8 November 2025 (Saturday) / Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary / 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 week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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

My greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked death to save my life: I am not the only one to owe them a debt of gratitude, all the churches among the pagans do as well. My greetings also to the church that meets at their house. Greetings to my friend Epaenetus, the first of Asia’s gifts to Christ; greetings to Mary who worked so hard for you; to those outstanding apostles Andronicus and Junias, my compatriots and fellow prisoners who became Christians before me; to Ampliatus, my friend in the Lord; to Urban, my fellow worker in Christ; to my friend Stachys. Greet each other with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send greetings. I, Tertius, who wrote out this letter, greet you in the Lord. Greetings from Gaius, who is entertaining me and from the whole church that meets in his house. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends his greetings; so does our brother Quartus. Glory to him who is able to give you the strength to live according to the Good News I preach, and in which I proclaim Jesus Christ, the revelation of a mystery kept secret for endless ages, but now so clear that it must be broadcast to pagans everywhere to bring them to the obedience of faith. This is only what scripture has predicted, and it is all part of the way the eternal God wants things to be. He alone is wisdom; give glory therefore to him through Jesus Christ for ever and ever. Amen.

Responsive Psalm : Psalm 144(145):2‐5,10‐11

I will bless your name for ever, O Lord.

I will bless you day after day and praise your name for ever. The Lord is great, highly to be praised, his greatness cannot be measured.

I will bless your name for ever, O Lord.

Age to age shall proclaim your works, shall declare your mighty deeds, shall speak of your splendour and glory, tell the tale of your wonderful works.

I will bless your name for ever, O Lord.

All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord, and your friends shall repeat their blessing. They shall speak of the glory of your reign and declare your might, O God.

I will bless your name for ever, O 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

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I tell you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into the tents of eternity. The man who can be trusted in little things can be trusted in great; the man who is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in great. If then you cannot be trusted with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches? And if you cannot be trusted with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own? ‘No servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or treat the first with respect and the second with scorn. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.’ The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and laughed at him. He said to them, ‘You are the very ones who pass yourselves off as virtuous in people’s sight, but God knows your hearts. For what is thought highly of by men is loathsome in the sight of 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)