Gospel: November 13, 2026

32nd Week in Ordinary Time

Psalter: Week 4 (White)

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin

Ps 119:1, 2, 10, 11, 17, 18

Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!

1st Reading: 2 John 4-9

Gospel: Luke 17:26-37

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be on the day the Son of Man comes. In those days people ate and drank and got married; but on the day Noah entered the ark, the flood came and destroyed them all. So it was in the days of Lot: people ate and drank, and bought and sold, and planted and built; but on the day Lot left Sodom, God made fire and sulfur rain down from heaven, which destroyed them all. So will it be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

On that day, if you are on the rooftop, don’t go down into the house to get your belongings; and if you happen to be in the fields, do not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever gives his life will be born again.

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I tell you, though two men are sharing the same bed, it might happen that one will be taken, and the other left; though two women are grinding meal together, one might be taken and the other left.”

Then they asked Jesus, “Where will this take place, Lord?” And he answered, “Where the body is, there too will the vultures gather.”

Reflection:

To love one another

We are drawing to the end of our liturgical year. In the Gospel, we hear Jesus telling His disciples about the day of the coming of the Son of Man. The images portrayed of that day highlight the great importance of what Jesus is sharing. Jesus asks His disciples to prepare for this coming and to heed the message He preaches, unlike those whom Jesus presents as examples—those who did not listen during the time of Noah, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, and Lot’s wife, etc. Jesus has laid out lessons on discipleship in the past few days. One might ask oneself how I have been in following the Lord this past year. What changes have occurred in me that have made me more like Jesus Christ, the master I follow? One way of preparing is what the letter of John tells us in the first reading: “to love one another,” just like Christ exemplified in His time.