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Welcome to the official website of St. Joseph’s Church, Kanuwana!
Whether you are a long-time parishioner, a newcomer to our area, or a visitor seeking a quiet space for prayer and reflection, we are delighted to welcome you to our online community. Rooted in faith, hope, and love, our parish is dedicated to honoring Jesus Christ through the powerful intercession of St. Joseph, our patron and guardian. Like St. Joseph—a silent worker, a protector of the Holy Family, and a model of humble obedience—we strive to build a warm, compassionate family of faith where everyone finds a place of belonging and spiritual comfort.
Here on our website, you can find helpful information regarding: Daily and Sunday Mass schedules, confessions, and special devotion services. Guidelines for Baptisms, First Holy Communion, Confirmation, and Weddings. Opportunities to join our parish associations, youth movements, choir, and outreach programs. Announcements regarding our annual parish feast and community celebrations.
Sunday Mass
- Sunday 06:30AM
- Sunday 08:30AM (Sunday School)
- Sunday 11:00AM (English)
- Saturday 05:30PM
Weekday Mass
- Monday 06:30AM
- Tuesday 06:30AM
- Wednesday 12:00PM & 06:30PM
- Thursday 06:30AM
- Friday 06:30AM
- Saturday 07:00AM
Annual Feast
- Flag hoisting on 21 April 04:30PM
- Novena for the feast, 22 April to 29 April 07:00PM
- Vespers for the feast on 30 April 07:00PM
- Feast day on 01 May
- Mass 06:00 AM
- High mass 08:00 AM
- English mass 10:30 AM
- Thanksgiving mass 07:00 PM
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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Book of Exodus 22,20-26.
Thus says the LORD: "You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.
You shall not wrong any widow or orphan.
If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry.
My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans.
If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him.
If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset;
for this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body. What else has he to sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate."
You shall not wrong any widow or orphan.
If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry.
My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans.
If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him.
If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset;
for this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body. What else has he to sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate."
Psalms 18(17),2-3a.3bc-4.47.51a-51b.
I love you, O LORD, my strength,
O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
My God, my rock of refuge,
my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!
Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,
and I am safe from my enemies.
The LORD lives! And blessed be my rock!
Extolled be God my savior.
You who gave great victories to your king
and showed kindness to your anointed;
to David and his posterity forever
O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
My God, my rock of refuge,
my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!
Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,
and I am safe from my enemies.
The LORD lives! And blessed be my rock!
Extolled be God my savior.
You who gave great victories to your king
and showed kindness to your anointed;
to David and his posterity forever
First Letter to the Thessalonians 1,5c-10.
For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the holy Spirit and with much conviction. You know what sort of people we were among you for your sake.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the holy Spirit,
so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and (in) Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.
For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from (the) dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the holy Spirit,
so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and (in) Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.
For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from (the) dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 22,34-40.
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,
and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking,
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and the first commandment.
The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
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and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking,
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and the first commandment.
The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB
To receive the Gospel every morning in your mailbox, subscribe here: dailygospel.org
