The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 8, 2019
Matthew 1:1-16
Preacher: Adela Miron
Song: "Woman of God” by Maeve Heaney

​Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 
August 18, 2019

Luke 12:49-53

Jesus said to his disciples:
“I have come to set the earth on fire,
   and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
   and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division.
From now on a household of five will be divided,
   three against two and two against three;
   a father will be divided against his son
   and a son against his father,
   a mother against her daughter
   and a daughter against her mother,
   a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
   and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

Preacher: Kit Queniahan-Sanaani
Song: "Your Side of Time” by Maeve Heaney

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 
August 11, 2019

Luke 12:32-48

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not be afraid any longer, little flock,
   for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
Sell your belongings and give alms.
Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out,
   an inexhaustible treasure in heaven
   that no thief can reach nor moth destroy.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
 
“Gird your loins and light your lamps
   and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding,
   ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
Blessed are those servants
   whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.
Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,
   have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
And should he come in the second or third watch
   and find them prepared in this way,
   blessed are those servants.
Be sure of this:
   if the master of the house had known the hour
   when the thief was coming,
   he would not have let his house be broken into.
You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect,
   the Son of Man will come.”
 
Then Peter said,
   “Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?”
And the Lord replied,
   “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward
   whom the master will put in charge of his servants
   to distribute the food allowance at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.
Truly, I say to you, the master will put the servant
   in charge of all his property.
But if that servant says to himself,
   ‘My master is delayed in coming,’
   and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants,
   to eat and drink and get drunk,
   then that servant’s master will come
   on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour
   and will punish the servant severely
   and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
That servant who knew his master’s will
   but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will
   shall be beaten severely;
   and the servant who was ignorant of his master’s will
   but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating
   shall be beaten only lightly.
Much will be required of the person entrusted with much,
  and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”
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Preacher: Jovello Gomez
Song: "Ready for You” by Kutless

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 
July 28, 2019

Luke 11:1-13

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished,
   one of his disciples said to him,
   “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”
He said to them, “When you pray, say:
   Father, hallowed be your name,
      your kingdom come.
      Give us each day our daily bread
      and forgive us our sins
      for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
      and do not subject us to the final test.”
 
And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend
   to whom he goes at midnight and says,
   ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
   for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey
   and I have nothing to offer him,’
   and he says in reply from within,
   ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked
   and my children and I are already in bed.
I cannot get up to give you anything.’
I tell you,
   if he does not get up to give the visitor the loaves
   because of their friendship,
   he will get up to give him whatever he needs
   because of his persistence.
 
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
   seek and you will find;
   knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives;
   and the one who seeks, finds;
   and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
What father among you would hand his son a snake
   when he asks for a fish?
Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?
If you then, who are wicked,
   know how to give good gifts to your children,
   how much more will the Father in heaven
   give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
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Preacher: Adela Miron
Song: "I Will Be Here” by Steven Curtis Chapman

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 
July 14, 2019

Luke 10:25-37

There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said,
   “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law?
How do you read it?”
He said in reply,
   “You shall love the Lord, your God,
   with all your heart,
   with all your being,
   with all your strength,
   and with all your mind,
   and your neighbor as yourself.”
He replied to him, “You have answered correctly;
   do this and you will live.”

But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus,
   “And who is my neighbor?”
Jesus replied,
   “A man fell victim to robbers
   as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.
They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead.
A priest happened to be going down that road,
   but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
Likewise a Levite came to the place,
   and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him
   was moved with compassion at the sight.
He approached the victim,
   poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them.
Then he lifted him up on his own animal,
   took him to an inn, and cared for him.
The next day he took out two silver coins
   and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction,
   ‘Take care of him.
If you spend more than what I have given you,
   I shall repay you on my way back.’
Which of these three, in your opinion,
   was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?”
He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.”
Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
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Preacher: Lynnet Largadas
Song: "Blessings” by Laura Story

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 
July 7, 2019

Luke 10:1-12, 17-20

At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others
   whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
   to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
   “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
   so ask the master of the harvest
   to send out laborers for his harvest.
Go on your way;
   behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals;
   and greet no one along the way.
Into whatever house you enter, first say,
   ‘Peace to this household.’
If a peaceful person lives there,
   your peace will rest on him;
   but if not, it will return to you.
Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you,
   for the laborer deserves his payment.
Do not move about from one house to another.
Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
   eat what is set before you,
   cure the sick in it and say to them,
   ‘The kingdom of God is at hand for you.’
Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you,
   go out into the streets and say,
   ‘The dust of your town that clings to our feet,
   even that we shake off against you.’
Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand.
I tell you,
   it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town.”
 
The seventy-two returned rejoicing, and said,
   “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.”
Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky.
Behold, I have given you the power to ‘tread upon serpents’ and scorpions
   and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you,
   but rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
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Preacher: Kit Sanaani
Song: "Don't Walk on By” by Verbum Dei Cebu

​Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 30, 2019

Luke 9:51-62

When the days for Jesus’ being taken up were fulfilled,
   he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,
   and he sent messengers ahead of him.
On the way they entered a Samaritan village
   to prepare for his reception there,
   but they would not welcome him
   because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.
When the disciples James and John saw this they asked,
   “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven
   to consume them?”
Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village.
 
As they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him,
   “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus answered him,
   “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
   but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
 
And to another he said, “Follow me.”
But he replied, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”
But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead.
But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
And another said, “I will follow you, Lord,
   but first let me say farewell to my family at home.”
To him Jesus said, “No one who sets a hand to the plow
   and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Preacher: Jov Gomez
Song: "We Are Returning” by Leeland

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
June 23, 2019

Luke 9:11b-17

Jesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God,
   and he healed those who needed to be cured.
As the day was drawing to a close,
   the Twelve approached him and said,
“Dismiss the crowd
   so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms
   and find lodging and provisions;
   for we are in a deserted place here.
He said to them, “Give them some food yourselves.”
They replied, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have,
   unless we ourselves go and buy food for all these people.”
Now the men there numbered about five thousand.
Then he said to his disciples,
   “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty.”
They did so and made them all sit down.
Then taking the five loaves and the two fish,
   and looking up to heaven,
   he said the blessing over them, broke them,
   and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
They all ate and were satisfied.
And when the leftover fragments were picked up,
   they filled twelve wicker baskets.

Preacher: Jay-anne Desabelle
Song: "God-shaped Hole" by Plumb

The Most Holy Trinity
June 16, 2019
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Gospel: John 16:12-15

Jesus said to his disciples:
   “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.
But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,
   he will guide you to all truth.
He will not speak on his own,
   but he will speak what he hears,
   and will declare to you the things that are coming.
He will glorify me,
   because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.
Everything that the Father has is mine;
   for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine
   and declare it to you.”

Preacher: Adela Miron
Song: "Dancing in Our Minds" by Maeve Heaney