12 October 2025 (Sunday) / 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

12 October 2025 (Sunday)

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Second Kings 5: 14-17
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 98: 1-4
Second Reading: Second Timothy 2: 8-13
Alleluia: First Thessalonians 5: 18
Gospel: Luke 17: 11-19

First Reading : 2 Kings 5:14‐17

Naaman the leper went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, as Elisha had told him to do. And his flesh became clean once more like the flesh of a little child. Returning to Elisha with his whole escort, he went in and stood before him. ‘Now I know’ he said ‘that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. Now, please, accept a present from your servant.’ But Elisha replied, ‘As the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will accept nothing.’ Naaman pressed him to accept, but he refused. Then Naaman said, ‘Since your answer is “No,” allow your servant to be given as much earth as two mules may carry, because your servant will no longer offer holocaust or sacrifice to any god except the Lord.’

Responsive Psalm : Psalm 97(98):1‐4

The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations.

Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have brought salvation.

The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations.

The Lord has made known his salvation; has shown his justice to the nations. He has remembered his truth and love for the house of Israel.

The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations.

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout to the Lord, all the earth, ring out your joy.

The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations.

Second Reading : 2 Timothy 2:8‐13

Remember the Good News that I carry, ‘Jesus Christ risen from the dead, sprung from the race of David’; it is on account of this that I have my own hardships to bear, even to being chained like a criminal – but they cannot chain up God’s news. So I bear it all for the sake of those who are chosen, so that in the end they may have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus and the eternal glory that comes with it. Here is a saying that you can rely on: If we have died with him, then we shall live with him. If we hold firm, then we shall reign with him. If we disown him, then he will disown us. We may be unfaithful, but he is always faithful, for he cannot disown his own self.

Alleluia: First Thessalonians 5: 18
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
18 For all things give thanks, because this is what God expects you to do in Christ Jesus.
(14. We urge you, brothers, to admonish those who are undisciplined, encourage the apprehensive, support the weak and be patient with everyone.
15. Make sure that people do not try to repay evil for evil; always aim at what is best for each other and for everyone.
16. Always be joyful;
17. pray constantly;
18. and for all things give thanks; this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
19. Do not stifle the Spirit
20. or despise the gift of prophecy with contempt;
21. test everything and hold on to what is good
22. and shun every form of evil).
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel : Luke 17:11‐1
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered one of the villages, ten lepers came to meet him. They stood some way off and called to him, ‘Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.’ When he saw them he said, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ Now as they were going away they were cleansed. Finding himself cured, one of them turned back praising God at the top of his voice and threw himself at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan. This made Jesus say, ‘Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they? It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.’ And he said to the man, ‘Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.’

For our reflection today:

“Lepers met Him” (Luke 17:12). In another passage of the Gospel, it is said that Jesus “touched” the leper who approached Him (Luke 5:13). Jesus allows Himself to be approached; He has made Himself our neighbor in order to be encountered by us precisely at the most tragic and burdensome threshold of suffering. From the Cross, He teaches us to seek His own face in the sick, to draw near to those who suffer precisely where they experience their need. Christ’s example should encourage us to persist in our commitment to those social situations that remain indifferent or powerless in the face of the drama of leprosy. We must not give up, even when efforts seem fruitless or when we are faced with environments where the terror of the disease inspires inhuman defensive measures, born from instinctive and irrational aversions toward the sick. We must continue to work, so that even these situations that seem most resistant, will open up to hope. Let us respond to the cry of the lepers, addressed to Jesus: “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us” (Luke 17:13). The Lord has entrusted to our hands many works of charity, so that through them we might become co-responsible for His plan of salvation. (St. John Paul II, Homily, Holy Mass for the International Associations ‘Friends of Lepers’, 21 September 1986)

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