3 November 2025 (Isnin) / Hari biasa, Santo Martinus de Porres

3 November 2025 (Isnin)

Hari biasa, Santo Martinus de Porres.

Pembacaan dari Alkitab Gereja Katolik Roma:

Pembacaan Pertama: Rm. 11:29-36; 
Pembacaan Mazmur: Mzm. 69:30-31,33-34,36-37; 
Pembacaan dari Injil Santo Lukas: Luk. 14:12-14
Warna Liturgi Hijau.

Pembacaan Pertama:

Rm 11:29 Sebab Allah tidak menyesali kasih karunia dan panggilan-Nya.
Rm 11:30 Sebab sama seperti kamu dahulu tidak taat kepada Allah, tetapi sekarang beroleh kemurahan oleh ketidaktaatan mereka,
Rm 11:31 demikian juga mereka sekarang tidak taat, supaya oleh kemurahan yang telah kamu peroleh, mereka juga akan beroleh kemurahan.
Rm 11:32 Sebab Allah telah mengurung semua orang dalam ketidaktaatan, supaya Ia dapat menunjukkan kemurahan-Nya atas mereka semua.
Rm 11:33 O, alangkah dalamnya kekayaan, hikmat dan pengetahuan Allah! Sungguh tak terselidiki keputusan-keputusan-Nya dan sungguh tak terselami jalan-jalan-Nya!
Rm 11:34 Sebab, siapakah yang mengetahui pikiran Tuhan? Atau siapakah yang pernah menjadi penasihat-Nya?
Rm 11:35 Atau siapakah yang pernah memberikan sesuatu kepada-Nya, sehingga Ia harus menggantikannya?
Rm 11:36 Sebab segala sesuatu adalah dari Dia, dan oleh Dia, dan kepada Dia: Bagi Dialah kemuliaan sampai selama-lamanya!

Pembacaan Mazmur:

Mzm 69:30 (69-31) Aku akan memuji-muji nama Allah dengan nyanyian, mengagungkan Dia dengan nyanyian syukur;
Mzm 69:31 (69-32) pada pemandangan Allah itu lebih baik dari pada sapi jantan, dari pada lembu jantan yang bertanduk dan berkuku belah.
Mzm 69:33 (69-34) Sebab TUHAN mendengarkan orang-orang miskin, dan tidak memandang hina orang-orang-Nya dalam tahanan.
Mzm 69:34 (69-35) Biarlah langit dan bumi memuji-muji Dia, lautan dan segala yang bergerak di dalamnya.
Mzm 69:36 (69-37) anak cucu hamba-hamba-Nya akan mewarisinya, dan orang-orang yang mencintai nama-Nya akan diam di situ.

Pembacaan dari Injil Santo Lukas:

Luk 14:12 Dan Yesus berkata juga kepada orang yang mengundang Dia: "Apabila engkau mengadakan perjamuan siang atau perjamuan malam, janganlah engkau mengundang sahabat-sahabatmu atau saudara-saudaramu atau kaum keluargamu atau tetangga-tetanggamu yang kaya, karena mereka akan membalasnya dengan mengundang engkau pula dan dengan demikian engkau mendapat balasnya.
Luk 14:13 Tetapi apabila engkau mengadakan perjamuan, undanglah orang-orang miskin, orang-orang cacat, orang-orang lumpuh dan orang-orang buta.
Luk 14:14 Dan engkau akan berbahagia, karena mereka tidak mempunyai apa-apa untuk membalasnya kepadamu. Sebab engkau akan mendapat balasnya pada hari kebangkitan orang-orang benar."

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Pelayan Atasan Tertinggi,
Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

3 November 2025 (Monday / Ordinary Weekday/ Saint Martin De Porres, Religious / Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

3 November 2025 (Monday)

Ordinary Weekday/ Saint Martin De Porres, Religious.

Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Romans 11: 29-36
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 69: 30-31, 33-34, 36
Alleluia: John 8: 31-32
Gospel: Luke 14: 12-14

First Reading: Romans 11: 29-36

For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance. For as you also in times past did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy, through their unbelief; so these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded all in unbelief, that he may have mercy on all. O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him? For of him, and by him, and in him, are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 69: 30-31, 33-34, 36

R. (14) Lord, in your great love, answer me.

But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up. I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.

R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.

Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live. For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.

R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.

For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.

R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.

Alleluia: John 8: 31-32
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
31-32 If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, says the Lord.
(31. To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said: If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples;
32. you will come to know the truth, and the truth will set you free).
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Luke 14: 12-14

And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind; And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.

For our reflection today:

If one does not understand the gratuity of God’s invitation, then one understands nothing. God’s invitation is “always free”, thus posing the question: “In order to go to this banquet what should one pay?”. The entrance ticket is to be sick, to be poor, to be a sinner, that is, we must be in need, both in body and in soul. To be in need of care, healing, and love. And I, who am a practising Catholic, I go to mass every Sunday, I carry out my duties, and to me, nothing? The fact is that “he does not understand the gratuity of salvation; he thinks that salvation is the fruit of ‘I pay and you save me’”. Rather, “salvation is free, if you do not enter into such a dynamic of gratuity you will not understand anything”. Salvation, “is a gift from God to which I respond with another gift, the gift of my heart”. They feel safe, they feel secure, they feel saved in their own way, outside of the banquet”, for “they have lost the meaning of gratuity; they have lost the meaning of love and they have lost a greater and more beautiful thing”, namely, “the capacity to feel themselves loved”, which leaves “no hope”; when you no longer feel loved, “you have lost everything”, “we implore the Lord to save us from losing the capacity to feel loved”. (Pope Francis, Santa Marta, 7 November 2017)

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

Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez (1533–1617) is remembered for his deep holiness, which shone through his humble work as a Jesuit doorkeeper. Born in Segovia, Spain, the son of a prosperous merchant, his family welcomed Jesuit Father Peter Faber, who guided Alphonsus’s early faith. Alphonsus’s path to joining the Jesuits was slow and marked by setbacks. At 12, Alphonsus began studies at a Jesuit college, but his father’s death forced him home to help run the family business. He later married and had three children, but tragedy struck when his wife and children all died. Heavy taxes ruined his business, and Alphonsus, now a widower, was left feeling defeated. In his grief, Alphonsus turned to prayer and sought to join the Jesuits, but was rejected due to his age, fragile health, and limited education. Undeterred, he pursued further studies in Valencia. Eventually, his evident holiness led the Jesuit provincial to admit him as a lay brother. In 1571, at age 37, Alphonsus entered the Jesuit novitiate and was sent to Montesión college in Palma, Majorca. There, he became known for his humble service as doorkeeper and for befriending St. Peter Claver, who would become a missionary to slaves in Colombia. As doorkeeper, Alphonsus welcomed visitors, ran errands, gave alms, and comforted the troubled. He treated each person as if he were welcoming Christ. At age 72, he befriended Peter Claver, encouraging him in missionary work. After Alphonsus’s death, his writings revealed deep mystical experiences and a profound prayer life. He is now celebrated as a model of holiness in ordinary life.

Prayer:

O God, in the faithful service of our brother Alphonsus, You have shown us the way to joy and peace. Make us ready and watchful companions of Jesus, who became the servant of all and now lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,

Most High Servant,

Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love 

(Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

Pelayanan kasih untuk keselamatan jiwa-jiwa dan ciri-ciri panggilan untuk penyembuhan dan pengusiran roh-roh jahat

Renungan singkat pembacaan daripada Injil Santo Markus 3: 20-30. 

Pelayanan kasih untuk keselamatan jiwa-jiwa dan ciri-ciri panggilan untuk penyembuhan dan pengusiran roh-roh jahat. 

Saudara dan saudari yang saya kasihi dalam nama Tuhan Yesus Kristus, 

Perkongsian saya ini adalah dalam pengunaan bahasa yang sederhana dan mudah difahami. Saya menggunakan cara ini agar mereka yang lemah dan tidak ada pelajaran tinggi dapat memahami pesan dan maksud apa yang tertulis disini. Saya juga macam kamurang, tiada pelajaran tinggi dan cuma tahu baca Alkitab Katolik sahaja, itupun kampungan style punya.   
Perkongsian saya disini hanyalah ditujukan kepada semua ahli yang ada di dalam Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels) sahaja. Oleh sebab itu saya menggalakkan anda semua untuk membaca dan meneruskan apa yang tertulis disini agar Misi dan Visi panggilan dan cara hidup kita ini membawa keselamatan kepada orang ramai. Saya mahu agar setiap kelompok atau kumpulan yang sedia ada mengambil masa untuk membaca dan mengkaji kembali kehidupan rohani masing-masing sambil membantu kepada semua ahli untuk menjelaskan perkongsian saya ini. Di harap juga agar semua Pelayan Atasan masing-masing dan juga Rakan Pembimbing Rohani untuk setiap kelompok dan kumpulan mengambil peranan dan tanggungjawab ini untuk membimbing dan membantu satu sama lain, agar kita semua dapat berjalan bersama dalam mencapai kesatuan dengan Allah Tritunggal Yang Maha Kudus, Bapa, Putera, dan Roh Kudus. Bagi umat katolik yang lain yang ingin membacanya, saya menasihatkan agar menggunakan bacaan rohani ini dengan sikap iman dan doa kerana tujuan hidup di dunia ini adalah percaya kepada keselamatan Tuhan Yesus Kristus, melalui GerejaNya yang Satu, Kudus, Katolik dan Apostolik. 

