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
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 12, 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

There is a beautiful Chapel in Eldoret, Kenya, East Af-
rica that has a large mural about the prophecy of Isaiah.
Our First Reading from Isaiah, speaks of a Feast pre-
pared by God on the top of the mountain. People of all
races and languages meet there and enjoy the meal given
by God Himself. I was very impressed by that mural and
remember not only its vibrant colors, but the picture of
hope and harmony among people enjoying a meal pre-
pared by God Himself!
In so many ways our presence in the Church today and
our reception of the Eucharist is the fulfillment of that
prophecy. The Group that I am taking to the Holy Land,
has been to the place of the Last Supper and the Upper
Room of the Descent of the Holy Spirit. We all feel very
uplifted. Hope all those celebrating Mass at Holy Family
today, will also feel a sense of joy and strength as Saint
Paul explained to the Philippians, in the Second Read-
ing.
In the Gospel we have the parable that explains how
God invites everyone to His Table and how some refuse
the invitation and others who enter unworthily. It is sad
that many Catholics have stopped going to Sunday
Masses with one excuse or another and others receive
Communion, without adequate preparation and still oth-
ers receive it, when they are not living in the grace of
God.
We must not follow suit and be led by people who ac-
tively or inadvertently destroy Gods love and rebuff
Gods invitation to partake worthily in the celebration of
the Eucharist. Fr Sebastian

MANY ARE INVITED,
FEW ARE CHOSEN.
St. LukeOctober 18th

Luke wrote one of the major portions of the New Testament, a two-volume work comprising the third Gospel and Acts of the Apostles. In the
two books he shows the parallel between the life of Christ and that of the Church. He is the only Gentile Christian among the Gospel writers.
Tradition holds him to be a native of Antioch, and Paul calls him "our beloved physician" (Colossians 4:14). His Gospel was probably written
between A.D. 70 and 85. Luke appears in Acts during Pauls second journey, remains at Philippi for several years until Paul returns from his
third journey, accompanies Paul to Jerusalem and remains near him when he is imprisoned in Caesarea. During these two years, Luke had time
to seek information and interview persons who had known Jesus. He accompanied Paul on the dangerous journey to Rome where he was a
faithful companion. "Only Luke is with me," Paul writes (2 Timothy 4:11).
COMMENT: Luke wrote as a Gentile for Gentile Christians. This Gospel reveals Luke's expertise in classic Greek style as well as his knowledge
of Jewish sources. The character of Luke may best be seen by the emphases of his Gospel, which has been given a number of subtitles: 1) The
Gospel of Mercy: Luke emphasizes Jesus' compassion and patience with the sinners and the suffering. He has a broadminded openness to all,
showing concern for Samaritans, lepers, publicans, soldiers, public sinners, unlettered shepherds, the poor. Luke alone records the sto-
ries of the sinful woman, the lost sheep and coin, the prodigal son, the good thief. 2) The Gospel of Universal Salvation: Jesus
died for all. He is the son of Adam, not just of David, and Gentiles are his friends too. 3) The Gospel of the Poor: "Little people"
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
October 5, 2014
Thank you for your generous
contribution for the past weekend.


Will be published later



HOLY LAND TRIP.
Thanks be to God, our trip is going on well. We
have reached safely Jerusalem and have already vis-
ited most of the important towns and cities con-
nected with Jesus life. They are Jerusalem, Bethle-
hem, Mount Zion, Bethany, Jericho, River Jordan,
Dead Sea, Emmaus, Jacobs well, Haifa, Nazareth,
Cana, the Sea of Galilee Capernaum and the Mount
of the Beatitudes. On October 12, Sunday we depart
for Turkey and then our long-expected and much
desired cruise to Greece through the islands of
Crete, Patmos and Rhodes. Thank you for your
prayers. We have been reciting the Rosary every
day and one decade is offered for all the Parishion-
ers of Hawaii, especially the Holy Family Parish.

STAINED GLASS PANELS/STATIONS
OF THE CROSS.
Special Thanks to those who have pledged support
for this project, and others who have given money
already. We hope by the end of the month of Octo-
ber to place the order and if possible, to install the
new Stations of the Cross by Christmas.

HFCA FALL BREAK

The Fall Break will begin on October 6th, for the
next two weeks. Happy Holidays to the Teachers
and Students. We ask all Parish members to coop-
erate and encourage our children for the Fall Festi-
val on November 7, 2014. See the previous col-
umn for details.

