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6th Sunday of Easter
Today’s Scripture passages declare the profound truth that those who believe in Christ are to obey his commandment of love – “Love one another as I have loved you.” When we celebrate today as MOTHER'S DAY, let us remember with gratitude that it is generally our mothers who practice the agápe love of Jesus.
In the first reading, Peter teaches us that God shows no partiality in His love and that there are no boundaries to abiding in love. God loves everyone, both the Jews and the Gentiles, and He wants everyone to be saved through His son, Jesus. That is why God welcomed the Roman centurion Cornelius as the first non-Jew to become a Christian. The reading tells us how God also allowed the Gentiles who heard Peter’s speech to receive the same Holy Spirit and His gifts that Peter’s Jewish audience had received on the day of Pentecost.
Today's Responsorial Psalm (Ps 98) also directs our attention toward God's marvelous love and kindness in offering salvation to the whole world.
In the second reading, John defines God as love and explains that He expressed His love for mankind by sending His son to die for us humans “as expiation for our sins.” This Divine love gives us the command as well as duty to love one another as we have been loved by God. Since God has loved us first, we can and should love God in return, love ourselves properly, and love one another.
After telling the parable of the vine and branches, Jesus, in today’s Gospel, teaches the disciples that are to obey his commandment of love just as Jesus has obeyed his Heavenly Father’s will by fulfilling His commandments and remaining inseparably bonded with his Father. Jesus’ unconditional, forgiving, selfless, sacrificial love for us must be the criterion of our love for others. The highest expression of this love is our willingness to lay down our lives as Jesus did, for people who don’t deserve it. The goal and result of our abiding in love, in God, will be perfect joy. Jesus no longer calls us slaves but now calls us “friends.” He tells us that he has chosen us, and that, if we use Jesus’ name, we can ask the Father for anything
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Due to high volume of Mass Intentions, we've created a new system to accommodate all requests. Instead of names being read at the morning week day masses, all names will be posted on a "MASS INTENTION BOARD" displayed on the left side of the Altar in the Hall. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR MASS REQUEST TO THE OFFICE 14 DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR REQUESTED DATE OF INTENTION.
parish hall
In the Parish Hall no reservation is needed to attend the Mass for the 5PM on Saturday and 8AM on Sunday. When you arrive at the Hall please give your contact information and follow all protocols such as wearing your facemask and keeping your mask on throughout the Mass. You will be escorted to your seat.
A Stewardship Moment
Today’s first reading says that the early church “was of one heart and mind…they had everything in common.” This seems so foreign to us in 2021, where division abounds in most aspects of life! On this Divine Mercy Sunday, let us come together and consider our stewardship of the mercy that our Heavenly Father has extended to us.
Mass Pass 2021
Reservations are being taken now
Please call the office at 877-6098. You will be called back in the order in which it was received. Because of some changes being done to the seating arrangements, we cannot guarantee you will get the same seats. Our Reservationists will contact you during the last week of the month. We appreciate that you do not tie up our phone lines if you have already submitted your reservations.
RCIA
Registration has started and we are still accepting more students. If you have not received your First Communion and/or Confirmation, come join the classes. Want to become a Catholic and receive all three sacraments? Call or come to the Parish Office for more information. 877-6098 and complete our application process.
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Kahului, HI 96732
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