marh 14, 2021 fourth sunday in lent
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MARCH 14, 2021 FOURTH SUNDAY
IN LENT
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE — 2021 Office Hours Tuesday through Friday — 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Office is closed every Monday. Pastor’s Day Off: Monday. Staff Meeting: Tuesday — 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Phone: 808-879-4844. Fax: 808-879-0045. E-Mail: [email protected]. www.saint-theresa.com
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Abreu, Loretta
Ambata, Emily
Aquino, Patzy
Asuncion, Lino
Bediamol, Patricia
Beck , Leiko
Berry, Shan
Bolger, Mary
Bolosan, Chyle
Bumanglag, Arnold
Cablay, Carlotta
Calvo, Antonio
Camello, Balbina
Church Family
Davidson, Cathy
Farris, Eric
Fontanilla, Joy
Foo Sum, Sylvia
Gutierrez, Fred
Hipley, Jane
Inzano, Karen
Johnson, Anne
Karlsson, Annika
Klempert, Patricia
Kotubetey-Adodo, Renee
Lagsay, Candy
Lubaton, Cornelio
Lundberg, Marlene
Maea, Tanifa
Mesa, Joe
McClure, Karen
Naumann, Jeff
Osaki, Marie
Oswald, Therese
Pada, Filipinas
Palleson, Harold
Phaneuf, Gail
Piller, Kathy
Pinaula, Joseph
Quesada, Carmen
Reyes, Bennett
Reyes, Chris
Romero, Teresita
Salisbury, Jane
Sanchez, Arnold
Santiago, Casamajor
Schulte, Marybeth
Shepard, Marvin
Sink, Ian
Spens-Blakley, Becky
Toves, Doris, Jim & Jon
Uehara, Naomi
Untalan, June
Victorino, Naomi
Venencians, Justiniano
Wietecha, Alika
Woodd, Vanessa
Wrolstad, Ella Lynn
Wrolstad, Julianne
For All The Faithful Departed +Shirley Clur +John Ornellas +Magdalena Divina
Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, O Lord, And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them
GOSPEL REFLECTION
FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT MARCH 14, 2021
Today we hear one of the most well-known and best-loved verses in the whole of John’s gospel, a verse that proclaims “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.” These words are spoken in the context of the night visit of Nicodemus to Jesus. Nicodemus, a Pharisee and Jewish leader and teacher, avoids the daylight that might reveal him as associating with a man who is unpopular with the religious institution, and so arouse suspicion of Nicodemus’s own motives and stance. To be unafraid or unashamed of professing our friendship with Jesus by the way we live every day always brings hard demands. The German theologian Eugen Drewermann gives us a memorable image of ourselves when, in the words of the gospel, we have “preferred darkness to light,” to that light which is the only Son of God, given for its salvation to the world that God loves so much: “It can happen that we become like bats, like night-flying creatures who are so accustomed to the dark that our whole biorhythm is attuned to these shadowy periods, as if our eyes would be hurt and our whole lives would be turned inside out if we were dragged out of our caves and the hidden and fearful forms of our existence were exposed to the quiet regions of light and the brightness of day” (Dying We Live: Meditations for Lent and Easter). But we often prefer the false safety of darkness to the light of Christ that exposes, for example, our selfish, racist, sexist, or violent selves. We all have our own caves that we need to name. Lent is designed to drag us out of their darkness into the Easter light of Christ through prayer, fasting, and the “almsgiving” of the gift of ourselves as well as the offer of material assistance to our sisters and brothers in many kinds of need. To help the night visitor, Nicodemus, to come into the light of understanding something of his mystery and mission, Jesus uses a good catechetical approach: he talks the language of his listener. He reminds this “teacher of Israel” (John 3:10; NABRE), who is very much in the dark, of a story from their own Hebrew Scriptures (Num 21:4-9). In the wilderness, the people grumble against God and are struck with a plague of serpents whose bite
HEALING PRAYERS FOR YOUR INTENTIONS,
FOR THE SICK & DYING
could cause death. The people come to Moses, admit their sinfulness, and ask him to intercede for them with God. When he does so, God tells Moses to forge a bronze serpent, fix it and raise it up before those who are stricken. If they gaze on it, they will be saved. This seems a great paradox: healing and life from gazing on a creature of death! But they obey and are healed.
