Be prepared for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come

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“Be prepared… for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”

Liturgical Readings Monday, November 28th Advent Weekday 1st Reading: Isaiah 4: 2-6 Gospel: Matthew 8: 5-11 Tuesday, November 29th Advent Weekday 1st Reading: Isaiah 11: 1-10 Gospel: Luke 10: 21-24



Wednesday, November 30th Saint Andrew, Apostle (Feast) 1st Reading: Romans 10: 9-18 Gospel: Matthew 4: 18-23 Thursday, December 1st Advent Weekday 1st Reading: Isaiah 26: 1-6 Gospel: Matthew 7: 21, 24-27

Friday, December 2nd Advent Weekday 1st Reading: Isaiah 29: 17-24 Gospel: Matthew 9: 27-31 Saturday, December 3rd Saint Francis Xavier, Priest (Memorial) 1st Reading: Isaiah 30: 19-21, 23-26 Gospel: Matthew 9: 35-10: 1, 5, 6-8

Next Sunday’s Readings December 4, 2016 2nd Sunday of Advent

1st Reading: Isaiah 11: 1-10 2nd Reading: Romans 15: 4-9 Gospel: Matthew 3: 1-12

Fr. Edmundo N. Barut Jr., Pastor  Fr. EJ Resinto, Parochial Vicar  Ronald Paglinawan and Eric Kim, Deacons

91-1004 North Road, Ewa Beach, HI 96706

808-689-8681

808-689-1954

www.olphewabeach.org

[email protected]

THAT THEY MAY BE ONE! Parish Schedule This Week

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish

SUNDAY - November 27, 2016

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm / 1pm-4pm Phone: (808) 689-8681 Weekends & Holidays: Closed

1st Sunday of Advent

Fr. Ed Barut, x102, Fr. EJ Resinto, x103, Deacon Ron, x100, Deacon Eric, x100, Mela Kim, x101 (Office Manager) Emily Tui, x100 (Secretary), Julia Torres, x107 (Religious Education Director), Edwin Albano, x104 (Book Keeper) Junior Tui, (Custodian)

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School Grades K through 8 Phone: (808)689-0474 Fax: (808)689-4847

Sister M. Davilyn AhChick, O.S.F., Principal Evangeline Dionisio, Administrative Assistant

Accredited by WCEA/WASC - Western Catholic Education Association of Schools & Colleges * Co-Educational, Grades K-8 * Christ-centered education * Faculty & Staff are dedicated role models * Extra-curricular activities: Drama Arts Class, Heiwa-Do Karate Class, Choir, JPO, Speech Team, Spelling Bee, Geographic Bee, Math Counts Team, etc. * Athletic Programs: Boys & Girls Volleyball, Basketball, Track & Field Teams * Extended Care: Before & After School Care.

CCD Classes - 7:30am & 9:30am 7am, 9am, 11am & 5pm Masses (Ch) 6:15pm: Life Night (Ch), (Breezeway) MONDAY, November 28, 2016 8:15am: Mass (Ch) 11am: Funeral Mass +Loralie P. Pagala (Ch) TUESDAY, November 29, 2016 8:15am: Mass (Ch) WEDNESDAY, November 30, 2016 8:15am: Mass (Ch) 6:00pm: Mass (Ch) - Advent Recollection after mass for Youth and Young Adults THURSDAY, December 1, 2016 8:15am: Mass (Ch) FRIDAY, December 2, 2016 6:00pm: Mass - No Adoration (Ch) - Advent Recollection for Parish Community SATURDAY, December 3, 2016 7:00am: Mass (Ch) 5pm: Vigil Mass (Ch) SUNDAY, December 4, 2016

2nd Sunday of Advent

CCD Classes - 7:30am & 9:30am 7am, 9am, 11am & 5pm Masses (Ch) 6:15pm: Life Night (Ch), (Breezeway)

OLPH Ministries & Groups LITURGICAL ACTIVITIES/MINISTRIES Adoration w/Benediction, Every First Friday, 6:45pm (Ch) Baptism, Last Saturday, 10:00am (Ch) Combined Choir Practice, Every Tuesday, 7:00pm (Ch) Liturgy Committee Mtg, Last Saturday, 8:00am (C3) Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW), Sundays, 9am, 11am & 5pm Masses (Ch) Marian Devotions & Novena to the Holy Trinity, 1st Saturday, 830am (Ch) Rosary to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, M-F 7:50am (Ch) Prayer Group, Every Tuesday, 7:00pm (S8) Sacred Heart Society, 1st Sunday, 9:00am Mass (Ch) Samoan Choir, choir practice every Sunday, 1pm (Ch)

