HOLY FAMILY

CATHOLIC CHURCH
830 Main Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96818

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Pope Francis will be returning to the Vatican today. We

have in our Catholic Church a Leader who is not afraid to
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5:00PM speak.
His
detractors seem to be more within the Church
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than outside the Church. He has made inroads into the
and minds of even agnostics. History will decide
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whether he will succeed in changing the lives of those who
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do not allow the grace of God to take deep roots in their

hearts.
CONFESSIONS
Our second Reading is an indictment of the rich by Saint
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James. People judge us by what we are and what we
and after daily Masses
possess. God judges us by what we do with our lives, our

time, our talents, and our treasures. Even if we gave only a
BENEDI CTION
cup of water, we will be judged generously by the Lord. It
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is in giving that we receive. It is in loving that we shall be

loved.
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This seems to be the theme of our Pope. It was the theme
BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE
that Jesus Himself had tried to explain to his followers.
Please contact Fr. Sebastian
How can we love God whom we do not see, when we
Phone: (808) 422-1135 or
cannot share our time, talents, and money with those
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whom we do see?
Email: HFC830@gmail.com or
Sebchacko@hawaii.rr.com
In the First Reading, we have people who were upset

and condemned those who prophesied without being
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authorized to do so. Jesus came to liberate us from such
written application is necessary. Send by
notions and convictions. We do not need any license to do
post or email with your address, or hand
good. We need to find our way to God not through rules
over personally.

and regulations, but by the goodness of our hearts.
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I have completed my sabbatical course. Thank you for
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26th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Numbers 11:25-29
Ps 19:8,10,12-14
James 5:1-6
Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48
Monday September 28
Zechariah 8:1-8
Ps 102:16-23,29
Luke 9:46-50
Tuesday September 29
Archangels Michael,
Gabriel & Raphael
Daniel 7:9-10,13-14
or Revelation 12:7-12a
Ps 138:1-5
John 1:47-51
Wednesday September 30
St. Jerome
Nehemiah 2:1-8
Ps 137:1-2,3,4-5,6
Luke 9:57-62
Thursday October 1
Nehemiah 8:1-12
Ps 19:8-11
Luke 10:1-12

At other times, people side

with us but only for their own
agenda; they're not interested in assisting the purposes
that God has for our lives.

Even when someone truly is acting

against us, when
we sit quietly in
prayer, seeking a
word of knowledge
or wisdom from the
Holy Spirit, we can
discover that God is for us and that's
what matters most. He gives us encouragement and strength to endure
any troubles.

Reflect & Discuss:

1. Who is telling you something that
you don't like hearing? Is it possible that the Lord is speaking
through this person?

Years ago, when my husband's company was laying

off most of its employees, I asked a friend to pray for
him so that he could find a new job, but she prayed
instead for the company so that he wouldn't have to
leave it. My expectations were for him to find a healthier company in which to work. I didn't like her prayer,
but in the end, I realized that she was the only friend
who had prayed exactly what the Lord had wanted!

4. When have you been startled to

discover that someone who did
not seem to be "of the Lord" was
really doing the Lord's work?

Saturday October 3
Baruch 4:5-12,27-29
Ps 69:33-37
Luke 10:17-24

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On the one hand, it can

seem like someone is
against us when really
they are not. For example, when someone
speaks a truth that we
don't want to hear, that
person seems to be our
enemy while in fact
they are God's chosen
prophet.

And sometimes we encounter people who are doing the

Lord's work but not in the
way that we expect them to,
and so we assume that they
are not doing what God
wants them to do. Have you
ever asked someone to pray
for a certain intention and
he/she prayed the opposite
of what you intended?

Friday October 2
Guardian Angels
Baruch 1:15-22
Ps 79:1b-5,8,9
Matthew 18:1-5,10

Jesus says in today's Gospel

reading that whoever is not
against us is for us. The reality of this often takes us by
surprise in unexpected partners.

To figure out whether someone is

truly against us or is, in fact, God's
instrument for us, we have to separate ourselves from the heat and
frustrations of the experience and sit
quietly with Jesus. After we vent to
him our fears and anger and then
forgive those who seem to be
against us, we will be open to hearing a more divine
assessment of the
situation.

2. Whom have you trusted that

turned out to be a false friend or
a bad influence?
3. Who has been an unexpected
instrument of the Lord on your
spiritual journey?

5. What did the Lord accomplish

through this unexpected source?
What did you learn from it?

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