In our humanity, we are all bitten by death; yet, Jesus tells Nicodemus, the God who is love wants to give us life that never ends. And so the flesh of the Son of Man will be brutally, senselessly twisted around the wood of the cross, forged by the fire of his passion and death, and raised up for our salvation. In John’s gospel, “raising” or “lifting up” always has the double sense of crucifixion and exaltation, death and resurrection, for the two movements are inseparable. To gaze with the eyes of faith on this mystery and commit ourselves to it will mean eternal life. Jesus does not come to judge, but just as turning on a light exposes what is hidden in darkness, so it is when the light of Christ shines upon us to expose both good and evil. The cross that will be raised up and venerated on Good Friday will give way at the Easter Vigil to the raised Easter candle, marked with the cross of fragrant “nails” of incense, from which we catch fire and rekindle our baptismal commitment to the saving and universal love of Jesus Christ. Copyright owned / controlled by Liturgical Press. All rights reserved.
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caldeos y llevados en cautiverio a Babilonia; el peor exilio es el del pecado, que nos enajena de nuestro bien propio que es la amistad divina. En el evangelio: "tanto amó Dios al mundo, que le entregó a su Hijo único, para que todo el que cree en él no perezca, sino que tenga vida etena". Creer en el Hijo" es reconocernos enfermos y ver en él nuestra medicina y nuestro médico. "Creer en el Hijo" es ver que sus llagas son el espejo de nuestras heridas, pero a la vez, su gloria es anuncio de nuestro destino celeste. Por lo tanto, vamos a creer en el Hijo. Vamos a creer en la gracia. Vamos a creer en la providencia. Vamos a vivir en la salvación: es regalo para todos los que creamos en el amor sin límites de Dios. P. Ornoldo Cherrez, Capellan de la Cominidad Hispana
de Maui.
Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma. 2021
En la primera lectura sabemos que el destierro fue para los judíos algo así como beberse el cáliz de la muerte. Perdieron no sólo su tierra y sus bienes, sino numerosas vidas, libertad, soberanía, el templo e incluso la fe en el Dios de la Alianza quedó severamente golpeada: un dolor impresionante, que podemos leer por ejemplo en el libro de las Lamentaciones, pero también trajo un espíritu nuevo, un espíritu de humildad y reconocimiento de las propias culpas que llevó finalmente a la única conclusión posible, la que hemos oído en la primera lectura: "ellos se burlaron de los mensajeros de Dios, despreciaron sus advertencias y se mofaron de sus profetas, hasta que la ira del Señor contra su pueblo llegó a tal grado, que ya no hubo remedio". Esta viva conciencia del pecado y de la infidelidad pertinaz del pueblo condujo, sin embargo, a un descubrimiento maravilloso: aunque nosotros seamos infieles, Dios es el siempre fiel; aunque en nosotros haya maldad, la maldad no tiene poder sobre Dios. Y así fue entrando en la conciencia del pueblo una certeza maravillosa: la bondad de Dios, cuando supera a nuestra maldad manifiesta, es puro regalo, es GRACIA. Y el poder de Dios, cuando se impone más allá de los caprichos y egoísmos humanos, es PROVIDENCIA. La segunda lectura nos habla que "en todos los tiempos, Dios muestra, por medio de Jesús, la incomparable riqueza de su gracia y de su bondad para con nosotros"; "ustedes han sido salvados por la gracia mediante la fe"; "es un don de Dios"; "somos hechura de Dios". Ahora entendemos que el peor de los destierros no es lo que vivieron los judíos, oprimidos por los
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Sharing the Gospel
When the Hebrews sinned in the desert, snakes came to bite them. Mo-ses lifted up a metal snake in the desert. If God's people looked at the metal snake, their painful snake bites would be healed. Instead of dying from their snake bites, they would live. Our sins are a lot like those snake bites. Sins turn us away from God, hurt us, and hurt other people. When Jesus was lifted up on the cross, he washed our sins away. Jesus gave us healing and forgiveness. We don't need to die from our sins. We can believe in Jesus, follow God with our whole hearts, and live for-ever.
Prayer
God, thank you for sending Jesus to wash away my sins.
Something to Draw
Draw a picture of Jesus on the cross. Around the cross, write down your sins in pencil, then erase them. This will show that Jesus has washed all of your sins away..
Mission for the Week
Help your parents wash dishes. As you take dirty dishes and wash them clean, talk about how Jesus washed our sins away on the cross.
