Friday, Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1 St Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr

Send us Fan MailFriday, 17 October 2025Friday, Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1St Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and MartyrAntiphons on page 1786 and Readings on page 1366 of the Daily MissalFirst Reading: Romans 4:1-8Brothers and sisters: WhatthenshallwesayaboutAbraham,ourancestoraccordingtotheflesh?ForifAbrahamwasjustifiedbyworks,hehassomethingtoboastabout,butnotbeforeGod.Forwhatdoesthescripturesay?“AbrahambelievedGod,anditwasreckonedtohimasrighteousness.”Nowtoonewhoworks,hiswagesarenotreckonedasagiftbutashisdue.Andtoonewhodoesnotworkbuttrustshimwhojustifiestheungodly,hisfaithisreckonedasrighteousness.SoalsoDavidpronouncesablessinguponthepersontowhomGodreckonsrighteousnessapartfromworks:“Blessedarethosewhoseiniquitiesareforgiven,andwhosesinsarecovered;blessedistheoneagainstwhomtheLordwillnotreckonhissin.”Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 32:1-2.5.11 (R. see 7)R/. You are a hiding place for me, you surround me with deliverance.Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is remitted.Blessed the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt,in whose spirit is no guile.To you I have acknowledged my sin;my guilt I did not hide.I said, “I will confess my transgression to the Lord.”And you have forgiven the guilt of my sin.Rejoice in the Lord; exult, you just!Ring out your joy, all you upright of heart!R/. You are a hiding place for me, you surround me with deliverance.Gospel: Luke 12:1-7At that time: When so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trod upon one another, Jesus began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed or hidden that will not be known. Whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.