Cara hidup dan pelayanan kita merupakan suatu tindakan kasih dan pengampunan. Kita perlu nilai kembali dan melihat sejauh mana komitmen dan hala tuju hidup kita masing-masing. Kita dipanggil dan dipilih oleh Tuhan untuk bekerjasama denganNya dalam kuasa Roh Kudus, agar keselamatan jiwa-jiwa dapat diselamatkan daripada dosa dan kematian. Kita perlu mencapai ketenangan batin yang sesungguhnya. Cara demikian dapat membantu dan berguna bagi umat Kristian untuk mencapai keheningan. Doa inilah yang saya maksudkan agar dapat memberi manfaat kepada semua ahli kita yang ada di dalam Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels). Doa itu merupakan perjumpaan dengan Tuhan yang berperibadi. Dan untuk mengalami dan ingin bersatu dengan Tuhan di dalam doa sedemikian, marilah kita membaca kembali petikan dari Injil Santo Markus 3: 20-30 ini. Jika kita membaca petikan dari Injil Santo Markus ini, ada kemungkinan kita membuat dua kesimpulan yang berbeza iaitu bahawa Yesus bukanlah pakar dari segi pengusiran roh jahat. Ini bererti GerejaNya itu bukanlah benar dan tetap salah kerana Yesus telah dikatakan kerasukan Beelzebul (ayat 20-22). Yang kedua adalah disebabkan Dia sebagai manusia, Yesus dikatakan tidak waras lagi. Ini boleh menimbulkan keraguan dan kekeliruan untuk mengakui GerejaNya yang Satu, Kudus, Katolik dan Apostolik.  
 
Dan jika kita terus menerus mengatakan bahawa Yesus tidak waras lagi, dapatkah kita menempatkan diri kita lagi di dalam keselamatan dengan perjumpaan Tuhan yang berperibadi? Maksudnya, dapatkah kita sungguh-sungguh berdoa dan mengalami kehadiranNya? Kita jangan sesekali mengatakan bahawa sepanjang kita telah dibaptis dan melayani, kita sudah tahu bermacam-macam bentuk doa. Ini seakan-akan mahu mengalahkan doa Ekaristi dan mahu mengatasi peribadi seorang paderi katolik itu. Saya mahu menegur dan memberi nasihat disini, dan soalan saya hanya yang biasa-biasa sahaja bah, dapatkah kita semua yang hadir di Misa Kudus dan yang melayani di gereja dan komuniti menempatkan diri kita masing-masing di dalam keselamatan dengan perjumpaan Tuhan yang berperibadi? Jika paderi katolik itu hadir di Misa Kudus ataupun tidak, dapatkah kita menempatkan semula diri kita masing-masing di dalam peribadi Yesus yang menyelamatkan dan TabernakelNya? Sekarang dapatkah kita semua menilai dan mengetahui siapakah paderi katolik kita itu sebenarnya? Jika saya seorang Uskup Katolik, saya hanya memberikan satu jawapan sahaja disini iaitu, paderi katolik kita itu adalah manusia biasa tetapi oleh kerana Sakramen Tahbisan, setiap paderi katolik itu adalah “Alter Christus – In persona Christi” latin (Kristus yang lain) mengingatkan kita bahawa, meskipun Kristus sendiri hadir dalam GerejaNya, paderi katolik itu bertindak sebagai “Kristus yang lain” berdasarkan tahbisannya. Oleh itu Gereja Katolik memahami iman Kristian sebagai Alter Christus (Kristus yang lain) yang bertindak dalam persona Christi (dalam peribadi Kristus). Kerana Yesus Kristus adalah seorang lelaki, dan orang-orang yang bertindak dalam persona Christi dan merupakan Alter Christus haruslah lelaki sebagaimana Kristus adalah lelaki. Selain itu, Gereja kita terikat kepada teladan Yesus Kristus sendiri yang hanya memilih lelaki untuk pelayanan ini. Saya menjelaskan keperibadian paderi katolik itu kerana ia melibatkan doa-doa kita setiap hari di Ekaristi serta pembacaan daripada Injil Santo Markus ini. (Injil Santo Yohanes 20: 22-23, Injil Santo Lukas 10: 16). 

Untuk memahami pembacaan Injil Santo Markus ini, saya hanya menjelaskan tentang karisma dan godaan yang perlu kita tahu agar setiap kelompok dan kumpulan yang sedia ada di dalam Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels) dapat melangkah lebih berani lagi untuk meneruskan Misi dan Visi kita tanpa rasa takut terhadap roh-roh kepalsuan dan dosa-dosa manusia (Injil Santo Markus 3: 20-30) di dunia ini. Kita lihat sendiri bagaimana ahli-ahli Taurat yang datang dari Yerusalem mengatakan bahawa Yesus kerasukan Beelzebul dan dengan penghulu setan Dia mengusir setan. Percakapan seperti ini membawa maksud yang berbeza dari segi rohani dan bukannya keselamatan. Ayat “kerasukan roh jahat” ini menjelaskan keadaan pemikiran dan pendapat manusia tentang kerja pelayanan Yesus. Dan dengan mengatakan bahawa apa yang dikerjakan Roh Kudus dikerjakan oleh roh jahat, manusia itu sebenarnya menolak terang kasih karunia Allah dan pengampunan dosa yang diberi oleh kasih karunia ini. Sikap itu dengan sendirinya menempatkan orang di luar keselamatan. Tetapi kasih karunia Allah masih juga dapat mengubah sikap itu, sehingga orang kembali dapat menerima kasih karunia itu. Saya akan menjelaskan keadaan kita sebagai manusia yang mudah tergoda serta bagaimana kita harus menanggapi pembacaan daripada Injil Santo Markus ini. Kita akan lihat bagaimana karya Roh Kudus itu sebenarnya dan bagaimana godaan diri sendiri serta kecenderungan yang berasal daripada setan.  

Kita yang dipanggil di dalam pelayanan penyembuhan dan pengusiran roh-roh jahat perlu memahami karisma-karisma yang ada pada diri kita. Ini amat penting bagi seorang pelayan kerana karisma adalah anugerah-anugerah rahmat Roh Kudus, untuk melayani dan semuanya itu diberikan untuk pembangunan Gereja di dunia ini, untuk kesejahteraan manusia dan untuk keperluan dunia masa kini. Misal kata kita juga dikatakan kurang waras atau gila, rujuklah kembali makna dan erti karisma disini. Ingatlah karisma-karisma daripada Tuhan harus kita terima dengan rasa syukur kerana karisma-karisma yang kita perolehi itu adalah kekayaan rahmat yang mengagumkan untuk daya hidup apostolik dan untuk kekudusan seluruh Tubuh Kristus. Yang perlu kita sedari disini adalah karisma dan anugerah tersebut adalah sesungguhnya berasal daripada Roh Kudus. Dan anugerah-anugerah itu harus dilaksanakan dalam cinta yang merupakan ukuran karisma yang sebenarnya. Ini menjelaskan identiti kita sebagai anak-anak Allah Bapa dan juga sebagai seorang pelayan dan gembala yang baik (1 Korintus 13). Oleh itu saya mahu semua ahli yang ada di setiap kelompok dan kumpulan masing-masing hari ini untuk menguji karisma-karisma tersebut. Sentiasa memperingatkan kepada diri masing-masing bahawa tidak ada satu karisma membebaskan dari kewajiban untuk menghormati gembala-gembala Gereja dan untuk mentaati mereka. Seperti yang telah dijelaskan bahawa “terutama mereka itulah yang berfungsi, bukan untuk memadamkan Roh, melainkan untuk menguji segalanya dan mempertahankan apa yang baik” (LG 12). Semua karisma walaupun banyak perbezaan bertujuan untuk saling melengkapi, harus bekerjasama sehingga berguna bagi kepentingan bersama (1 Korintus 12:7).  
Oleh itu bagi kita semua yang merasakan terpanggil di dalam pelayanan penyembuhan dan pengusiran roh-roh jahat, bacalah kembali petikan daripada Injil Santo Markus ini sebagai doa peribadi dan renungan. Ini bertujuan agar kita tidak mudah lupa bahawa godaan di dalam doa itu sering terjadi. Kita lihat sendiri bagaimana Yesus dikatakan kurang waras. Kita sebagai manusia biasa boleh juga dikatakan kurang waras kerana ketidakpedulian kita terhadap kesukaran di dalam doa. Haruslah kita mengakui keterbatasan kita di dalam pelayanan. Tetapi sebagai pengikut Tuhan Yesus Kristus, doa adalah anugerah rahmat dan perlunya jawapan ketegasan daripada pihak kita. 

