{"id":36,"date":"2011-06-15T17:03:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T03:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mkalani.com\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2011-06-15T17:42:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T03:42:49","slug":"priest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":"Priest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kalani-priest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"kalani-priest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kalani-priest-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kalani-priest-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kalani-priest.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>Kalani began his theological studies early attending Catholic, Protestant, Latter Day Saints, Jewish Synagogues,Siddha Yogism, Buddhism,  while studying Sufism, Islamism and several Shamanistic Traditions.  Though an advid student of the many paths of life he remains influenced by his early upbringing in the Hawaiian tradition and uses the polynesian lens to describe and ascribe his observations and behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>Kalani has been called upon to perform ceremonial protocol as well as land and house blessings, blessings for loved ones and family or a blessing on a new business or venture.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kalanitalk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-61\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"kalanitalk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kalanitalk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>He is a teacher and facilitator of ceremony for several communities and donates much of his time serving those in need at home and abroad.  His work as a reverend has led to a natural role as a peacemaker and a conflict resolution specialist,.  He engages as a Ho&#8217;oponopono practitioner when it is called for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/weddingkiss1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66 alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"weddingkiss1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/weddingkiss1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a>As stated by his father Joseph Baptist Souza Sr., \u201cThat boy can Marry &#8216;Em and Bury &#8216;Em.\u201d  Rev. M. Kalani Souza is recognized in the states of Hawaii and California, as licensed to perform weddings in either state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalani began his theological studies early attending Catholic, Protestant, Latter Day Saints, Jewish Synagogues,Siddha Yogism, Buddhism, while studying Sufism, Islamism and several Shamanistic Traditions. Though an advid student of the many paths of life he remains influenced by his early upbringing in the Hawaiian tradition and uses the polynesian lens to describe and ascribe his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mkalani.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}