`t{tÄÉ YÉÜ f{tÜ|Çz lÉâÜ gÜxtáâÜxá November 19 & 20, 2016 Regular Offerings

$ 6,928.62

2nd Collection (Mahele Na Makana)

$ 1,069.00

Mass Intentions

$ 186.00

PARISH ADMINISTRATION Staff Mtg, Every Friday, 10:00am (Parish Conf. Rm)

Blessings

$

100.00

PARISH MAINTENANCE Church Cleaning, Every Saturday morning (Ch) Parking Security (to be announced) Repair & Maintenance Committee Mtg, 1st Tuesday, 7:00pm (B)

Thanksgiving

$

115.00

Total deposited:

PRE-TEEN/TEEN/YOUNG ADULT Life Teen (Grades 9-12), Every Sunday, 6:15pm (B & Ch) Life Teen Core Team Meeting, Every Sunday, 3:00pm (BCR3) Middle School Faith Formation (Gr 6,7,8) Sun, 7:30am/9:30am (OLPH School) Ignite Gathering, (to be announced) RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES Evangelization Team Mtg (to be announced) HSRE (High School Rel. Ed.), Wednesday, 7:00pm (Ch, GCR,BCR3) RCIA-Adults, Every Friday, 7pm (BCR2) RCIA-Adults, Every Wednesday, 7pm (BCR2) Religious Ed. Classes, PreK-8th, Every Sunday, 7:30am & 9:30am (OLPH School) Samoan Ministry, Every Sunday, 1:30pm (Ch) RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS Filipino Catholic Club, Last Thursday, 7:00pm (S4) Knights of Columbus, 1st Saturday - 8am & 3rd Thursday, 7:00pm (S5) SOCIAL MINISTRIES Respect Life Ministry (2nd Tuesday, 7:00pm (Breezeway Conf. Rm 2) Aloha Fellowship Mtg, (to be announced) Bereavement Ministry Mtg, (to be announced) Blood Pressure Screening, 1st Sunday (FrontCh) Food Distribution, Last Friday, 9:00am-11:00am (B) Non-Perishable Food Collection, Every Saturday & Sunday, All Masses (Ch) Seniors Exercise (low impact), Every Thursday, 9:00am (B)

$ 8,398.62

`t{tÄÉ YÉÜ f{tÜ|Çz lÉâÜ gÜxtáâÜxá Faith Direct /November 22, 2016 Regular Offerings

$ 5,338.17

2nd Collection (Mahele Na Makana)

$ 617.00

All Souls Day

$ 130.00

All Saints Day

$

45.00

Catholic Campaign for Human Dev.

