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Weekday MASS Monday to Saturday 7:30 a.m. Weekend Masses Saturday, 4:00 p.m. Of Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Thank Sunday, 11:30 a.m. Peter and God bless you Fr. Tony Confessions to all Weekdays (by appointment only) Paul who Bobis Saturdays (after 4:00 p.m. Mass) celebrated Who June 29 their celebrat- Adoration & Benediction birthdays ed mass First Friday On June 8:00 a.m. 15th. As we celebrate the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, let us recall that Food Pantry before these saints were shepherds and apostles, they were sheep and Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday disciples. God was able to do great things in them and through them Dominic 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. because they made a decision to surrender control of their lives and Olaso & destiny to the Son of Man who is also the Son of God. some PADRE PIO DEVOTION says “follow me” to each of us. It may mean making a change members Third Saturday Of the After 4:00 p.m. mass of career. It may mean breaking off a relationship that is leading us Diocese of away from . Or it may just mean doing what we are already doing Honolulu WEBSITE: but for an entirely different reason . . .achieving great things not to draw Evangeli- St Pius X Church attention to ourselves, but to glorify Christ . . . seeking an intimate rela- zation tionship no longer to take but to give. . . working not for the weekend, Taskforce www.stpiusxmanoa.com but for the kingdom. Catholicmom.com PAGE 2 ST. PIUS X CATHOLIC CHURCH, MANOA JUNE 27, 2021 PAGE 3 ST. PIUS X CATHOLIC CHURCH, MANOA June 27, 2021

Sunday, June 27, 2021 Feast of , Apostle Readings Touching Jesus July 3 for the Week Ephesians 2:19-22 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Psalm 117:1-2 :24-29 Sunday, June 27 She said, “If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.” :28 St. is remembered primarily for two things: that he was Thirteenth Sunday in the one who did not believe in the Resurrection, and that he brought Christi- Here is an example of one who comes to Jesus with great Ordinary Time Upcoming Events anity to . is a bit of an unfair reputation. So far as we Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 faith. It’s a fascinating story, in that we are given the gift of being know, none of the Apostles believed before seeing Jesus except St. John who 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 saw the and believed. It is simply that his are recorded in such a powerful June 28—July 4 able to know her thoughts. Mark 5:21-43 or 21-24, fashion as we read today. He immediately believed. He experienced many hardships and went This woman had suffered greatly for many years. She tried every- 35b-43 to a faraway land to preach the Gospel. There he was killed for the faith. 28th - MONDAY 6:30 AM Outreach - Hall thing she could to be cured by doctors. She spent all she had. And He was not a lifelong doubter once he saw the evidence with his own eyes, but it cannot be Monday, June 28 said simply that Thomas believed because he saw. Many people might have seen the same 7:30 AM Mass—Church then, in this desperate state, the woman turned in faith to Jesus. St. , , Martyr thing and still doubted. St. Thomas received his faith not by investigation. St. Thomas re- Genesis 18:16-33 Perhaps she had had great faith throughout her life; we do not ceived his faith from the Father. 29th- TUESDAY Faith is not a human accomplishment. Faith is a gift. Faith is not gritting our teeth and in- :18-22 know. What we do know is that in her suffering, she was greatly sisting that we will believe. Faith is a gift. Faith is not something we should be proud of as if 7:30 AM Mass—Church 10:00 AM Food Pantry (Hall) humbled and was out of options. In this humble condition, she did we were better people than those who do not believe. Faith is something we ought to be grate- Tuesday, June 29 ful for because it is a gift. Faith is something that we ought to ask God for every day. And if we what any saint would do. She held on to the conviction that Jesus Solemnity begin to , there are two mistakes we can make: trying to fight the doubts on our own or Sts. Peter & Paul, Apostles 30th- WEDNESDAY was the answer. When all else failed, Jesus would not let her accepting the doubts as wisdom. If we begin to doubt, we must turn to God and ask for more 7:30 AM Mass—Church down. Perhaps she didn’t know if she would be physically healed, faith. Acts 12:1-11 10:00 AM Food Pantry - Hall but she did know she had to turn to Jesus nonetheless. We receive knowledge from our parents and the Church. We know about be- 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 cause of them and the books we read. But faith is something different. If the whole world :13-19 10:00 AM Wedding Norman and Marie Cruz-Church There is a great lesson in this story, in that we must have the abandoned Christianity, and it was just you alone with no support, if they all told you that it was pretend, that it was just another story like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, is there Wednesday, June 30 same depth of trust and the same commitment to turn to Jesus something within you that would still believe? Is there something within you right now that First Martyrs of the 1st - THURSDAY with our life. Even if we have not tried every other option in life, believes in God without consideration of any argument or reason? That is faith. It does not Holy Roman Church 6:30 AM Outreach - Hall we must all embrace the witness this woman gives. seem strong because if we test it ourselves, it will fall apart quickly. The test of our faith Genesis 21:5, 8-20a 7:30 AM Mass—Church comes from the outside: persecution, suffering, martyrdom. That is when we find out how Matthew 8:28-34 strong faith really is. Turning to Jesus with deep certainty and faith means we know