Saya menggunakan “perjuangan rohani” kerana pendoa-pendoa di dalam Perjanjian Lama sebelum Kristus, demikian juga dengan Bunda Maria dan para Orang Kudus serta Yesus sendiri mengajarkan kita bahawa berdoa bererti berjuang. Kita berjuang bererti kita melawan diri kita sendiri dan melawan tipu muslihat penggoda yang melakukan segala-galanya untuk mencegah manusia dari doa dan juga daripada persatuan dengan Allah. Kita lihat sendiri bagaimana Yesus dikatakan kurang waras. Ada kemungkinan kita juga mulai memikirkan hal yang serupa sehingga tidak mampu lagi untuk berjuang di dalam doa. Hal-hal seperti ini kita boleh nilai sendiri sebab dan puncanya serta siapakah yang sentiasa menghalang kita untuk datang kepada Tuhan. Nasihat dan pandangan peribadi saya adalah, siapa di antara kita yang tidak selalu mahu bertindak dalam semangat Kristus, mereka juga tidak boleh terbiasa untuk berdoa dalam namaNya. Dapatkah kita menempatkan semula pelayanan kasih kita terhadap semua orang? Tentang karisma dan godaan yang saya jelaskan tadi, boleh jadi timbul keraguan untuk berdoa dalam nama Yesus. Ini kerana terdapatnya kekeliruan mengenai doa yang kita temukan di dalam diri kita sendiri dan di sekitar kita. Andaikata kita juga dikatakan kurang waras dan tidak sempurna, dan kita mulai terasa oleh percakapan dan ejekan orang lain, ada kemungkinan kita ini mulai tergoda dan timbulnya keberatan terhadap doa katolik. Memang sebagai manusia yang mulai tertarik kepada doa, kita pada mulanya bersemangat di dalam pelayanan ini. Tetapi yang perlu saya peringatkan disini adalah keadaan Yesus yang dikatakan kurang waras itu. Jika di zaman kita ini, peristiwa itu merupakan ejekan dan pendapat orang lain terhadap kita. Kemudian jika kita tidak berakar di dalam Yesus Kristus, kita mulai mengalami kegagalan di dalam doa. Timbullah rasa tawar hati kerana diejek dan dihina, rasa sedih mulai menggangu hidup kita sehingga merasakan tidak boleh memberikan cara hidup dan pelayanan kita segala-galanya kepada Allah. Perhatikan keadaan peristiwa kekosongan batin dan psikologis ini. Ini menurut saya disebabkan kita mulai cepat tawar hati. Dan mereka yang mencari Tuhan di dalam doa sangat cepat tawar hati, kerana mereka tidak tahu bahawa doa juga datang dari Roh Kudus dan bukan hanya dari mereka sendiri. 

  
Marilah kita kembali untuk membaca kisah Nabi Elia di Perjanjian Lama. Allah yang menyatakan diri di gunung Horeb itu menunjukkan bahawa Allah juga berkenan kepada Nabi Elia sehingga berfirman kepada dia. Kehadiran Allah itu ternyata dalam keadaan yang tenang dan damai. Kita lihat disini bagaimana Allah yang berfirman itu sebenarnya membimbing Nabi Elia agar mengikuti tunjuk ajarNya. “Angin sepoi-sepoi” ini menjelaskan bahawa Nabi Elia berhasil untuk mendengarkan suara Tuhan. Ini bukannya godaan yang membawa kepada kegelisahan dan rasa takut. Dan suara senyap dan lembut itu adalah suara Tuhan. Nabi Elia mendengar suara Tuhan yang menyembuhkan baginya, hanya setelah dia mendengar “suara senyap dan lembut” tadi. Tuhan berbicara dalam keheningan dan hanya orang hening di dalam hati dapat mendengar apa yang dikatakan oleh Tuhan. Pengalaman seperti ini mengajak kepada kita semua untuk lebih bersungguh-sungguh di dalam keheningan doa. Bila berasal dari Allah, hal itu akan menghasilkan buah dalam roh pada saat diberikan. Buah inilah yang penting. Hayatilah kembali Nabi Elia dan Allah yang menyatakan diriNya di gunung Horeb. Tetapi jika datangnya daripada setan maka akan menimbulkan efek-efek lain seperti kegelisahan, kekeringan, kebanggaan yang sia-sia dan rasa sombong (1 Raja 19: 12-13). 

Semoga dengan penjelasan dan perkongsian ini, kita semua dapat memahami apakah pelayanan kita itu bersesuaian dengan karisma-karisma yang ada pada diri kita. Nasihat saya janganlah melebih-lebih di dalam pelayanan. Cukuplah dengan karisma dan karunia yang ada pada diri kita. Lebih baik menjadi seorang yang rendah hati dan pendoa daripada menjadi seorang yang sombong dan menonjolkan diri. Jika ini terjadi anda semua harus bertegas dan mengeluarkan para ahli yang bersikap sedemikian daripada kelompok atau kumpulan yang sedia ada. Turutilah nasihat saya ini kerana setan-setan kecil ini pandai menyamar dan berlakon sepanjang masa. Ciri-ciri orang seperti ini tidak sesuai dengan cara hidup dan pelayanan kita. Ini kerana tujuan mereka hanyalah mencari kenikmatan sementara dan bukannya untuk membangun Kerajaan Allah di dunia ini. Jika setan-setan kecil ini dibiarkan, kesatuan Gereja Kristus akan mudah terpecah belah. Inilah tugas dan tanggungjawab anda semua. Saya ingin menegaskan agar pergunakanlah karunia-karunia Roh Kudus yang ada pada diri kita. Cubalah memahami terlebih dahulu mengapa anda semua mulai tertarik kepada hal-hal rohani dan yang suci ini. Beginilah keadaannya apabila kita mulai mahu dan tertarik kepada cara hidup dan panggilan disini. Jika masih terdapatnya tanda-tanda ketidakpastian ataupun hanya sekadar ingin bersendirian, rujuklah kembali penjelasan tentang Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels).  

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Pelayan Atasan Tertinggi,
Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

31 October 2025 (Friday) / Ordinary Weekday/ Friday of week 30 in Ordinary Time

31 October 2025 (Friday)

Ordinary Weekday/ Friday of week 30 in Ordinary Time.

Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Romans 9: 1-5
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 147: 12-15, 19-20
Alleluia: John 10: 27
Gospel: Luke 14: 1-6

Friday of week 30 in Ordinary Time.

First Reading : Romans 9:1‐5

What I want to say now is no pretence; I say it in union with Christ – it is the truth – my conscience in union with the Holy Spirit assures me of it too. What I want to say is this: my sorrow is so great, my mental anguish so endless, I would willingly be condemned and be cut off from Christ if it could help my brothers of Israel, my own flesh and blood. They were adopted as sons, they were given the glory and the covenants; the Law and the ritual were drawn up for them, and the promises were made to them. They are descended from the patriarchs and from their flesh and blood came Christ who is above all, God for ever blessed! Amen.

Responsive Psalm : Psalm 147:12‐15,19‐20

O praise the Lord, Jerusalem!

O praise the Lord, Jerusalem! Zion, praise your God! He has strengthened the bars of your gates he has blessed the children within you.

O praise the Lord, Jerusalem!

He established peace on your borders, he feeds you with finest wheat. He sends out his word to the earth and swiftly runs his command.

O praise the Lord, Jerusalem!

He makes his word known to Jacob, to Israel his laws and decrees. He has not dealt thus with other nations; he has not taught them his decrees.

O praise the Lord, Jerusalem!

Alleluia: John 10: 27
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
27 The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me.
(24. The Jews gathered round him and said, 'How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.'
25. Jesus replied: I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name are my witness;
26. but you do not believe, because you are no sheep of mine.
27. The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.
28. I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from my hand.
29. The Father, for what he has given me, is greater than anyone, and no one can steal anything from the Father's hand.
30. The Father and I are one)
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel : Luke 14:1‐6

Now on a sabbath day Jesus had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely. There in front of him was a man with dropsy, and Jesus addressed the lawyers and Pharisees. ‘Is it against the law’ he asked ‘to cure a man on the sabbath, or not?’ But they remained silent, so he took the man and cured him and sent him away. Then he said to them, ‘Which of you here, if his son falls into a well, or his ox, will not pull him out on a sabbath day without hesitation?’ And to this they could find no answer.

For our reflection today:

This very way “of living, attached to the law, distanced them from love and from justice: they were attentive to the law, they disregarded justice; they were attentive to the law, they overlooked love”. The Lord found these were “closed men, men too attached to the law”, or rather, too attached “to the letter of the law”, because “the law is love”. These men “always closed the doors of hope, of love, of salvation”. This is precisely “the path that Jesus teaches us, the exact opposite of that of the doctors of the law”. And “this path, from love to justice, leads to God”. Only “the path that goes from love to knowledge and to discernment, to complete fulfillment, leads to holiness, to salvation, to the encounter with Jesus”. “The other path”, however, “that of sticking only to the law, to the letter of the law, leads to closure, leads to selfishness”. And it leads “to the arrogance of considering ourselves just”, to that so-called “‘holiness’ of appearances”. Such that “Jesus says to these people: you like people to see you as men of prayer, of fasting”. This is only for appearances. And “this is why Jesus said to the people: do what they say, not what they do”, because “that mustn’t be done”. Jesus draws near: closeness is the very proof that we are “on the true path”. Because that is “the path that God has chosen in order to save us: closeness. He drew close to us, he made himself man”. And indeed, “God’s flesh is the sign; God’s flesh is the sign of true justice. God who made himself a man like one of us, and we who must make ourselves like the others, like the needy, like those who need our help”. (Pope Francis, Santa Marta, 31 October 2014)

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

1 November 2025 (Sabtu) / HARI RAYA SEMUA ORANG KUDUS

1 November 2025 (Sabtu)

HARI RAYA SEMUA ORANG KUDUS.

