Scriptual Reflection
DAILY READINGS AND REFLECTIONS - 17TH OCTOBER 2025

Daily Readings

October 17, 2025

Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr

 

Reading 1

Romans 4:1–8

 

Brethren: What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”

 

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 32:1–2, 5, 11

 

Response: You are a hiding place for me. You surround me with cries of deliverance.

 

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is remitted.

Blessed the man to whom the Lord

imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no guile.

 

Response: You are a hiding place for me. You surround me with cries of deliverance.

 

To you I have acknowledged my sin;

my guilt I did not hide.

I said, “I will confess

my transgression to the Lord.”

And you have forgiven the guilt of my sin.

 

Response: You are a hiding place for me. You surround me with cries of deliverance.

 

Rejoice in the Lord; exult, you just!

Ring out your joy,

all you upright of heart!

 

Response: You are a hiding place for me. You surround me with cries of deliverance

 

Alleluia

Psalm 33:22

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

 

May your merciful love be upon us as we hope in you, O Lord.

 

Gospel

Luke 12:1–7

 

At that time: When so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, Jesus began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.”

 

Reflection

 

Jesus uses two powerful symbols ‘leaven’ and ‘light’ in today’s Gospel. He uses them negatively: referring to the leaven of the Pharisees as hypocrisy and the fact that whatever is done/said in the darkness will be revealed in the light. He ultimately expects his disciples to be the ‘leaven in the dough’ and the ‘light of the world’ which run counter to the values of the Pharisees. ‘Fearlessness’ is a key quality of a disciple; he exhorts his disciples to fear no one except the one who can cast them into hell. Sadly, many of those who say that they believe in Jesus, are frightened individuals today. He reassures his disciples saying that even sparrows are cared for and that the hairs of one’s head are numbered.

 

St Ignatius of Antioch Bishop Martyr, Apostolic Father of the Church (c.45 -c.107)

 

A native of Syria, a zealous convert and a disciple of St John the Evangelist, Ignatius was the third Bishop of Antioch. From 94 to 96 there raged the second great persecution of Christians under the Emperor Domitian, and St Ignatius was indefatigable in instilling hope and courage in the faithful, so that they might profess the faith unwaveringly, even at the cost of life. After a short period of peace, a third persecution ensued during his reign of Trajan (98-117). St Ignatius once again proved himself the faithful and intrepid leader of the Church in Antioch, both by word and example—“A Christian does not live for himself alone. He belongs to God!”

 

His fearless reply to a derogatory remark made by Emperor Trajan was: “Call me not a poor wretch, for I bear God within me!” Trajan sentenced him to be devoured by wild beasts in the Coliseum.

 

Ignatius was then 62, and the journey to Rome proved quite an ordeal; but it also took on the aspect of triumph for the large numbers of Christians who turned out to meet him all along the way across Asia Minor and northern Greece.

 

Ready and eager to die for the Faith, Ignatius was heard to say to those who were desirous of working for his release: “I am the wheat of the Lord and must be ground by the teeth of wild beasts to become the pure bread of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

 

Reflection: “Let us ask St Ignatius to help us understand Jesus’ words to his disciples: The man who loves his life loses it, while the man who hates his life in this world preserves it to life eternal!” (Blessed James Alberione)

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