Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection November 14, 2026
Saturday – 32nd Week of Ordinary Time
14th November 2026 (Saturday)
Psalter: Week 4
Here are the Catholic Mass readings and a daily Gospel reflection for Saturday, November 14, 2026. John praises those who welcome travelers in the Lord’s name, and Jesus tells of a widow who will not stop asking.
Catholic Mass Readings
Readings of the Day
First Reading: 3 John 1:5-8
Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
Psalm 112:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 (R. 1b)
R/. Blessed the man who fears the Lord. or: Alleluia
Gospel Acclamation
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. God has called us through the gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ
R/. Alleluia
Gospel: Luke 18: 1-8
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Saturday – 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Gospel Reflection
Main Point: Jesus tells a parable so we will pray and not lose heart. A widow wears down an unjust judge by refusing to stop asking. Then Jesus ends with a question that He leaves for us to answer.
1. Luke tells us the purpose before the story even begins. Jesus told them a parable to show that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He knew His disciples would grow tired of praying. He knows we do.
2. A widow keeps coming to a judge who neither fears God nor respects anyone. Give me justice against my adversary, she says. He refuses. She comes again. And again. Finally he gives in, not out of kindness, but because she is wearing him out.
3. Jesus is not saying God is like that judge. He is saying the opposite. If even an unjust judge gives in to persistence, how much more will God give justice to His chosen ones who cry to Him day and night?
4. But many of us have cried day and night. For a child to come back to faith. For healing that has not come. For a job, a peace, a marriage, a release from grief. And the answer still seems slow. Jesus does not deny that. He only asks us not to stop.
5. Then He ends with a sentence that is not a promise or a command. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth? He does not answer it. He leaves it in the air for every person who has ever been tempted to stop praying.
My Practice: Take the prayer you have almost given up on, and pray it again today, simply and honestly, even if you feel nothing. That small act is part of the answer to His question.
Prayer
Lord, You told us to pray always and not lose heart, and You know how often we grow tired. Some of our prayers have been prayed for years, and still we wait. Do not let us stop. Give us the stubborn faith of the widow, who kept coming back. When we feel nothing, let our faithfulness speak for us. And when You come, Lord, let You find faith in us. Amen.
Question to Reflect Today
- What prayer have you been tempted to stop praying, and what keeps you from bringing it to God again?
Amen 🙏🙏🙏
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