Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection October 25, 2024
Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
25th October 2024 (Friday)
Psalter: Week 1
Readings of the Day
First Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6
Brethren: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 (R. see 6)
R/. These are the people who seek your face, O Lord.
Gospel Acclamation
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have revealed to little children the mysteries of the kingdom.
R/. Alleluia.
Gospel: Luke 12:54-59
At that time: Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming’, and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’, and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time? And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
Daily Gospel Reflection
Friday – Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Guidelines: A lot have a lot of intelligence and knowledge. But we wonder whether all this is used for really judging and following what is right.
1. In the first reading, we are urged to “walk in a manner worthy of our calling.” What is our calling? We were already told earlier in Ephesians 1. 3-12, we are called and destined to be ‘holy and blameless,” so that we obtain salvation and life eternity.
2. Today’s word of God lays before us various ingredients of such a worthy living. In the first place, it implies being deeply aware of our oneness and living it, The whole pursuit can be summed up in three words: conscious, judicious, and assiduous.
3. We must be conscious that we are one in the one Spirit – one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Therefore, a worthy living would be incompatible with all disunity, division, and discrimination.
4. A life worthy of our call calls us to be judicious, and judge what is right. Understand, assess and interpret the present time. Be prepared to meet the eternal. Do not live a life that makes us blameworthy. culpable and punishable.
5. Then, be assiduous. This means that we must work hard, working out our salvation “with all love, humility, patience, and forbearance. We must use all our knowledge and competence, the intellectual and the others to grow wise and discerning.
Practice: Life becomes worthy when we live it for something worthy. A worthy life cannot go together with worthless affairs
