19/10/2025
READINGS IN ORDINARY TIME WEEK 29 SUNDAY YEAR C
19-OCT-2025 Readings
All stand. The Priest (May) approaches the Altar with the ministers and venerates it while the entrance Antiphon is Sung:
1ST READING: Exodus 17:8-13
In those days: Amalek came and fought with
Israel at Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua,
"Choose for us men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the
hill with the rod of God in my hand." So Joshua
did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek;
and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands grew weary; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; so his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua mowed down Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
The Word of The Lord!.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 121
R. Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
I lift up my eyes to the mountains; from where shall come my help? My help shall come from
the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
R. Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
He will keep your foot from stumbling. Your guard will never slumber. No, he sleeps not nor slumbers, Israel's guard.
R. Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
The Lord your guard, the Lord your shade at your right hand. By day the sun shall not smite you, nor the moon in the night.
R. Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
The Lord will guard you from evil; he will guard your soul. The Lord will guard your going and coming, both now and forever.
R. Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
2ND READING: 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2
Beloved: Continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the Sacred Writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.
The Word of The Lord!+
All stand to sing the Gospel Acclamation to welcome the gospel, and remain standing to honour/hear the Master Christ(Himself).
ACCLAMATION: Hebrews 4:12
R. ALLELUIA.
The word of God is living and active, discerning the thoughts and intentions of the
heart.
R. ALLELUIA.
The Gospel ( All stand! )
GOSPEL Luke 18:1-8
At that time: Jesus told his disciples a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, "Vindicate me against my adversary.' For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming." And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on
earth?"
The Gospel of The Lord!.
Reflection
If we knock hard enough we are sure to wake up somebody. Persistence is the only way to success. Persistence requires patience; faith in oneself and the other; a clear motive and determination. When a favour is not granted, we often blame the system. Sometimes we easily give up and forget about the cause for which we were pleading. But God cannot turn a blind eye to sincere requests. The widow in the parable apparently is in a helpless situation and sincerely wishes for the intervention of the judge. When in dire need, keep knocking, God will surely intervene. It's faith that works, not the noise or the scream.
