Daily Gospel Reading and Reflection

Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 12:35-38 Jesus said to his disciples: "Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival."

Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 12:13-21 But God said to him, 'You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?' Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God."

Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 12:1-7 " Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them has escaped the notice of God. Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows."

Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, and their Companions Mt 28:16-20 Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you alwa...

Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist Lk 10:1-9 The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest."

Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr Jn 12:24-26 Jesus said to his disciples: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit."

Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 11:29-32 While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation."

Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lk 11:15-26 “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons. If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out?"

Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lk 11:5-13 "And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."

Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lk 11:1-4 Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."

Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lk 10:38-42 The Lord said to her in reply, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her."

Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lk 10:25-37 " Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers' victim?" He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 10:13-16 " Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me."

Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 10:1-12 Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”

Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi Mt 11:25-30 "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."

Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 9:51-56 "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?" Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village.

Memorial of the Guardian Angels Mt 18:1-5, 10 "See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father."

Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels Jn 1:47-51 " You will see greater things than this." And he said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 9:7-9 But Herod said, "John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?" And he kept trying to see him.

Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul Mt 9:35-38 Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and illness.

Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 8:19-21 He said to them in reply, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it."

Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 8:16-18 Jesus said to the crowd: "No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light."

Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lk 8:1-3 Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.

Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Mt 9:9-13 The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, I desire mercy, not sacrifice. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."

Memorial of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, Saint Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions Lk 9:23-26 Jesus said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it."