$

20.00

Total Faith Direct Deposited: Grand Total deposited: 2

$ 6,150.17

$14,548.79

CLERGY’S PAGE BEING READY FOR THE END As I was researching for my page I came across this article by a Dominican Friar Robert Verrill OP, which matched almost exactly what I wanted to share with you. It is more detailed and has an eloquence that I would not have been able to match. Please forgive me for not offering something of myself this time, but this almost exactly matched what I was inspired to share. Beginnings are an ideal time to think about ends. After all, if we are setting out on something new, we need to know where we are headed. Now the first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of the new liturgical year and as we begin the New Year, the Church invites us to think about the future. We look forward to a time when there will no longer be wars, a time of salvation, a time when the Son of Man will come. The final coming of Christ is something that we can easily lose sight of. Some theologians believe that when Christ talked in apocalyptic terms, he was just using the language of a first century Jew. They argue that Jesus wasn't really talking about the end of the world, but rather he was just emphasizing what the demands of Christian discipleship are. That is, we must constantly remain alert. In this realized eschatology, there is no need to focus on the end times, because the end has already happened. Christ has already come and he is with us now. Of course Christ is truly with us and so we are living in the end times, but if we over-emphasize this realized eschatology, there is a real danger that we will go against what the Church has always taught. Every week in the Creed we proclaim 'He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead ... We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.' This will be a marvelous and miraculous event. It is not something we can deduce by studying the laws of physics. There is no way we can predict when it will happen or what it will be like, but our faith in Christ's resurrection demands that we believe in a general resurrection which will be a corporeal reality. This is something we have to be ready for. A human soul can only be perfected if it is united to a body, so we can't attain our final happiness as immaterial beings or as material beings which are subject to decay. Our faith in Christ means that we really can hope for a true and final happiness with God in which body and soul will be perfectly united. So how should we be ready? Well, we need to come to terms with what we are. In today's reading, St Paul gives examples of certain types of behavior which are unbecoming of human beings: reveling and drunkenness, debauchery and licentiousness, quarreling and jealousy. It is not that the Christian life means we can't enjoy ourselves, but rather our true joy cannot consist in these sorts of behavior. In each of the examples that St Paul gives, there is some kind of contradiction with our true human nature. Getting drunk is damaging to our health and our judgement. Being licentious means our actions are not ordered to their proper end. Quarreling and jealousy undermine the social structures by which we discover who we are. The big struggle in life is accepting our human nature, living as God intended us to live. We live in a fallen world, a world in which the spiritual is at war with the material, a world in which our souls are out of step with our bodies. We may see our bodies as letting us down, as an obstacle to our perception of reality, as tempting us do things we would rather not do. Yet we may also find ourselves being attracted to this fallen world and giving in to the unreasonable demands we feel our bodies are making of us. St Augustine understood this attraction very well. In book 8 of the Confessions, he writes about the period shortly before his conversion: “The burden of the world weighed me down with a sweet drowsiness such as commonly occurs during sleep. The thoughts with which I meditated about you were like the efforts of those who would like to get up but are overcome by deep sleep and sink back again. No one wants to be asleep all the time, and the sane judgement of everyone judges it better to be awake. Yet often a man defers shaking off sleep when his limbs are heavy with slumber. Although displeased with himself he is glad to take a bit longer, even when the time to get up has arrived.” St Augustine goes on to describe the actual moment of his conversion, how he was in the depths of despair, weeping under a fig tree. At this point he heard the voice of a child from a nearby house repeating over and over again: 'Pick up and read, pick up and read.' He suddenly stopped crying, he hurried to pick up a bible, and he opened it and read the first passage on which his eyes fell. “Not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” The passage he read was the passage from St Paul, the one we heard in today's reading. This was the moment of St Augustine's conversion. On reading these words, he describes how at once it was as if a light of relief from all anxiety had flooded into his heart. All the shadows of doubt were dispelled. The story of Augustine's conversion shows the dramatic power of the Word. Christ is with us now and he is our light. He heals our human nature and in him we will find our ultimate happiness.

Peace, Deacon Eric Kim OLPH Parish Info

Please Call the Office First Getting Married? Wedding preparations begin at least 6 months PRIOR to the actual wedding. Funeral Arrangements? Call BEFORE you meet with the mortuary to make funeral arrangements.

Sunday Masses 7am, 9am, 11am & 5pm

Homebound Ministry Inform the parish office with the name, address and phone number of the person who would like to receive Communion at home.

Vigil Mass Saturday, 5pm

Planning a Baptism Call BEFORE making any baptism celebration plans

Weekday Daily Masses Mon-Fri, 8:15am Wednesday, 6pm First Fri, 6pm / Sat, 7am

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Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Every morning / Wed, 5:30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Sat, 4p-4:30pm or by appointment Adoration with Benediction Every First Friday at 6:30 pm

PLEASE READ PARISH ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS JULY 1, 2015 - JUNE 30, 2016 Dear OLPH Parishioners, In the spirit of stewardship and with the concurrence of our Parish Finance Council, I hereby disclose to you in accordance with diocesan guidelines our Parish Annual Financial Reports covering the period from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. We have presented these same reports in all our Masses on 19-20 November 2016. We are printing them in our Parish Bulletin for your record and perusal. For your sacrifice and generosity, “I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of you, praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you” (Philippians 1:3-4). Father Edmundo N. Barut, Jr. Pastor

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/FAITH FORMATION “HIDDEN” Our Edgers explored “Hidden” things in their session last week. What are the “Hidden” things discussed in the sessions? Well, things that exist which we cannot see but which we accept by faith and by experience. An example would be wind. We cannot see wind but we know there is wind because we can feel its presence and effects on us and our lives. Another example is an angel. Do we believe in angels? Has anyone seen an angel? The morning sessions zeroed in on the three archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Pictured here are some Edgers in the afternoon session in one of their activities led by their core leaders. Please pray for our Edgers and their families and our Edge Core Team. Please pray too that more adults will come forward to be part of this exciting ministry – Edge Middle School Youth Ministry.

