​Gospel: Luke 12:49-53
Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Optional Memorial
 
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: Christian McNally

​Gospel: Luke 12:39-48
Saint John of Capistrano, Optional Memorial
 
Jesus said to his disciples:
“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, he will put him
   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.”

Preacher: Gina Marquez

​Gospel: Luke 12:35-38
Saint John Paul II, Optional Memorial
 
Jesus said to his disciples:
“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.”

Preacher: Tony Mercado

Preacher: Adriana Haro

​Gospel: Luke 12:8-12
 
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I tell you,
   everyone who acknowledges me before others
   the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God.
But whoever denies me before others
   will be denied before the angels of God.
 
“Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven,
   but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit
   will not be forgiven.
When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities,
   do not worry about how or what your defense will be
   or about what you are to say.
For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.”

Preacher: Mila Rolle

​Gospel: Luke 10:1-9
Saint Luke, Evangelist
Feast
 
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples
   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 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.’”

Preacher: John Harold Lucas

Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
Memorial
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The Lord said:
“Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets
   whom your fathers killed.
Consequently, you bear witness and give consent
   to the deeds of your ancestors,
   for they killed them and you do the building.
Therefore, the wisdom of God said,
   “I will send to them prophets and Apostles;
   some of them they will kill and persecute?
   in order that this generation might be charged
   with the blood of all the prophets
   shed since the foundation of the world,
   from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah
   who died between the altar and the temple building.
Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!
Woe to you, scholars of the law!
You have taken away the key of knowledge.
You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.”
When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees
   began to act with hostility toward him
   and to interrogate him about many things,
   for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.

Preacher: Mico Radan

​Gospel: Luke 11:42-46
 
The Lord said:
   “Woe to you Pharisees!
You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb,
   but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God.
These you should have done, without overlooking the others.
Woe to you Pharisees!
You love the seat of honor in synagogues
   and greetings in marketplaces.
Woe to you!
You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.“
 
Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply,
“Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.”
And he said, "Woe also to you scholars of the law!
You impose on people burdens hard to carry,
   but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.”

Preacher: Choi Relampagos

Gospel: Luke 11:37-41
Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Memorial

After Jesus had spoken,
   a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home.
He entered and reclined at table to eat.
The Pharisee was amazed to see
   that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.
The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees!
Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish,
   inside you are filled with plunder and evil.
You fools!
Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside?
But as to what is within, give alms,
   and behold, everything will be clean for you.”

Preacher: Kim Travero

​Gospel: Luke 11:29-32
 
While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them,
“This generation is an evil generation;
   it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,
   except the sign of Jonah.
Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,
   so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
At the judgment
   the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation
   and she will condemn them,
   because she came from the ends of the earth
   to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
   and there is something greater than Solomon here.
At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation
   and condemn it,
   because at the preaching of Jonah they repented,
   and there is something greater than Jonah here.”

Preacher: Rodion Uy