15 November 2025 (Saturday) / Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time or Saint Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor of the Church or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary / Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time / Ordinary Weekday/ Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary/ Saint Albert the Great, Bishop, Religious, Doctor of the Church

15 November 2025 (Saturday)

Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time or Saint Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor of the Church or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time.

Ordinary Weekday/ Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary/ Saint Albert the Great, Bishop, Religious, Doctor of the Church.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Wisdom 18: 14-16; 19: 6-9
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 105: 2-3, 36-37, 42-43
Alleluia: Second Thessalonians 2: 14
Gospel: Luke 18: 1-8

First Reading : Wisdom 18:14‐16,19:6‐9

When peaceful silence lay over all, and night had run the half of her swift course, down from the heavens, from the royal throne, leapt your all‐powerful Word; into the heart of a doomed land the stern warrior leapt. Carrying your unambiguous command like a sharp sword, he stood, and filled the universe with death; he touched the sky, yet trod the earth. For, to keep your children from all harm, the whole creation, obedient to your commands, was once more, and newly, fashioned in its nature. Overshadowing the camp there was the cloud, where water had been, dry land was seen to rise, the Red Sea became an unimpeded way, the tempestuous flood a green plain; sheltered by your hand, the whole nation passed across, gazing at these amazing miracles. They were like horses at pasture, they skipped like lambs, singing your praises, Lord, their deliverer.

Responsive Psalm : Psalm 104(105):2‐3,36‐37,42‐43

Remember the wonders the Lord has done.
or
Alleluia!

O sing to him, sing his praise; tell all his wonderful works! Be proud of his holy name, let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice.

Remember the wonders the Lord has done.
or
Alleluia!

He struck all the first‐born in their land, the finest flower of their sons. He led out Israel with silver and gold. In his tribes were none who fell behind.

Remember the wonders the Lord has done.
or
Alleluia!

For he remembered his holy word, which he gave to Abraham his servant. So he brought out his people with joy, his chosen ones with shouts of rejoicing.

Remember the wonders the Lord has done.
or
Alleluia!

Alleluia: Second Thessalonians 2: 14
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
14 God has called us through the Gospel, to possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(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).
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel : Luke 18:1‐8

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town’ he said ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for man. In the same town there was a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, “I want justice from you against my enemy!” For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, “Maybe I have neither fear of God nor respect for man, but since she keeps pestering me I must give this widow her just rights, or she will persist in coming and worry me to death.” And the Lord said ‘You notice what the unjust judge has to say? Now will not God see justice done to his chosen who cry to him day and night even when he delays to help them? I promise you, he will see justice done to them, and done speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’

For our reflection today:

This is a serious question. Let us imagine that the Lord came on earth today. Unfortunately, he would see many wars, much poverty and many inequalities, and at the same time, tremendous technical achievements, modern means, and people who are always rushing, who never stop. But would he find someone who dedicates time and affection to him, someone who would put him in first place? Above all, let us ask ourselves, “What would he find in me, if the Lord were to come today, what would he find in me, in my life, in my heart? What priorities would he see in my life?” We often focus on so many urgent but unnecessary things. We occupy and preoccupy ourselves with so many secondary realities. And perhaps without even realizing it, we neglect what matters most and we allow our love for God to grow cold, to grow cold bit by bit. Today, Jesus offers us the remedy to rekindle a tepid faith. And what is the remedy? Prayer. Prayer is the medicine for faith, it is a tonic for the soul. However, it needs to be constant prayer. How often we send text messages to the people we love! Let us do this with the Lord as well so that our hearts remain connected to him. And let us not forget to read his responses. The Lord always responds. Where do we find them? In the Gospel which should always be kept at hand and should be opened several times every day, to receive a Word of life directed to us. (Pope Francis, Angelus, 16 October 2022) 

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