Holy Trinity Catholic Church A Stewardship Parish

January 10, 2021 The Baptism of the Lord

Pastor: Fr. Michel Dalton, OFM Capuchin Deacons: Steve Kula and Fernando Ona

Reconciliation/Confession Saturday 9:00 to 10 00 am.

Mass Schedule Saturdays: 4:30 pm Sundays: 8:00 am / 10:30 am Mondays: 5:00 pm Tuesdays: 9:00 am Wednesdays: 5:00 pm Fridays: 10:00 am

Our vision: To be a welcoming parish committed to serving others. Our mission: To make Christ known to the world through Word, Sacrament, Prayer and Service

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Cycle B

Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 The servant of the Lord establishes justice on the Earth. Psalm 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 The God of glory blesses the children of God with peace. Acts of the Apostles 10:34-38 Peter brings the good news to the house of Cornelius, a Gentile. Mark 1:7-11 The Spirit descends on Jesus, the beloved Son of God.

QR Code Online Giving

Holy Trinity Church Contact Information 5919 Kalanianaole Highway, Honolulu, HI 96821 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: holytrinitychurchhi.org Telephone (808) 396-0551 Emergency Telephone: (808) 772-2422

Health and Healing Eternal Rest

Ofelia Lazaro Jay Rego

Sandy Yim Emiliana Vite Bill Hamilton Chieko Furumoto Paul Reyes Ken Johnson Jim Leahey John Debrovin Sr. Anita Yolanda Kramer Kenneth Wong Maria Gambino D.J. Louis Robert Dennehy Naomi Short

Please advise the Parish Office when it is no longer necessary or appropriate to keep names on the list, so we may use the space for future entries.

Christ’s Baptism and Ours

There is a beautiful line in the Rite of Baptism that states: “…you have become a new creation and have clothed yourself in Christ.” This is a statement of faith into which each of us have been baptized and then began our journey filled with the Holy Spirit. At baptism we were each gifted with the presence of the Gods Spirit that would be the energy we would need for our lifelong vocations as Christians. We share in the power that Jesus possessed, and He desires that we boldly continue the mission that He inaugurated when He descended into the Jordan river to be baptized by John. Great demands are made of disciples of Jesus, but He does make such requests without the gift of the Holy Spirit that will enable us to fulfill them.

Just as we were presented to the church at our baptisms, the people who lined the banks of the Jordan River were also seeking a ‘new creation’, a new beginning to their lives that would be restarted by humbling themselves and being open to repenting, to changing anything that prevents a good and wholesome relationship with the Lord. In The Catechism of the Catholic Church, it tells us the following: “Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the spirit, and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as children of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: ‘Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water and in the word.” Key elements of our faith are summarized in this definition of the Sacrament of Baptism. We are told that it is the basis of Christian life, for without baptism we are not Christians…followers of Jesus Christ. Then we are told that it is the door which gives us access to the other Sacraments. We cannot receive any other sacrament unless we have been validly baptized in the church. To receive sacraments in the Catholic Church, baptism is first required. Why is baptism so important and a requirement? Because it takes away our sin and we are spiritually reborn and thus able to receive the other sacraments that give us both an increase of grace and further opportunities to be filled with the Holy Spirit. With the reception of Baptism, we become one with Christ and incorporated into the Church community. We belong!

As we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord let us remember the many blessings and privileges that this sacrament affords each of us. We are a new creation and have been clothed in Christ.

Collections Weekend 2-3 Jan 2021

Offertory $22,106 Christmas 4,705

Major Maintenance 4,357

Religious Retirement 375 TOTAL $31,543

Thank you for your continued support.

Attendance

2-3 Jan

Adults Children

Sat 4:30 PM 83 7

Sun 8:00 AM 70 7

Sun 10:30 AM 81 6

TOTAL 234 20

Parish Generosity

Thank you for being so considerate in supporting these charities in 2020

Total Collected in the Year 2020

Augustine Educational Foundation $4,466 Indian & Black Mission 1,216 Catholic Camp. Hum.Dev.( CCHD) 1,406 Catholic Charities Hawaii 2,665 Catholic Communication Campaign 345 Catholic Relief Services 1,859 Catholic University of America 935 Church in Latin America ( CLA) 872 Holy Father (Peter's Pence) 706 Holy Land 620 Holy Thursday- Operation Rice Bowl 1,651 Retirement Fund for Religious 5,794 Diocesan Priest Retirement 4,755 Seminarian Education Fund ( DVO) 975 WMS-propagation of the Faith 832 Archdiocese for Military Services 200 Offerings for Mass Intentions 3,277 Capuchin Appeal 5,840

Total Fund Contributions $ 38,414

HAWAII 48TH ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE 2021 FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 MASS AND ADORATION AT HOLY TRINITY

You are welcomed to join us for worship and adoration here at Holy Trinity Catho- lic Church on Friday morning, January 22. Mass begins at 10:00 AM and will be immediately followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until noon. Please go to our homepage to register for the Mass and or Adoration at Holy Trinity on Jan 22.

