​Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28
 
At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out,
   “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David!
My daughter is tormented by a demon.”
But he did not say a word in answer to her.
His disciples came and asked him,
   “Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.”
He said in reply,
   “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But the woman came and did him homage, saying, “Lord, help me.”
He said in reply,
   “It is not right to take the food of the children
   and throw it to the dogs.”
She said, “Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps
   that fall from the table of their masters.”
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
   “O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish.”
And her daughter was healed from that hour.

Preacher: Davide Zilli

Gospel: Mark 9:2-10
The Transfiguration of the Lord, Feast
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Jesus took Peter, John, and James
   and went up the mountain to pray.
While he was praying his face changed in appearance
   and his clothing became dazzling white.
And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,
   who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus
   that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.
Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep,
   but becoming fully awake,
   they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.
As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus,
   “Master, it is good that we are here;
   let us make three tents,
   one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
But he did not know what he was saying.
While he was still speaking,
   a cloud came and cast a shadow over them,
   and they became frightened when they entered the cloud.
Then from the cloud came a voice that said,
   “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”
After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone.
They fell silent and did not at that time
   tell anyone what they had seen.

Preacher: Kim Travero

​Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21
Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major
 
When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist,
   he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself.
The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns.
When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd,
   his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick.
When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said,
   “This is a deserted place and it is already late;
   dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages
   and buy food for themselves.”
He said to them, “There is no need for them to go away;
   give them some food yourselves.”
But they said to him,
   “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.”
Then he said, “Bring them here to me,”
   and he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass.
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven,
   he said the blessing, broke the loaves,
   and gave them to the disciples,
   who in turn gave them to the crowds.
They all ate and were satisfied,
   and they picked up the fragments left over--
   twelve wicker baskets full.
Those who ate were about five thousand men,
   not counting women and children.

Preacher: Rodion Uy

​Gospel: Matthew 14:1-12
 
Herod the tetrarch heard of the reputation of Jesus
   and said to his servants, “This man is John the Baptist.
He has been raised from the dead;
   that is why mighty powers are at work in him.”
 
Now Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison
   on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,
   for John had said to him,
   “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
Although he wanted to kill him, he feared the people,
   for they regarded him as a prophet.
But at a birthday celebration for Herod,
   the daughter of Herodias performed a dance before the guests
   and delighted Herod so much
   that he swore to give her whatever she might ask for.
Prompted by her mother, she said,
   “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
The king was distressed,
   but because of his oaths and the guests who were present,
   he ordered that it be given, and he had John beheaded in the prison.
His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl,
   who took it to her mother.
His disciples came and took away the corpse
   and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.

Preacher: Sandy Dunckel

​Gospel: Matthew 13:54-58
 
Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue.
They were astonished and said,
   “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?
Is he not the carpenter’s son?
Is not his mother named Mary
   and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Are not his sisters all with us?
Where did this man get all this?”
And they took offense at him.
But Jesus said to them,
   “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
   and in his own house.”
And he did not work many mighty deeds there
   because of their lack of faith.

​Gospel: Matthew 13:47-53
 
Jesus said to the disciples:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,
   which collects fish of every kind.
When it is full they haul it ashore
   and sit down to put what is good into buckets.
What is bad they throw away.
Thus it will be at the end of the age.
The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous
   and throw them into the fiery furnace,
   where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
 
“Do you understand all these things?”
They answered, “Yes.”
And he replied,
   “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven
   is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom
   both the new and the old.”
When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there.

Preacher: Patrick Tesorio

​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