Daily Gospel for Monday - Catholic Daily Readings, October 4, 2021

Catholic Daily Readings for the Holy Gospel, October 4, 2021. Reflection on Daily Gospel of Luke 10:25,37 - Let us meditate through the Pope´s reflections to Holy Gospel, USCCB Daily Readings and the Daily Prayer for your life to get serenity and inner peace on Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time. "Jesus wants us to follow his path of Mercy. I want us to see his face in others and to exercise his compassion as he has exercised it with us."

Entrance Antiphon.

Francis, the man of God, left his home behind,  abandoned his inheritance and became poor and penniless, but the Lord raised him up.

Collect Prayer.

Priestly prayer for Monday 27th of Ordinary Time.

O God, by whose gift Saint Francis was conformed to Christ in poverty and humility, grant that, by walking in Francis’ footsteps, we may follow your Son, and, through joyful charity, come to be united with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Map of readings for the day.

Serenity prayer for October 4.

God, Father of Mercy, I beg you, with all the strength of my heart, to help me to break the bond with all those bad thoughts provoked by the wounds that yesterday has left me. Only you can give me true healing. Give me the courage to look ahead and leave behind the old ways and habits that separate me from your grace. With the help of your Holy Spirit, may I be guided to where I am meant to be. I trust in You Lord. Amen.

Readings for Monday.

Daily readings for gospel - First Reading for daily Gospel: Catholic Reading from the Book of Jonah 1:1–2:1-2, 11: "But Jonah made ready to flee away from the Lord."

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai: "Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it; their wickedness has come up before me." But Jonah made ready to flee to Tarshish away from the LORD. He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and went aboard to journey with them to Tarshish, away from the LORD. The LORD, however, hurled a violent wind upon the sea, and in the furious tempest that arose the ship was on the point of breaking up. Then the mariners became frightened, and each one cried to his god. To lighten the ship for themselves, they threw its cargo into the sea. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, and lay there fast asleep. The captain came to him and said, "What are you doing asleep? Rise up, call upon your God! Perhaps God will be mindful of us so that we may not perish." Then they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots to find out on whose account we have met with this misfortune." So, they cast lots, and thus singled out Jonah. "Tell us," they said, "what is your business? Where do you come from? What is your country, and to what people do you belong?" Jonah answered them, "I am a Hebrew, I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land." Now the men were seized with great fear and said to him, "How could you do such a thing!– They knew that he was fleeing from the LORD because he had told them.– They asked, "What shall we do with you, that the sea may quiet down for us?" For the sea was growing more and more turbulent. Jonah said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea, that it may quiet down for you; since I know it is because of me that this violent storm has come upon you." Still, the men rowed hard to regain the land, but they could not, for the sea grew ever more turbulent. Then they cried to the LORD: "We beseech you, O LORD, let us not perish for taking this man´s life; do not charge us with shedding innocent blood, for you, LORD, have done as you saw fit." Then they took Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea´s raging abated. Struck with great fear of the LORD, the men offered sacrifice and made vows to him. But the LORD sent a large fish, that swallowed Jonah; and Jonah remained in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. From the belly of the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God. Then the LORD commanded the fish to spew Jonah upon the shore.

Daily Psalm for Monday.

Responsorial Psalm is taken from the Book of Jonah 2:3,4,5,8: "You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord." (R).

Daily Gospel Acclamation.

"Alleluia, alleluia. I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you. Alleluia, alleluia" (Daily readings for today extracted of John 13:34)

Daily Gospel - Luke 10:25,37.

Catholic Daily readings for Monday, Gospel for October 4 (Who is my neighbor?: At that time, there was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" He said in reply, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." He replied to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live." But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off, leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise, a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, "Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back." Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers´ victim?" He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

Catholic Daily Readings reflection, by Pope Francis.

"God desires the mercy of the heart in us". Pope Francis.

In the daily Readings, we turn to Luke chapter 10, the famous parable of the Good Samaritan. Who was this man? He was an ordinary person, going down from Jerusalem to Jericho on the road that crossed the Judean desert. Shortly before, on that road, a man had been assaulted by bandits, robbed, beaten and left half dead.

Before the Samaritan passed a priest and a Levite, that is, two people connected with the worship of the Temple of the Lord. According to daily readings, "they saw the poor man, but went on their way without stopping".

However, the Samaritan, when he saw the man, felt compassion, says the Gospel. He approached him, bandaged his wounds, putting some oil and wine on them; then he put him on his horse, took him to an inn and paid for his lodging... In short, he took care of him: this is the example of love of neighbor. But why does Jesus, on the daily Gospel, choose a Samaritan as the protagonist of the parable? Because the Samaritans were despised by the Jews, by the various religious traditions.

However, Jesus shows that the heart of this Samaritan is good and generous and that, unlike the priest and the Levite, he puts into practice the will of God, who wants mercy more than sacrifices.

God always wants mercy and not condemnation towards everyone. He wants mercy of the heart because He is merciful and knows how to understand well our miseries, our difficulties and also our sins. He gives us all this merciful heart. The Samaritan does precisely this: he imitates God´s mercy, mercy towards those in need... (Daily Readings reflection, Angelus, 2013, July 14).

Daily Prayer for the Gospel.

Lord, You who are the Great Loving Provider and love all children who open their hearts to You, we come to You with confidence, knowing that You will always give us what we need to achieve salvation. We want to be healed by you, and thus become your instrument to heal others, as your Servant St. Francis of Assisi did. Give us a meek and humble heart like yours. Amen. (Healing with the serenity prayer for Catholic Daily Readings and Holy Gospel - Qriswell Quero @Copyright 2021)

The Pope´s daily quotation.

To take care of the world that surrounds and contains us is to take care of ourselves. But we need to constitute ourselves in a "we" that inhabits the common home. Pope Francis.

Purpose for daily Gospel.

I will dedicate 5 minutes to pray for those who work in homes, shelters and homes for the elderly and especially for the elderly. Let us remember the words of Pope Francis about them: Abandonment of the Elderly is a Deadly Sin.

Video of the Catholic Daily Readings.

Enjoy now the video meditation for the USCCB Daily Readings for Monday on October 4, 2021. Luke 10:25,37. Holy Gospel and daily prayer of the 27th week in Ordinary Time.

Ask the Holy Spirit for help before beginning to listen to the reflection of the Catholic readings of the day for Daily Gospel on Monday.

Daily Readings Intentions for October 4.

With the Catholic Daily Readings of the Holy Gospel of Luke 10:25,37, let us pray for all those prayer intentions for today, Monday, that you wish to express. USCCB Daily Readings for life. When you meditate on the daily readings, you deepen your personal relationship with God and grow in love. Pray with the daily prayer. "To live poverty of heart, with a true evangelical spirit, is to allow oneself to be sheltered by the love, strength and Spirit of Christ to extend the Mercy of God to this world." Write down in the commentaries all that you want God to give you or heal you through the reading of his Word in the USCCB Daily Readings for October 4, 2021. God blesses you.