A reading from the Book of Jonah
3:1-10
The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
"Set out for the great city of Nineveh,
and announce to it the message that I will tell you."
So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh,
according to the LORD’s bidding.
Now Nineveh was an enormously large city;
it took three days to go through it.
Jonah began his journey through the city,
and had gone but a single day’s walk announcing,
"Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed,"
when the people of Nineveh believed God;
they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small,
put on sackcloth.
When the news reached the king of Nineveh,
he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe,
covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in the ashes.
Then he had this proclaimed throughout Nineveh,
by decree of the king and his nobles:
"Neither man nor beast, neither cattle nor sheep,
shall taste anything;
they shall not eat, nor shall they drink water.
Man and beast shall be covered with sackcloth
and call loudly to God;
every man shall turn from his evil way
and from the violence he has in hand.
Who knows, God may relent and forgive,
and withhold his blazing wrath,
so that we shall not perish."
When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way,
he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them;
he did not carry it out.
From the Gospel according to Luke
10:38-42
Jesus entered a village
where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.
She had a sister named Mary
who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.
Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,
"Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?
Tell her to help me."
The Lord said to her in reply,
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her."
Gabriel was sent by God to Mary of Nazareth to announce to her, and, in her, to all of humanity, the mission of the Word. Behold, God wants to send the eternal Son so that, becoming man, He can grant man divine life, divine sonship, grace, and truth. The mission of the Son begins precisely at that moment in Nazareth, when Mary listens to the words spoken by the mouth of Gabriel. […] The Word, of the same substance as the Father, becomes flesh in the womb of the Virgin. The Virgin herself cannot comprehend how all this is to be accomplished. Therefore, before answering, “Let it be unto me,” she asks, “How can this be? I do not know a man” (Luke 1:34). And she receives the decisive response: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the Child to be born will be holy, and will be called the Son of God… nothing is impossible for God” (Luke 1:35-37). In that moment, Mary understands. And she no longer questions. She simply says: “Let it be unto me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). And the Word became flesh (cf. John 1:14). (St. John Paul II, Homily, Pompei, 21 October 1979)
Gospel and Word of the Day – 07 October 2025 –
A reading from the Book of Jonah
3:1-10
The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
"Set out for the great city of Nineveh,
and announce to it the message that I will tell you."
So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh,
according to the LORD’s bidding.
Now Nineveh was an enormously large city;
it took three days to go through it.
Jonah began his journey through the city,
and had gone but a single day’s walk announcing,
"Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed,"
when the people of Nineveh believed God;
they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small,
put on sackcloth.
When the news reached the king of Nineveh,
he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe,
covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in the ashes.
Then he had this proclaimed throughout Nineveh,
by decree of the king and his nobles:
"Neither man nor beast, neither cattle nor sheep,
shall taste anything;
they shall not eat, nor shall they drink water.
Man and beast shall be covered with sackcloth
and call loudly to God;
every man shall turn from his evil way
and from the violence he has in hand.
Who knows, God may relent and forgive,
and withhold his blazing wrath,
so that we shall not perish."
When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way,
he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them;
he did not carry it out.
From the Gospel according to Luke
10:38-42
Jesus entered a village
where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.
She had a sister named Mary
who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.
Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,
"Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?
Tell her to help me."
The Lord said to her in reply,
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her."
Gabriel was sent by God to Mary of Nazareth to announce to her, and, in her, to all of humanity, the mission of the Word. Behold, God wants to send the eternal Son so that, becoming man, He can grant man divine life, divine sonship, grace, and truth. The mission of the Son begins precisely at that moment in Nazareth, when Mary listens to the words spoken by the mouth of Gabriel. […] The Word, of the same substance as the Father, becomes flesh in the womb of the Virgin. The Virgin herself cannot comprehend how all this is to be accomplished. Therefore, before answering, “Let it be unto me,” she asks, “How can this be? I do not know a man” (Luke 1:34). And she receives the decisive response: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the Child to be born will be holy, and will be called the Son of God… nothing is impossible for God” (Luke 1:35-37). In that moment, Mary understands. And she no longer questions. She simply says: “Let it be unto me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). And the Word became flesh (cf. John 1:14). (St. John Paul II, Homily, Pompei, 21 October 1979)
A reading from the Book of Jonah
3:1-10
The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
"Set out for the great city of Nineveh,
and announce to it the message that I will tell you."
So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh,
according to the LORD’s bidding.
Now Nineveh was an enormously large city;
it took three days to go through it.
Jonah began his journey through the city,
and had gone but a single day’s walk announcing,
"Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed,"
when the people of Nineveh believed God;
they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small,
put on sackcloth.
When the news reached the king of Nineveh,
he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe,
covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in the ashes.
Then he had this proclaimed throughout Nineveh,
by decree of the king and his nobles:
"Neither man nor beast, neither cattle nor sheep,
shall taste anything;
they shall not eat, nor shall they drink water.
Man and beast shall be covered with sackcloth
and call loudly to God;
every man shall turn from his evil way
and from the violence he has in hand.
Who knows, God may relent and forgive,
and withhold his blazing wrath,
so that we shall not perish."
When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way,
he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them;
he did not carry it out.
From the Gospel according to Luke
10:38-42
Jesus entered a village
where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.
She had a sister named Mary
who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.
Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,
"Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?
Tell her to help me."
The Lord said to her in reply,
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her."
Gabriel was sent by God to Mary of Nazareth to announce to her, and, in her, to all of humanity, the mission of the Word. Behold, God wants to send the eternal Son so that, becoming man, He can grant man divine life, divine sonship, grace, and truth. The mission of the Son begins precisely at that moment in Nazareth, when Mary listens to the words spoken by the mouth of Gabriel. […] The Word, of the same substance as the Father, becomes flesh in the womb of the Virgin. The Virgin herself cannot comprehend how all this is to be accomplished. Therefore, before answering, “Let it be unto me,” she asks, “How can this be? I do not know a man” (Luke 1:34). And she receives the decisive response: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the Child to be born will be holy, and will be called the Son of God… nothing is impossible for God” (Luke 1:35-37). In that moment, Mary understands. And she no longer questions. She simply says: “Let it be unto me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). And the Word became flesh (cf. John 1:14). (St. John Paul II, Homily, Pompei, 21 October 1979)