Gospel: October 25, 2025

October 25, 2025 (Saturday)

29th Week in Ordinary Time

Psalter: Week 1 (Green/White)

Blessed Virgin Mary

Ps 24:1b-2, 3-4ab, 5-6

Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

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Tradition and fellowship marked the Southern Luzon Multi–District Convention for the Masonic Year 2025 held in Batangas

1st Reading: Romans 8:1-11

Gospel: Luke 13:1-9

One day, some people told Jesus what had occurred in the temple: Pilate had had Galileans killed, and their blood mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. Jesus asked them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered this? No, I tell you. But unless you change your ways, you will all perish, as they did. And those 18 persons in Siloah, who were crushed when the tower fell, do you think they were more guilty than all the others in Jerusalem? I tell you: no. But unless you change your ways, you will all perish, as they did.” And Jesus continued, “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it, but found none. Then he said to the gardener, ‘Look here, for three years now I have been looking for figs on this tree, and I have found none. Cut it down, why should it continue to deplete the soil?’ The gardener replied, ‘Leave it one more year, so that I may dig around it and add some fertilizer; perhaps it will bear fruit from now on. But if it doesn’t, you can cut it down.’”

Reflection:

“We should not take God’s mercy for granted.”

The human condition has its share of sorrows. We all have our limitations and frailties, and life can be cut short by all sorts of tragedies, such as illness or accidents. Jesus describes two such events, a brutal quelling of a crowd by the Roman army, and the fatal collapse of a tower under construction. Jesus does not deny that “all have sinned and all fall short of the Glory of God” (Rom 3:23-24). That is why he came to save us. But he makes it clear that these incidents and similar tragedies in people’s lives do not imply that they were greater sinners than other people. In other words, the accident did not happen because of their sin. It’s not a curse from God. However, the uncertainty and brevity of life reminds us that we should not take God’s mercy for granted. Therefore, Christ calls people to repentance. We are to use our live for love and justice, to serve the Lord and one another. Therefore, rather than being stuck in the rut of sin, Christ calls us to seize the opportunity of renewal, so that “[we] will sing praise to God while [we] live” (Ps 146:2).