​Gospel: Matthew 13:44-46
 
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
   which a person finds and hides again,
   and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
   searching for fine pearls.
When he finds a pearl of great price,
he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.”

Preacher: Emy Abaya

​Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43
 
Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house.
His disciples approached him and said,
   “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
   the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom.
The weeds are the children of the Evil One,
   and the enemy who sows them is the Devil.
The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire,
   so will it be at the end of the age.
The Son of Man will send his angels,
   and they will collect out of his Kingdom
   all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.
They will throw them into the fiery furnace,
   where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun
   in the Kingdom of their Father.
Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

Preacher: Grace Jungco Sabidolas

​Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35
 
Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds.
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed
   that a person took and sowed in a field.
It is the smallest of all the seeds,
   yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants.
It becomes a large bush,
   and the birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.”
 
He spoke to them another parable.
“The Kingdom of heaven is like yeast
   that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour
   until the whole batch was leavened.”
 
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables.
He spoke to them only in parables,
   to fulfill what had been said through the prophet:
 
      I will open my mouth in parables,
         I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation of the world.

​Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30
 
Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds.
“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man
   who sowed good seed in his field.
While everyone was asleep his enemy came
   and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off.
When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.
The slaves of the householder came to him and said,
   ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?’
He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’
His slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
He replied, ‘No, if you pull up the weeds
   you might uproot the wheat along with them.
Let them grow together until harvest;
   then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters,
   “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning;
   but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

Preacher: Adriana Haro

​Gospel: Matthew 13:18-23
 
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Hear then the parable of the sower.
The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom
   without understanding it,
   and the Evil One comes and steals away
   what was sown in his heart.
The seed sown on rocky ground
   is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy.
But he has no root and lasts only for a time.
When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word,
   he immediately falls away.
The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word,
   but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word
   and it bears no fruit.
But the seed sown on rich soil
   is the one who hears the word and understands it,
   who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”

Preacher: Jou Marquez

​Gospel: Matthew 20:20-28
 
The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons
   and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
He said to her,
   “What do you wish?”
She answered him,
   “Command that these two sons of mine sit,
   one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom.”
Jesus said in reply,
   “You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”
They said to him, “We can.”
He replied,
   “My chalice you will indeed drink,
   but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give
   but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
When the ten heard this,
   they became indignant at the two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them and said,
   “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
   and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
   whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served
   but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Preacher: Jay-anne Desabelle

​Gospel: Matthew 12:46-50
 
While Jesus was speaking to the crowds,
   his mother and his brothers appeared outside,
   wishing to speak with him.
Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside,
   asking to speak with you.”
But he said in reply to the one who told him,
   “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
   “Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
   is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

Gospel: John 20:1-2, 11-18
 Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles
 
On the first day of the week,
   Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning,
   while it was still dark,
   and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
   and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
   “They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
   and we don’t know where they put him.”
 
Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping.
And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb
   and saw two angels in white sitting there,
   one at the head and one at the feet
   where the Body of Jesus had been.
And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them, “They have taken my Lord,
   and I don’t know where they laid him.”
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there,
   but did not know it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?
Whom are you looking for?”
She thought it was the gardener and said to him,
   “Sir, if you carried him away,
   tell me where you laid him,
   and I will take him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
She turned and said to him in Hebrew,
   “Rabbouni,” which means Teacher.
Jesus said to her,
   “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
   ‘I am going to my Father and your Father,
   to my God and your God.’”
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
   “I have seen the Lord,”
   and then reported what he told her.

​Gospel: Matthew 12:14-21
 
The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus
   to put him to death.
 
When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place.
Many people followed him, and he cured them all,
   but he warned them not to make him known.
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
 
   Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,
      my beloved in whom I delight;
   I shall place my Spirit upon him,
      and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
   He will not contend or cry out,
      nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
   A bruised reed he will not break,
      a smoldering wick he will not quench,
   until he brings justice to victory.
      And in his name the Gentiles will hope.

Preacher: Sandy Dunckel