Readings for
November 6, 2027
Ordinary Weekday/ Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First Reading
Romans 16: 3-9, 16, 22-27
3Paul’s Greetings. Greet Prisca and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus,
4who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I am grateful but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
5greet also the church at their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the firstfruits in Asia for Christ.
6Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.
7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners; they are prominent among the apostles and they were in Christ before me.
8Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
9Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.
16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
22I, Tertius, the writer of this letter, greet you in the Lord.
23Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.
24Doxology.
25[ Now to him who can strengthen you, according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret for long ages
26but now manifested through the prophetic writings and, according to the command of the eternal God, made known to all nations to bring about the obedience of faith,
27to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever. Amen.]
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 145: 2-3, 4-5, 10-11
2Every day I will bless you; I will praise your name forever and ever.
3Great is the LORD and worthy of much praise, whose grandeur is beyond understanding.
4One generation praises your deeds to the next and proclaims your mighty works.
5They speak of the splendor of your majestic glory, tell of your wonderful deeds.
10All your works give you thanks, LORD and your faithful bless you.
11They speak of the glory of your reign and tell of your mighty works,
Alleluia
Second Corinthians 8: 9
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Gospel
Luke 16: 9-15
9I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
10The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones.
11If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?
12If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours?
13No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
14A Saying Against the Pharisees. The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things and sneered at him.
15And he said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.