Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection November 11, 2025
Tuesday – 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
11th November 2025 (Tuesday)
Psalter: Week 4
Readings of the Day
First Reading: Wisdom 2:23-3:9
God created mankind for incorruption and made him in the image of his own character, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his party experience it. But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be an evil thing, and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace. For though in the sight of men they were punished, their hope is full of immortality. Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself; like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial whole burnt offering he accepted them. In the time of their visitation they will shine forth and will run like sparks through the stubble. They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them for ever. Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones, and he watches over his chosen.
Psalm 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19 (R. 2a)
R/. I will bless the Lord at all times.
Gospel Acclamation
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, says the Lord; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him.
R/. Alleluia
Gospel: Luke 17:7-10
At that time: Jesus said, “Will any one of you who has a servant ploughing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterwards you will eat and drink’? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’
Daily Gospel Reflection
Tuesday – 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
Main Point: Our faith is God’s grace. All the blessings that we enjoy are God’s gratuitous benevolence. No one can claim rights!
1. Seeking recognition and applause, desire to create impressions and making a show of one’s goodness and greatness, boasting and blowing one’s trumpet before others – all these are clearly the trademarks of today’s society. This malaise has so much infected our world that a person’s quality is rated on the basis of publicity.
2. More importance is given to the tactics for marketing the product rather than the sincere efforts to ensure its quality and use of it. In such a context, doing good has become a rare commodity, and doing it without any ulterior motive has become a rare happening.
3. But Jesus makes it crystal clear that doing good and serving is essential to our human nature and our Christian vocation. Service is not a favour but a binding duty. Good is to be done not at one’s choice and convenience but as devoted dutifulness.
4. Dutifulness is a master check for our faith and faithfulness. That is why Jesus declares, “When you have done all, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”This dutifulness is essentially a matter of bearing witness to our call as the children of God and the followers of Christ.
5. Such a duty-bound, faithful, and witnessing life trains us to renounce ungodliness, lawlessness, and worldly passions. We are summoned to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives. We should be zealous models of good works. That is the most fitting way to put evil opponents to shame and defeat them.
My Practice: Only the spirit of a humble servant and dutiful service can heal the widespread sickness of domination and manipulation
