Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection November 08, 2025
Saturday – 31st Week in Ordinary Time
08th November 2025 (Saturday)
Psalter: Week 3
Readings of the Day
First Reading: Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27
Brethren: Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well. Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia. Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you. Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord. Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you. Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith- to the only wise God be glory for evermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Psalm 145:2-3, 4-5, 10-11 (R. see 1)
R/. I will bless your name forever, my king and my God.
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 his 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 with the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful with 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.
Daily Gospel Reflection
Saturday – 31st Week in Ordinary Time
Main Point: Dishonesty may bring quick gains but it is ruinous and abominable in the sight of God. Honesty and fidelity alone are the hallmarks of a true follower of Christ
1. We are living in a world where dishonesty and deception, greed and accumulation, manipulation and corruption have become the norms of life and order of the day. These false values are not only tolerated and accepted but even justified and glorified. On the other hand, honesty, moderation, and generosity are looked down upon as signs of incompetence and lack of worldly wisdom.
2. It is in such a context Jesus once again insists on fidelity. It is not merely adherence to certain religious precepts or practices. True fidelity comprises the whole life and affects the whole person.
3. A man of fidelity is essentially an honest person. He is honest in whatever is entrusted to him. He does not fail the trust of his master. Whether big thing or small thing, his only concern is to be transparent and accountable before his master.
4. Fidelity implies wisdom and discernment. A man of fidelity discerns wisely the value and use of earthly and material things and riches. He makes use of them for doing good and for gaining heavenly riches. The material things do not blur his vision but help him to see their positive worth.
5. This is what is implied when Jesus says, “Make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon”. By no means it means that we should acquire money unrighteously and use it to win friends. The point here is that we should use even worldly things for the sake of doing good to others.
6. Further, our attitude toward money is never that of love and slavery. Money and things are never to be loved. They are to be used for need and good. There is no question of serving them. Rather, they should serve our good purposes.
7. When we begin to love and serve money and material things, we become lovers and servants of them. But we are lovers and servants of God. Therefore, our love and service pertain only to Him and to the good of others. In the name of being intelligent and tactful, many serve both God and money. They fall to compromises. It is nothing but infidelity and doublemindedness.
My Practice: The lovers of money may justify themselves before men; they may please and win them by a deceptive use of it. But God knows their hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
