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❖ A Catholic Community ❖❖Diocese of Honolulu
MISSION STATEMENT
“Inspired by the Holy Spirit, we the family of St. Stephen
Catholic Church nurture and sustain our faith through Love, Service
and
Unity.”
PASTOR Rev. Fr. Mario Raquepo
[Cell] 808.228.3053
STAFF Rev. Deacon Ronald Choo
Sr. Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHC Tina Welch ~ Secretary
Celine Asato ❖ Marisol L. Chang Sacristans
OFFICE HOURS: Monday~Friday: 9:00 AM to 12 Noon
MASS SCHEDULES St. Catherine Chapel
Monday ~ Communion Service Only Tuesday ~ Saturday ~ 8:00 AM
Saturday (Main Church) ~ 4:00 PM Sunday (Main Church) ~ 7:15 AM
Sunday (Main Church) ~ 9:30 AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 3:15 to 3:45 PM
or by appointment
DEVOTION Holy Rosary before Mass
ST. STEPHEN CATHOLIC CHURCH DEACON & FIRST MARTYR 2747 PALI
HIGHWAY, HONOLULU, HAWAII 96817 ~ 808.595.3105 Email:
[email protected] Website: ssccpali.net
30th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ OCTOBER 27, 2019
The Gospel: Matthew 5:1–12a
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St. Stephen The First Martyr Knights of Columbus Council
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Contact Worthy Grand Knight Randy Tom eMail Address:
[email protected]
T H I S T H A T PARISH SCRIPTURE GROUP
The Parish Scripture Group will meet on Wednesday, October 30,
2019, at 9:30 A.M. in the SPAM building conference room.
CHURCH CHOIR The Choir will hold music practice in the main
Church on, Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at 6:30 P.M., for Saturday
and Sunday Masses on November 2 and 3. Become a Choir member and
join in praising the Lord in song with your voice or an instrument.
You will be gladly welcomed!
Friday, November 1, 2019 ~ Dinner at 6:00 PM Movie to
follow.
❖ MASS INTENTIONS ❖
♰ For The Deceased Of The Parish ♰Eileen Green, Don Yee, Ron
Kano, Gladys Wong, Kenneth Asato, Ron & Tomiko Asato, Doreen
& Francis Chia, Betty & Albert Chong, Dr. Joseph &
Priscilla Chang, Frederick Lum, Steve Fujii, Rosalie G. Cadiz, Jack
Wong.
Sunday, October 27, 2019 7:15 A.M. Mass ♰ Jack Wong
Sunday, October 27, 2019 9:30 A.M. Mass
Healing Prayers For: Robert G. Contrades
Birthday Blessings For Glenn Abcede ♰ Frederick Ruis
Monday, October 28, 2019 No Mass, Communion Service
8:00 A.M. ♰ For All the Souls in Purgatory
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 8:00 A.M. Mass
Healing Prayers For: Mary Souza
Birthday Blessings For: Sister Teresa Dao
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 8:00 A.M. Mass
♰ For the Deceased of the Parish
Thursday, October 31, 2019 8:00 A.M. Mass
Birthday Blessings For: Adrian Akau
Friday, November 1, 2019 8:00 A.M. Mass
Healing Prayers For: Steve Aki ♰ Kenneth Asato
Saturday, November 2, 2019 8:00 A.M. Mass
For the Sick & the Homebound
Saturday, November 2, 2019 4:00 P.M.
♰ Doreen & Francis Chia ♰ Nancy & Raymond Tom
♰ Ron Asato
For The Sick & The Homebound
Margaret Robello, Carrie Talwar, Nancy Asato, Richard Wong,
Benito Bautista, Steve Aki, Mary Souza
Time, Talent, Treasure, Stewardship
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
October 19 & 20: $5,152.78
October 12 & 13: $4,795.00 A category breakdown of the
offerings may be viewed in the
bulletin binder in the Church office.
MAHALO! We are grateful to all who generously contribute their
time, talent
and treasure to our Parish Community.
R. C. I. A. New participants are always welcome!
Sunday, October 27, 2019 The Bible ~ Discussion
Sunday, November 3, 2019 ~ Family Mass ~ Saint’s Relic with Mr.
Cruz
CCD Bible Study Class
A N D
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M E D I T A T I O N O F T H E D A Y
Unafraid to Seek Mercy The best of doctors has begun to cure
you, and for him no disease is incurable. Don’t be afraid for your
past wickednesses, however frightful, however unbelievable the
things you have perhaps committed. They are grave diseases, but the
doctor has mastered them. So don’t worry about past sins; in one
moment of the sacrament they will be forgiven and absolutely all of
them will be totally forgiven. Listen to what the Apostles said on
this point to those who had crucified the Lord: Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Christ Jesus, and your
sins are forgiven you (Acts 2:38). It happened; they were baptized,
they believed, they approached the Lord’s Body; they approached to
drink the Blood they had shed. To all who have incurred guilt
pardon is given by the forgiver of sins, who is not the applauder
of sins; who are to call not the just, but sinners… What’s done is
done; you can’t make past deeds not have been done but as for
future deeds, you do have the power not to do them. So why be
seduced by this perverse argument of the devil’s? They are afraid
of future sins which they are not yet committing; they aren’t
afraid of past sins, which having committed they are lugging around
with them. You haven’t done those ones, these ones are already
weighing you down. Perhaps you won’t commit those, indeed if you
don’t want to you certainly won’t; as for these, if you want to you
can eliminate them. “I can’t,” you say. Come to grace. After all,
you have received the power to, because it is written, he gave them
power to become children of God ( Jn 1:12). So start being a child
of his…Where you have begun to be a slave, set your heart on being
a son or daughter. Get yourself pardoned for the sins you are
lugging around… But when you have been made new by the forgiveness
of sins, with all your past ones forgiven, if you receive here a
long stretch of life, so live that good works follow upon your
faith. Live up to what you have become, a child in the family of so
great a father and household, one over whom God’s name is
invoked.
