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Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
Philippians 3:17—4:1
Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters,
and observe those who thus conduct themselves
according to the model you have in us.
For many, as I have often told you
and now tell you even in tears,
conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Their end is destruction.
Their God is their stomach;
their glory is in their “shame.”
Their minds are occupied with earthly things.
But our citizenship is in heaven,
and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
He will change our lowly body
to conform with his glorified Body
by the power that enables him also
to bring all things into subjection to himself.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters,
whom I love and long for, my joy and crown,
in this way stand firm in the Lord, beloved.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5
R. (1) Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
I rejoiced because they said to me,
“We will go up to the house of the LORD.”
And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
According to the decree for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Alleluia
1 John 2:5
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever keeps the word of Christ,
the love of God is truly perfected in him.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
Luke 16:1-8
Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward
who was reported to him for squandering his property.
He summoned him and said,
‘What is this I hear about you?
Prepare a full account of your stewardship,
because you can no longer be my steward.’
The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do,
now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me?
I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
I know what I shall do so that,
when I am removed from the stewardship,
they may welcome me into their homes.’
He called in his master’s debtors one by one.
To the first he said, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’
He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note.
Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’
Then to another he said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’
He replied, ‘One hundred measures of wheat.’
He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note;
write one for eighty.’
And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
For the children of this world
are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
than the children of light.”
President Santiago Pena of Paraguay has resigned. The best option. When you cannot manage to govern well your country, kindly resign. Do not make citizens to suffer.
You have governed America with your style. Americans have said no to your style. Complete your term and hand over state power peacefully
The people that American voters choose to represent them promised American voters to sort the following urgent issues that affect American people:
1. Housing- provide affordable housing scheme
2. Health- medical care for all citizens
3. Economy- lower the cost of living
4.War- reduce military spending
5. Immigration- abolish negative immigration regulations
Democrats. Americans and the world is watching.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance tried to govern America using their style. Americans have said no. Complete your term and hand over state power peacefully.@realDonaldTrump @JDVance
Goonism must eliminated in Kenya for democracy to prevail. The attack directed on Umkombozi leaders today at Migori was very barbaric. The Constitution Kenya must be adhered to by all citizens.@skmusyoka @HonJBMuturi @Moha_jichopevu
Cristiano R, Portugal football giant, ends his international football career. Thanks for your great contribution towards football. Enjoy your retirement
Reflection on today's readings
When Jesus wanted to communicate who God is like, he often pointed to some human experience. He recognized that sometimes the way humans behave can give us an insight into God. There is something to be learned about God, Jesus suggests, by looking at how ordinary people live their lives. Even those who would not see themselves as especially religious can reveal God to us.
In today’s gospel reading, Jesus invites his critics, who thought of themselves as religious, to look at how a shepherd and a woman might behave when they lose something precious. The shepherd who loses one of a hundred sheep will go looking for that one sheep until he finds it. He will passionately search for it, and, then when he has found it, he will gather his friends and neighbours in his home to share his joy. When one went missing, he didn’t say, ‘Well, I have another ninety nine, so let him go’.
Similarly, a woman who loses one of her ten precious coins will sweep every nook and cranny in her house until she finds it, and so great is her joy upon finding it that she invites her neighbours to share her joy. Jesus is saying, ‘God is like this shepherd and this woman’. God is always searching for the lost, those who have not come to know his tremendous love for them. He wants everyone to know that they are God’s beloved sons and daughters. That is why he sent Jesus into the world, to show to the world God’s passionate, searching, love for all. Each one of us is invited to allow ourselves to be found by this loving God whom Jesus reveals and continues to make present to us today.
Thursday, 5th November, 2026
Thursday of the Thirty First Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians 3:3-8
We are the real people of the circumcision, we who worship in accordance with the Spirit of God; we have our own glory from Christ Jesus without having to rely on a physical operation.
If it came to relying on physical evidence, I should be fully qualified myself. Take any man who thinks he can rely on what is physical: I am even better qualified.
I was born of the race of Israel and of the tribe of Benjamin,
a Hebrew born of Hebrew parents, and I was circumcised when I was eight days old.
As for the Law, I was a Pharisee; as for working for religion, I was a persecutor of the Church;
as far as the Law can make you perfect, I was faultless.
But because of Christ, I have come to consider all these advantages that I had as disadvantages.