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MARCH 13 & 14 SAT/SUN EPISCOPAL VISITATION—Bishop Larry Silva
MARCH 18—THURSDAY LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE 7:00 PM
MARCH 19—THURSDAY ST. JOSEPH, Spouse of the BVM—Mass w/Music 7:00 AM
6:30 PM FRIDAY, STATIONS OF THE CROSS
March 19 Aloha Committee & Tongan Catholic Community
March 26 Family Faith Formation & Youth Ministry
FRIDAYS IN LENT
STATIONS OF THE
CROSS &
MASS IN SPANISH
7:15 PM
St. Theresa Church
Regular Sat/Sun Mass Celebrations
Saturday 5:00 PM St. Theresa
Sunday 12:00 PM Christ the King
Sunday 7:00 PM Maria Lanakila
HISPANIC MINISTRY—LENT & EASTER SCHEDULE
Holy Week Schedule 2021
March 27 PALM SUNDAY / SATURDAY Misa en Español 7:00 PM
TRIDUUM
April 1 HOLY THURSDAY 6:30 PM Kapalua, Lahaina
April 2 GOOD FRIDAY 5:00 PM Kapalua, Lahaina
April 3 EASTER VIGIL 6:30 PM Kapalua, Lahaina
April 4 EASTER SUNDAY 12:00 PM Christ the King (w/St. Theresa)
7:00 PM Maria Lanakila, Lahaina
PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SEATS FOR ALL MASSES Office: 808-879-4844 / Online: www.saint-theresa.com
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Get to Know our Elect!
Meet the Nunez-Roman
Siblings
Ruby and younger brother,
Cruz
They enjoy learning about Jesus , Mother Mary and
the Saints. “We love coming to Church
School.”
As our newly Elect become familiar with the Christian way of life and are helped by the
example and support of their sponsors, godparents, and the entire Christian community,
they learn to turn to God in prayer and to bear witness to the faith.
Sunday,
March 14
Second
Scrutiny for
the Elect
St. Joseph Pray For Us
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Important Sacrament Date!
FIRST RECONCILIATION DATE
Saturday, March 20 — 9:00am
Please contact Karen Powers for more information
[email protected] 808-879-4844 ext. 25
Spring Break
March 14 & March 17: NO RE classes for Grades K through 8
Life Teen & Parents WILL meet on Zoom for
“The Search” series #5
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Pray & Play Wednesday nights @ 6:30PM on Zoom!
Prayer, games, videos, and more
FOR EVERYONE!
Need the link? Contact: Karen
808-879-4844 ext. 25
New ENDOW Study Beginning SOON!
Thursday: 8:45 AM and 6:30 PM
To register or for more information,
Contact Karen Powers: [email protected]
or 808-879-4844 ext. 25
ENDOW is a study group for women of all ages
From the beginning, God’s Plan was to live in community and
to serve others. Here at St. Theresa, “God’s Plan” for our high
school Life Teen Ministry is to connect with others through
letters. Teens hand wrote letters for the homebound of Hale
Kau Kau, which were delivered by HKK
volunteer drivers. The teens introduced themselves and
invited the homebound to send letters in reply—and
several did! Teens will come together and respond to these
letters and share the experience!
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St. Theresa Church
MARCH 2021
Week of March 7
Sunday Offerings $ 7,404.00
Online Offerings $ 2,724.00
Donations to St. Theresa Church $ 567.00
Hispanic Mass Offerings $ 238.00
Solemnity of Mary $ 100.00
Stations of the Cross $ 134.00
Donations to Hale Kau Kau $ 8,946.19
Augustine Educational Foundation $ 20.00
Black & Indian Missions $ 20.00
Ash Wednesday $ 30.00
Maintenance $ 1,435.00
Candles $ 9.00
Gift Shop $ 30.04
Life Teen Donations $ 105.00
INCOME TOTAL: $ 21,762.23
Second Collection
MARCH 13 & 14
Maui Catholic Schools
MARCH 20 & 21
Catholic Relief Services
Thank you for your support!
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Applications are being accepted for the 2021 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, which provides low-income seniors with fresh produce from Maui farmers’ markets. Each participant will receive 10 coupons worth $5 each (for a total of $50) to exchange for unprocessed locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs and honey from an authorized farmer or farmers’ market. The buying period is April 1 to Oct. 31, 2021. The program is administered on Maui by Maui Economic Opportunity. To qualify, an applicant must be at least 60 years old, a resident of Maui and have a maximum house-hold income of $27,417 for a single person, $37,074 for two people and $9,657 for each additional household member including children. Seniors may use their coupons at authorized outlets, which will have a sign indicating they accept SFMNP coupons. There will be no cash change, and seniors are urged to spend as much of each $5 coupon as possible. Proxies may be designated for purchases by filling out a form. Schedules and locations of farmers ’ markets and outlets will be included with the coupon booklet. Download applications from the MEO website, https://www.meoinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SFMNP-Application-v.1.pdf or call 808-243-4313 or email [email protected]. Applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. The goal of the program is to help low-income seniors improve their health and nutrition with fresh food while also aiding local farmers.
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UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE — 2021 Office Hours: Tuesday through Friday — 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Office is closed every Monday. Pastor’s Day Off: Monday. Staff Meeting: Tuesday — 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Phone: 808-879-4844. Fax: 808-879-0045. E-Mail: [email protected]. www.saint-theresa.com