St. Joseph the Worker Parish Victorias City - Diocese of Bacolod

08/09/2024

Gospel for today September 09, 2024
Lk 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 intentions 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.

07/09/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA MARY!

Today Sept. 08 we celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Our Blessed Virgin Mary

Pray for us oh Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ thy son.

07/09/2024

Gospel for today September 08, 2024
Mk 7:31-37

Again Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, “Ephphatha!”— that is, “Be opened!” — And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly. He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it.

They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

06/09/2024

Gospel for today September 07, 2024
LK 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 of it, and shared it with his companions?”

Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”

06/09/2024

Masses and Funeral Schedule:
DB Dumangas (Sept 7-10):
-7 Sept Saturday 6pm
-8 Sept Sunday 9am
-9 Sept Monday 6pm
-10 Sept Tuesday 6pm
⁠DB Victorias / Parish (Sept 11-12):
-11 Sept Wednesday 5pm
-12 Sept Thursday 6am
DBFC, Lawaan Cebu (Sept 12-14):
-12 Sept Thursday 8pm
-13 Sept Friday 8pm
-14 Sept Saturday at 2pm (Funeral Mass)

Masses and Funeral Schedule:
DB Dumangas (Sept 7-10):
-7 Sept Saturday 6pm
-8 Sept Sunday 9am
-9 Sept Monday 6pm
-10 Sept Tuesday 6pm

⁠DB Victorias / Parish (Sept 11-12):
-11 Sept Wednesday 5pm
-12 Sept Thursday 6am

DBFC, Lawaan Cebu (Sept 12-14):
-12 Sept Thursday 8pm
-13 Sept Friday 8pm
-14 Sept Saturday at 2pm (Funeral Mass)

05/09/2024

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our dear former Parish Priest of
St. Joseph the Worker Parish Victorias.
Fr. Aguedo B. Palomo, SDB, who returned to the Lord at 9:11 PM September 5, 2024 at St. Paul's Hospital in Iloilo.

Thank you Lolo Fr. Dodoy🤍

Eternal Rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let your perpetual light shine upon him.

05/09/2024

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our dear confrere, Fr. Aguedo Palomo, SDB, who returned to the Lord at 9:11 PM September 5, 2024 at St. Paul's Hospital in Iloilo.

Fr. Aguedo dedicated many years of his life as a missionary, spreading the love of Christ wherever he was assigned. His most recent mission was at Don Bosco Boys' Home and Vocational Training Center in Dumangas, Iloilo. Known for his gentle and soft-spoken nature, Fr. Aguedo was also a beloved parish priest who touched many lives with his kindness and wisdom.

We kindly request your prayers for the eternal repose of his soul. Details about his wake and burial arrangements will be announced later.

May he rest in peace.

05/09/2024

Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena Prayer
1st Friday of the month

Divine Jesus, You have said, "Ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you." Behold me kneeling at Your feet, filled with a lively faith and confidence in the promises dictated by Your Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary. I come to ask this favor: (mention your request).

To whom can I turn if not to You, Whose Heart is the source of all graces and merits? Where should I seek if not in the treasure which contains all the riches of Your kindness and mercy? Where should I knock if not at the door through which God gives Himself to us and through which we go to God? I have recourse to You, Heart of Jesus. In You I find consolation when afflicted, protection when persecuted, strength when burdened with trials, and light in doubt and darkness.

Dear Jesus, I firmly believe that You can grant me the grace I implore, even though it should require a miracle. You have only to will it and my prayer will be granted. I admit that I am most unworthy of Your favors, but this is not a reason for me to be discouraged. You are the God of mercy, and You will not refuse a contrite heart. Cast upon me a look of mercy, I beg of You, and Your kind Heart will find in my miseries and weakness a reason for granting my prayer.

Sacred Heart, whatever may be Your decision with regard to my request, I will never stop adoring, loving, praising, and serving You. My Jesus, be pleased to accept this my act of perfect resignation to the decrees of Your adorable Heart, which I sincerely desire may be fulfilled in and by me and all Your creatures forever.

Grant me the grace for which I humbly implore You through the Immaculate Heart of Your most sorrowful Mother. You entrusted me to her as her child, and her prayers are all-powerful with You.

Amen.

05/09/2024

Gospel for today September 06, 2024
LK 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.’”

04/09/2024

Gospel for today September 05, 2024
Lk 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 fishermen 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 the boats 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 men."

When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.

03/09/2024

Gospel for today September 04, 2024
LK 4:38-44

After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them. At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them.

And demons also came out from many, shouting, “You are the Son of God.”

But he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak because they knew that he was the Christ. At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place. The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him, they tried to prevent him from leaving them.

But he said to them, “To the other towns also I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent.”

And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

02/09/2024

Gospel for today September 03, 2024
Lk 4:31-37

Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority.

In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, "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, "Be quiet! Come out of him!"

Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm.

They were all amazed and said to one another, "What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out."

And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.