Mass Readings For Tomorrow (Readings, Gospel, and Reflection)

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path

Mass Readings For Tomorrow (Readings, Gospel, and Reflection)

Mass Readings For Tomorrow (Readings, Gospel, and Reflection)

Liturgical Calendar

Saturday, October 18, 2025: Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist

Feast

Readings and Gospel

Reading 1 : 2 Timothy 4:10-17b
Responsorial Psalm : Psalm 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18
Alleluia : See John 15:16
Gospel: Luke 10:1-9

Liturgical vestments: Red

Saturday, October 18, 2025: Readings & Responsorial Psalm & Gospel

 
 

Mass Readings for Tomorrow – Preparing Our Hearts

 
As we look ahead to tomorrow’s Mass Readings, we are invited to prepare our hearts to receive God’s word more deeply. Each reading, whether from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the Epistles, or the Gospel, is a message of love, guidance, and encouragement for our journey of faith.
 
Tomorrow’s readings remind us that God is always speaking to us—through His prophets, His apostles, and above all, through His Son, Jesus Christ. As we anticipate the Gospel passage, we reflect on how Christ’s words continue to call us to conversion, to deeper trust, and to a more profound love for God and neighbor.
 
Taking time to meditate on the Mass Readings for Tomorrow helps us to enter the Eucharistic celebration with open hearts. It allows us to be more attentive, more receptive, and more transformed by His grace. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate our minds and prepare our souls, so that when we hear God’s word proclaimed at Mass, we may not only listen but truly live it.
 
🙏 Lord, open our hearts to Your word, and let it bear fruit in our lives. Amen.
 

Reading 1

2 Timothy 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.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18

R. (12) 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.
R. 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.
R. 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.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.

Alleluia

See John 15:16

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I chose you from the world,
to go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

Luke 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.'"

Reflection

  • "Everyone who loves God believes that the Gospel has been written for him and that it has been given to him as a gift, with the mission of keeping this precious jewel" (Saint Bede the Venerable)

  • "Luke leads us to knowledge of the discreet yet penetrating light that radiates from it, while illustrating the reality and events of history" (Saint John Paul II)

  • "Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: The first, "the importunate friend," (Cf. Lk 11:5-13) invites us to urgent prayer: ... The second, "the importunate widow," (Cf. Lk 18:1-8) is centered on one of the qualities of prayer: it is necessary to pray always without ceasing ... The third parable, "the Pharisee and the tax collector," (Cf. Lk 18:9-14) concerns the humility of the heart that prays..." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, nº 2613)

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