Stewardship Corner Reflection 237

Stewardship at Holy Trinity Catholic Church

His Gift of Mercy

“Have mercy on us!” (Matthew 9:27)

Many of us are at that stage in life where we rely on night lights to illuminate our way around our homes in the darkness. We always believed we could easily navigate around our own homes...but later in life, our sense of direction becomes challenged and the simple task of a refrigerator raid or preparation of an early breakfast becomes more difficult during the darkened hours. We might suddenly feel alone and lost...but that small night light showed us the path. Perhaps this Gospel passage of Matthew might enable us to “see” more clearly. Two blind men called out to Jesus, “...Have mercy on us…and Jesus replied: ...do you believe? Yes, they responded, and their eyes were opened.” Their faith had restored their sight. The year 2013 was declared a Year of Faith by Pope Benedict XVI to strengthen our belief, to reach those yearning for God and for those searching for meaning in their life. So when we seek Jesus’ mercy, let’s imagine Him with us...yes perhaps in the darkness of our lives...let’s steward well His gift of mercy.

“You Can’t Out Do God’s Generosity!”

Men’s Clothing Needed

Now that the men of the parish have received new Christmas clothing among your many gifts now might be right time to share some of the clothing that they will replace. If you have some extra clothes that you would like to donate/share with needy men:

1. wash them, 2. put them in a plastic bag, and 3. drop them off at the church office.

Fr. Mike will soon be making another visit to the River of Life Outreach program to drop off such cloth- ing. Thank you for your generosity... it's a work of charity and it'll free up some needed space in your closet

Help Wanted: Parish Representative for our Cub Scout Troop

We are looking for someone to be the Parish Liaison with the Cub Scout Troop which our parish sponsors. The duties are to be the connection between the Troop and Fr. Mike and our parish community. Until this past week, parishioner Ed Paz served in this capacity. Ed is relocating to Maui and will no longer be able to serve us is this way.

If interested, please let Fr. Mike know and he will fill you in on the details of this position. Having such a person will be a great help for him. [Don't worry...you do not have to attend the Scout meetings.] We are an Equal-Opportunity Parish, therefore a woman could apply for this position!

A New Look for Good News

Stewardship begins a new year with a new look. The Holy Bible is the true Good News and Jesus came to bring this Good News to all of us; it is thus, a fitting symbol of the good news message that stewardship hopes to bring each week to our congregation.

It’s been a long time since we celebrated in church proper...we went from no services during Lent, through Holy Week and Easter and beyond Mother’s Day...then finally in our gym ever since. Regardless of where we celebrate Mass, God is with us. We are able to receive His Body in Eucharist and hear His Word proclaimed. We are fortunate to have a Pastor providing a clean and sanitized worship space, keeping our health and safety a priority. So regardless of the number of weeks we continue in the gym; regardless of which Mayor invokes which tier level, God and His Presence and His Word will be there.

When stewardship began this good news column, the intent was always and continues to be to make us feel just a little bit better. This column will continue in the bulletin with a new look and good news stories of good people doing good things for each other...some positive and uplifting happenings in our modern day and into this new year.

We hope you enjoy...just pass it on...and feel good inside.

Good News to the Parishioners of Holy Trinity Church

January 10, 2021

1. Covid vaccinations have begun for first responders and military personnel; soon to come will be care home residents and senior citizens. 2. A shopper lost her wallet in Foodland, Kahului, Maui on December 11. Aena Townsend, 22, rode his bicycle 3 miles after work to return it. The reward was refused. 3. Matt Lima, police officer, Somerset, MA was called to a shoplifting incident at a Stop and Shop only to find a mother and two children seeking food for a Christmas dinner. Rather than an arrest, a trespass citation was issued along with a $250 gift card. 4. Heard of the “Fauci Effect?” It’s the result of increased applications to Medical School. (up 18%). 5. Remember our gifts from God...continue to take care of one another. 6. Gov Ige is delaying furloughs until mid-year. 7. Dr Omar Atiq, Oncologist in Pine Bluffs, AR, closed his practice and wrote-off the debt of over 200 patients totaling $650,000. 8. “I know it’s difficult to eat and drink with a mask on, but to the extent possible...keep your mask on.” (Anthony Fauci, MD). 9. When it comes to Coronavirus...common sense is not so common...chose common sense anyway. 10. Wear your mask, maintain distance and wash your hands. 11. Keeping up to date with Holy Trinity...easy. Check our website for the latest news and do make your reservation for Mass at www.holytrinitychurchhi.org

Let’s remember the value of what we have when the good times return. Stay safe, wear a mask, wash your hands; looking forward to seeing you in our gym at Mass until then.

Sunday, Jan 10, 2021 emperors on both sides and it went on for years. Hilary of FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Poitiers converted to Christianity at the age of 35 and was elected Do justice a bishop three years later. Hilary was a friendly and courteous We sometimes imagine it’s about collecting sacraments. Or man who persistently championed belief in Jesus’ divinity. Even stockpiling mountains of prayers. Writing fat checks to charities. exile did not silence his voice. In our own times of conflict and Or being nice to people we don’t like. But the prophets division, Saint Hilary, guide us to God’s grace. relentlessly insist that what God desires from us is a just world. TODAY'S READINGS: Hebrews 2:14-18; Mark 1:29-39 (307). “For this Where there’s a privileged class, abominable wage gaps, racist purpose have I come.” systems, and deeply disproportionate outcomes for a nation’s citizens, the peaceable reign of God can’t gain a foothold. Thursday, Jan 14, 2021 Contemplate categories of injustice—education, health care, Reach out and touch an outcast employment opportunities, criminal justice—to name a few. Jesus heals a leper in today’s gospel. Leprosy is relatively rare Make one your special cause, learn all you can, and educate now in most regions of the world, so it’s hard to understand the others about it. fear and revulsion that people with this disease triggered at one TODAY'S READINGS: Isaiah 55:1-11 or Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; 1 John 5:1-9 time. Even someone as close to God as Saint Francis struggled to or Acts 10:34-38; Mark 1:7-11 (21). “A smoldering wick he shall not be comfortable with touching a leper. Every age has its outcasts, quench, until he establishes justice on the earth.” and the Christian challenge has always been to learn to accept those others find unacceptable, love those others find unlovable. Monday, Jan 11, 2021 Prisoners, poor people, those with dark skin or foreign accents, FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Nothing ordinary about the reign of God the homeless—the list of modern lepers is long. Who do you Today is the first weekday of Ordinary Time—that period in the avoid? Acknowledging your aversion is a step toward acceptance. TODAY'S READINGS: Hebrews 3:7-14; Mark 1:40-45 (308). “He . . . church’s liturgical year after the close of the Christmas season touched the leper, and said to him, ‘I do will it. Be made clean.’ ” that stretches until Ash Wednesday (and then picks up after Pentecost until Advent begins again). This time after the holidays Friday, Jan 15, 2021 can indeed seem “ordinary,” when all the commotion dies down Color blind no more and all the decorations are put away. Some people, especially Today in Guatemala, a major religious procession honors an those who live with long, cold winters, might even feel a little image of Christ on the cross carved from dark wood and blue. But while sacred seasons are important, getting down to renowned throughout the region as the “Black Christ of business is too. After all, there’s a reign of God to help build. Esquipulas.” The statue was commissioned by Spanish colonial Think about everything Jesus did between the bookends of his life leaders looking to convert the indigenous people who worshipped that we celebrate—and roll up your sleeves for some a dark-skinned deity. Today the image affirms the fact that in extraordinary work. Latin America there has been a certain “fluidity between races TODAY'S READINGS: Hebrews 1:1-6; Mark 1:14-20 (305). “Come after through inter-marriage and more blending of cultures and me, and I will make you fishers of men.” religions when compared to the experience of Native Americans Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021 and African Americans,” as El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz wrote The power of a name in a remarkable pastoral letter on the history of racism, Night The Holy Name of Jesus is a devotion that was championed by Will Be No More. Today would be a good day to dip into this Saint Bernardino of Siena in the 1400s—with the Holy Name document for insights into the history and persistence of racism, Society dating to the 1200s. As a feast day, it’s been celebrated regionwide. May the Black Christ be a symbol of hope! TODAY'S READINGS: Hebrews 4:1-5, 11; Mark 2:1-12 (309). “They during the first week of January by various Christian were all astounded and glorified God, saying, ‘We have never seen denominations and by Catholic religious orders, most notably the anything like this.’ ” Jesuits, who use a monogram of the name (IHS) as their emblem. For Catholics, the entire month of January is dedicated to the Saturday, Jan 16, 2021 Holy Name of Jesus. Pray the Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus OPTIONAL MEMORIAL OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY today, recalling how even the unclean spirits of Jesus’ day Be present to the Presence recognized his name. The great paradox of God’s kingdom is often expressed in the TODAY'S READINGS: Hebrews 2:5-12; Mark 1:21-28 (306). “What teachings of Jesus: The blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?” the last are first, the dead live. The first and most profound paradox is that the Virgin conceives. Our Blessed Mother Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 experienced the coming Kingdom in her own body. She shares OPTIONAL MEMORIAL OF HILARY, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH that experience with us in our communion with the Lord. We Be gracious in your disagreements carry the Real Presence of the Savior in our own bodies. The Catholics of the 21st century profess the belief that Jesus is both ongoing paradox is that the Lord calls us, who are sinners, to be human and divine every time we recite the Nicene Creed at Mass. the vessels of his presence in the world. Express that presence However, that profession of faith was challenged mightily in the today by lifting up the lowly. fourth century when followers of Arius argued that Jesus was a TODAY'S READINGS: Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 2:13-17 (310). “I did not great man—but not God. The conflict involved bishops and come to call the righteous but sinners.”

Invest just five minutes a day, and your faith will deepen and grow—a day at a time ©2020 TrueQuest Communications. TakeFiveForFaith.com; [email protected]. All rights reserved. Noncommercial reprints permitted with the following credit: Reprinted with permission from TakeFiveForFaith.com. Scripture citations from the New American Bible Revised Edition. For more information about TAKE FIVE and our regular contributors, go to PrepareTheWord.com. Free daily email and app available online at TakeFiveForFaith.com/subscribe.