Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection October 03, 2025
Friday – 26th Week in Ordinary Time
03rd October 2025 (Friday)
Psalter: Week 2
Readings of the Day
First Reading: Baruch 1:15-22
Righteousness belongs to the Lord our God, but shame, as at this day, to us, to the people of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to our kings and our prices and our priests and our prophets and our fathers, because we have sinned before the Lord and have disobeyed him and have not heeded the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the statutes of the Lord that he set before us. From the day when the Lord brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God, and we have been negligent, in not heeding his voice. So to this day there have clung to us the calamities and the curse that the Lord declared through Moses his servant at the time when he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt to give to us a land flowing with milk and honey. We did not heed the voice of the Lord our God in all the words of the prophets whom he sent to us. But we each followed the intent of his own wicked heart by serving other gods and doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God.
Psalm 79:1-2, 3-5, 8, 9 (R. see 9bc)
R/. For the sake of the glory of your name, free us O Lord.
Gospel Acclamation
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Today, harden not your hearts but listen to the voice of the Lord.
R/. Alleluia
Gospel: Luke 10:13-16
At that time: Jesus said, “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it will be more bearable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
Daily Gospel Reflection
Friday – 26th Week in Ordinary Time
Main Point: To believe is to repent, repair and renovate life. Lack of faith is not only a matter of beliefs and doctrines, but is a matter of trusting in God and entrusting wholly to Him
1. Self-pride and self-glory are two ugly trends that are reigning high in the present society. These are adversely affecting both the individual life and the collective life. The quality of life is declining, and the beauty and depth of inter-relationships are also at a lower ebb. This results in a heightened spirit of selfishness and self-righteousness.
2. Consequently, people become dominant and despise others, oversizing themselves and minimising others. They become blind to the good in others and the good of others. They also become blind to their imperfections and defects.
3. This is exactly a culture of unbelief and lack of faith. When a man becomes full of himself, there is no space for God and others. This is what is affecting our world. Many do not realise the indispensable need for God in our lives. Many do not value and respect the human dignity of others.
4. This is what happened in the case of the cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum in the time of Jesus. God’s own love and power were quite vivid before their eyes in and through the life and mission of Jesus. Jesus’ preaching and healing ministry and his authentic living were the strongest proofs urging them to believe and follow Jesus.
5. But they were so stubborn and closed. They felt sufficient by themselves. They contented themselves with their traditions and blind observance of laws. They rejected Jesus and refused his invitation to repent. Thus, they forfeit the grace abundantly offered by God through Jesus. Hence, they incur Jesus’ rebuke.
My Practice: God readily accepts and tolerates, and condones any weakness and failure. But He detests arrogance and obstinacy. They block repentance and faith
