By Yeng Abinales
"Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him up on the Sabbath?"
~ Luke 14:5
~ Luke 14:5
Welcome Back!
The last blog that I published on this website was on April 5, 2020. This is my first publication in 902 days. I did not have the time to write anything on this website for more than two years due to my busy schedule with my studies, jobs and projects. Even if this website has not been updated for a long time, I am surprised for the messages and emails that I received from new converts who discovered the Traditional Catholic Faith through this website. On this day, I will rededicate myself to publish new articles on this website every week.
The last blog that I published on this website was on April 5, 2020. This is my first publication in 902 days. I did not have the time to write anything on this website for more than two years due to my busy schedule with my studies, jobs and projects. Even if this website has not been updated for a long time, I am surprised for the messages and emails that I received from new converts who discovered the Traditional Catholic Faith through this website. On this day, I will rededicate myself to publish new articles on this website every week.
16th Sunday After Pentecost
Lesson From the Letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians
(Ephesians 3:13-21)
Brethren: I pray you not to be disheartened at my tribulations for you, for they are your glory. For this reason I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from Whom all fatherhood in heaven and on earth receives its name, that He may grant you from His glorious riches to be strengthened with power through His Spirit unto the progress of the inner man; and to have Christ dwelling through faith in your hearts: so that, being rooted and grounded in love, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God. Now, to Him Who is able to accomplish all things in a measure far beyond what we ask or conceive, in keeping with the power that is at work in us - to Him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus down through all the ages of time without end. Amen.
R. Thanks be to God.
(Ephesians 3:13-21)
Brethren: I pray you not to be disheartened at my tribulations for you, for they are your glory. For this reason I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from Whom all fatherhood in heaven and on earth receives its name, that He may grant you from His glorious riches to be strengthened with power through His Spirit unto the progress of the inner man; and to have Christ dwelling through faith in your hearts: so that, being rooted and grounded in love, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God. Now, to Him Who is able to accomplish all things in a measure far beyond what we ask or conceive, in keeping with the power that is at work in us - to Him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus down through all the ages of time without end. Amen.
R. Thanks be to God.
Continuation ✠ of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
(Luke 14:1-11)
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
At that time, when Jesus entered the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to take food, they watched Him. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had the dropsy. And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath? But they remained silent. And He took and healed him and let him go. Then addressing them, He said, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him up on the Sabbath? And they could give Him no answer to these things. But He also spoke a parable to those invited, observing how they were choosing the first places at table, and He said to them, When you are invited to a wedding feast, do not recline in the first place, lest perhaps one more distinguished than you have been invited by him, and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Make room for this man’; and then you begin with shame to take the last place. But when you are invited go and recline in the last place; that when he who invited you comes in, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher!’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who are at table with you. For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
R. Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
S. By the words of the Gospel may our sins be blotted out.
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(Luke 14:1-11)
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
At that time, when Jesus entered the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to take food, they watched Him. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had the dropsy. And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath? But they remained silent. And He took and healed him and let him go. Then addressing them, He said, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him up on the Sabbath? And they could give Him no answer to these things. But He also spoke a parable to those invited, observing how they were choosing the first places at table, and He said to them, When you are invited to a wedding feast, do not recline in the first place, lest perhaps one more distinguished than you have been invited by him, and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Make room for this man’; and then you begin with shame to take the last place. But when you are invited go and recline in the last place; that when he who invited you comes in, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher!’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who are at table with you. For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
R. Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
S. By the words of the Gospel may our sins be blotted out.
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Weekly Calendar
September 26, 2022 Monday - St. Isaac Jogues and Companions, Martyrs
St. Cyprian St. Justina, Martyrs
September 27, 2022 Tuesday - St. Cosmas and St. Damian, Martyrs
September 28, 2022 Wednesday - St. Wenceslaus, Martyr
September 29, 2022 Thursday - Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel
September 30, 2022 Friday - Day of Abstinence / St. Jerome, Confessor and Doctor
October 01, 2022 Saturday - First Saturday / Our Lady of Saturday
St. Remigius of Rheims, Bishop and Confessor
October 02, 2022 Sunday - 17th Sunday After Pentecost
Holy Guardian Angels
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St. Anthony of Padua Chapel
First Chapel (Demolished in 2013)
This was the temporary chapel while the second chapel was under construction.
This was the temporary chapel while the second chapel was under construction.
Second Chapel (Demolished in 2022)
This was the temporary chapel from 2013 - 2022 (9 years).
It needs to be demolished because the chapel is collapsing as it was built of light materials.
This was the temporary chapel from 2013 - 2022 (9 years).
It needs to be demolished because the chapel is collapsing as it was built of light materials.
Third Chapel (Under Construction)
The second chapel was demolished in June of 2022 and we are building the third chapel.
We hope to complete this chapel by October of 2022.
The second chapel was demolished in June of 2022 and we are building the third chapel.
We hope to complete this chapel by October of 2022.
If you want to donate and help for the completion of this third chapel, here is the donation link.
We already spent ₱500,000 Php ($10,000 USD) for this construction. We will probably need ₱200,000 Php ($4,000 USD) to complete the work.
God bless.
We already spent ₱500,000 Php ($10,000 USD) for this construction. We will probably need ₱200,000 Php ($4,000 USD) to complete the work.
God bless.