​Gospel: Luke 7:31-35
 
Jesus said to the crowds:
“To what shall I compare the people of this generation?
What are they like?
They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,
 
   ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance.
      We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.’
 
For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine,
   and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’
The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said,
   ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard,
   a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

Preacher: Choi Relampagos

​Gospel: Luke 7:11-17
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Optional Memorial
 
Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain,
   and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him.
As he drew near to the gate of the city,
   a man who had died was being carried out,
   the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.
A large crowd from the city was with her.
When the Lord saw her,
   he was moved with pity for her and said to her,
   “Do not weep.”
He stepped forward and touched the coffin;
   at this the bearers halted, and he said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”
The dead man sat up and began to speak,
   and Jesus gave him to his mother.
Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming,
   “A great prophet has arisen in our midst,”
   and “God has visited his people.”
This report about him spread through the whole of Judea
   and in all the surrounding region.

Preacher: Kim Travero

Gospel: Luke 7:1-10
Saints Cornelius and Cyprian
Bishop and Martyrs,
​Memorial 

When Jesus had finished all his words to the people,
   he entered Capernaum.
A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die,
   and he was valuable to him.
When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him,
   asking him to come and save the life of his slave.
They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying,
   “He deserves to have you do this for him,
   for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us.”
And Jesus went with them,
   but when he was only a short distance from the house,
   the centurion sent friends to tell him,
“Lord, do not trouble yourself,
   for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.
Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you;
   but say the word and let my servant be healed.
For I too am a person subject to authority,
   with soldiers subject to me.
And I say to one, Go, and he goes;
   and to another, Come here, and he comes;
   and to my slave, Do this, and he does it.”
When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him
   and, turning, said to the crowd following him,
   “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.”
When the messengers returned to the house,
   they found the slave in good health.”

Preacher: Rodion Uy

​Gospel: John 3:13-17
Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Feast
 
Jesus said to Nicodemus:
“No one has gone up to heaven
   except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
   so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
   so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
 
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
   so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
   but might have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
   but that the world might be saved through him.

Preacher: Andy Misquez

​Gospel: Luke 6:39-42
Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Memorial
 
Jesus told his disciples a parable:
“Can a blind person guide a blind person?
Will not both fall into a pit?
No disciple is superior to the teacher;
   but when fully trained,
   every disciple will be like his teacher.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,
   but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?
How can you say to your brother,
   ‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’
   when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye?
You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first;
   then you will see clearly
   to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye.”

Preacher: Mago Rodriguez

​Gospel: Luke 6:27-38
The Most Holy Name of Mary
 
Jesus said to his disciples:
“To you who hear I say, love your enemies,
   do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you,
   pray for those who mistreat you.
To the person who strikes you on one cheek,
   offer the other one as well,
   and from the person who takes your cloak,
   do not withhold even your tunic.
Give to everyone who asks of you,
   and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
For if you love those who love you,
   what credit is that to you?
Even sinners love those who love them.
And if you do good to those who do good to you,
   what credit is that to you?
Even sinners do the same.
If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment,
   what credit is that to you?
Even sinners lend to sinners,
   and get back the same amount.
But rather, love your enemies and do good to them,
   and lend expecting nothing back;
   then your reward will be great
   and you will be children of the Most High,
   for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful.
 
“Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you;
   a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,
   will be poured into your lap.
For the measure with which you measure
   will in return be measured out to you.”

Preacher: Christian McNally

​Gospel: Luke 6:20-16
 
Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said:
“Blessed are you who are poor,
   for the Kingdom of God is yours.
Blessed are you who are now hungry,
   for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who are now weeping,
   for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you,
   and when they exclude and insult you,
   and denounce your name as evil
   on account of the Son of Man.
Rejoice and leap for joy on that day!
   Behold, your reward
   will be great in heaven.
For their ancestors treated the prophets
   in the same way.
But woe to you who are rich,
   for you have received your consolation.
But woe to you who are filled now,
   for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
   for you will grieve and weep.
Woe to you when all speak well of you,
   for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.”

Preacher: Gina Marquez

​Gospel: Luke 6:12-19
 
Jesus departed to the mountain to pray,
   and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
   and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:
   Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,
   James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
   Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,
   Simon who was called a Zealot,
   and Judas the son of James,
   and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
 
And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground.
A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people
   from all Judea and Jerusalem
   and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon
   came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;
   and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured.
Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him
   because power came forth from him and healed them all.

Preacher: Tony Mercado

​Gospel: Luke 6: 6-11
Saint Peter Claver, Priest
​Memorial
 
On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught,
   and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.
The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely
   to see if he would cure on the sabbath
   so that they might discover a reason to accuse him.
But he realized their intentions
   and said to the man with the withered hand,
   “Come up and stand before us.”
And he rose and stood there.
Then Jesus said to them,
   “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath
   rather than to do evil,
   to save life rather than to destroy it?”
Looking around at them all, he then said to him,
   “Stretch out your hand.”
He did so and his hand was restored.
But they became enraged
   and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

​Gospel: Luke 6:1-5
 
While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath,
   his disciples were picking the heads of grain,
   rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.
Some Pharisees said,
   “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
Jesus said to them in reply,
   “Have you not read what David did
   when he and those who were with him were hungry?
How he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering,
   which only the priests could lawfully eat,
   ate of it, and shared it with his companions?”
Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”

Preacher: Mila Rolle