Mark 12:13-17

​Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent
   to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech.
They came and said to him,
   “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man
   and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion.
You do not regard a person’s status
   but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?
Should we pay or should we not pay?”
Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them,
   “Why are you testing me?
Bring me a denarius to look at.”
They brought one to him and he said to them,
   “Whose image and inscription is this?”
They replied to him, “Caesar’s.”
So Jesus said to them,
   “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
   and to God what belongs to God.”
They were utterly amazed at him.

Preacher: Melaine Fuentes

Memorial of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

Preacher: Tony Mercado

Gospel: John 21:20-25
 
Peter turned and saw the disciple following whom Jesus loved,
   the one who had also reclined upon his chest during the supper
   and had said, “Master, who is the one who will betray you?”
When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?”
Jesus said to him, “What if I want him to remain until I come?
What concern is it of yours?
You follow me.”
So the word spread among the brothers that that disciple would not die.
But Jesus had not told him that he would not die,
   just “What if I want him to remain until I come?
What concern is it of yours?”
 
It is this disciple who testifies to these things
   and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true.
There are also many other things that Jesus did,
   but if these were to be described individually,
   I do not think the whole world would contain the books
   that would be written.

Preacher: Owen Rapirap

Gospel: John 21:15-19
 
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them,
   he said to Simon Peter,
   “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”
Simon Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
He then said to Simon Peter a second time,
   “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
Simon Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”
He said to him the third time,
   “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time,
   “Do you love me?” and he said to him,
   “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger,
   you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted;
   but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands,
   and someone else will dress you
   and lead you where you do not want to go.”
He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God.
And when he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”

Preacher: Choi Relampagos

Gospel: John 17:20-26
 
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:
“I pray not only for these,
   but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
   so that they may all be one,
   as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
   that they also may be in us,
   that the world may believe that you sent me.
And I have given them the glory you gave me,
   so that they may be one, as we are one,
   I in them and you in me,
   that they may be brought to perfection as one,
   that the world may know that you sent me,
   and that you loved them even as you loved me.
Father, they are your gift to me.
I wish that where I am they also may be with me,
   that they may see my glory that you gave me,
   because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,
   but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known,
   that the love with which you loved me
   may be in them and I in them.”

Preacher: Roel Pastorfide

Gospel: John 17:11b-19
Optional Memorial of Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
 
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying:
“Holy Father, keep them in your name
   that you have given me,
   so that they may be one just as we are one.
When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me,
   and I guarded them,
   and none of them was lost
   except the son of destruction,
   in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
But now I am coming to you.
I speak this in the world
   so that they may share my joy completely.
I gave them your word, and the world hated them,
   because they do not belong to the world
   any more than I belong to the world.
I do not ask that you take them out of the world
   but that you keep them from the Evil One.
They do not belong to the world
   any more than I belong to the world.
Consecrate them in the truth.
Your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world,
   so I sent them into the world.
And I consecrate myself for them,
   so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”

Preacher: Stella Deriquito

​Gospel: John 17:1-11a
Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, Apostle of Rome
 
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said,
“Father, the hour has come.
Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you,
   just as you gave him authority over all people,
   so that your son may give eternal life to all you gave him.
Now this is eternal life,
   that they should know you, the only true God,
   and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
I glorified you on earth
   by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do.
Now glorify me, Father, with you,
   with the glory that I had with you before the world began.
 
“I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world.
They belonged to you, and you gave them to me,
   and they have kept your word.
Now they know that everything you gave me is from you,
   because the words you gave to me I have given to them,
   and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you,
   and they have believed that you sent me.
I pray for them.
I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me,
   because they are yours, and everything of mine is yours
   and everything of yours is mine,
   and I have been glorified in them.
And now I will no longer be in the world,
   but they are in the world, while I am coming to you.”

Preacher: Miguel Reyes

Gospel: John 16:29-33
Optional Memorial of Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor
 
The disciples said to Jesus,
“Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech.
Now we realize that you know everything
   and that you do not need to have anyone question you.
Because of this we believe that you came from God.”
Jesus answered them, “Do you believe now?
Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived
   when each of you will be scattered to his own home
   and you will leave me alone.
But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
I have told you this so that you might have peace in me.
In the world you will have trouble,
   but take courage, I have conquered the world.”

Preacher: Jane Jacel

​Gospel: John 16:23b-28
​
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
   whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
Until now you have not asked anything in my name;
   ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
 
“I have told you this in figures of speech.
The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures
   but I will tell you clearly about the Father.
On that day you will ask in my name,
   and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you.
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me
   and have come to believe that I came from God.
I came from the Father and have come into the world.
Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

Preacher: Regina Pena

​Optional Memorial of Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious
Gospel: John 16:20-23
​
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn,
   while the world rejoices;
   you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.
When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived;
   but when she has given birth to a child,
   she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy
   that a child has been born into the world.
So you also are now in anguish.
But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice,
   and no one will take your joy away from you.
On that day you will not question me about anything.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
   whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.”

Preacher: Randy Senining