Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection November 06, 2026
Friday – 31st Week of Ordinary Time
06th November 2026 (Friday)
Psalter: Week 3
Here are the Catholic Mass readings and a daily Gospel reflection for Friday, November 06, 2026. Paul reminds us that our citizenship is in heaven, and Jesus tells a strange story about a dishonest manager who acted fast.
Catholic Mass Readings
Readings of the Day
First Reading: Philippians 3:17-4:1
Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.
Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5 (R. see 1)
R/. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord
Gospel Acclamation
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Whoever keeps Christ’s word, in him truly the love of God is perfected.
R/. Alleluia
Gospel: Luke 16:1-8
At that time: Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
Friday – 31st Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Gospel Reflection
Main Point: This is one of the most puzzling parables Jesus told. A manager is caught wasting his master’s money, cuts deals to save himself, and is praised for it. What could Jesus possibly want us to learn from a man like that?
1. A rich man hears that his manager has been wasting his property. He calls him in and says, give an account, you can no longer be my manager. The man is finished, and he knows it.
2. He thinks fast. I am not strong enough to dig, he says, and I am ashamed to beg. So he calls in his master’s debtors one by one. How much do you owe? A hundred measures of oil. Sit down quickly and write fifty. He reduces every bill, so that when he loses his job, these people will welcome him into their homes.
3. And then the line that has puzzled readers for two thousand years. The master praised the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. Not for his dishonesty. For his shrewdness. Jesus is not telling us to cheat. So what is He telling us?
4. Look at what the manager actually did. The moment he understood that his time was running out, he acted. He did not sit and hope the problem would vanish. He used the little time and the little power he had left, decisively, to prepare for his future.
5. Then Jesus adds the sentence that turns the parable on us. The children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the children of light. People are very clever about money, careers, and security. They plan, they act, they move quickly. And we who believe in eternity often drift through our days as though we had endless time.
6. The parable is uncomfortable, and perhaps it is meant to stay a little uncomfortable. It does not give us a neat moral. It holds up a dishonest man and says, at least he knew his time was short and he acted. Do we?
My Practice: You might take five minutes today to ask one honest question: if I knew my time was short, what would I change this week? Then begin with the smallest thing on that list.
Prayer
Lord, You hold up a dishonest man and praise not his cheating but his urgency, and we feel the sting. We plan carefully for so many things that will pass, and drift slowly in the things that last forever. Wake us up. Give us the clear sight to see that our time is not endless, and the courage to act now on what matters most. Our citizenship is in heaven, as Paul reminds us. Let us live today as people who know where we are going. Amen.
Question to Reflect Today
- In what part of your spiritual life are you drifting as if you had endless time, and what would acting wisely there look like this week?
Thank You
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