Second Sunday of Lent

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2747Pali Highway Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

[808) ses-310s ssccpali@rcchawaii.org facebook.com/st.stephenpali

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OFFICE HOURS:

Tues-Thurs: Mon, Fri &

Sat:

9;00 am to 5:00 pm* 9:00 am to 12:O0 pm

*ClosedJor lunch Jrom :.z:jo-z:3o p.m.

PASTOR

Fr. Mario Raquepo STAFF

Deacon Ronald Choo Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHC Rosemary Hashimoto, Secretary FAITH FORMATION

CCD-Children Velma Guieb-Mamuad

& Confirmation

Youth

Rosemary Hashimoto (interim) fi,"

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Debbie Fujiyama Parish S criptute Group s Francis Jordan PARISH MINISTRIES

Homebound

&

Bereansement

Virginia Jordan & Helen Luke

Hospitality

WEEKEND MASS

SATURDAY(MainChurch)............4:oopm SUNDAY

........................ 7:15 am (MainChurch) 9:3o am WEEKDAY MASS

SATURDAY

3:oo-3:3opm

or by appointment

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DEVOTION & ADORATION Eucharistic Adoration ...... WED Mass

Chapel ofSt. Catherine

MONDAY-SATURDAY

David Tom

CONFESSION

8:oo am

Holy

Rosary

before Mass

Akar

Seruer Zachary Choo

Liturgical Music Leka Leaeno (Satu rday Vigi l) StanleyWong (Sunday)

Lector

VISITATIONOFTHESICK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to visit

the infirm or hospitalized.

PIease contact

the Parish. For

sacramental

emergency, call 595-3105 and press #2

Beverly Perry

Holy Communion at Mass Jennifer Tamayo

Sacrisly

BAPTISM: Sacramental preparation is required. If you are expecting or have a child to be baptized, please call the Parish office for more information

Celine Asato & David Tom

fustice & Peace

TBA-

(RespectLife)

TBA

(Aloysius Food Pantry) Promise Hawaii)

TBA PARISH

ORGANIZATTONS -(Family

Pastoral Council Patricia Silva

Stewardship/ Disciplesf, ip Council Bernard Ho (interim) Finance Council iames Solidum (interim)

MARRIAGE: The Diocese of Honolulu requires couples to marry in the Church to participate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Couples

should contact the office for Marriage Preparation at least 6 months before the wedding FUNERALARRANGEMENTS: Kokual Please contact

your Church prior to making

arrangements with a funeral home PARISHIONERS:

When changing address/telephone, or moving out of the

Parish, please kindly notify the office

Liturgy Commission TBA Social Fellouship Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

NEW PARISHIONERS: If you would like to become a parishioner of St. Stephen, please use forms available at the entrance oFthe Church or contact the office

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Genesis 22:'1-2, 9a, 10-13, '15-18 / Romans 8:3'1b*34 / Mark 9:2-10

The apostle Paul was absolutely certain the love of God would find us no matter what happened and that if we had any role model and ancestor in faith, it was Abraham.

The stories are familiar. Abraham left his ancestral home to find a land promised him by a God who had only recently revealed himself.

Abraham believed a child would come to him and Sarah, though both were old. Finally, he showed he would give everything in obedience to God when he was asked to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac.

This last story is troublesome to us. Would God require human sacrifice?

We can understand this as a story of faith in two ways. The traditional interpretation is that God requires everything from us and wants nothing to come between us and our love of God. God's "test" of Abraham is a test of obedience. Will we give our "all?"

The second way of seerng the story begins with our understanding that many of the surrounding nations practiced child sacrifice. lt may not have been a surprise when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son, since his neighbors were doing it too. But at the critical moment, when the angel calls out to tell Abraham to stop, he does. The Lord wants a different relationship with his people.

Abraham's faith is shown as much in his obedience to the second order as to the first. God doesn't want us to be just like everyone else. Rather, God wants us as his own people, following the path he carves for us-even if it means going against the tide.

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Saturday, February z8: 4:oo p.m. Mass: f Francis Chia Sunday, March t: 7:15 a.m. Mass: All Families 9:3o am Mass: (Anniversary) Glenn & Marissa Abcede

Monday, March z: 8 am Mass: fChee Fong Young Tuesday, March 3: 8 am Mass: f Charles Ho Wednesday, March 4: 8 a.m. Mass:

f Daniel Reyes

Thursday, March 5: 8 am Mass: Lili Ann Sora (healing) Friday, March 6: 8 am Mass: f William Hokama Saturday, March 7: 8 am Mass: Allthe Sick

For the sick & homebound: ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET ROBELLO, JOE CHANG, DON YEE, CARRIE TALWAR, FRED LUM

For the recently deceased:

.ALOYSIUS TOM FOOD PANTRY One suggestion

Lent is to add one can of food a day for the 4o days of Lent. lf we start today we will be able to collect cans each!

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for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything else along with him? is

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Weekly Offerings

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BENDER, CHARLES HO, EDITH DEMELLO, CATHERINE AOKI

Donations/Collections

Saturday 4:oo pm Moss

472.oo

7:t5 am Mass

361.oo

9:3o am Mass

Theresa Rosa Magdalene Chang

150.0O

314

Leslie Azevedo

Augustine Education

25.oo

3ls

Elizabeth Partika Patrick Leong

Chapel Renoyation

75.oo

316

Mary Welch Eddie Mara, Jr.

