​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

​Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
 
While Jesus was speaking,
   a woman from the crowd called out and said to him,
   “Blessed is the womb that carried you
   and the breasts at which you nursed.”
He replied, “Rather, blessed are those
   who hear the word of God and observe it.”

Preacher: Andy Misquez

​Gospel: Luke 11:15-26
Saint John XXIII, Pope
Optional Memorial
 
When Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said:
“By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons,
   he drives out demons.”
Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.
But he knew their thoughts and said to them,
   “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
   and house will fall against house.
And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?
For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons.
If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul,
   by whom do your own people drive them out?
Therefore they will be your judges.
But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons,
   then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
When a strong man fully armed guards his palace,
   his possessions are safe.
But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him,
   he takes away the armor on which he relied
   and distributes the spoils.
Whoever is not with me is against me,
   and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
 
“When an unclean spirit goes out of someone,
   it roams through arid regions searching for rest
   but, finding none, it says,
   ‘I shall return to my home from which I came.’
But upon returning, it finds it swept clean and put in order.
Then it goes and brings back seven other spirits
   more wicked than itself who move in and dwell there,
   and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.”

Preacher: Mago Rodriguez

​Gospel: Luke 11:5-13
 
Jesus said to his disciples:
“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 him 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?”