8 November 2025 (Saturday) / Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time / Ordinary Weekday/ Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday

8 November 2025 (Saturday)

Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time.

Ordinary Weekday/ Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Romans 16: 3-9, 16, 22-27
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 145: 2-3, 4-5, 10-11
Alleluia: 2 Corinthians 8: 9
Gospel: Luke 16: 9-15

First Reading: Romans 16: 3-9, 16, 22-27

Salute Prisca and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus, (Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not I only give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles,) And the church which is in their house. Salute Epenetus, my beloved: who is the firstfruits of Asia in Christ. Salute Mary, who hath laboured much among you. Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellow prisoners: who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. Salute Ampliatus, most beloved to me in the Lord. Salute Urbanus, our helper in Christ Jesus, and Stachys, my beloved. Salute one another with an holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you. I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. Caius, my host, and the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, saluteth you, and Quartus, a brother. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret from eternity, (Which now is made manifest by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the precept of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith,) known among all nations; To God the only wise, through Jesus Christ, to whom be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 145: 2-3, 4-5, 10-11

R. (1) I will praise your name for ever, Lord.

Every day I will bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.

R. I will praise your name for ever, Lord.

Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power. They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.

R. I will praise your name for ever, Lord.

Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy power.

R. I will praise your name for ever, Lord.

Alleluia: 2 Corinthians 8: 9
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
9 Jesus Christ became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
(6. In the end we urged Titus, since he had already made a beginning, also to bring this work of generosity to completion among you.
7. More, as you are rich in everything-faith, eloquence, understanding, concern for everything, and love for us too -- then make sure that you excel in this work of generosity too.
8. I am not saying this as an order, but testing the genuineness of your love against the concern of others.
9. You are well aware of the generosity which our Lord Jesus Christ had, that, although he was rich, he became poor for your sake, so that you should become rich through his poverty).
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Luke 16: 9-15

And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity; that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in that which is greater. If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will trust you with that which is the true? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s; who will give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.

For our reflection today:

Wealth can propel one to build walls, create division and discrimination. Jesus, on the contrary, encourages his disciples to reverse course: “Make friends for yourselves by means of mammon”. It is an invitation to know how to change goods and wealth into relationships, because people are worth more than things, and count more than the wealth they possess. Indeed, in life, it is not those who have many riches who bear fruit, but those who create and keep alive many bonds, many relationships, many friendships through a variety of “mammon”, that is, the different gifts that God has given them. But Jesus also points to the ultimate aim of his exhortation: “Make friends for yourselves by means of mammon so that they may receive you into the eternal habitations”. If we are able to transform wealth into tools of fraternity and solidarity, not only will God be there to welcome us into heaven, but also those with whom we have shared, properly stewarded what the Lord has placed in our hands. (Pope Francis, Angelus, 22 September 2019)

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