12 September 2025 (Friday) / Friday of week 23 in Ordinary Time or The Most Holy Name of Mary / Ordinary Weekday/ Holy Name of Mary

12 September 2025 (Friday)

Friday of week 23 in Ordinary Time or The Most Holy Name of Mary.

Ordinary Weekday/ Holy Name of Mary.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: First Timothy 1: 1-2, 12-14
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 16: 1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 11
Alleluia: John 17: 17b, 17a
Gospel: Luke 6: 39-42

First Reading : 1 Timothy 1:1‐2,12‐14

From Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus appointed by the command of God our saviour and of Christ Jesus our hope, to Timothy, true child of mine in the faith; wishing you grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, and who judged me faithful enough to call me into his service even though I used to be a blasphemer and did all I could to injure and discredit the faith. Mercy, however, was shown me, because until I became a believer I had been acting in ignorance; and the grace of our Lord filled me with faith and with the love that is in Christ Jesus.

Responsive Psalm : Psalm 15(16):1‐2,5,7‐8,11

You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you. I say to the Lord: ‘You are my God.’ O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup; it is you yourself who are my prize.

You are my inheritance, O Lord.

I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel, who even at night directs my heart. I keep the Lord ever in my sight: since he is at my right hand, I shall stand firm.

You are my inheritance, O Lord.

You will show me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your presence, at your right hand happiness for ever.

You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Alleluia: John 17: 17b, 17a
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
17b, 17a Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth.
(15. I am not asking you to remove them from the world, but to protect them from the Evil One.
16. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
17. Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth.
18. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world,
19. and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too may be consecrated in truth).
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel : Luke 6:39‐42

Jesus told a parable to the disciples: ‘Can one blind man guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit? The disciple is not superior to his teacher; the fully trained disciple will always be like his teacher. Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the plank in your own? How can you say to your brother, “Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,” when you cannot see the plank in your own? Hypocrite! Take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take out the splinter that is in your brother’s eye.’

For our reflection today:

Today’s Gospel passage presents brief parables with which Jesus seeks to indicate to his disciples the path to follow in order to live wisely. With the question: can a blind man lead a blind man?” (Lk 6:39), he wishes to emphasize that a leader cannot be blind, but must see clearly, that is, he must have wisdom in order to lead wisely, otherwise he risks causing damage to the people who are entrusted to him. And Jesus borrows a wise expression in order to designate himself as an example of teacher and leader to be followed: “A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one when he is fully taught will be like his teacher” (v. 40). It is a call to follow his example and his teaching in order to be sound and wise leaders. In today’s passage we find another significant phrase, which exhorts us to be neither presumptuous nor hypocritical. It says: “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?” (v. 41). So often, as we all know, it is easy or convenient to see and condemn the flaws and sins of others, without being able to see our own with such clarity. We all have flaws: everyone. We must be aware of them, and, before condemning others, we must look within ourselves. In this way we can act in a credible way, with humility, witnessing to charity. (Pope Francis, Angelus, 3 March 2019)

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Most High Servant,
Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love (Blessed  and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)