hug me every time I turn away from my selfishness.
Patient Father, I beg that my sin be like dirt on my skin
to wash away with clean repentance.
Never let sin poison the marrow of my heart, which I hold out to You in the bright hope
that You have loved it from the start and all along.
Help me to see as You see, heart to heart. Amen.

Joseph Tetlow, S.J.