Tuesday, 4 November 2025 Tuesday of Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time - Year I

Send us Fan MailTuesday, 4 November 2025Tuesday of Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time - Year I St Charles Borromeo, Bishop, MemorialAntiphons on page 1918 and Readings on page 1422 of the Daily MissalEntrance Antiphon.I will look after my sheep, says the Lord, and I shall appoint a shepherd to pasture them, and I, the Lord, will be their God.First Reading: Romans 12: 5-16aA reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.Brothers and sisters: We, though many, are one body in Christ,and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honour. Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial psalm: Psalm 131:1. 2. 3R./ Keep my soul in peace at your side, O Lord.Lord, my heart is not proud,nor haughty my eyes.I have not gone after things too great,not marvels beyond me.Truly, I have set my soulin tranquillity and silence.As a weaned child on its mother,as a weaned child is my soul within me.O Israel, wait for the Lord,both now and forever. R./ Keep my soul in peace at your side, O Lord.Alleluia, Alleluia.Come to me all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, says the Lord.Alleluia.Gospel: Luke 14:15-24A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.At that time: One of those who sat at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!” But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many,and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for all is now ready.’ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it; please, have me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; please, have me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.’ And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those people who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”<