Monday, October 5, 2026
Monday, October 5, 2026
Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 — Galatians 1:6-12
• Paul warns the churches not to abandon the grace of Christ for a distorted gospel.
• Even a messenger claiming heavenly authority must not replace the Gospel they had already received.
• Paul makes clear that his message was not invented by people or designed to win human approval.
• The Gospel came to him through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Paul’s point is simple: the truth of Christ does not change to please people. The Gospel must remain centered on what God revealed through Jesus.
Responsorial Psalm — Psalm 111:1b-2, 7-8, 9, 10c
Response: “The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.”
• God’s works are faithful and just.
• His commands are trustworthy and established in truth.
• He brings deliverance to His people.
• His covenant faithfulness does not fail.
The Psalm reminds us that God keeps His promises and faithfully carries His covenant purposes forward.
Alleluia — John 13:34
“Love one another as I have loved you.”
Jesus gives His disciples a new commandment centered on the self-giving love He demonstrated.
Gospel — Luke 10:25-37
• A scholar of the Law asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life.
• Jesus points him back to the Law: love God completely and love your neighbor as yourself.
• The man then asks, “Who is my neighbor?”
• Jesus tells the story of a man beaten and left for dead on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.
• A priest and a Levite both pass by without helping him.
• A Samaritan—someone the hearers would not have expected—stops, shows compassion, treats the man’s wounds, and pays for his care.
• Jesus asks which man truly acted as a neighbor.
“Go and do likewise.”
Jesus shows that mercy crosses religious, social, and ethnic boundaries. Knowing Scripture is not enough if it does not produce love and compassion.
Kingdom Connection
Jesus told this story in a first-century Jewish setting where distinctions between Jews and Samaritans ran deep. By making the Samaritan the example of mercy, He pointed beyond narrow covenant boundaries toward the wider work God was accomplishing through Christ. In the New Covenant, love of God and neighbor would not be restricted by ethnicity or old divisions. Jews and Gentiles alike would be brought together through faith in Christ and called to live as citizens of His Kingdom.
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