Brothers and sisters: Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up. If anyone supposes he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if one loves God, one is known by him. So about the eating of meat sacrificed to idols: we know that “there is no idol in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.” Indeed, even though there are so-called gods in heaven and on earth (there are, to be sure, many “gods” and many “idols”), yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are and through whom we exist. But not all have this knowledge. There are some who have been so used to idolatry up until now that, when they eat meat sacrificed to idols, their conscience, which is weak, is defiled. Thus through your knowledge, the weak person is brought to destruction, the brother for whom Christ died. When you sin in this way against your brothers and wound their consciences, weak as they are, you are sinning against Christ. Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause my brother to sin.

Responsorial Psalm
“Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.”
Psalm 13:6ab, 6c

O LORD, you have probed me and you know me; you know when I sit and when I stand; you understand my thoughts from afar. My journeys and my rest you scrutinize, with all my ways you are familiar.
R: Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.
Truly you have formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made; wonderful are your works.
R: Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.
Probe me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; See if my way is crooked, and lead me in the way of old.
R: Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.

Gospel
Luke 6:27-38

Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount. But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful. “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gift will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”

Reading
Micah 5:1-4a

The LORD says: You, Bethlehem-ephrathah too small to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origin is from of old, from ancient times. (Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time when she who is to give birth has borne, and the rest of his brethren shall return to the children of Israel.) He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock by the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD, his God; and they shall remain, for now his greatness shall reach to the ends of the earth; he shall be peace.

Responsorial Psalm
“With delight I rejoice in the Lord.”
Psalm 13:6ab, 6c

Though I trusted in your mercy. Let my heart rejoice in your salvation.
R: With delight I rejoice in the Lord.
Let me sing of the LORD, “He has been good to me.”
R: With delight I rejoice in the Lord.

Gospel
Matthew 1:1-6, 18-23

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse, Jesse the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph. Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. Hezekiah became the father of Mannaseh, Mannaseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah. Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile. After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel. Zerrubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means “God is with us.”

Brothers and sisters: How can any one of you with a case against another dare to bring it to the unjust judgment instead of to the holy ones? Do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? If the world is to be judged by you, are you unqualified doe the lowest law courts? Do you not knows that we will judge angels? Then why not everyday matters? If, therefore, you have courts for everyday matters, do you seat as judges people of no standing in the church? I say this to shame you. Can it be that there is not one among you wise enough to be able to settle a case between brothers? But rather brother goes to court against brother, and that before unbelievers? Now indeed then it is, in any case, a failure on your part that you have lawsuit against one another. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather let yourselves be cheated? Instead, you inflict injustice and cheat, and this to brothers. Do you not know that the unjust will not idolaters not adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor practicing homosexuals nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God. That is what some of you used to be; but now you have had yourselves washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Responsorial Psalm
“The Lord takes delight in his people.”
Psalm 149:1b-2, 3-4 5-6a, 9b

Sing to the LORD a new song of praise in the assembly of the faithful. Let Israel be glad in their maker, let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.
R: The Lord takes delight in his people.
Let them praise his name in the festive dance, let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp. For the LORD loves his people, and he adorns the lowly with victory.
R: The Lord takes delight in his people.
Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their couches; let the high praises of God be in their throats. This is the glory of all his faithful. Alleluia.
R: The Lord takes delight in his people.

Gospel
Luke 6:12-19

Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples ad a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured. Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all.

Brothers and sisters: It is widely reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of a kind not found even among pagans – a man living with his father’s wife. And you are inflated with pride. Should you not rather have been sorrowful? The one who did this deed should be expelled from your midst. I, for my part, although absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as if  present, pronounced judgment on the one who has committed this deed, in the name of our Lord Jesus: when you have gathered together and I am with you in spirit with the power of the Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. Your boasting is not appropriate. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough? Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Responsorial Psalm
“Lead me in your justice, Lord.”
Psalm 5:5-6, 7, 12

For you, O God, delight not in wickedness; no evil man remains with you; the arrogant may not stand in your sight. You hate all evildoers.
R: Lead me in your justice, Lord.
You destroy all who speak falsehood; the bloodthirsty and the deceitful the LORD abhors.
R: Lead me in your justice, Lord.
But let all who take refuge in you be glad and exult forever. Protect them, that you may be the joy of those who love your name.
R: Lead me in your justice, Lord.