2nd - FRIDAY that His will is all that matters. It means that we choose Him dailyhomilies.org Thursday, July 1 7:30 AM Mass—Church above all else and in every circumstance of life. It means we do not St. Junipero Serra, Priest 10:00 AM Food Pantry - Hall only turn to Him with our problems, we also turn to Him with our Mass Intentions for Genesis 22:1b-19

Matthew 9:1-8 joys and in our blessings. Everything we do must come from a 8:30 am—Sunday, June 27 3rd - SATURDAY deep interior conviction that Jesus is the answer to everything in OFFERING COLLECTION Sister Georgene Perry, SSCC+ 7:30 AM Mass—Church life. Nathan Young+ Friday, July 2 9:00 AM Church Cleaning June 19 & 20 Genesis 23:1-4, 19:24:1-8, 4:00 PM MASS (Church) Perhaps that sounds like a bit much. Perhaps we have a habit of 11:30 am—Sunday, June 27 62-67 Pro Populo :9-13 Confession (after Mass) turning to Him only when everything else seems to fail us. But it Weekly Collection $ 2,581.20 shouldn’t be so. We are called to build a daily habit of seeking to 7:30 am—Monday, June 28 Building Fund 70.00 4th - SUNDAY For the intentions of Dominic Seo & Saturday, July 3 “touch His clothes,” so to speak. This is a way of saying we must Candles 34.00 Family 8:30 AM MASS (Church) turn our heart, mind, will and soul to Him always. Feast 11:30 AM PRAISE AND Donation 25.00 Roland Yap, SSCC— St. Thomas, Apostle Birthday Blessings WORSHIP MASS Peter Pence 129.00 Ephesians 2:19-22 (Church) Reflect, today, on how deep your habit is of reaching out to Je- 7:30 am—Tuesday, June 29 John 20:24-29 Tony Yun—Thanksgiving Live-Stream sus. Is He the first one you praise in your blessings? And is He the Total: $ 2,839.20 first one you turn to in your fears and struggles? Build this interior 7:30 am—Wednesday, June 30 Sunday, July 4 Tony Yun—Thanksgiving Fourteenth Sunday in habit and you will see miracles of grace in your life. On line Giving: 7:30 am—Thursday, July 1 Ordinary Time $ 1,545.00 Tony Yun—Thanksgiving 2:2-5 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Second Lord, help me to always turn to You in all things. Help 06/14/21—6/18/2021 7:30 am—Friday, July 2 :1-6a Tony Yun—Thanksgiving Collection this me to trust You when life seems hard and when things 7:30 am—Saturday, July 3 weekend seem to fall apart. Help me to also turn to You in all the Tony Yun—Thanksgiving many blessings I receive. Jesus, I trust in You. For Holy Father 4:00 pm—Saturday, July 3 Anthony Cruz+ (Peter Pence) Mycatholic.life Liz Dahl+