Pembacaan dari Alkitab Gereja Katolik Roma:

Pembacaan Pertama: Why. 7:2-4,9-14; 
Pembacaan Mazmur: Mzm. 24:1-6; 
Pembacaan Kedua: 1Yoh. 3:1-3; 
Pembacaan dari Injil Santo Matius: Mat. 5:1-12
Warna Liturgi Putih.

Pembacaan Pertama:

Why 7:2 Dan aku melihat seorang malaikat lain muncul dari tempat matahari terbit. Ia membawa meterai Allah yang hidup; dan ia berseru dengan suara nyaring kepada keempat malaikat yang ditugaskan untuk merusakkan bumi dan laut,
Why 7:3 katanya: "Janganlah merusakkan bumi atau laut atau pohon-pohon sebelum kami memeteraikan hamba-hamba Allah kami pada dahi mereka!"
Why 7:4 Dan aku mendengar jumlah mereka yang dimeteraikan itu: seratus empat puluh empat ribu yang telah dimeteraikan dari semua suku keturunan Israel.
Why 7:9 Kemudian dari pada itu aku melihat: sesungguhnya, suatu kumpulan besar orang banyak yang tidak dapat terhitung banyaknya, dari segala bangsa dan suku dan kaum dan bahasa, berdiri di hadapan takhta dan di hadapan Anak Domba, memakai jubah putih dan memegang daun-daun palem di tangan mereka.
Why 7:10 Dan dengan suara nyaring mereka berseru: "Keselamatan bagi Allah kami yang duduk di atas takhta dan bagi Anak Domba!"
Why 7:11 Dan semua malaikat berdiri mengelilingi takhta dan tua-tua dan keempat makhluk itu; mereka tersungkur di hadapan takhta itu dan menyembah Allah,
Why 7:12 sambil berkata: "Amin! puji-pujian dan kemuliaan, dan hikmat dan syukur, dan hormat dan kekuasaan dan kekuatan bagi Allah kita sampai selama-lamanya! Amin!"
Why 7:13 Dan seorang dari antara tua-tua itu berkata kepadaku: "Siapakah mereka yang memakai jubah putih itu dan dari manakah mereka datang?"
Why 7:14 Maka kataku kepadanya: "Tuanku, tuan mengetahuinya." Lalu ia berkata kepadaku: "Mereka ini adalah orang-orang yang keluar dari kesusahan yang besar; dan mereka telah mencuci jubah mereka dan membuatnya putih di dalam darah Anak Domba.

Pembacaan Mazmur:

Mzm 24:1 Mazmur Daud. Tuhanlah yang empunya bumi serta segala isinya, dan dunia serta yang diam di dalamnya.
Mzm 24:2 Sebab Dialah yang mendasarkannya di atas lautan dan menegakkannya di atas sungai-sungai.
Mzm 24:3 "Siapakah yang boleh naik ke atas gunung TUHAN? Siapakah yang boleh berdiri di tempat-Nya yang kudus?"
Mzm 24:4 "Orang yang bersih tangannya dan murni hatinya, yang tidak menyerahkan dirinya kepada penipuan, dan yang tidak bersumpah palsu.
Mzm 24:5 Dialah yang akan menerima berkat dari TUHAN dan keadilan dari Allah yang menyelamatkan dia.
Mzm 24:6 Itulah angkatan orang-orang yang menanyakan Dia, yang mencari wajah-Mu, ya Allah Yakub." Sela

Pembacaan Kedua:

1Yoh 3:1 Lihatlah, betapa besarnya kasih yang dikaruniakan Bapa kepada kita, sehingga kita disebut anak-anak Allah, dan memang kita adalah anak-anak Allah. Karena itu dunia tidak mengenal kita, sebab dunia tidak mengenal Dia.
1Yoh 3:2 Saudara-saudaraku yang kekasih, sekarang kita adalah anak-anak Allah, tetapi belum nyata apa keadaan kita kelak; akan tetapi kita tahu, bahwa apabila Kristus menyatakan diri-Nya, kita akan menjadi sama seperti Dia, sebab kita akan melihat Dia dalam keadaan-Nya yang sebenarnya.
1Yoh 3:3 Setiap orang yang menaruh pengharapan itu kepada-Nya, menyucikan diri sama seperti Dia yang adalah suci.

Pembacaan dari Injil Santo Matius:

Mat 5:1 Ketika Yesus melihat orang banyak itu, naiklah Ia ke atas bukit dan setelah Ia duduk, datanglah murid-murid-Nya kepada-Nya.
Mat 5:2 Maka Yesuspun mulai berbicara dan mengajar mereka, kata-Nya:
Mat 5:3 "Berbahagialah orang yang miskin di hadapan Allah, karena merekalah yang empunya Kerajaan Sorga.
Mat 5:4 Berbahagialah orang yang berdukacita, karena mereka akan dihibur.
Mat 5:5 Berbahagialah orang yang lemah lembut, karena mereka akan memiliki bumi.
Mat 5:6 Berbahagialah orang yang lapar dan haus akan kebenaran, karena mereka akan dipuaskan.
Mat 5:7 Berbahagialah orang yang murah hatinya, karena mereka akan beroleh kemurahan.
Mat 5:8 Berbahagialah orang yang suci hatinya, karena mereka akan melihat Allah.
Mat 5:9 Berbahagialah orang yang membawa damai, karena mereka akan disebut anak-anak Allah.
Mat 5:10 Berbahagialah orang yang dianiaya oleh sebab kebenaran, karena merekalah yang empunya Kerajaan Sorga.
Mat 5:11 Berbahagialah kamu, jika karena Aku kamu dicela dan dianiaya dan kepadamu difitnahkan segala yang jahat.
Mat 5:12 Bersukacita dan bergembiralah, karena upahmu besar di sorga, sebab demikian juga telah dianiaya nabi-nabi yang sebelum kamu."

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Pelayan Atasan Tertinggi,
Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

1 November 2025 (Saturday) / All Saints Solemnity / Solemnity of All Saints

1 November 2025 (Saturday)

All Saints Solemnity / Solemnity of All Saints.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Revelation 7: 2-4, 9-14
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 24: 1-6
Second Reading: First John 3: 1-3
Alleluia: Matthew 11: 28
Gospel: Matthew 5: 1-12

First Reading: Revelation 7: 2-4, 9-14

And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the sign of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we sign the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them that were signed, an hundred forty-four thousand were signed, of every tribe of the children of Israel. After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands: And they cried with a loud voice, saying: salvation to our God, who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and the ancients, and the four living creatures; and they fell down before the throne upon their faces, and adored God, saying: Amen. Benediction, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, honour, and power, and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the ancients answered, and said to me: These that are clothed in white robes, who are they? and whence came they? And I said to him: My Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who are come out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 24: 1-6

R. (6) Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall stand in his holy place? The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain.

R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour. This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

Second Reading: First John 3: 1-3

Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called, and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him. Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God; and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know, that, when he shall appear, we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is. And every one that hath this hope in him, sanctifieth himself, as he also is holy.

Alleluia: Matthew 11: 28
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
28 Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
(25. At that time Jesus exclaimed, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children.
26. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do.
27. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28. 'Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.
29. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.')
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew 5: 1-12

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him. And opening his mouth, he taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven.

For our reflection today:

Today the Church celebrates the feast of all the Saints. Men and women whom the history of the great have often ignored, because the precious pearl of their witness was covered by the veil of humility and concealment. Men and women who drew from the inexhaustible fullness of the One who alone is holy, and brought a fragment of it to life, offering Him their concrete face so that He might be incarnated in it, as in a living symbol. Each of them is a small but unique light. They lived to the fullest their calling to be themselves, according to the wonderful originality that the Creator had placed in them. Now, mysteriously united with the choir of myriads of other brothers and sisters, they illuminate the sometimes dark landscape of this world and invite it to hope, to trust; bearing witness to how God’s holiness never fails, never ceases to communicate itself, to associate with itself simple men and women, rich only in their disarmed availability, in their humble, transparent abandonment.(St John Paul II, Angelus, 1 November 1986)

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

Saint Germanus of Capua

Born in the 5th century into a prosperous family, St. Germanus willingly relinquished his wealth to provide for the less fortunate. He then embraced an ascetic lifestyle until the year 516, when he ascended to the position of Bishop of Capua. Esteemed and cherished within his diocese, he embarked on a crucial diplomatic mission. At the behest of Pope Ormisda, he went on a voyage to Constantinople to mediate the schism initiated by Patriarch Acacio. St. Germanus played a pivotal role in successful negotiations. Emperor Justino and Patriarch John eventually endorsed the document proposed by Pope Ormisda, effectively overcoming a division that had persisted for two generations. Upon his return to his diocese, Bishop Germanus continued to lead a life of asceticism until his passing in 541. Grateful for his efforts, the faithful laid him to rest in the church of Santo Stefano and revered him as a saint.

