Daily Readings
Brethren: You were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
RESPONSORIAL Psalm:
PS 100:1B-2, 3, 4AB, 4C-5
Response: (R): The Lord made us, we belong to him.
Sing joyfully to the LORD all you lands; serve the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful song. <R>
Know that the LORD is God; he made us, his we are; his people, the flock he tends. <R>
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise. <R>
Give thanks to him; bless his name, for he is good: the LORD, whose kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness, to all generations. <R>
SECOND READING;
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. The Thessalonians’ Faith and Example We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
GOSPEL: Luke 12:13-21
At that time:
Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
DAILY REFLECTION: 19th October 2026
John de Brebeuf
Isaac Jogues & Companions
Paul, writing to the Ephesians, points out how God, through Jesus, has saved us from death. Left to our human nature, we spiral into death. But with God’s grace, we rise to life. Human nature, when it follows its innate inclinations, tends to look at itself and ends up being selfish, self-centred and fails to look up to the Creator. Christ’s salvific death re-aligns this inclination. Through Him, God “brought us to life” enabling us to be “seated with Him in the heavens”.
Today’s Gospel begins with a man asking Jesus to arbitrate and ask his brother to share the inheritance with him. While Jesus rejects the role of judge, he points to the deeper reality of life and wealth as gifts from God by using a parable. While the man has the capacity to safeguard his grain for years to come, his life and death remain in God’s hands.
Do you possess life or does life possess you?
Source : Archdiocese of Bombay