​Gospel: Mark 2:1-12
Memorial of Saint Anthony of Egypt, Abbot
 
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days,
   it became known that he was at home.
Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them,
   not even around the door,
   and he preached the word to them.
They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd,
   they opened up the roof above him.
After they had broken through,
   they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him,
   “Child, your sins are forgiven.”
Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves,
   “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming.
Who but God alone can forgive sins?”
Jesus immediately knew in his mind what
   they were thinking to themselves,
   so he said, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,
   ‘Your sins are forgiven,’
   or to say, ‘Rise, pick up your mat and walk’?
But that you may know
   that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth”
   —he said to the paralytic,
   “I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.”
He rose, picked up his mat at once,
   and went away in the sight of everyone.
They were all astounded
   and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”

Preacher: Rey Bagares

​Gospel: Mark 1:40-45
 
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said,
   “If you wish, you can make me clean.”
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,
   touched the leper, and said to him,
   “I do will it. Be made clean.”
The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once.
Then he said to him, “See that you tell no one anything,
   but go, show yourself to the priest
   and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed;
   that will be proof for them.”
The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter.
He spread the report abroad
   so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly.
He remained outside in deserted places,
   and people kept coming to him from everywhere.

Preacher: Choi Relampagos

​Gospel: Mark 1:29-39
 
On leaving the synagogue
   Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever.
They immediately told him about her.
He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up.
Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
 
When it was evening, after sunset,
   they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons.
The whole town was gathered at the door.
He cured many who were sick with various diseases,
   and he drove out many demons,
   not permitting them to speak because they knew him.
 
Rising very early before dawn,
   he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.
Simon and those who were with him pursued him
   and on finding him said, “Everyone is looking for you.”
He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages
   that I may preach there also.
For this purpose have I come.”
So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons
   throughout the whole of Galilee.

Preacher: Patrick Tesorio

​Gospel: Mark 1:21-28
 
Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers,
   and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.
The people were astonished at his teaching,
   for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.
In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit;
   he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!”
The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him.
All were amazed and asked one another,
“What is this?
A new teaching with authority.
He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.”
His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.

Preacher: Patty Uy

​Gospel: Mark 1:14-20
Optional Memorial of Saint Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
 
After John had been arrested,
   Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God:
   “This is the time of fulfillment.
The Kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”
 
As he passed by the Sea of Galilee,
   he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea;
   they were fishermen.
Jesus said to them,
   “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Then they left their nets and followed him.
He walked along a little farther
   and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John.
They too were in a boat mending their nets.
Then he called them.
So they left their father Zebedee in the boat
   along with the hired men and followed him.

Preacher: Jojo David

​Gospel: John 3:22-30
 
Jesus and his disciples went into the region of Judea,
   where he spent some time with them baptizing.
John was also baptizing in Aenon near Salim,
   because there was an abundance of water there,
   and people came to be baptized,
   for John had not yet been imprisoned.
Now a dispute arose between the disciples of John and a Jew
   about ceremonial washings.
So they came to John and said to him,
   “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan,
   to whom you testified,
   here he is baptizing and everyone is coming to him.”
John answered and said,
   “No one can receive anything except what has been given him from heaven.
You yourselves can testify that I said that I am not the Christ,
   but that I was sent before him.
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom;
   the best man, who stands and listens to him,
   rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice.
So this joy of mine has been made complete.
He must increase; I must decrease.”

Preacher: Francis Santos

​Gospel: Luke 5:12-16
 
It happened there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where he was;
   and when he saw Jesus,
   he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said,
   “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”
Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
   “I do will it. Be made clean.”
And the leprosy left him immediately.
Then he ordered him not to tell anyone, but
   “Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed;
   that will be proof for them.”
The report about him spread all the more,
   and great crowds assembled to listen to him
   and to be cured of their ailments,
   but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.

Preacher: Joanne Mendoza

​Gospel: Luke 4:14-22
 
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit,
   and news of him spread throughout the whole region.
He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all.
 
He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,
   and went according to his custom
   into the synagogue on the sabbath day.
He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah.
He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
 
   The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
      because he has anointed me
         to bring glad tidings to the poor.
   He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
      and recovery of sight to the blind,
         to let the oppressed go free,
      and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.
 
Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down,
   and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.
He said to them,
   “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
And all spoke highly of him
   and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth.

Preacher: Ace Penano

​Gospel: Mark 6:45-52
 
After the five thousand had eaten and were satisfied,
   Jesus made his disciples get into the boat
   and precede him to the other side toward Bethsaida,
   while he dismissed the crowd.
And when he had taken leave of them,
   he went off to the mountain to pray.
When it was evening,
   the boat was far out on the sea and he was alone on shore.
Then he saw that they were tossed about while rowing,
   for the wind was against them.
About the fourth watch of the night,
   he came toward them walking on the sea.
But when they saw him walking on the sea,
   they thought it was a ghost and cried out.
They had all seen him and were terrified.
But at once he spoke with them,
   “Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!”
He got into the boat with them and the wind died down.
They were completely astounded.
They had not understood the incident of the loaves.
On the contrary, their hearts were hardened.

Preacher: Jou Marquez

​Gospel: Mark 6:34-44
Optional Memorial of Saint Raymond Penyafort, Priest
 
When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them,
   for they were like sheep without a shepherd;
   and he began to teach them many things.
By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said,
   “This is a deserted place and it is already very late.
Dismiss them so that they can go
   to the surrounding farms and villages
   and buy themselves something to eat.”
He said to them in reply,
   “Give them some food yourselves.”
But they said to him,
   “Are we to buy two hundred days’ wages worth of food
   and give it to them to eat?”
He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”
And when they had found out they said,
   “Five loaves and two fish.”
So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass.
The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties.
Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven,
he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples
   to set before the people;
   he also divided the two fish among them all.
They all ate and were satisfied.
And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments
   and what was left of the fish.
Those who ate of the loaves were five thousand men.

Preacher: Lucio Pulmones