Prayer:

St. Germanus of Capua, pray for us to receive the required prudence to settle disputes in our daily lives.

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,

Most High Servant,

Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love 

(Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

30 October 2025 (Thursday) / Ordinary Weekday / Thursday of week 30 in Ordinary Time / Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

30 October 2025 (Thursday)

Ordinary Weekday.

Thursday of week 30 in Ordinary Time.

Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Romans 8: 31-39
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 109: 21-22, 26-27, 30-31
Alleluia: Luke 19: 38; 2: 14
Gospel: Luke 13: 31-35

First Reading : Romans 8:31‐39

With God on our side who can be against us? Since God did not spare his own Son, but gave him up to benefit us all, we may be certain, after such a gift, that he will not refuse anything he can give. Could anyone accuse those that God has chosen? When God acquits, could anyone condemn? Could Christ Jesus? No! He not only died for us – he rose from the dead, and there at God’s right hand he stands and pleads for us. Nothing therefore can come between us and the love of Christ, even if we are troubled or worried, or being persecuted, or lacking food or clothes, or being threatened or even attacked. As scripture promised: For your sake we are being massacred daily, and reckoned as sheep for the slaughter. These are the trials through which we triumph, by the power of him who loved us. For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, no angel, no prince, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, not any power, or height or depth, nor any created thing, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Responsive Psalm : Psalm 108(109):21‐22,26‐27,30‐31

Save me, O Lord, because of your love.

For your name’s sake act in my defence; in the goodness of your love be my rescuer. For I am poor and needy and my heart is pierced within me.

Save me, O Lord, because of your love.

Help me, Lord my God; save me because of your love. Let them know that is your work, That this is your doing, O Lord.

Save me, O Lord, because of your love.

Loud thanks to the Lord are on my lips. I will praise him in the midst of the throng, for he stands at the poor man’s side to save him from those who condemn him.

Save me, O Lord, because of your love.

Alleluia: Luke 19: 38; 2: 14
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Lk 19:38; 2:14 Blessed on the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heavens!
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel : Luke 13:31‐35

Some Pharisees came up to Jesus. ‘Go away’ they said. ‘Leave this place, because Herod means to kill you.’ He replied, ‘You may go and give that fox this message: Learn that today and tomorrow I cast out devils and on the third day attain my end. But for today and tomorrow and the next day I must go on, since it would not be right for a prophet to die outside Jerusalem. ‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I longed to gather your children, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you refused! So be it! Your house will be left to you. Yes, I promise you, you shall not see me till the time comes when you say: ‘Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord!’

For our reflection today:

God, in fact, “cannot help but love. This is our security”. I can reject this love, but that would mean choosing to be like the good thief who rejected love “until the end of his life”, and there at the end “love was waiting for him”. Even the man who is “the most wicked, the worst blasphemer, is loved by God with the tenderness of a father, of a dad”, and, to use Jesus’ words, “as a hen with her brood”. The mighty God, the Creator, can do all things”; yet “God weeps” and “in those tears” is all of his love. “God weeps over me, when I am separated from him; God weeps over each of us; God weeps for those wicked ones, who do so many bad things, so much harm to humanity.”. Indeed, he “he waits, he does not condemn, and he cries. Why? Because he loves!”. (Pope Francis, Santa Marta, 29 October 2015)

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

31 October 2025 (Friday) / Ordinary Weekday / Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

31 October 2025 (Friday)

Ordinary Weekday.

Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Romans 9: 1-5
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 147: 12-15, 19-20
Alleluia: John 10: 27
Gospel: Luke 14: 1-6

First Reading: Romans 9: 1-5

I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost: That I have great sadness, and continual sorrow in my heart. For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites, to whom belongeth the adoption as of children, and the glory, and the testament, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises: Whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all things, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 147: 12-15, 19-20

R. (12) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Sion. Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates, he hath blessed thy children within thee.

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

Who hath placed peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the fat of corn. Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: his word runneth swiftly.

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

Who declareth his word to Jacob: his justices and his judgments to Israel. He hath not done in like manner to every nation: and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them. Alleluia.

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

Alleluia: John 10: 27
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
27 The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me.
(24. The Jews gathered round him and said, 'How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.'
25. Jesus replied: I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name are my witness;
26. but you do not believe, because you are no sheep of mine.
27. The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.
28. I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from my hand.
29. The Father, for what he has given me, is greater than anyone, and no one can steal anything from the Father's hand.
30. The Father and I are one)
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Luke 14: 1-6

And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, to eat bread, that they watched him. And behold, there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy. And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, and sent him away. And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day? And they could not answer him to these things.

For our reflection today:

This very way “of living, attached to the law, distanced them from love and from justice: they were attentive to the law, they disregarded justice; they were attentive to the law, they overlooked love”. The Lord found these were “closed men, men too attached to the law”, or rather, too attached “to the letter of the law”, because “the law is love”. These men “always closed the doors of hope, of love, of salvation”. This is precisely “the path that Jesus teaches us, the exact opposite of that of the doctors of the law”. And “this path, from love to justice, leads to God”. Only “the path that goes from love to knowledge and to discernment, to complete fulfillment, leads to holiness, to salvation, to the encounter with Jesus”. “The other path”, however, “that of sticking only to the law, to the letter of the law, leads to closure, leads to selfishness”. And it leads “to the arrogance of considering ourselves just”, to that so-called “‘holiness’ of appearances”. Such that “Jesus says to these people: you like people to see you as men of prayer, of fasting”. This is only for appearances. And “this is why Jesus said to the people: do what they say, not what they do”, because “that mustn’t be done”. Jesus draws near: closeness is the very proof that we are “on the true path”. Because that is “the path that God has chosen in order to save us: closeness. He drew close to us, he made himself man”. And indeed, “God’s flesh is the sign; God’s flesh is the sign of true justice. God who made himself a man like one of us, and we who must make ourselves like the others, like the needy, like those who need our help”. (Pope Francis, Santa Marta, 31 October 2014)

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

31 October 2025 (Jumaat) / Hari biasa

31 October 2025 (Jumaat)

Hari biasa.

Pembacaan dari Alkitab Gereja Katolik Roma:

Pembacaan Pertama: Rm. 9:1-5; 
Pembacaan Mazmur: Mzm. 147:12-15,19-20; 
Pembacaan dari Injil Santo Lukas: Luk. 14:1-6
Warna Liturgi Hijau.

Pembacaan Pertama:

Rm 9:1 Aku mengatakan kebenaran dalam Kristus, aku tidak berdusta. Suara hatiku turut bersaksi dalam Roh Kudus,
Rm 9:2 bahwa aku sangat berdukacita dan selalu bersedih hati.
Rm 9:3 Bahkan, aku mau terkutuk dan terpisah dari Kristus demi saudara-saudaraku, kaum sebangsaku secara jasmani.
Rm 9:4 Sebab mereka adalah orang Israel, mereka telah diangkat menjadi anak, dan mereka telah menerima kemuliaan, dan perjanjian-perjanjian, dan hukum Taurat, dan ibadah, dan janji-janji.
Rm 9:5 Mereka adalah keturunan bapa-bapa leluhur, yang menurunkan Mesias dalam keadaan-Nya sebagai manusia, yang ada di atas segala sesuatu. Ia adalah Allah yang harus dipuji sampai selama-lamanya. Amin!

Pembacaan Mazmur:

Mzm 147:12 Megahkanlah TUHAN, hai Yerusalem, pujilah Allahmu, hai Sion!
Mzm 147:13 Sebab Ia meneguhkan palang pintu gerbangmu, dan memberkati anak-anakmu di antaramu.
Mzm 147:14 Ia memberikan kesejahteraan kepada daerahmu dan mengenyangkan engkau dengan gandum yang terbaik.
Mzm 147:15 Ia menyampaikan perintah-Nya ke bumi; dengan segera firman-Nya berlari.
Mzm 147:19 Ia memberitakan firman-Nya kepada Yakub, ketetapan-ketetapan-Nya dan hukum-hukum-Nya kepada Israel.
Mzm 147:20 Ia tidak berbuat demikian kepada segala bangsa, dan hukum-hukum-Nya tidak mereka kenal. Haleluya!

