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What an awesome day! I am very proud of all of you!

Today is the feast if Saint Rita. She is the patron saint of impossible causes. So if you or anyone you know are ever in a situation that seems impossible pray to her for help. I have no doubt, God through her intercession, will help.

This Sunday is Confirmation. How exciting! Bishop Larry Silva will be there to celebrate with us. Please arrive at Holy Cross by 9 a.m.

To all the confirmation students, thank you for the great class today!

A wonderful night for students and families to share what they learned in Religious Education.

Hey Everyone, Tomorrow is the "Come and See" Potluck for the St. Theresa Parish K-8 Religious Education Classes. It will be held in the parish Hall from 6:30 -7:30. The children will share something they have learned from the year and we will have a potluck following. Do come and enjoy!

Yesterday was Good Shepherd Sunday. I remember one time a priest shared in a homily that he had lived in Jerusalem and has seen real modern day shepherds and their sheep at a water hole. He said how amazing it was that there would be dozens of shepherds and hundreds of sheep. These sheep would get all mixed together at the water hole, but when one particular shepherd called his sheep that particular shepherd's sheep would come out of the mixture of sheep and return to their shepherd. How clearly the sheep heard and immediately the sheep responded to the shepherd!

Here is a wonderful quote from St. Gregory the Theologian. "Yesterday I was crucified with Him; today I am glorified with Him; yesterday I died with Him; today I am quickened with Him; yesterday I was buried with Him; today I rise with Him. But let us offer to Him Who suffered and rose again for us - you will think perhaps that I am going to say gold, or silver, or woven work or transparent and costly stones . . . Let us offer ourselves, the possession most precious to God, and most fitting . . ."

What a blessed and beautiful First Communion Day!

Thank you to all those who helped bake and sell at our Bake Sale during the May Day. It was a wonderful success!

This past weekend on Divine Mercy Sunday John XXIII and John Paul II were canonized. Here is a little news clip about the canonization. These are two amazing men who were open to the Holy Spirit and willing to sacrifice for the good of others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGI6JGAj9hA

Youth, you are all welcome to meet the Youth Parents at Waimea Theatre this Thursday at 7 p.m. for the showing of the movie "God's not Dead".

This weekend is St. Theresa School's annual carnival. It is always a blessings to see the school grounds "come alive" with fun and joy. So many people uphold and support each other to make the carnival happen. What a blessing!

Here is a wonderful Easter quote during this Octave of Easter. "If Easter says anything to us today, it says this: You can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. You can nail it to a cross, wrap it in winding sheets and shut it up in a tomb, but it will rise!" - Clarence W. Hall

The Lord Jesus asks us to journey with Him these three next days. He asks us to let die anything in us that is not of Him just as He resisted anything that was not of the Father; not of Love.