Friday, October 18, 2024, Today Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection, Gospel of the day
Friday, October 18, Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Today Mass Readings, complete readings. See also: Friday, October 18, 2024, daily examination of conscience. A catholic NIGHT PRAYER: • Friday, October 18, 2024, daily exami... Resolution of the day: To reflect: how is my life of prayer? Do I have daily moments in my routine when I can talk with God alone and hear what the Holy Spirit will tell me? I should always remember that In his infinite goodness, Jesus wishes to use us as docile instruments to spread his message to everyone, and I can only do this if I have my personal moments of prayer. Let us know in the COMMENTS if you thought of any other purpose for your life today, and WE WILL PRAY for this purpose. See more about the saint of the day, *Saint Luke, evangelist*, in our post on the Community tab. *Readings of the day*: FIRST READING: 2 Tm 4:10-17b Psalm: “Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom”; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18. GOSPEL: LK 11:42-46 Share this video with that friend who needs to hear this message, and we will see you _tonight at the *daily examination of conscience*_. FIRST READING (2 Tm 4:10-17b) Beloved: Demas, enamored of the present world, deserted me and went to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Luke is the only one with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is helpful to me in the ministry. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, the papyrus rolls, and especially the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. You too be on guard against him, for he has strongly resisted our preaching. At my first defense no one appeared on my behalf, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them! But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles might hear it. Psalm (“Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom”; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18.): Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom. Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom and speak of your might. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom. Making known to men your might and the glorious splendor of your Kingdom. Your Kingdom is a Kingdom for all ages, and your dominion endures through all generations. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom. The LORD is just in all his ways and holy in all his works. The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom GOSPEL (Lk 10:1-9): The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this household.' If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves payment. Do not move about from one house to another. Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, 'The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.'"