Pembacaan dari Injil Santo Lukas:

Luk 14:1 Pada suatu hari Sabat Yesus datang ke rumah salah seorang pemimpin dari orang-orang Farisi untuk makan di situ. Semua yang hadir mengamat-amati Dia dengan saksama.
Luk 14:2 Tiba-tiba datanglah seorang yang sakit busung air berdiri di hadapan-Nya.
Luk 14:3 Lalu Yesus berkata kepada ahli-ahli Taurat dan orang-orang Farisi itu, kata-Nya: "Diperbolehkankah menyembuhkan orang pada hari Sabat atau tidak?"
Luk 14:4 Mereka itu diam semuanya. Lalu Ia memegang tangan orang sakit itu dan menyembuhkannya dan menyuruhnya pergi.
Luk 14:5 Kemudian Ia berkata kepada mereka: "Siapakah di antara kamu yang tidak segera menarik ke luar anaknya atau lembunya kalau terperosok ke dalam sebuah sumur, meskipun pada hari Sabat?"
Luk 14:6 Mereka tidak sanggup membantah-Nya.

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Pelayan Atasan Tertinggi,
Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

Blessed Chiara Luce Badano

Ruggero and Teresa Badano of Sassello, Italy, welcomed their daughter Chiara in 1971 after years of longing for a child. From a young age, Chiara showed remarkable compassion, sharing her best toys with needy children, visiting the elderly, and caring for sick classmates. She was deeply drawn to the Gospel and loved attending Mass. At nine, Chiara joined the Focolare Movement, finding friendship and inspiration in its Christ-centered values. Her involvement fostered a profound spirituality, earning her the affectionate nickname “Sister” among classmates. Chiara was a typical teenager—she enjoyed sports, hiking, music, and dancing—but it was her loving example, not words, that spoke of her faith. At sixteen, Chiara met Focolare’s founder, Chiara Lubich, who gave her the name “Luce” (Light), recognizing her radiant love for Jesus. Soon after, Chiara was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. Rather than despair, she chose to offer her suffering to Jesus, saying, “If this is what You want, Jesus, so do I.” She refused morphine, desiring to remain present in her offering of love. Confined to bed, Chiara inspired many through letters, joyful faith, and generosity, giving her savings to missions and planning her funeral as a celebration. She died on October 7, 1990, at 18, surrounded by loved ones. Thousands attended her funeral, and she was beatified in 2010. Chiara’s life continues to inspire others to endure suffering with love and find intimacy with God.

Prayer:

Blessed Chiara Luce Badano, help us share Jesus’ love through our actions and endure life’s trials with deep love for Him.

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,

Most High Servant,

Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love 

(Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

29 October 2025 (Wednesday) / Ordinary Weekday / Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

29 October 2025 (Wednesday)

Ordinary Weekday.

Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Romans 8: 26-30
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 13: 4-6
Alleluia: Second Thessalonians 2: 14
Gospel: Luke 13: 22-30

First Reading : Romans 8:26‐30

The Spirit comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words, and God who knows everything in our hearts knows perfectly well what he means, and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the Spirit are according to the mind of God. We know that by turning everything to their good God co‐operates with all those who love him, with all those that he has called according to his purpose. They are the ones he chose specially long ago and intended to become true images of his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest of many brothers. He called those he intended for this; those he called he justified, and with those he justified he shared his glory.

Responsive Psalm : Psalm 12(13):4‐6

Lord, I trust in your mercy.

Look at me, answer me, Lord my God! Give light to my eyes lest I fall asleep in death, lest my enemy say: ‘I have overcome him’; lest my foes rejoice to see my fall.

Lord, I trust in your mercy.

As for me, I trust in your merciful love. Let my heart rejoice in your saving help. Let me sing to the Lord for his goodness to me, singing psalms to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

Lord, I trust in your mercy.

Alleluia: Second Thessalonians 2: 14
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
14 Through the Good News God called us to share the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(9. But the coming of the wicked One will be marked by Satan being at work in all kinds of counterfeit miracles and signs and wonders,
10. and every wicked deception aimed at those who are on the way to destruction because they would not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.
11. And therefore God sends on them a power that deludes people so that they believe what is false,
12. and so that those who do not believe the truth and take their pleasure in wickedness may all be condemned.
13. But we must always thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the Spirit who makes us holy and by faith in the truth.
14. Through our gospel he called you to this so that you should claim as your own the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15. Stand firm, then, brothers, and keep the traditions that we taught you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
16. May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who has given us his love and, through his grace, such ceaseless encouragement and such sure hope,
17. encourage you and strengthen you in every good word and deed).
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel : Luke 13:22‐30

Through towns and villages Jesus went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him, ‘Sir, will there be only a few saved?’ He said to them, ‘Try your best to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed. ‘Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself knocking on the door, saying, “Lord, open to us” but he will answer, “I do not know where you come from.” Then you will find yourself saying, “We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets” but he will reply, “I do not know where you come from. Away from me, all you wicked men!” ‘Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves turned outside. And men from east and west, from north and south, will come to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. ‘Yes, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.’

For our reflection today:

What does this "narrow door" mean? Why do many not succeed in entering through it? Is it a way reserved for only a few of the chosen? Indeed, at close examination this way of reasoning by those who were conversing with Jesus is always timely: the temptation to interpret religious practice as a source of privileges or security is always lying in wait. Actually, Christ's message goes in exactly the opposite direction: everyone may enter life, but the door is "narrow" for all. We are not privileged. The passage to eternal life is open to all, but it is "narrow" because it is demanding: it requires commitment, self-denial and the mortification of one's selfishness. Salvation, which Jesus brought with his death and Resurrection, is universal. He is the One Redeemer and invites everyone to the banquet of immortal life; but on one and the same condition: that of striving to follow and imitate him, taking up one's cross as he did, and devoting one's life to serving the brethren. This condition for entering heavenly life is consequently one and universal. True friendship with Jesus is expressed in the way of life: it is expressed with goodness of heart, with humility, meekness and mercy, love for justice and truth, a sincere and honest commitment to peace and reconciliation. We might say that this is the "identity card" that qualifies us as his real "friends"; this is the "passport" that will give us access to eternal life. (Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, 26 August 2007)

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

30 October 2025 (Thursday) / Ordinary Weekday / Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

30 October 2025 (Thursday)

Ordinary Weekday.

Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Romans 8: 31-39
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 109: 21-22, 26-27, 30-31
Alleluia: Luke 19: 38; 2: 14
Gospel: Luke 13: 31-35

First Reading: Romans 8: 31-39

If God be for us, who is against us? He that spared not even his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how hath he not also, with him, given us all things? Who shall accuse against the elect of God? God that justifieth. Who is he that shall condemn? Christ Jesus that died, yea that is risen also again; who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? or distress? or famine? or nakedness? or danger? or persecution? or the sword? (As it is written: For thy sake we are put to death all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.) But in all these things we overcome, because of him that hath loved us. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor might, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 109: 21-22, 26-27, 30-31

R. (26) Save me, O Lord, in your mercy.

But thou, O Lord, do with for thy names sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.

R. Save me, O Lord, in your mercy.

Help me, O Lord my God; save me according to thy mercy. And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done it.

R. Save me, O Lord, in your mercy.

I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him. Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.

R. Save me, O Lord, in your mercy.

Alleluia: Luke 19: 38; 2: 14
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Lk 19:38; 2:14 Blessed on the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heavens!
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Luke 13: 31-35

The same day, there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to kill thee. And he said to them: Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am consummated. Nevertheless I must walk today and tomorrow, and the day following, because it cannot be that a prophet perish, out of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not? Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. And I say to you, that you shall not see me till the time come, when you shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

For our reflection today:

God, in fact, “cannot help but love. This is our security”. I can reject this love, but that would mean choosing to be like the good thief who rejected love “until the end of his life”, and there at the end “love was waiting for him”. Even the man who is “the most wicked, the worst blasphemer, is loved by God with the tenderness of a father, of a dad”, and, to use Jesus’ words, “as a hen with her brood”. The mighty God, the Creator, can do all things”; yet “God weeps” and “in those tears” is all of his love. “God weeps over me, when I am separated from him; God weeps over each of us; God weeps for those wicked ones, who do so many bad things, so much harm to humanity.”. Indeed, he “he waits, he does not condemn, and he cries. Why? Because he loves!”. (Pope Francis, Santa Marta, 29 October 2015)

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

30 October 2025 (Khamis) / Hari biasa

30 October 2025 (Khamis)

Hari biasa.

Pembacaan dari Alkitab Gereja Katolik Roma:

Pembacaan Pertama: Rm. 8:31-39; 
Pembacaan Mazmur: Mzm. 109:21-22,26-27,30-31; 
Pembacaan dari Injil Santo Lukas: Luk. 13:31-35
Warna Liturgi Hijau.