Gospel
Luke 6:6-11

On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him. But he realized their attentions and said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up and stand before us.” And he rose and stood there. Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” Looking around at them all, he then said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so and his hand was restored. But they became enraged and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

• The Church will celebrate the Birth of Our Blessed Virgin Mary on September 08, 2010 (Wednesday). We are inviting all parishioners to join us on this celebration.

• Feast of Our Lady of Sorrow
September 6 – 15, 2010

MRS. NELIDA REGATON-BORJA
(Hermana Mayor 2010)

Religious Activities:
September 6 – 11, 2010
(Monday – Saturday)
5:30 P.M.  – Novena
6:00 P.M. – Mass

September 12, 2010
(Sunday)
3:30 P.M.  – Novena
4:00 P.M. – Mass

September  13 & 14, 2010
(Monday & Tuesday)
5:30 P.M. – Novena
6:00 P.M. – Mass

September 15, 2010
(Wednesday)
FEAST DAY
6:00 P.M. – Eucharistic Celebration
7:00 P.M. – Procession

Main Celebrant: Rev. Fr. RONEL V. TABOSO

September 16, 2010
(Thursday)
6:00 P.M. – Requiem Mass

• The St. Vincent Ferrer Parish have added two celebrations:
November 03 – St. Martin de Porres
MR. RICHARD LAURENTE
(Hermano Mayor 2010)

January 09 – Hesus Nazareno
MR. AMADOR ABANIS
(Hermano Mayor 2011)

• Income & Expense Summary for the following period:
August 07-13, 2010
Donations/Mo. Pledges/addt’l Offerings
(Sacred Heart & Mt. Carmel): P30,329.68
Less Expenses:  P30,329.68
Cash On Hand: 0

August 14-20, 2010
Donations & Feast Offering
(St. Vincent Ferrer): P96,326.35
Less Expenses: P96,326.35
Cash On Hand: 0

August 21-27, 2010
Donations, Feast Offering (Immaculate Heart),
Addt’l Offering (St. Vincent) P245,504.00
Less Expenses: P29,224.00
Cash On Hand: P216,280.00

August 28-31 to September 01-03, 2010
Cash on Hand: P216,280.00
Mo. Pledges, Addt’l Offerings (Immaculate Heart),
Donations, Addt’l Offering (St. Vincent): P7,020.00
Total: P223,300.00
Less Expenses: P223,300.00

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE: TOTAL BALANCE
As of August 08, 2010 – P457,614.71
As of August 22, 2010 – P427,551.06
As of August 29, 2010 to present: P211,271.06

Accounts Payable as of present: P211,271.06

• Attention:
In line with the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee Celebration of our Archdiocese (as a Diocese) come November 28, 2012, the Commission on Education and Christian Formation will hold a Jubilee Congress of Catechists on October 16, 2010. We are requesting all SVFP CATECHISTS to attend the said Congress.

• Additional Offering for St. Vincent Ferrer (P350.00)

• Total Feast Offering for the Immaculate Heart of Mary last August 22, 2010 (Sunday) P38,660.00 & $2,081.00 (Congratulations to the Hermana Mayor : MS. REMEDIOS VILLEGAS ABAYA & Family.

• Monthly Pledges:
Mr. & Mrs. Almar Cubilla (June-Aug. 2010) – P300.00
Mrs. Delma C. Tacuyan (Aug.-Sept. 2010) – P200.00
Mr. Santiago L. Albao (Aug. 2010) – P200.00
Mrs. Dina A. Dilao (Aug. 2010) – P300.00

• For Church Operation:
MBG – P380.00

• Donations for Palo Cathedral:
LFR – P500.00
Mr. & Mrs. Almar Cubilla – P300.00

• Special Thanks to the HERMANOS PASADOS OF ST. VINCENT FERRER specially Mr. & Mrs. Lolito Aures for the necklace worn by the Hermanos Pasados last august 14, 2010 Fiesta Celebration.

• Parish Bulletin Sponsors:
LFR
Divina Pastora
Mrs. Pearly L. Bañez
Mr. Rodolfo N. Buhay

• Congratulations to the St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Mother Butler Guild for their 3rd year anniversary last August 26, 2010 (Thursday).

• Schedule of Meetings:
September 05 – BEC-PFT/FBT MEETING @ 1:00 P.M.
September 11 – Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (On-Going Formation) @ 2:00 P.M.
September 12 – Lectors Meeting after the 8:00 A.M. Mass

Who can knows God’s counsel, or who can conceive what our LORD intends? For the deliberation of mortals are timid, and unsure are our plans. For the corruptible body burdens the soul and the earthen shelter weighs down the mind that has many concerns. And scarce do we hues the things on earth, and what is within our grasp we find with difficulty; but when things are in heaven, who can search them out? Or who ever knew your counsel, except you had given Wisdom and sent your holy spirit from on high? And thus were the paths of those on earth made straight.

