Holy Mass Online - Bible Readings and Video : Thursday, November 12, 2026 - #Eucharist - Virtual Catholic Church
Readings at Mass
Prayer to make Spiritual Communion: At your feet, O my Jesus I bow down and offer you the repentance of my contrite heart, which abysses itself into its nothingness and Your holy presence. I adore you in the Sacrament of Your love, the ineffable Eucharist. I wish to receive you in the poor home that my heart offers you. In anticipation of the happiness of sacramental communion, I want to possess you in spirit. Come to me, oh my Jesus, that I may come to you. May Your love inflame my whole being, for life and death. I believe in you, I hope in you, I love you. So be it. Amen
First reading
Philemon 7-20‘Have him back no longer as a bondservant but as a beloved brother.’
Beloved: I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you — I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus — I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me. I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel, but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord. For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever, no longer as a bondservant but more than a bondservant, as a beloved brother — especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me. If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it — to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 146(145): 7. 8-9a. 9b-10. ℟5a |
Blessed is he who is helped by Jacob’s God.
or: Alleluia.
It is the Lord who does justice to those who are oppressed.
It is he who gives bread to the hungry,
the Lord who sets prisoners free.
Blessed is he who is helped by Jacob’s God.
or: Alleluia.
It is the Lord who opens the eyes of the blind,
the Lord who raises up those who are bowed down.
It is the Lord who loves the just,
the Lord who protects the stranger.
Blessed is he who is helped by Jacob’s God.
or: Alleluia.
The Lord upholds the orphan and the widow,
but thwarts the path of the wicked.
The Lord will reign for ever,
your God, O Sion, from age to age.
Blessed is he who is helped by Jacob’s God.
or: Alleluia.
| Gospel Acclamation | John 15:5 |
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Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the vine; you are the branches, says the Lord.
Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit.
Alleluia.
| Gospel | Luke 17:20-25 |
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‘The kingdom of God is in the midst of you.’
At that time: Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus answered them, ‘The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, nor will they say, “Look, here it is!” or “There!” for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.’
And he said to the disciples, ‘The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. And they will say to you, “Look, there!” or “Look, here!” Do not go out or follow them. For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.’
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