6o.zz

1,583.oo

Offering 2,216.ao 6a fo

Modesta Luat Florence Grillot

313

Votive Offering Hall Use

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MABERY, FLORENCE HO, ETHEL AU,

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(February zz, zor5)

Total

cRts Ho, YVoNNE PACARRO, TESTER GINNY STAHL, PAUL WONG, TONY BARON, I\4ABEL LUKE, ELLEN KALAHELE, JOHN COSTA, MARTHA oYADAMORt, CAROLYN AKt, HARRY

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR LORD " . lf God

ELLEN SHAM, PATSY TAM, GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZEL ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB, MERRY

for y our faif 6fu Iserrice and confinuc/generwi!

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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION-March 4 * 8:45 a.m. until 6:3op.m.

Today we read how Abraham gave God what he cherished most. One of most valuable commodities is our time. Would you consider giving an hour to God in

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Mahalo to Fr. Class

.* ** ", NUUANU HALE NURSING HOME MASS _*_

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join our monthly Mass for the residents at Nuuanu Hale is this Thursday at a.m.

Our parishioners there look forward to celebrating with us.

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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

R.C.I.A.

lf you're inieresteA in helping if,oru in need, serving ow p.rirh, gro;ing in faith, or obtaining exclusive access to top-rated insurance protection for your family, then joining St. Stephen Council of the Knights of Columbus is the organization for you. lnformational meeting Sunday, March r5th at 3:oo p.m. in the SPAM Conference Rm.

March t Confirmation

STATIoNS oF THE CRo:S,-Fridavs

Tuesday, March 3: 6:3o p.m. Liturgy Comr

3! 7:oo tr -.

It is amazing to think that Jesus and the Blessed Mother suffered and endured silently his Passion and Death. They never protested, they never complained, they suffered for our sake. The Stations of the Cross help us to reflect more deeply this truth. The following groups will lead Stations during our Lenten observances (Pease see coordinators if you would like to help with stations or the supper): Mar. 6-Lectors, Bev Perry Mar. r3-PastoralAdvisory Council, Patti Silva Mar. zo-RCIA/Choir, Debbie Fujiyama Mar. z7-Youth, Carmen Saito

Wednesday, March 4:

a.m.-6:lo p.m.

Eucharistic Adoration

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Thursday, March 5: p.m. Choir Fractice

Friday, March 6:

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Wed. March 4th 6:3o p.m. only

Next Weeh: illar 7 Altar server:

Carroll and Fr. Pat Freitas wh,o are helping ut ii,it

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Parish Scripture Group

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Lenten suppers. This week's featured country is Nicaragua . 8o0/o of farming families grow coffee. When the plants die, they cannot provide for their children. Operation

Lector:

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BREI\D SALE MARCH 7 & 8

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Next week is our Bread Sale. Today is the last day to sign up if you want to order.

EMHC:

[sat] Someone entered the parish officu u fu* irna.Vt .go .na stoi" rooatrnJ gift cards, money and a credit card from a locked drawer and out of a wallet. Last week a cell phone was taken from the railing outside the front door of the Church. While all of

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Collection

Counting:

Church Cleaners:

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those items are replaceable, everyone is encouraged to be carefulwith your belongings and keep all valuables with you. The parish will continue to be an open and welcoming parish while maintaining a safe environment for parishioner and visitor. We all should be prayerful, respectful, considerate and aware at Church as in life."

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an odd time to do this. Shouldn't we befocusirtp on Christ's death?

Lent is a penitential season, and some parishes choose to have their liturgical environment reflect the austerity and simplicity that exemplify that penitential nature by removing flowers and floral arrangements, covering statues and, in some parishes, even covering the body on the crucifix.

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Doing so can enhance our own forty-day experience of journeying in the desert, much as our Lord did at the outset of his ministry when he spent forty days and forty nights in the desert being tempted by Satan.

During the three-day celebration of the Triduum (liom the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday)especially during the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday, when the lights come on as the Gloria is sung-the previously darkened church is revealed in its fully decorated splendor.

The difference is dramatic and striking when compared to the scarcely adorned church we've seen during Lent. We can most definitely see and sense the change from a season of repentance to one of celebration as we celebrate our Lord's resurrection-and our own salvation and redemption from

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76-20 Matthew 23:7-12

Isaiah 1:10,

Jeremiah i8:18-20 Matthew 2077-28

sin.

Jeremiah 17:5-10 Luke 16:19-31

Gen. 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a

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Matihew 2l :33-43. 45-46

7. Fad from lethagy.

Let the presence of God Eve enthusiasn to your life.

8. Fd from the problemsthd overwhelm your life ard wea you down.

Td<e eah difficulty to .-bsus and ask for help. He is ju$ wdting to asd$.

Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 Luke 15:1-3.17--32

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When you ae dout to mmpldn, gve thanks in$ead for God's goodness.

10. Fad from too much self-concern. fut yourself in the *roes of other people.

11. Fd from reentment ard bitterness. \Mth .bsus on the cross ak for the Eace to for$ve any hurts.

12. Fd from conversdionsthd ae negdive or filled with gosdp. ln silence pray for those who ae sped<ing and ae being spoken *out.

13. Fd from spendingtoo much money. fuduce spending by 10 percent. Give some of the sa/ngs to a relief fund or locd chaity.

14. Fd from too much of theworld.

During Lent, spend 10 to 20 minutesaday in prayerful silene, 4preciding the bealy of ndure or doing spiritud reding.

From: St. Patrick in Kokomo. Indianawebsite

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