Responsorial Psalm
“In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.”
Psalm 33:12-13, 18-19, 20-21

You turn man back to dust, saying, “Return, O children of men.” For a thousand years in your sight are as yesterday, now that it is past, or as a watch of the night.
R: In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
You make an end of them in their sleep; the next morning they are like the changing grass, which at dawn springs up anew, but by evening wilts and fades.
R: In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart. Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants!
R: In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days. And may the gracious care of the Lord our God be ours prosper the work of our hands for us! Prosper the work of our hands!
R: In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.

Reading 2
Philemon 9-10, 12-17

I, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus. I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment, I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you. I should have liked to retain him for myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel, but  did not want to do anything without your consent, so that the good you do might not be forced but voluntary. Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man and in the Lord. So if you regard me as a partner, welcome him as you would me.

Gospel
Luke 14:25-33

Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’ Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.”

Brothers and sisters: Learn from myself and Apollos not to go beyond what is written, so that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over against another. Who confers distinction upon you? What do you possess that you have not received? But if you have received it, why are you boasting as if you did not received it? You are already satisfied;   you have already grown rich; you have become kings without us! Indeed, I wish that you become kings, so that we also might become kings with you. For as I see it, God exhibited us apostles as the last of all, like people sentenced to death, since we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and human beings alike. We are fools on Christ’s account, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clad and roughly treated, we wander about homeless and we toil, working with our own hands. When ridiculed, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we respond gently. We have become like the world’s rubbish, the cum of all, to this very moment. I am writing you this not to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. Even if you should have countless guides to Christ, yet you do not have many fathers, for I became your father in Christ Jesus through the Gospel.

Responsorial Psalm
“The Lord is near to all who call upon him.”
Psalm 33:12-13, 18-19, 20-21

The LORD is just in all his ways and holy in all his works. The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.
R: The Lord is near to all who call upon him.
He fulfills the desire of those who fear him, he hears their cry and saves them.
R: The Lord is near to all who call upon him.
The LORD keeps all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
R: The Lord is near to all who call upon him.
May my mouth speak the praise of the LORD, and may all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
R: The Lord is near to all who call upon him.

Gospel
Luke 6:1-5

While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?” Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry? How he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering, which only the priests could lawfully eat, ate it, and shared it with his companions.” Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”

Brothers and sisters: Thus should one regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Now it is of course required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. It does not concern me in the least that I be judged by you or any human tribunal; I do not even pass judgment on myself; I am not conscious of anything against me, but I do not thereby stand acquitted; the one who judges me is the Lord. Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will manifest the motives of our hearts, and then everyone will receive praise from God.

Responsorial Psalm
“The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.”
Psalm 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21

Trust in the LORD and do good, that you may dwell in the land and be fed in security. Take delight in the LORD, and he will grant you your heart’s request.
R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
Commit to the LORD your way; trust in him, and he will act. He will make justice dawn for you like the light; bright as the noonday shall be your vindication.
R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
Turn from evil and do good, that you may abide forever; for the LORD loves what is right, and forsakes not his faithful ones. Criminals are destroyed, and the posterity of the wicked is cut off.
R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
The salvation of the just is from the LORD; he is their refuge in time of distress. And the LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.

Gospel
Luke 5:33-39

The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.” Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” And he also told them a parable. “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. And no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”

Brothers and sisters: Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you considers himself wise in this age, let him become a fool so as to become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the eyes of God, for it is written: “He catches the wise in their own ruses,” and again: The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.” So let no one boast about human beings, for everything belongs to you, Paul or Apollos or Kephas, or the world or life or death, or the present or the future: all belong to you, and you to Christ, and Christ to God.

Responsorial Psalm
“To the Lord belongs the earth and all that fills it.”
Psalm 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21

The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it. For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
R. To the Lord belongs the earth and all that fills it.
Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD? Or who may stand in his holy place? He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain.
R. To the Lord belongs the earth and all that fills it.
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, a reward from God his savior. Such is the race that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.
R. To the Lord belongs the earth and all that fills it.

Gospel
Luke 5:1-11

While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fisherman had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him, and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching me.” When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.