Our Lady Of Good Counsel

Our Lady of Good Counsel is a Christ-centered Parish enlightened by the Holy Spirit; guided by the Scriptures, Tradition, and the Sacraments of the Holy Roman Catholic Church; through the Stewardship of Time, Talent and Treasure, seeking to renew and maintain Love, Family Unity and Christian Values throughout the Community.

8/7/20

Aloha !

“Because you have made the Lord your refuge, the Most High your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, no scourge come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”  (Ps 91:9-11)

We have been blessed by the Lord to open our church and come to the House of the Lord to worship and pray. We have exhibited great faith and perseverance in and through the pandemic by praying as a family in our homes, praying as employees at work places and as a community of believers in our church.  As your pastor, these have been very hard and challenging times and a very unknown situation for me but I am a proud and happy priest and pastor today because of your great courage and trust in the Lord, your great spirit of aloha, your readiness to volunteer and serve, and the great love that you have exhibited towards our church through your presence in the Holy Eucharist by coming to church and continually  joining through our live streaming of the Mass daily and especially on Sundays.  One of the greatest worries for all the pastors is finance and keeping the church clean after every service.  Your continued commitment to our offertory through online giving, dropbox and weekend Mass offertory collections has been great and a joy to me. Your diligence in disinfecting the seat before and after the Mass has been excellent.

You have exhibited great faith, commitment and closeness to Christ and his church here in OLGC.  This is seen evidently in our weekday and weekend attendance that has been very great ever since we reopened our church during this pandemic; it has increased quite impressively in number regularly making us an excellent parish.  It’s been a great time of deep realization and experience of God coming home to our hearts, homes and churches with great awakening of who we are as children of God.

There are moments that are disturbing, confusing and alarming when we hear the cases in our islands are rising and people are getting more infected and hospitalized by the enemy COVID 19.  We know our life is centered on Jesus and our direction is eternity (heaven) and our path to that place is mapped out by how we live our lives here on earth and how we withstand these dark, confusing, tempting and challenging moments.  We fight a good fight against evil and not to lose sight of God.  We need to be brave and confident in the Lord who can only protect and save us not harm.  We are called Christians, the followers of Christ; the one who believes in Jesus who is sent by the father and to profess our faith in him both in our public and private lives.  The Gospel is the good news of salvation for us all to believe in God and His word made flesh and His call to conversion through repentance of sins and love of one another as he has loved us.  We are called to be his presence here on earth that is by being a supporting actor in these testing times and by following the proper guidelines of the church and government. This isn’t done by becoming passive in our faith. On the contrary, turning to God and giving God a prominent place in our hearts and lives.  Keep social distancing and use masks or disinfectants as protective measures as a means to safeguard us from this Corona virus and trust in God.  We are called to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves (Mt 10:16).

Yours in Christ
Fr. Santhosh Thottankara SS.CC.
Pastor

MONDAY - FRIDAY
8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

CLOSED LUNCH
12:00 NOON - 1:00 P.M.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY
CLOSED

1525 Waimano Home Road
Pearl City, HI 96782

PHONE: 808.455.3012
FAX: 808.456.9443

E-MAIL:

OFFICE: olgc@hawaii.rr.com

MONDAY - FRIDAY: 6:30 A.M.

SATURDAYS: 7:00 A.M.

SATURDAY VIGIL:  5 P.M. (fulfills Sunday obligation)

SUNDAY: 6:30 A.M., 8:30 A.M.,
11:00 A.M., 5 P.M.

PERPETUAL ADORATION CHAPEL:  re-opening to be determined at a later date

CONFESSION:  by appointment only, 
call church office (808) 455-3012)

HOLY HOUR FIRST FRIDAY:
7:00 P.M.