18th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C - August 3, 2025

 On the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C, the readings call us to examine our values and priorities. They remind us to look beyond material wealth and focus on what is eternal. Here are some key themes from this Sunday’s readings.

• The Emptiness of Wealth: The first reading warns us that worldly riches and success can feel empty. It reminds us that only God can give lasting joy and fulfillment.
• Setting Hearts on Heaven: Paul encourages believers to seek what is above and keep their focus on God’s kingdom. This calls us to prioritize spiritual growth over material concerns.
• Letting Go of Greed: Jesus’ parable in the Gospel warns against greed and storing up riches. It shows that selfish desires can separate us from God and others.
• True Security in God: The readings remind us that earthly wealth is fragile, but God’s love is steady and secure. Our security and peace come from trusting in God rather than possessions.
• Living for Eternal Life: Paul calls us to focus on eternal life by living in a way that pleases God. This theme reminds us that our actions should reflect our hope in heaven.
• The Folly of Selfish Ambition: The Gospel warns against putting our ambitions above God and others. It challenges us to use our blessings to serve and to help others.
• Seeking Lasting Joy: The readings call us to seek joy that endures beyond this life. True joy comes from our relationship with God and living according to His ways.

These themes from the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C encourage us to live with purpose and hope in God. They remind us that true happiness and peace come from placing our lives in God’s hands.

Entrance:
1.      Himaya Kanimo, Kristo Jesus (Koro Viannista)
2.      Mao Kini ang Paghinigugmaay
3.      Sa Hapag ng Panginoon
4.      Pag-aalala (Francisco)
5.      Bayan, Magsiawit Na
6.      Bayan, Umawit Na
7.      Water of Life (Haas)
8.      Come with Praise
9.      Seek the Lord (O ‘Connor)

Readings:

• First Reading – Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23: The Teacher declares everything meaningless. Working hard only to leave the results to someone else is futile. Life is full of pain and worry, and this is also meaningless.
• Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 90: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
• God turns people back to dust, and life is fleeting like grass. Teach us to value our days and show us compassion. May God’s favor be upon us and our work.
• Second Reading – Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11: Focus on what is above, not on earthly things. Put to death sinful behaviors and renew yourself in Christ. Christ is everything and in everyone.
• Gospel – Luke 12:13-21: Jesus warns against greed and tells a parable of a rich man focused on storing wealth. God calls him a fool, reminding us that life is about being rich toward God. 
  
  
  

Offertory:
1.      Ania King mga Gasa
2.      Gasa sa Gugma (Koro Viannista; Himaya Kanimo)
3.      Unang Alay (Magnaye)
4.      Pag-aalay (Francisco)
5.      One Bread, One Body (Foley)
6.      Christify
 
Communion:
1.      Kini Maong Akong Lawas
2.      Ang Kinabuhing Mahinungdanon
3.      Daygon Ikaw Ginoong Dios
4.      Awit ng Paghahangad (best choice as it fits for the gospel)
5.      Huwag kang Mangamba
6.      Panalangin sa Pagiging Bukas Palad
7.      Paghahandog ng Sarili
8.      Come to me
9.      Come to me all who are weary
10.    Far Greater Love
11.     Prayer for Generosity
12.     Prayer of St. Francis
13.    Seek Ye First
14.     I Seek you for I Thirst
 
Recessional:
1.      Panbanwag
2.      Kinsa
3.      Sinong Makapaghihiwalay
4.      Maliban na Mahulog sa Lupa
5.      I am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
6.      Blessed be GOD
7.      Live Forever

 

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year 2 Cycle C - July 31, 2022

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The readings for 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C are a warning against becoming to attached to worldly goods and temporary pleasures. In the first reading we are warned that the things of this world will not bring us lasting joy. The psalm reminds us that our days hear are numbered. In the second reading we are reminded to focus on our spiritual lives. In the gospel Jesus tells the parable of the Rich Fool who put all of his energy into acquiring wealth and then suddenly died.

Entrance:
1.      Himaya Kanimo, Kristo Jesus (Koro Viannista)
2.      Mao Kini ang Paghinigugmaay
3.      Sa Hapag ng Panginoon
4.      Pag-aalala (Francisco)
5.      Bayan, Magsiawit Na
6.      Bayan, Umawit Na
7.      Water of Life (Haas)
8.      Come with Praise
9.      Seek the Lord (O ‘Connor)
 
First Reading        Ecc 1:2; 2:21-23
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,
vanity of vanities!  All things are vanity!
 
Here is one who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill,
and yet to another who has not labored over it,
he must leave property.
This also is vanity and a great misfortune.
For what profit comes to man from all the toil and anxiety of heart
with which he has labored under the sun?
All his days sorrow and grief are his occupation;
even at night his mind is not at rest.
This also is vanity.
 
Responsorial Psalm    Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17
R. (1) If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
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. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
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. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
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. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
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. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
 
Second Reading                    Col 3:1-5, 9-11
Brothers and sisters:
If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died,
and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears,
then you too will appear with him in glory.
 
Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly:
immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,
and the greed that is idolatry.
Stop lying to one another,
since you have taken off the old self with its practices
and have put on the new self,
which is being renewed, for knowledge,
in the image of its creator.
Here there is not Greek and Jew,
circumcision and uncircumcision,
barbarian, Scythian, slave, free;
but Christ is all and in all.
 
Alleluia               Mt 5:3
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
 
Gospel                      Lk 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,
“Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”
He replied to him,
“Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”
Then he said to the crowd,
“Take care to guard against all greed,
for though one may be rich,
one’s life does not consist of possessions.”

Then he told them a parable.
“There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest.
He asked himself, ‘What shall I do,
for I do not have space to store my harvest?’
And he said, ‘This is what I shall do:
I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones.
There I shall store all my grain and other goods
and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you,
you have so many good things stored up for many years,
rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’
But God said to him,
‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you;
and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’
Thus will it be for all who store up treasure for themselves
but are not rich in what matters to God.”
 
Offertory:
1.      Ania King mga Gasa
2.      Gasa sa Gugma (Koro Viannista; Himaya Kanimo)
3.      Unang Alay (Magnaye)
4.      Pag-aalay (Francisco)
5.      One Bread, One Body (Foley)
6.      Christify
 
Communion:
1.      Kini Maong Akong Lawas
2.      Ang Kinabuhing Mahinungdanon
3.      Daygon Ikaw Ginoong Dios
4.      Awit ng Paghahangad (best choice as it fits for the gospel)
5.      Huwag kang Mangamba
6.      Panalangin sa Pagiging Bukas Palad
7.      Paghahandog ng Sarili
8.      Come to me
9.      Come to me all who are weary
10.    Far Greater Love
11.     Prayer for Generosity
12.     Prayer of St. Francis
13.    Seek Ye First
14.     I Seek you for I Thirst
 
Recessional:
1.      Panbanwag
2.      Kinsa
3.      Sinong Makapaghihiwalay
4.      Maliban na Mahulog sa Lupa
5.      I am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
6.      Blessed be GOD
7.      Live Forever