Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection November 07, 2026
Saturday – 31st Week of Ordinary Time
07th November 2026 (Saturday)
Psalter: Week 3
Here are the Catholic Mass readings and a daily Gospel reflection for Saturday, November 07, 2026. Paul has learned to be content in every situation, and Jesus says no one can serve two masters.
Catholic Mass Readings
Readings of the Day
First Reading: Philippians 4:10-19
Brethren: I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned, in whatever situation I am, to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 112:1b-2, 5-6, 8a, 9
R/. Blessed the man who fears the Lord
Gospel Acclamation
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Though Jesus Christ was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
R/. Alleluia
Gospel: Luke 16:9-15
At that time: Jesus said to the disciples, “I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him. And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Saturday – 31st Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Gospel Reflection
Main Point: Jesus says plainly that we cannot serve God and money. It is a simple sentence, and it reaches into the most ordinary part of our lives: our monthly budget.
1. Salary day. The money comes in, and within a few hours most of it already has a place to go. Rent, school fees, the loan installment, groceries, the phone bill, a little sent home to parents. Most of us know exactly where our money goes, because we feel every rupee leave.
2. Jesus says something very direct about this. No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
3. He does not say money is evil. He says it can become a master. It is a very good servant and a very bad lord. The danger is not having money. The danger is when money begins to decide our choices, our worries, our sleep, our sense of who we are.
4. Jesus also says, whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. The small decisions about money are not small. They show what we truly love. A budget is a kind of confession. It tells the truth about what we serve.
5. The Pharisees, Luke says, were lovers of money, and they laughed at Jesus. He answers that God knows their hearts, and that what is highly valued among people can be detestable in the sight of God. The world admires the full bank balance. God looks at the heart that holds it.
6. Paul shows the freedom on the other side. He writes from prison that he has learned to be content in every situation, with plenty or with little. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me, he says. His security was not in his purse. It was in Christ.
7. And he adds a promise to the generous Philippians, who shared with him in his need. My God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. The open hand does not empty. It is held by a richer Hand.
My Practice: This month, look at your budget honestly and set apart one portion for God and the poor before anything else, even if it is small. Let your money serve, not rule.
Prayer
Lord, You know how much of our worry and our time is spent on money, and how easily it begins to rule us. Free us from serving two masters. Teach us to be faithful in small things, in the everyday choices of our salary, our spending, and our giving. Give us Paul’s contentment, the peace of knowing that our security is in You and not in our accounts. Make us generous with the poor, trusting that You will supply every need of ours from Your riches in Christ. Be the only Master of our hearts. Amen.
Question to Reflect Today
- If someone read your monthly budget, what would they conclude you truly serve?
Thank You
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