Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection November 10, 2025
Monday – 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
10th November 2025 (Monday)
Psalter: Week 4
Readings of the Day
First Reading: Wisdom 1:1-7
Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord with uprightness and seek him with sincerity of heart; because he is found by those who do not put him to the test and manifests himself to those who do not distrust him. For perverse thoughts separate people from God, and when his power is tested, it convicts the foolish; because wisdom will not enter a deceitful soul or dwell in a body enslaved to sin. For a holy and disciplined spirit will flee from deceit and will rise and depart from foolish thoughts and will be ashamed at the approach of unrighteousness. For wisdom is a kindly spirit and will not free a blasphemer from the guilt of his words, because God is witness of his inmost feelings and a true observer of his heart and a hearer of his tongue. Because the Spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and that which holds all things together knows what is said.
Psalm 139:1-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-10 (R. 24b)
R/. Lead me, Lord, in the way everlasting.
Gospel Acclamation
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. You shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life.
R/. Alleluia
Gospel: Luke 17:1-6
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Daily Gospel Reflection
Monday – 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
Main Point: Bad example is detestable in the sight of God and is liable to God’s judgment
1. One major defect of today’s society is the increase of bad examples and scandals. More and more people get accustomed and tuned to wrong and evil. The pity all the more is, they are least bothered. Many give more importance to their self-gain and pleasure rather than setting a good example. Many do not feel any social and moral obligation to walk a good life and help others to walk the same.
2. This bad example is mainly failing – to trust in the Lord, to seek Him with sincerity of heart, and to love and live uprightness. It is the perversity of thinking. It is cultivating a deceitful soul. It is a body enslaved to sin.
3. The attitude of many who set a bad example is: ‘This is my life and I want it to be happy and undisturbed’. Why should I bother to give a good example to others? It is their freedom and choice. Let them not be easily influenced by bad example.’
4. There is certainly some truth in their argument. But they cannot simply evade their culpability. In fact, the gravity of their wrong is so great that it invites severe punishment. The Lord pronounces ‘woe’ on them and attests: it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea.
5. As the first reading from the book of Wisdom notes, “Wisdom is a kindly spirit and it will not free the scandalous from the guilt of their words or the approach of their unrighteousness”. Their bad example and misleading influence convict them.
6. The cause of such a bad example is clearly the lack of wisdom. The response to those misled and who fall into sin is not to condemn them but to rebuke them, and forgive them generously if they repent. The strong power that works as resistant is deep faith. This will foster “a holy and disciplined spirit which will flee from deceit, from foolish thoughts and unrighteousness”.
My Practice: In a world that is increasingly steeped in unrighteous and deceitful living, there is so much scandal and negative influence. We need rock-like faith to stand firm and not fall into temptation.