~ Saint Augustine Saint Augustine (♰ 430) is called the Doctor
of Grace
Magnificat, October 2019, Vol. 21, No. 8
R E S P E C T L I F E Juanita Ruis, Respect Life Coordinator
October is Respect Life Month
L I T UR G I C A L Y E A R
Ordinary Time: divided into two sections (one span of 4-8 weeks)
after Christmas Time and another lasting about six months after
Easter Time, wherein the faithful consider the fullness of Jesus’
teachings and works among his people.
Advent: four weeks of preparation before the celebration of
Jesus’ birth.
Christmas: recalling the Nativity of Jesus Christ and his
manifestation to the peoples of the world
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DAILY READINGS
Monday, October 28 Ephesians 2:19-22
Sts. Simon & Jude, Apostles ♦ ♦ ♦
Tuesday, October 29 Romans 8:18-25
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Wednesday, October 30 Romans 8:26-30
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Thursday, October 31 Romans 8:31-39
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Friday, November 1 Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14
All Saints Day ♦ ♦ ♦
Saturday, November 2 Wisdom 3:1-9 All Souls Day
♦ ♦ ♦
SUNDAY November 3, 2019
31st Sunday In Ordinary Time˝
FIRST READING Wisdom 11:22—12:2 (153C) [Page 229, Breaking
Bread]
Responsorial Psalm I will praise your name forever, my
king and my God. [Page 229, Breaking Bread]
SECOND READING 2 Thessalonians 1:11—2:2 [Page 230, Breaking
Bread]
GOSPEL Luke 19:1-10
[Page 230, Breaking Bread]
“Living Faith” Daily Catholic Devotions
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Repent! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all
perish as they did! Luke 13:3
When I was in the military, enjoying a weekend pass, I passed by
a park in downtown San Diego where street preachers gathered Oner
man in the park was holding up a sign that read, “Repent!” He was
shouting to a small gathering, imploring them to seek forgiveness
for their sins. Given the little attention the street preacher was
receiving, it was far to me that he was being ignored. Still, it is
an image that had stayed with me many years later. Maybe if was the
messenger and not the message that accounted for the lack of
attention. Or maybe it was because, apparently, the word “Repent”
scares people. But I believe that there is nothing wrong with that
word that a broader definition won’t help. Repenting—seeking
forgiveness for our sins, having remorse for what we have done
wrong or making amends to those we have hurt is, by any definition,
a good thing.
~ Paul Pennick
“Living Faith” Daily Catholic Devotions
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Befriended by Jesus …everyone who exalts himself will be
humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted. ~ Luke
18:14 A friend was in a minor accident recently that he caused. “No
one was hurt, thank God, but I feel so humbled. I wasn’t paying
attention!” he said to a group of us. He, who had been proud of his
good driving, humbled himself by telling the story, not blaming the
other driver, not making excuses. A fascinating thing happened. A
wave of understanding moved through the gathering—each of us
nodding with memories of our own something we’d done, a mistake
we’d made or a moment when our opinion of ourselves had been too
high. The feeling was not one of negative judgment; it was as if we
thought more of him, not less. A better description than “exalted”
might be more deeply befriended. Jesus, when we humble ourselves,
admitting our mistakes and failures, help us realize you don’t
scorn us, but exalt us with your warm befriending. ~ Patricia
Livingston
Pat Livingston, writer and retreat director, is a wife, mother,
grandmother and great grandmother.
❖ L I T U R G I C A L C O L O R S ❖
As regards the color of sacred vestments, traditional usage
should be observed, namely:
a) The color white is used in the Offices and Masses during
Easter Time and Christmas Time; on the Solemnity of the Most Holy
Trinity; and furthermore on celebrations of the Lord other than of
his Passion, celebrations of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of the Holy
Angels, and of Saints who were not Martyrs; on the Solemnities of
All Saints (November 1) and of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
( June24 ); and on the Feasts of St. John the Evangelist (December
27), of the Chair of St. Peter (February 22), and of the Conversion
of St. Paul ( January 25)
b) The color red is used on Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
and on Friday of Holy Week (Good Friday), on Pentecost Sunday, on
celebrations of the Lord’s Passion, on the “birthday” feast days of
Apostles and Evangelists, and on celebrations of Martyr Saints.
c) The color green is used in the Offices and Masses of Ordinary
Time. d) The color violet or purple is used in Advent and Lent. It
may also be worn in Offices and Masses for the Dead.
e) Besides the color violet, the colors white or black may be
used at funeral services and at other Offices and Masses for the
Dead in the Dioceses of the United States of America.
f ) The color rose may be used, where it is the practice, on
Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday of Advent) and on Laetare Sunday
(Fourth Sunday of Lent).
g) On more solemn days, festive, that is, more precious, sacred
vestments may be used even if not of the color of the day.
h) The colors gold or silver may be worn on more solemn
occasions in the Dioceses of the United States of America.
“Ritual Masses,” the Church adds, are celebrated in their proper
color, in white, or in a festive color; Masses for Various Needs,
on the other hand, are celebrated in the color proper to the day or
the time of year or in violet if they have a penitential character,
for example, nos. 31, 33, or 38; Votive Masses are celebrated in
the color suited to the Mass itself or even in the color proper to
the day or the time of the year (GIRM 347)
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