Pembacaan Pertama:

Rm 8:31 Sebab itu apakah yang akan kita katakan tentang semuanya itu? Jika Allah di pihak kita, siapakah yang akan melawan kita?
Rm 8:32 Ia, yang tidak menyayangkan Anak-Nya sendiri, tetapi yang menyerahkan-Nya bagi kita semua, bagaimanakah mungkin Ia tidak mengaruniakan segala sesuatu kepada kita bersama-sama dengan Dia?
Rm 8:33 Siapakah yang akan menggugat orang-orang pilihan Allah? Allah, yang membenarkan mereka? Siapakah yang akan menghukum mereka?
Rm 8:34 Kristus Yesus, yang telah mati? Bahkan lebih lagi: yang telah bangkit, yang juga duduk di sebelah kanan Allah, yang malah menjadi Pembela bagi kita?
Rm 8:35 Siapakah yang akan memisahkan kita dari kasih Kristus? Penindasan atau kesesakan atau penganiayaan, atau kelaparan atau ketelanjangan, atau bahaya, atau pedang?
Rm 8:36 Seperti ada tertulis: "Oleh karena Engkau kami ada dalam bahaya maut sepanjang hari, kami telah dianggap sebagai domba-domba sembelihan."
Rm 8:37 Tetapi dalam semuanya itu kita lebih dari pada orang-orang yang menang, oleh Dia yang telah mengasihi kita.
Rm 8:38 Sebab aku yakin, bahwa baik maut, maupun hidup, baik malaikat-malaikat, maupun pemerintah-pemerintah, baik yang ada sekarang, maupun yang akan datang,
Rm 8:39 atau kuasa-kuasa, baik yang di atas, maupun yang di bawah, ataupun sesuatu makhluk lain, tidak akan dapat memisahkan kita dari kasih Allah, yang ada dalam Kristus Yesus, Tuhan kita.

Pembacaan Mazmur:

Mzm 109:21 Tetapi Engkau, ya ALLAH, Tuhanku, bertindaklah kepadaku oleh karena nama-Mu, lepaskanlah aku oleh sebab kasih setia-Mu yang baik!
Mzm 109:22 Sebab sengsara dan miskin aku, dan hatiku terluka dalam diriku;
Mzm 109:26 Tolonglah aku, ya TUHAN, Allahku, selamatkanlah aku sesuai dengan kasih setia-Mu,
Mzm 109:27 supaya mereka tahu, bahwa tangan-Mulah ini, bahwa Engkaulah, ya TUHAN, yang telah melakukannya.
Mzm 109:30 Aku hendak bersyukur sangat kepada TUHAN dengan mulutku, dan aku hendak memuji-muji Dia di tengah-tengah orang banyak.
Mzm 109:31 Sebab Ia berdiri di sebelah kanan orang miskin untuk menyelamatkannya dari orang-orang yang menghukumnya.

Pembacaan dari Injil Santo Lukas:

Luk 13:31 Pada waktu itu datanglah beberapa orang Farisi dan berkata kepada Yesus: "Pergilah, tinggalkanlah tempat ini, karena Herodes hendak membunuh Engkau."
Luk 13:32 Jawab Yesus kepada mereka: "Pergilah dan katakanlah kepada si serigala itu: Aku mengusir setan dan menyembuhkan orang, pada hari ini dan besok, dan pada hari yang ketiga Aku akan selesai.
Luk 13:33 Tetapi hari ini dan besok dan lusa Aku harus meneruskan perjalanan-Ku, sebab tidaklah semestinya seorang nabi dibunuh kalau tidak di Yerusalem.
Luk 13:34 Yerusalem, Yerusalem, engkau yang membunuh nabi-nabi dan melempari dengan batu orang-orang yang diutus kepadamu! Berkali-kali Aku rindu mengumpulkan anak-anakmu, sama seperti induk ayam mengumpulkan anak-anaknya di bawah sayapnya, tetapi kamu tidak mau.
Luk 13:35 Sesungguhnya rumahmu ini akan ditinggalkan dan menjadi sunyi. Tetapi Aku berkata kepadamu: Kamu tidak akan melihat Aku lagi hingga pada saat kamu berkata: Diberkatilah Dia yang datang dalam nama Tuhan!"

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Pelayan Atasan Tertinggi,
Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

Saints Simon and Jude (Taddeo), Apostles (28 October)

Saints Simon and Jude (Taddeo), Apostles (28 October).

Saint Jude Thaddeus and Saint Simon, two of the least known Apostles, are paradoxically among the closest to their Master, two of his cousins. At least, the tradition is quite certain of it as regards Jude Thaddeus, since it is clear from the Scriptures that his father, Alpheus, was the brother of St. Joseph, while his mother, Mary Cleophas, was a cousin of the Virgin. As for Simon, things are shrouded in fog.

Many faces, an Apostle.

The Gospel names St. Simon as the tenth apostle, just before Jude Thaddeus. Many identify in Simon the homonymous cousin of Christ, brother of James the Younger. The Byzantines identify in him Nathanael of Cana and the canteen director at the wedding of Cana, while St. Fortunatus of Poitiers states that Simon and Jude Thaddeus were buried in Suanir, a city in Persia, where they suffered martyrdom. According to tradition, it is almost certainly in this part of the world that Simon, known as the Zealot or the Canaanite, as the evangelists Matthew and Mark call him, crossed paths with Jude THaddeus, who would be his companion in mission until the end.

Jude, the faithful disciple.

When the Eleven dispersed from Jerusalem to proclaim the Kingdom of God in other lands, Jude Thaddeus departed from Galilee and Samaria to go into Syria, Armenia and ancient Persia. In this area, authoritative sources claim, he met Simon, and their missionary partnership won tens of thousands of Babylonians and people from other cities for Christ. As always, the Gospel earned for itself both followers and enemies: for the two Apostles, the hour of supreme witness eventually arrived.

The courage to be called Christians.

Arrested and taken to the Temple of the Sun, the sentence imposed on both was to worship the goddess Diana, and so to deny Christ. In refusing, it is said that Jude Thaddeus declared pagan idols false, and that at the same time two horrible demons came out of the temple, destroying him. Frightened, the people watching the scene are said to have pounced ferociously on the two Apostles, who are brutally killed. Their relics are kept in the Basilica of Saint Peter.

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,

Most High Servant,

Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love 

(Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

29 October 2025 (Rabu) / Hari biasa

29 October 2025 (Rabu)

Hari biasa.

Pembacaan dari Alkitab Gereja Katolik Roma:

Pembacaan Pertama: Rm. 8:26-30; 
Pembacaan Mazmur: Mzm. 13:4-6; 
Pembacaan dari Injil Santo Lukas: Luk. 13:22-30
Warna Liturgi Hijau.

Pembacaan Pertama:

Rm 8:26 Demikian juga Roh membantu kita dalam kelemahan kita; sebab kita tidak tahu, bagaimana sebenarnya harus berdoa; tetapi Roh sendiri berdoa untuk kita kepada Allah dengan keluhan-keluhan yang tidak terucapkan.
Rm 8:27 Dan Allah yang menyelidiki hati nurani, mengetahui maksud Roh itu, yaitu bahwa Ia, sesuai dengan kehendak Allah, berdoa untuk orang-orang kudus.
Rm 8:28 Kita tahu sekarang, bahwa Allah turut bekerja dalam segala sesuatu untuk mendatangkan kebaikan bagi mereka yang mengasihi Dia, yaitu bagi mereka yang terpanggil sesuai dengan rencana Allah.
Rm 8:29 Sebab semua orang yang dipilih-Nya dari semula, mereka juga ditentukan-Nya dari semula untuk menjadi serupa dengan gambaran Anak-Nya, supaya Ia, Anak-Nya itu, menjadi yang sulung di antara banyak saudara.
Rm 8:30 Dan mereka yang ditentukan-Nya dari semula, mereka itu juga dipanggil-Nya. Dan mereka yang dipanggil-Nya, mereka itu juga dibenarkan-Nya. Dan mereka yang dibenarkan-Nya, mereka itu juga dimuliakan-Nya.

Pembacaan Mazmur: 13:4-6 R:6a

(R:6a) Aku percaya akan kasih setia-Mu, ya Tuhan.

Pandanglah kiranya, jawablah aku, ya Tuhan, Allahku! Buatlah mataku bercahaya, supaya jangan aku tertidur dan mati, supaya musuhku jangan berkata, “Aku telah mengalahkan dia,” dan lawan-lawanku bersorak-sorak, apabila aku goyah.

(R:6a) Aku percaya akan kasih setia-Mu, ya Tuhan.

Tetapi aku, kepada kasih setia-Mu aku percaya, hatiku bersorak-sorak karena penyelamatan-Mu. Aku mau menyanyi untuk Tuhan, karena Ia telah berbuat baik kepadaku.

(R:6a) Aku percaya akan kasih setia-Mu, ya Tuhan.

