Daily Readings
Brothers & Sisters
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
RESPONSORIAL Psalm:
PS 23:1b-3a, 3bc-4, 5, 6
Response: (R): The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; Beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. <R>
He guides me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my sideWith your rod and your staff that give me courage. <R>
You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. <R>
Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come. <R>
SECOND READING; 1 Corinthians 3:9-11,16-17
For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
GOSPEL: Luke 17:11-19
At that time:
On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”
DAILY REFLECTION: 11 November 2026
Saint Martin of Tours
There are some who consider philanthropy (the love for humanity shown in works of kindness) to be their spirituality! St Paul, in writing to Timothy, cautions that if we begin to believe that it is our works of righteousness alone that save us, then we will be convinced that it is we who work out our own salvation. Rather, it is by the grace of God that we are saved. Paul explains that this is why even those who had strayed from their relationship with God are saved when they come to experience His love.
In the Gospel, the one leper (a Samaritan) who came back to give thanks to Jesus, seemed to be the only one to have understood this, or else the other nine lepers, too, would have returned to give thanks.
The saint we honour today, Martin of Tours, a young catechumen recruited to the imperial cavalry, reached out with kindness to the less fortunate, only because he had first experienced the grace of God. The famous painting of a cavalry man dividing his cloak to clothe a half-naked, shivering beggar is testimony to this.
Source : Archdiocese of Bombay