FAMILY PROJECTS FOR ADVENT

STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT

Today is the first Sunday of Advent. What ritual does your family celebrate during the Season of Advent? Any special devotion that your family practices? The new norms for initiation sacraments – Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion --- emphasize parent(s) involvement in the process. Advent is an excellent time for parents to teach their children by example and by practicing and living our faith. What can you do as a family? ♦ Prepare an Advent wreath together and pray as a family. Need ideas how to prepare an Advent wreath? First – get or prepare a wreath. If you would like to simply buy a fresh wreath, you may go to a store (Costco, Sam’s, Walmart, etc) Then buy 3 purple and one pink candles. The pink candle is lit on the Third Sunday of Advent. Are you more on the arts & craft side? You may want to get a round/circular Styrofoam for the wreath then decorate it with greens. Don’t forget the candles. Here is a link to the prayers for lighting the candles each week: http:// www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/liturgical-year/advent/ prayers/prayer-for-lighting-the-advent-wreath-candles?p=1 Or google: Prayers for Advent Wreath if it’s challenging to type all the letters and characters on the link There are also some fun and easy ways to make an Advent wreath. Check Catholic Icing or Pinterest. ♦ Prepare a Jesse Tree. The Jesse Tree traces the lineage of Jesus. This is an awesome opportunity for the family to read Scriptures and learn the “family tree” of Jesus. Here is a link to what a Jesse Tree is and how to prepare it. Remember: this involves the whole family: http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/ liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=545 ♦ The family goes to Confession on Thursday, December 1, at 7:00 pm. Please note that one of the precepts of the Church is to go to Confession at least once a year. ♦ Come to Simbang Gabi Masses at our parish. This will start on December 15 at 7:00 pm. ♦ Pray the rosary every night as a family. Someone said that the family that prays together, stays together. Praying the rosary will take 15 to 20 minutes of your time. Don’t know how to pray the rosary? Just google: How to Pray the Rosary. You will find videos and instructions on how to do it.

Thank you to Lynette Low and some parents in our Religious Education who contributed to our campaign for Star Light, Star Bright. We will continue to receive donations until Nov. 29, Tuesday. For Sunday classes, please drop off your donations today, Nov. 27. You may also bring them to the parish office but please specify that your donations are for Star Light, Star Bright. Star Light, Star Bright is a project of our Diocesan Prison Ministry whereby they re-unite the children with their incarcerated mothers at a Christmas party at the Women’s Correctional Facility in Kailua. The children and their caregivers will receive a care basket. What can you give? Canned goods, other non-perishable items such as 5-lb bag of rice, boxed cookies, etc. Toiletries are also needed: toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, bath soap, etc. We hope you will share your blessings with those in need and less fortunate that you.

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RELIGIOUS ARTICLES SALE Are you looking for a Christmas gift that celebrates our faith? You need not go further than OLPH Church. You may find what you are looking for on December 11 and December 18, before and after each Mass. Give a gift that will help someone deepen his/her faith. See you at our sale. Proceeds of the sale will go towards catechists’ ongoing formation.

Parish Office / Social Ministry EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP - ADVENT REFLECTIONS As we prepare for the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ, let us make time this Advent to reflect upon the Who and the Why we celebrate the season. On Wednesday November 30, @ 7pm Fr. Ed and Fr. EJ will be presenting our Youth & Young Adults an evening of Recollection based on the book: Everyday STEWARDSHIP - ADVENT Reflections for the Season By: Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS The presentation will be presented again on December 1st immediately following the First Friday mass at 6pm. We will focus on the 6 characteristics of an Everyday Stewardship way of life. This week as we begin our Advent journey we are encouraged to reflect each day on scripture and challenge ourselves to make every day an offering to God. Each week of Advent we will publish the following information to assist you in making this the most meaningful Advent ever! Date

Scripture

Challenge

Sun, Nov. 27

Matthew 24:37-44

Spend time reflecting on what you would change in your life if you knew your time was close to the end. Resolve to make even a small change or two today!

