Friday, 31 October 2025 Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1

Send us Fan MailFriday, 31 October 2025Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1Antiphons on p. 1393 and Readings on p. 1409 and of the Daily Missal.Entrance Antiphon.Let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice; turn to the Lord and his strength; constantly seek his face.First Reading: Romans 9:1-5A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.Brothers and sisters: I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed for ever. Amen.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 (R. 12a)R/. O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord!O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord!O Sion, praise your God!He has strengthened the bars of your gates;he has blessed your children within you.He established peace on your borders;he gives you your fill of finest wheat.He sends out his word to the earth,and swiftly runs his command.He reveals his word to Jacob;to Israel, his decrees and judgments.He has not dealt thus with other nations;he has not taught them his judgments.R/. O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord!Alleluia, alleluia.My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; and I know them, and they follow me.Alleluia.Gospel: Luke 14:1-6A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.One sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they were watching him. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?” But they were silent. Then he took him and healed him and let him go. And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on a sabbath day?” And they could not reply to this.The Gospel of the Lord.Communion Antiphon.We will ring out our joy at your saving help, and exult in the name of our God.