Pembacaan dari Injil Santo Lukas:

Luk 13:22 Kemudian Yesus berjalan keliling dari kota ke kota dan dari desa ke desa sambil mengajar dan meneruskan perjalanan-Nya ke Yerusalem.
Luk 13:23 Dan ada seorang yang berkata kepada-Nya: "Tuhan, sedikit sajakah orang yang diselamatkan?"
Luk 13:24 Jawab Yesus kepada orang-orang di situ: "Berjuanglah untuk masuk melalui pintu yang sesak itu! Sebab Aku berkata kepadamu: Banyak orang akan berusaha untuk masuk, tetapi tidak akan dapat.
Luk 13:25 Jika tuan rumah telah bangkit dan telah menutup pintu, kamu akan berdiri di luar dan mengetok-ngetok pintu sambil berkata: Tuan, bukakanlah kami pintu! dan Ia akan menjawab dan berkata kepadamu: Aku tidak tahu dari mana kamu datang.
Luk 13:26 Maka kamu akan berkata: Kami telah makan dan minum di hadapan-Mu dan Engkau telah mengajar di jalan-jalan kota kami.
Luk 13:27 Tetapi Ia akan berkata kepadamu: Aku tidak tahu dari mana kamu datang, enyahlah dari hadapan-Ku, hai kamu sekalian yang melakukan kejahatan!
Luk 13:28 Di sanalah akan terdapat ratap dan kertak gigi, apabila kamu akan melihat Abraham dan Ishak dan Yakub dan semua nabi di dalam Kerajaan Allah, tetapi kamu sendiri dicampakkan ke luar.
Luk 13:29 Dan orang akan datang dari Timur dan Barat dan dari Utara dan Selatan dan mereka akan duduk makan di dalam Kerajaan Allah.
Luk 13:30 Dan sesungguhnya ada orang yang terakhir yang akan menjadi orang yang terdahulu dan ada orang yang terdahulu yang akan menjadi orang yang terakhir."

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Pelayan Atasan Tertinggi,
Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

29 October 2025 (Wednesday) / Ordinary Weekday / Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

29 October 2025 (Wednesday)

Ordinary Weekday.

Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Romans 8: 26-30
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 13: 4-6
Alleluia: Second Thessalonians 2: 14
Gospel: Luke 13: 22-30

First Reading: Romans 8: 26-30

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity. For we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit himself asketh for us with unspeakable groanings. And he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what the Spirit desireth; because he asketh for the saints according to God. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son; that he might be the firstborn amongst many brethren. And whom he predestinated, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 13: 4-6

R. (6) My hope, O Lord, is in your mercy.

Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death: Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:

R. My hope, O Lord, is in your mercy.

But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea I will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

R. My hope, O Lord, is in your mercy.

Alleluia: Second Thessalonians 2: 14
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
14 Through the Good News God called us to share the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(9. But the coming of the wicked One will be marked by Satan being at work in all kinds of counterfeit miracles and signs and wonders,
10. and every wicked deception aimed at those who are on the way to destruction because they would not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.
11. And therefore God sends on them a power that deludes people so that they believe what is false,
12. and so that those who do not believe the truth and take their pleasure in wickedness may all be condemned.
13. But we must always thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the Spirit who makes us holy and by faith in the truth.
14. Through our gospel he called you to this so that you should claim as your own the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15. Stand firm, then, brothers, and keep the traditions that we taught you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
16. May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who has given us his love and, through his grace, such ceaseless encouragement and such sure hope,
17. encourage you and strengthen you in every good word and deed).
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Luke 13: 22-30

And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem. And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them: Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able. But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are. Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. And he shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And there shall come from the east and the west, and the north and the south; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And behold, they are last that shall be first; and they are first that shall be last.

For our reflection today:

What does this "narrow door" mean? Why do many not succeed in entering through it? Is it a way reserved for only a few of the chosen? Indeed, at close examination this way of reasoning by those who were conversing with Jesus is always timely: the temptation to interpret religious practice as a source of privileges or security is always lying in wait. Actually, Christ's message goes in exactly the opposite direction: everyone may enter life, but the door is "narrow" for all. We are not privileged. The passage to eternal life is open to all, but it is "narrow" because it is demanding: it requires commitment, self-denial and the mortification of one's selfishness. Salvation, which Jesus brought with his death and Resurrection, is universal. He is the One Redeemer and invites everyone to the banquet of immortal life; but on one and the same condition: that of striving to follow and imitate him, taking up one's cross as he did, and devoting one's life to serving the brethren. This condition for entering heavenly life is consequently one and universal. True friendship with Jesus is expressed in the way of life: it is expressed with goodness of heart, with humility, meekness and mercy, love for justice and truth, a sincere and honest commitment to peace and reconciliation. We might say that this is the "identity card" that qualifies us as his real "friends"; this is the "passport" that will give us access to eternal life. (Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, 26 August 2007)

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

28 October 2025 (Tuesday) / Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles ‐ Feast / Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles

28 October 2025 (Tuesday)

Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles ‐ Feast.

Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Ephesians 2: 19-22

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 19: 2-5

Gospel: Luke 6: 12-16

First Reading : Ephesians 2:19‐22

You are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household. You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone. As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord; and you too, in him, are being built into a house where God lives, in the Spirit.

Responsive Psalm : Psalm 18(19):2‐5

Their word goes forth through all the earth.

The heavens proclaim the glory of God, and the firmament shows forth the work of his hands. Day unto day takes up the story and night unto night makes known the message.

Their word goes forth through all the earth.

No speech, no word, no voice is heard yet their span extends through all the earth, their words to the utmost bounds of the world.

Their word goes forth through all the earth.

Alleluia:
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
We praise you, O God, we acknowledge you to be the Lord. The glorious company of the apostles praise you, O Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel : Luke 6:12‐19

Jesus went out into the hills to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’: Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon called the Zealot, Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor. He then came down with them and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples with a great crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and from Jerusalem and from the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases. People tormented by unclean spirits were also cured, and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him because power came out of him that cured them all.

For our reflection today:

The Lord is the “one who prays, who chooses and who is not ashamed to be close to the people”. Commenting on a passage from the Gospel according to Luke (6:12-19), Pope Francis highlighted these three characteristics which “effectively portray Jesus’ personality” and which also motivate our “trust in him: we trust him because he prays, because he has chosen us and because he is close”.

The Pontiff first spoke about prayer. Luke says that the Lord “went out into the hills to pray; and all night he continued in prayer to God”. He “was praying for us. It seems a bit strange that he has come to grant us salvation, he has that power”, and yet, Pope Francis observed, “he so often prays, he even talks about it”, recalling the phrase addressed to Peter during the Last Supper: “I have prayed for you”.

Jesus has prayed and continues to pray for us: “he is the intercessor”, the Bishop of Rome declared. “Even now, as he stands before the Father in heaven, this is his work: to intercede. He is the great intercessor”. It is not by chance that “when we pray to the Father, at the beginning of Mass, every day, at the end of the prayer we say to the Father: ‘We ask this of you through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who prays for us”. Because in that very moment the Son is before the Father “praying for us”.

This truth “should give us courage”. Because in “times of difficulty or of need”, Pope Francis urged, one must remember: “You are praying for me. Jesus is praying for me. Jesus prays to the Father for me”. Thus, the Pope added, this “is his work today: to pray for us, for his Church”. And even if “we often forget that Jesus is praying for us”, this is indeed “our strength”. The strength of being able “to say to the Father: ‘But if you, Father, do not see us, look at your Son who is praying for us”. From the first moment Jesus prays: he prayed when he was on earth and he continues to pray now for each of us, for all the Church”.

Passing to the second moment in the Gospel scene — “And when it was day, he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve, whom he named Apostles” — the Pontiff pointed out that “it was he who chose; and he clearly says so: ‘You did not choose me but I chose you’”. Therefore, this approach of Jesus also gives us courage, because we have that assurance: “I am chosen, I am chosen by the Lord. On the day of Baptism he chose me”. St Paul was conscious of this, and thinking of this he said: “He chose me, from the very womb of my mother”.

And why are we “chosen” as Christians? Francis finds the answer to this question in the love of God, who “does not look to see whether one’s face is ugly or fair: He loves”! And Jesus does the same: he loves and chooses with love. And he chooses everyone”. On his “list” there are no important people “according to worldly criteria: there are common people”. The only feature which characterizes them all is that “they are sinners”. Jesus chose sinners. He chooses sinners. And this is the accusation that the doctors of the law, the scribes, make: “This one eats with sinners, he speaks with prostitutes”.

But this is how Jesus is and thus “he calls everyone”, the Bishop of Rome continued, recalling the parable of the marriage feast of the son: “When the guests did not come, what did the master do? He sent his servants: ‘Go and bring everyone home! The good and the bad”, the Gospel says. Jesus chose everyone. He chose sinners and for this he is reproached by the doctors of the law”. His criterion is love, which is clear from “the day of our Baptism”, when “we were officially chosen”. And in that choice “is the love of Jesus”. Indeed, he “looked at me and he said to me: you!”. It is enough to ponder the choice of “Judas Iscariot, who became the traitor, the greatest sinner for him. But he was chosen by Jesus”.

Lastly the third moment, described in the day’s Gospel with these words: “And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And all the crowd sought to touch him”. The scene essentially presents a “Jesus close to the people. He is not a professor, a teacher, a mystic who distances himself and speaks from a pulpit”, but rather a person who “is in the midst of the people; he lets himself be touched; he lets the people call him. This is how Jesus is: close to the people”.

And this closeness, Pope Francis explained, “is not a new thing for him: he emphasized it in his manner of conduct, however, it is something which comes from God’s first choice for his people. God tells his people: “Consider, which people have a God as close as I am to you?’”. God’s closeness to his people, the Pontiff concluded, “is Jesus’ closeness to the people”. All the crowd sought to touch him, because a power emanated from him which healed everyone. Close in this way, in the midst of the people” (Pope Francis, On Jesus’ list Tuesday, 5 September 2014).

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