Gospel: November 10, 2025

November 10, 2025 (Monday)

32nd Week in Ordinary Time

Psalter: Week 4 / (White)

St. Leo the Great, pope and doctor

Ps 139:1b-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-10

Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.

1st Reading: Wisdom of Solomon 1:1-7

Gospel: Luke 17:1-6

Jesus said to his disciples, “Scandals will necessarily come and cause people to fall; but woe to the one who brings them about. It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone around his neck. Truly, this would be better for that person, than to cause one of these little ones to fall. Listen carefully: if your brother offends you, tell him, and if he is sorry, forgive him. And if he offends you seven times in one day, but seven times he says to you, ‘I’m sorry,’ forgive him.”

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The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” And the Lord said, “If you have faith, even the size of a mustard seed, you may say to this tree, ‘Be uprooted, and plant yourself in the sea!’ and it will obey you.

Reflection:

“If we are merciful, God will have mercy on us.”

Justice and mercy are to go together in our dealings with others. We are to give what is their due, and in mercy, give more if it is needed. This is the opposite direction from seeking revenge. Thus, Saint Leo writes, “forgo vengeance, forgive offenses: exchange severity for gentleness, indignation for meekness, discord for peace.” Saint Leo exhorts us to a life of virtue which reflects the forgiveness we have received from God and the forgiveness that Christ showed on the cross. In this way we are not simply to conform our lives to Christ through prayer and penance, but also by fasting from that which indulges in pettiness or meanness. Our hearts are to be enlarged with love, so that we are willing to forgive those who have wronged us, and not just once, but repeatedly, as Christ instructs us. Saint Leo points to the Beatitudes as the framework for our forgiveness: “blessed are the merciful; they shall have mercy shown them.” If we seek the pardon and mercy of God, we should be merciful to others, and if we are merciful, God will have mercy on us.