Monday Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time – Year I

Send us Fan MailMonday, 20 October 2025Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time – Year IAntiphons on p. 1371 and Readings on p. 1378 and of the Daily Missal.Entrance Antiphon.To you I call; for you will surely heed me, O God; turn your ear to me; hear my words. Guard me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings.First Reading: Romans 4: 20-25A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.Brothers and sisters: No distrust made Abraham waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was “reckoned to him as righteousness.” But the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him that raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justification.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75 (R. 68)R./ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited his people.He has raised up a horn of salvation for usin the house of his servant David,as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophetsfrom of old.That we should be saved from our enemies,and from the hand of all who hate us;to perform the mercy promised to our fathers,and to remember his holy covenant.The oath which he swore to our father Abraham, to grant usthat we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,might serve him without fear,in holiness and righteousness before himall the days of our life. R./ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited his people.Alleluia, Alleluia.Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Alleluia.Gospel: Luke 12:13-21A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.At that time: One of the multitude said to Jesus, “Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or divider over you?” And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”The Gospel of the Lord.Communion Antiphon.Behold the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, who hope in his merciful love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine.