Sunday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
See also:
- Gospel Commentary, by Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
Mass Readings
First Reading – Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4
How long, O LORD? I cry for help but You do not listen! I cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not intervene. Why do You let me see ruin; why must I look at misery? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and clamorous discord. Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision clearly upon the tablets, so that one can read it readily. For the vision still has its time, presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint; if it delays, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late. The rash one has no integrity; but the just one, because of his faith, shall live.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 (R. 8)
R. If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.
Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD;
let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving;
let us joyfully sing psalms to Him. R.
Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
For He is our God,
and we are the people He shepherds, the flock He guides. R.
Oh, that today you would hear His voice:
“Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the desert,
Where your fathers tempted me;
they tested me though they had seen my works.” R.
Second Reading – 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14
Beloved: I remind you, to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for His sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God. Take as your norm the sound words that you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard this rich trust with the help of the Holy Spirit that dwells within us.
Gospel – Lk 17:5-10
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You may eat and drink when I am finished’? Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded? So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.'”
Featured Saints
Sunday takes precedence over the Optional Memorial (In the USA) of Blessed Francis Seelos, priest († 1867). (Celebrated October 4 in the General Calendar.)
Sunday takes precedence over the Optional Memorial of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, virgin, religious (†1938). She had an intense mystical life marked by revelations on Divine Mercy, which she dedicated herself to spreading for the good of souls.
Blessed William Hartley, priest and martyr (†1588). He left England, to be ordained a priest in Chalons, France; he returned to assist St. Edmund Campion in the England mission. Deported by the authorities, he returned to the perilous mission, was captured, and was executed at Shoreditch.
St. Placidus, monk († Fourth century). Disciple of St. Benedict from a young age; patron saint of Benedictine novices.
St. Apollinaris, bishop (†c. 520). As head of the diocese of Valence, he fearlessly upheld the authority of the Church to condemn error, and was renowned for his miracles.
St. Froilan, bishop (†905). First a monk and then bishop of Leon (Spain), he toiled particularly in the evangelization of the regions recaptured from the Moors.
St. Flora, virgin (†1347). Religious of the Hospitaller nuns of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. She dedicated herself to serving the poor and the sick in the Hospital of Beaulieu, France.
Blessed Raymund of Capua, priest (†1399). Dominican priest, spiritual director of St. Catherine of Sienna.
St. Anna Schäffer, virgin (+1925). From Bavaria, Germany, as a young woman she suffered an accident at work in which her legs were severely burned; she never recovered from her injuries, which left her bedridden. Offering her sufferings for the salvation of souls, she led a life of exemplary abnegation and prayer.
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