Not only that, but I believe nothing can happen that will outweigh the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 104:2-7 R/v 2
Response Let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice.
Or Alleluia!
1. O sing to the Lord, sing his praise; tell all his wonderful works!
Be proud of his holy name, let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice. Response
2. Consider the Lord and his strength; constantly seek his face.
Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, the judgements he spoke. Response
3. O children of Abraham, his servant, O sons of the Jacob he chose.
He, the Lord, is our God: his judgements prevail in all the earth. Response
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Mt 11: 28
Alleluia, alleluia!
Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened,
and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 15: 1-10
The tax collectors and the sinners, meanwhile, were all seeking his company to hear what he had to say,
and the Pharisees and the scribes complained. ‘This man’ they said ‘welcomes sinners and eats with them.’
So he spoke this parable to them:
‘What man among you with a hundred sheep, losing one, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the missing one till he found it? And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders and then, when he got home, call together his friends and neighbours?
“Rejoice with me,” he would say “I have found my sheep that was lost.”
In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine virtuous men who have no need of repentance.
‘Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would not, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search thoroughly till she found it? And then, when she had found it, call together her friends and neighbours?
“Rejoice with me,” she would say “I have found the drachma I lost.”
In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.’
Thank you JD Vance, Vice President of America for pointing out that it was America-Iran war is the fundamental cause of this defeat. God bless you.@JDVance @realDonaldTrump
Why were Republicans defeated in this elections? One, soaring cost of living. Two, unpopular American-Iran War. Three, unpopular President Trump.
That is democracy. Americans have spoken!
Congratulations America people for voting peacefully. That is democracy. Let the people decide!@america @CNN @realDonaldTrump
Reflection on today's readings
The opening words of today’s gospel reading seem very harsh to us today. We are dealing here with a Semitic idiom, expressing preference. If you prefer one thing, or even one person, over another, you are said to love the one and hate the other. Jesus is not calling on his disciples to hate their families, but to love him more than they love even their families. He is to be the primary love or the primary loyalty in our lives. Elsewhere in the gospel Jesus quotes what he terms the first commandment to love God with all one’s soul, strength and mind. However, because Jesus is God-with-us, to love God in this total way is to love Jesus in this total way.
As followers of Jesus we are called to give him our primary allegiance; our relationship with him is to influence all our other relationships. Jesus calls for great loyalty and devotion. That is why he calls on potential disciples to think it through, just as a builder has to think through whether he will be able to finish building the tower if he starts on it or a king has to think through whether to go to war with inferior forces. The Lord wants us to be whole-hearted rather than half-hearted in our following of him. He wants a ‘yes’ from us that is in some way a reflection of his ‘yes’ to us.
Wednesday of 31st week of Ordinary Time, Year 2
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians 2:12-18
My dear friends, continue to do as I tell you, as you always have; not only as you did when I was there with you, but even more now that I am no longer there; and work for your salvation ‘in fear and trembling’. It is God, for his own loving purpose, who puts both the will and the action into you.
Do all that has to be done without complaining or arguing and then you will be innocent and genuine, perfect children of God among a deceitful and underhand brood, and you will shine in the world like bright stars because you are offering it the word of life. This would give me something to be proud of for the Day of Christ, and would mean that I had not run in the race and exhausted myself for nothing. And then, if my blood has to be shed as part of your own sacrifice and offering-which is your faith I shall still be happy and rejoice with all of you, and you must be just as happy and rejoice with me.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 26:1,4,13-14 R/v 1
Response The Lord is my light and my help.
1. The Lord is my light and my help; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life; before whom shall I shrink? Response
2. There is one thing I ask of the Lord, for this I long,
to live in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life,
to savour the sweetness of the Lord, to behold his temple. Response
3. I am sure I shall see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living.
Hope in him, hold firm and take heart. Hope in the Lord! Response
Gospel Acclamation 1 Pt 4: 14
Alleluia, alleluia!
It is a blessing for you, when they insult you for bearing the name of Jesus,
for the Spirit of God rests on you.
Alleluia !
GOSPEL
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 14:25-33
Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it? Otherwise, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, the onlookers would all start making fun of him and saying, “‘ Here is a man who started to build and was unable to finish“.
Or again, what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and consider whether with ten thousand men he could stand up to the other who advanced against him with twenty thousand?
If not, then while the other king was still a long way off, he would send envoys to sue for peace.
So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions.