Monthly Program for September 2026

St Joseph,

Protecting father of the infant Jesus

and dedicated husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

We come before you for your powerful intercession and

protection. We turn to your courageous example to form

and shape us into a masculine presence that will lead

others to the knowledge of God, our loving Father,

so that we can be examples for our family,

our church and our community.

We lift up to you, St Joseph, our joy and our pain,

our success and our struggles.

Through it all, with our sinfulness, may we persevere

in the mission of leading our families to Heaven.

St Joseph, we recognize the calm and protective presence

that lifted up the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Son of God

through your love and protection.

Obtain for us, through your divine Son

All of the spiritual blessings needed to grow as His

disciples, strengthening not only our relationship to Him,

but also that of the entire Church.

AMEN.

R. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

A vine from Egypt you transplanted; you drove away the nations and planted it. It put forth its foliage to the Sea, its shoots as far as the River.

R. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

Why have you broken down its walls, so that every passer-by plucks its fruit, the boar from the forest lays it waste, and the beasts of the field feed upon it?

R. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

Once again, O LORD of hosts, look down from heaven, and see; take care of this vine, and protect what your right hand has planted, the son of man whom you yourself made strong.

R. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

Then we will no more withdraw from you; give us new life, and we will call upon your name. O LORD, God of hosts, restore us; if your face shine upon us, then we shall be saved.

R. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel..

Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?” They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.” Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes? Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

All readings sourced from USCCB, Lectionary 139. bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100426.cfm