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HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD APRIL 3, 2020
Hawaii Catholic Herald
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Official notices
Bishop's calendar
Bishop's Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop's delegate.] April 5, 9:00 am, Private livestreamed Palm Sunday Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. April 9, 7:00 pm, Private livestreamed Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Ho- nolulu. April 10, 3:00 pm, Private livestreamed Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, Ca- thedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, down- town Honolulu. April 11, 7:00 pm, Private livestreamed Easter Vigil, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. April 12, 9:00 am, Private livestreamed Mass for Easter Sunday, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu.
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All livestreamed Masses at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace will be available on www.facebook.com/HonoluluCathedralBa- silica or hawaiicatholictv.com.
Announcements/Appointments
Bishop Silva has appointed Deacon Keith Cabiles and his wife Hazell as the Apprentice Directors of the Deacon Formation Program, effective July 1, 2020. They will work closely with Deacon John and Kathleen Coughlin, cur- rent Directors, over the next several years and will succeed them when they retire. Bishop Silva announces the postponement of the Clergy and Religious Jubilee Celebra- tion Mass scheduled for May 2, 2020. We will honor our Jubilarians at a later date this year. The diocesan offices will be closed Friday, April 10, 2020, in observance of Good Friday.
Bishop Larry Silva
2020 EASTER MESSAGE
Something strange is happening - there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silent because the King is asleep."
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hese words, taken from an ancient homily on Holy Saturday, are found in the Office of Readings of the Liturgy of the Hours for that day. Though they were written centuries ago, they are eerily indicative of the silence and stillness we are experiencing today in the midst of the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Our beaches and streets are practically empty, businesses are suspended, schools and even churches are closed. Perhaps it was like the midnight silence in the homes of the Israelites when the angel of death took every first-born son of hu- man beings and animals of the Egyptians but passed over the homes of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the Passover lamb. Is the King asleep? We may wonder whether the King who was exalted with "Ho- sannas" as he entered Jerusalem is asleep once again, sealed up in the tomb of dis- tance from us, seemingly overcome once again by the powers of disease, death and destruction. We may cry out as One did before us, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?" as we experience this virus sucking the life out of people and wreak- ing havoc on our economy. It is silent and still indeed throughout the whole world. But we know that no angel of death, no disease, and no encounter with death is ultimately victorious, because Jesus rose from the dead and has given us his Spirit of peace and of hope. We may feel the dank silence of the tombs of social distancing, but we know without any doubt that the days of singing "Alleluia" are near - in fact, already here! Easter is the feast day of our liberation from sin, sickness and death; and even though the liberation may not have brought us out into the streets yet, we still break the deadly silence by singing "Alleluia" in our hearts, in our homes, and on our social media platforms, because we know that the King is with us. Just as so many long to physically embrace Jesus once again in the most intimate and holy Com- munion with him, so he longs for the day when our embrace is not just for an hour a week, but for eternity. And so, we break the silence with our singing. We stir up the stillness with our dancing, because this alone will open up our tombs and have us rise with Jesus to rejoice in the light. In this still and silent time, may your lives ring loudly with joy, hope and great love! Happy Easter!
Editor's note: Some of the parish Easter greetings in this issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald contain Holy Week service schedules that were prepared before Bishop Larry Silva canceled all public services. Check with your parish to see if some of these liturgies will be livestreamed over the internet.
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