Most of you celebrated the Lord’s Resurrection two weeks ago. For many, it was a glorious day of rejoicing in the miraculous. It was a day where you reflected not only on the event 2,000 years ago, but on the resurrection in your own life. The day you accepted Christ. The day a long-awaited prayer was answered. The day sickness was healed or sorrow wiped away. For others, this day only served as a reminder of your cross. You felt like you got left at Good Friday, weeping, while the rest of the world moved on to Easter Sunday.

Three AMAZING Prizes will be awarded at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 29th at Mary, Star of the Sea’s 12th Annual East Honolulu Food Festival. You do not need to be present to win. Tickets may be purchased at the schools or church office or on the day of the event. Just write your name and contact information very clearly on each ticket and select which prize box to place your draw tickets in for a chance to win.

“Lent is like a long ‘retreat’ during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in order to defeat the temptations of the Evil One. It is a period of spiritual ‘combat’ which we must experience alongside Jesus, not with pride and presumption, but using the arms of faith: prayer, listening to the word of God and penance. I