Hospitality Ministry
Thank you to all who contributed to the success of last
Sundays Hospitality Ministry by providing donations
of refreshments or helping with the set up, serving, and
clean up

2014 Public Square Rosary Crusade
Thanks to all who participated in the Crusade yester-
day, October 11th, and for praying for our country.
We as parishioners and the United States are in great
need of prayer, repentance and conversion. Mahalo.

Holy Family Catholic Academy Fall Fair
HFCA Fall Fair will be held on the school grounds
from 5-9 p.m. on Friday November 7
th
. Each year the
Parish sponsors a Dessert Booth and helps with an al-
lotment of raffle tickets. Signup sheets for dessert
items, and raffle tickets will be available after all
Masses, on Oct 18-19, Oct 25-26, and Nov 1-2. Please
contact Chet Malins for more details: 456-3933 or
email: malinsc001@hawaii.rr.com

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.
The O Word
Br. Toms Martn Rosado

Obedience: few words are more likely to make an American
shudder. Its practically a swear word, like truth, humility,
or hierarchy. We are a nation that was built upon liberation
from a monarchical government, which our forefathers resented
for imposing taxes on their tea and playing cards. Yet, as tempt-
ing as it might be to focus on the problem of obedience as
something peculiar to the United States or even to modernity,
we know that its nothing new:

The disobedient walk proudly, carrying the head
of self-will high. And if they are sometimes
forced to obey they do not bow down in humility
but pass through the door proudly.

So said Catherine of Siena, referring to religious brothers and
sisters in the fourteenth century. The Book of Genesis declares
that disobedience was the sin of Adam, the root of original sin,
and even the ancient pagans recognized the deadly effects
of hubris. It makes sense, then, that obedience is difficult for us,
and will continue to be difficult. We might even be tempted to
despair and ask, Why bother trying?

Obedience is difficult because of what it is: the giving over of
our will to another or, put another way, choosing to do what
another chooses. Parents expect their children to obey them.
Employers expect their employees to follow their directions.
Obedience is a fundamental part of human society because it is
a necessary part of justice, or giving what is due to others. This
does not mean we do absolutely anything our superiors ask us
to do, but it does mean we obey them in matters over which
they have authority, as long as what they ask does not contra-
vene the moral law. We do the extra spreadsheets that seem
entirely unnecessary, but which our boss wants done. We fol-
low our teachers directions on how to write a paper, even if we
prefer another style. We listen to our parents life lessons and
try to put them into practice, even if we dont fully understand
them

We can see how obedience is necessary even in a merely human
way, for the purposes of a well-ordered society, but it also oper-
ates on a much deeper level. Through obedience we can show
God that our love for Him is genuine. Im going to do what my
conceited co-worker is asking me to do on this project, even if
he is incredibly annoying, and Im going to do it for the love of
God, who has placed me here at this particular time. By offer-
ing our will to God in situations such as this, we imitate Christ
himself, who learned obedience (Heb 5:8) in his humanity:
Christ Jesus, though he was in the form
of God, did not count equality with God
a thing to be grasped, but emptied him-
self, taking the form of a servant, being
born in the likeness of men. And being
found in human form he humbled him-
self and became obedient unto death,
even death on a cross. (Phil 2:58)
By obedience we become like Christ, who was obedi-
ent to His Fathers will, demonstrating in his own
body that obedience is our means of sanctification. St.
Catherine makes this point multiple times in
her Dialogue: Only the obedient can attain eternal
life, for eternal life, which had been locked by Adams
disobedience, was unlocked by the key of obedience.
The obedience of Christ frees us from sin and death
and enables us to participate, by our own act of obedi-
ence, in the life of God.
Of course, obedience is not something limited to reli-
gious or to Christians, but it should be more evident
and profound in those who have been conformed to
Christ by Baptism or the profession of vows. Obedi-
ence is the path of the saints to perfect love. As St.
Catherine writes, Your entire faith is founded on obe-
dience, for it is by obedience that you show your fidel-
ity. Obedience is the sign of fidelity, and fidelity is
the sign of love. Our love and fidelity show them-
selves in repeated acts of obedience, over time and in
difficult circumstances. This highlights the importance
of patient humility: those who believe in, hope for, and
love the Word they have heard will be obedient to that
Word until the end.
In times of widespread dissent and individualism, we
need to cultivate the virtue of obedience and affirm its
value once again. Obedience is ultimately about giving
what is due to Him who has given us all we have and
are, including the power to know and will anything at
all. Far from restricting our lives, obedience frees us to
love God as He has loved usunto death.

