​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?”

Gospel: Lk 10:25-37
Our Lady of the Rosary
​Memorial

There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said,
"Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law?
How do you read it?"
He said in reply,
"You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your being,
with all your strength,
and with all your mind,
and your neighbor as yourself."
He replied to him, "You have answered correctly;
do this and you will live."

But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus,
"And who is my neighbor?"
Jesus replied,
"A man fell victim to robbers
as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.
They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead.
A priest happened to be going down that road,
but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
Likewise a Levite came to the place,
and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him
was moved with compassion at the sight.
He approached the victim,
poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them.
Then he lifted him up on his own animal,
took him to an inn, and cared for him.
The next day he took out two silver coins
and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction,
'Take care of him.
If you spend more than what I have given you,
I shall repay you on my way back.'
Which of these three, in your opinion,
was neighbor to the robbers' victim?"
He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy."
Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

​Preacher: Marissa Luna

​Gospel: Luke 10:17-24
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest
Optional Memorial
 
The seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus,
   “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.”
Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky.
Behold, I have given you the power
   ‘to tread upon serpents’ and scorpions
   and upon the full force of the enemy
   and nothing will harm you.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you,
   but rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
 
At that very moment he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,
   “I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
   for although you have hidden these things
   from the wise and the learned
   you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows who the Son is except the Father,
   and who the Father is except the Son
   and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”
 
Turning to the disciples in private he said,
   “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
For I say to you,
   many prophets and kings desired to see what you see,
   but did not see it,
   and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”

Preacher: Mila Rolle

Gospel: Luke 10:13-16
Saint Francis of Assisi, Founder of the Franciscan Order
Feast
 
Jesus said to them:
   “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
   had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
   they would long ago have repented,
   sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
   at the judgment than for you.
And as for you, Capernaum, ‘Will you be exalted to heaven?
You will go down to the netherworld.’
Whoever listens to you listens to me.
Whoever rejects you rejects me.
And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

Preacher: John Harold Lucas

Gospel: Luke 10:1-12
 
Jesus appointed seventy-two other 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 his 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.’
Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you,
   go out into the streets and say,
   ‘The dust of your town that clings to our feet,
   even that we shake off against you.’
Yet know this: the Kingdom of God is at hand.
I tell you,
   it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day
   than for that town.”

Preacher: Mico Radan

Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10
The Holy Guardian Angels
Memorial
 
The disciples approached Jesus and said,
   “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,
   “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,
   you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Whoever humbles himself like this child
   is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.
 
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones,
   for I say to you that their angels in heaven
   always look upon the face of my heavenly Father.”

Preacher: Davide Zilli