Gospel: November 7, 2026
November 7, 2026 (Saturday)
31st Week in Ordinary Time
Psalter: Week 3 (Green/White)
Blessed Virgin Mary
Ps 112:1b-2, 5-6, 8a & 9
Blessed the man who fears the Lord.
1st Reading: Philippians 4:10-19
Gospel: Luke 16: 9-15
“And so I tell you: use filthy money to make friends for yourselves, so that, when it fails, these people may welcome you into the eternal homes.
Whoever can be trusted in little things can also be trusted in great ones; whoever is dishonest in slight matters will also be dishonest in greater ones. So if you have been dishonest in handling filthy money, who would entrust you with true wealth? And if you have been dishonest with things that are not really yours, who will give you that wealth which is truly your own?
No servant can serve two masters. Either he does not like the one and is fond of the other, or he regards one highly and the other with contempt. You cannot give yourself both to God and to Money.”
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and sneered at Jesus. He said to them, “You do your best to be considered righteous by people. But God knows the heart, and what is highly esteemed by human beings is loathed by God.”
Reflection:
“No servant can serve two masters.”
Our daily lives will always be filled with decision-making. We get to decide or choose from the most trivial to the most life-defining options. Our choices speak volumes about what we value and believe in. Our actions, which are the fruits of our choices, mirror these values. In the Gospel, Jesus reminds His disciples of the service we ought to render. He said, “No servant can serve two masters.” We can serve God or mammon, but not both. Many of our options boil down to these two. We may ask, is this of God or not? Does this decision give greater glory to His name or not? Choosing is one of life’s sacred acts. It is where we exercise our servanthood to the master we genuinely serve, not only in the big decisions we must make but also in the most ordinary decisions of daily life. Hopefully, we choose God over anything else.
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