Mon, Nov. 28

Matthew 8:5-11

Identify one small obstacle that keeps you from fully living the stewardship way of life. Name it, reflect on why it is an obstacle, and work on a plan to eliminate or lessen its power in your life.

Tues, Nov. 29

Luke 10:21-24

Spend at least fifteen minutes in silence today and invite God to speak to you. You should say nothing. Just listen.

Wed, Nov. 30

Matthew 4:18-22

You could be a daily Mass attendee, but if not, try to attend a daily Mass today. While there, reflect on what it means to you to be a part of a church community.

Thurs, Dec. 1

Matthew 7:21, 2427

In your prayer today, offer up as an intention your parish community. Pray that they see stewardship not as a way of just getting more people engaged, but as a pathway for people to grow in their love of Jesus Christ.

Fri, Dec. 2

Matthew 9:27-31

Reflect on the blind spots of faith in your life: those areas where you have a hard time seeing the presence of God. It can be in a place, person, or situation. Pray for healing so that you may see and be blind no more.

Sat, Dec. 3

Matthew 9:35 & 10:1, 5a, 6-8

Who do you know that needs to feel the love of God through your actions? Identify that person and make a plan to show him/her the power of God’s love by the end of this week. It doesn’t have to be overly complex or profound. A little love can make a big difference.

MASS INTENTIONS

RECENTLY DEPARTED Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let Your perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

Saturday, November 26, 2016 5pm: +Dennis Sarmiento Sunday, November 27, 2016 7am: +Romana Dumbrigue 9am: +Siegfred Maling, +Abelardo Rudy Nicolas, +Michael Jeffrey Almerol, +Dalmacio Seveses, +Walter Sarandi, +Rose Oasay, +Sabrina Mauricio 5pm: MISSA PRO POPULO Monday, November 28, 2016 8:15am: +Walter Sarandi Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:15am: +Walter Sarandi Wednesday, November 30, 2016 8:15am: Andrea M. Yucoco (In thanksgiving) 6:00pm:+Walter Sarandi Thursday, December 1, 2016 9:00am: +Walter Sarandi Friday, December 2, 2016 6:00pm: +Benjamin Yucoco



LORALIE P. PAGALA

Prayer Service: Sunday, November 27, 2016 @ 6:30pm - Mililani Makai Chapel Funeral Mass: Monday, November 28, 2016 11am - OLPH Church Burial: Monday, November 28, 2016 12:30pm - Mililani Memorial Park

FOOD PANTRY Next weekend is

CANNED SPAM Bring your donations in next week. Thank you for your generosity for the poor and needy! We also accept other non-perishable food items. 6

PLEASE READ ♦



Some of the obstacles that keep us from “making a straight path” for the Lord are the same obstacles that keep us from embracing STEWARDSHIP as a way of life. John the Baptist calls us to reform our lives and let go of the selfishness and greed that keep us from following God’s will. How much of your time, other than an hour on Sunday, do you give back to God for

EVENTS DURING ADVENT SEASON Advent Season begins on Sunday, November 27, 2016; therefore, in preparing for Christmas this year here are the upcoming events you might need to plan ahead for.

Advent Penance Service Thursday - December 1, 2016 at OLPH -7pm Several Priests will be available to hear Confessions (all Catholics are encouraged to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconcilia+on as part of their spiritual prepara+on for Christmas).

2016 Simbang Gabi Novena Masses December 15 & December 16 at 7pm December 17 & December 18 at 5pm December 19 & 23 at 7pm

SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, December 8, is a major feast day and a holy day of obligation. Please join us Wednesday, December 7th at 7pm for Vigil Mass and Thursday, December 8th at 8:15am & 7pm in the Church for a Mass in our Lady’s honor.

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

Dec. 24, 2016 - Vigil of Christmas 6:00pm & 9:00pm Dec. 25, 2016 - Christmas Day Midnight, 7:00am, 9:00am,11:00am & 5:00pm

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