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How I Learned to Love the Rosary
By Daria Sockey

The rosary, an icon of Catholic iden-
tity, rattling around in millions of
Catholic drawers, purses, and pock-
etsnot to mention dangling from
Catholic rearview mirrors. Its one
of the most popular devotions acclaimed by popes and saints. Bl. John
Paul II describes meditating on its mysteries as contemplating the face
of Christ with the eyes of Mary (Apostolic Letter on the Rosar, 1).
That sounds like something worth spending 15 minutes on a couple
times a week, doesnt it?

The Rosary, however, isnt everyones spiritual cup of tea. To some, it
seems boring. Others have difficulty relating to the Blessed Mother,
especially if they came from a Protestant background. Still others find
it old-fashioned.

A few of these people spoke to Catholic Digest, describing the attitudes
that kept them away from Our Ladys Rosary and how they later came
to understand what they had been missing.

Contemplating Christ : Heather Chastain Bain was brought up as a
Fundamentalist Baptist. She believed that Catholics were not Chris-
tians. They worshiped Mary, and the Church was the Whore of Baby-
lon from the Book of Revelation. I thought it was my duty to convert
them.

But when Heather gave anti-Catholic tracts to a devout Catholic
neighbor, hoping to save him, he gave her Catholic materials to read,
initiating seven years of friendly debate and dialogue. Then, while she
attended a local Christian college, a teacher whom she describes as a
closet Catholic opened her eyes to the coherence and beauty of Ca-
tholicism through the writings of G.K. Chesterton, St. Thomas
Aquinas, Flannery OConnor, and others. One day, the convic-
tion came to her in prayer that she should join the Church.

But it took me seven more years to have the courage to enter,
Heather continued. I still had these deeply embedded fears of
being an idolater of Mary and the saints.

Heather was well acquainted with the testimony of the Church
about the greatness of the Rosary, and finally, she got up the cour-
age to try it. I began praying, sure that my reason and my inten-
tions would guard against any tendency to idolatry. As I prayed, I
realized that there was no danger at all! I began to identify with
Mary, in her pregnancy, in her helping Elizabeth, in her guarding
the Child Jesus. These prayers were not about Mary, but about the
Christ to whom her whole life points! She is the lens we look
through, not the object of our sight. One Hail Mary led to another
and finally to the Hail Holy Queen. I finished, feeling nothing but
peace in my heart. I also had added a special intention to this Ro-
sary. When it was answered a couple days later, it was affirmation
that I could say this prayer without fear.

Example of St. John Paul II

One doesnt have to be a convert to hesitate about the Rosary. Cra-
dle Catholic Allan Wright is Academic Dean for Evangelization at
St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison, New Jersey, and author of
the recent book Jesus the Evangelist. Although Allan now cher-
ishes the daily Rosary he prays during his morning commute, it
wasnt always this way. Although the rosary hed received at his
first Communion hung in a place of honor in his bedroom, hed
never really used it. I never saw it modeled, growing up. My mom
prayed novenas, but we didnt do the family Rosary. Allan be-
came committed to his faith in high school and college, mostly
through the spirituality of the charismatic renewal. I grew in faith
with the Scriptures, the Church Fathers, the saints. But I didnt see
the value of the Rosary. It was for the elderly, not for me.

What made Allan take a second look was the example of St. John
Paul II. He was someone who loved Christ and prayed the Rosary
daily. If something is important to you, you do it daily. Like
sports, to use a secular example. I reasoned that if the pope thought
the Rosary was this vital in his life, then who was I to ignore it? So
I made the commitment to pray it daily. Meditating on the myster-
ies links it with Scripture, and I find that I can apply the mysteries
to the joys, sorrows, and glories of my own life.

Real Men Pray the Rosary

David Calvillo never saw anything wrong with the Rosary. He
thought it just wasnt a guy thing. I was a knucklehead. I thought
the Rosary was for old ladies and funerals, he said. I figured my
Mom prayed it enough for the whole family. I was way too cool for
such quaint things! Today David and his wife, Valerie, run an
organization called Real Men Pray the Rosary. What changed him?
In the summer of 2008, David signed up for a mens retreat, held
at a rural monastery. It was an act of desperation. He wanted to do
something, anything, to salvage a failing marriage, and he was
convinced that the retreat would help him to straighten out his
thinking and set priorities. He wasnt prepared for what happened
on the first morning, when he and the 80 other men went outdoors
to pray the Rosary: As we began to pray, I slowly realized the
wonder and beauty of what these men were doing before sunrise,
out here in the middle of nowhere. I began to weep.... I marveled at
the indescribably, visceral joy of the sight of 80 men wanting to
connect with God, earnestly asking for help to do good with their
lives. This experience repeated itself each morning. Now recon-
nected to Jesus through Mary, David was able to go home and
repair his family relationships.