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Catholic Church, Manoa Live Stream And

11:30 Mass, 2821 Lowrey Avenue Honolulu, HI 96822

Valentine’s Day Praise and Phone: (808) 988-3308 Sacramental Emergency (808)312-3168 Fax: (808) 773-7794 Worship Email—[email protected] Website: www.stpiusxmanoa.com Sunday, February 14 with

with Dominic Olaso Fr. Rico

Birthday Blessings Special Anniversary To Blessings Fr. Tom To And Priscilla DeCampo Cheryl Hagino (57 years) Mission Statement: And Living the Gospel Cheryl Krische (15 years) of Our Lord as a Community of Faith.

My God is called CHURCH SCHEDULE

One Day Mother Teresa took a woman off the streets in Calcutta. She had sores infested with bugs. OFFICE HOURS Mother Teresa cleaned and dressed her sores while the woman never stopped shrieking and even using Monday - Friday swear words and insults. Finally the woman asked Mother Teresa, "Sister, why do you do this? Not every- 8:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. one behaves like you. Who taught you?" Mother Teresa replied, "My God taught me." The woman said she (Closed all State & wanted to know her God. Mother Teresa kissed her on the forehead and said, "You know my God. My God Federal Holidays) is called love." (found in A Revolution of Love: The Meaning of Mother Teresa p16) WEEKDAY MASS Monday to Saturday 7:30 a.m. ASH WEDNESDAY WEEKEND MASS Saturday, 4:00 p.m. 6:00 pm Mass Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Sunday, 11:30 am with Fr. Rico CONFESSIONS Weekdays (by appointment only) Saturdays (after 4:00 p.m. Mass) (Live Stream) Adoration & Benediction First Friday 8:00 a.m.

FOOD PANTRY Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ST. PETER the APOSTLE

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Sunday Reflection Repaint and Thin No More! Readings The waters shall never again become a flood. for the Week Jock, the painter, often would thin his paint so it would go further. Doesn’t it seem odd to begin Lent with the story of ’s ark? Could it be So when the Church decided to do some deferred maintenance, Jock because Noah spent forty days riding out a huge flood and Jesus endured forty was able to put in the low bid, and got the . As always, he thinned his Sunday, February 21 days “among wild beasts”? paint way down with 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT turpentine. Genesis 9:8-15 Well, that’s part of the reason. But beyond that, there is a promise hidden in 1 Peter 3:18-22 God’s covenant with Noah. By vowing never again to destroy the earth in a flood, One day while he was up on the scaffolding -- the job almost finished -- he heard a horrendous clap of thunder, and the sky opened. Mark 1:12-15 Upcoming Events he pointed toward a better way to overcome sin and evil: Jesus’ death and resur- The downpour washed the thinned paint off the church and knocked FEB 22– 28, 2021 rection. And Lent gives us forty days to prepare for it! Monday, February 22 Jock off his scaffold and onto the lawn among the gravestones and pud- The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle In today’s second reading, St. Peter tells us why Noah and his family are perfect dles of thinned and worthless paint. 1 Peter 5:1-4 22nd MONDAY Lenten companions for us. Through the flood, they escaped a sinful environment Jock knew this was a warning from the Almighty, so he got on his Matthew 16:13-19 6:30 AM Outreach - Hall and entered a new life with God—just as we escape sin and enter new life through knees and cried: “Oh, God! Forgive me! What should I do?” Tuesday, February 23 7:30 AM MASS - Church the floodwaters of Baptism. And from the thunder, a mighty voice: “REPAINT! REPAINT! AND St. , Bishop and Martyr THIN NO MORE!” 23rd - TUESDAY If you’re preparing for Baptism this Lent, you have a special reason to rejoice. 55:10-11 7:30 AM MASS – Church You will be passing through waters into salvation firsthand. But if you are already Matthew 6:7-15 baptized, you can rejoice too, especially if you spend these forty days renewing 9:00 AM Steam Cleaning - Church Wednesday, February 24 your baptismal promises. Renounce the devil and all his temptations. Affirm your 10:00 AM Food Pantry - Hall 3:1-10 faith in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Recall God’s covenant with you. As you Stations of the Cross Luke 11:29-32 24th - WEDNESDAY dedicate yourself to God this Lent, you’ll come to know the Lord better. And that

7:30 AM MASS - Church will make you more confident in his love and his grace. Thursday, February 25 10:00 AM Food Pantry - Hall During Lenten Season... Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 So find extra time to pray this Lent. Give more of your time and money to Matthew 7:7-12 25th - THURSDAY people in need. Choose to fast, either from food or from a negative activity or Come and join us 6:30 AM Outreach - Hall habit. You might feel like Noah on the ark sometimes, and it might get messy. But every Friday Friday, February 26 7:30 AM MASS - Church the journey is worth it because when you finally reach the joy of Easter Sunday, at 18:21-28 you’ll be stepping into a fuller understanding and experience of God’s faithfulness Matthew 5:20-26 6:00 pm! 26th - FRIDAY and his salvation. Saturday, February 27 7:30 AM MASS - Church Lent has just begun. Let’s get on the boat! Deuteronomy 26:16-19 10:00 AM Food Pantry - Hall Matthew 5:43-48 6:00 PM STATIONS OF “Lord, help me follow you into new life this Lent.” MASS INTENTIONS THE CROSS - Church (taken from the Word Among Us) For the Week Sunday, February 28 2nd Week of Lent 27th - SATURDAY To join the Facebook 8:30 am - Sunday, Feb. 21 Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 7:10AM - Church Live-stream, Jaims Kwon + Romans 8:31b-34 7:30 AM MASS - Church click on this link: Jan Farga + Mark 9:2-10 SUNDAY COLLECTION 8:00 AM Church Cleaning - Church 11:30 am - Sunday, Feb. 21 4:00 PM MASS - Church https:// February 13 - 14, 2021 www.facebook.com/ Pro Populo (after Mass) - MASS INTENTIONS Confessions Diocese-of-Honolulu- Total Collection...…...$ 1,365.10 (for Parishioners) Church Evangelization-TaskForce The best way to remember our dearly Building Fund…...... $ 169.00 7:30 am - Monday, Feb. 22 - 110141233723287/ departed is by praying for them. And the videos/ Candles………...... $ 55.00 Jaims Kwon+ 28th - SUNDAY best prayer we can offer is the Holy Sac- 8:30 AM MASS - Church Ash Wednesday...... $ 67.00 7:30 am - Tuesday, Feb. 23 rifice of the Mass. Masses can be of- 11:30 AM (Live Stream) (Disclaimer) Augustine Educational...$ 563.00 Jaims Kwon + fered for health and healing, in thanks- This Mass is livestreamed Praise and Worship MASS - on the Diocese of Honolulu Donation...... $ 20.00 7:30 am - Wednesday, Feb. 24 giving, for birthday blessings, etc. So we

Church Evangelization Task Force Jaims Kwon + encourage you to walk into the parish (D.E.T.F.) Facebook page. Total….………...... … $ 2,239.10 office and register. If you do not wish to be Online Banking...... $ 325.00 7:30 am - Thursday, Feb. 25 seen, please attend another A donation of $10.00 per Mass Mass. By attending this (February 08– 12) Claire Murakami Dang + is requested. Mass, you are giving 7:30 am - Friday, Feb.26 permission for D.E.T.F. and St. Pius X Church to freely Tony Yun - Thanksgiving Please make checks payable to:

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