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Week 32 of Ordinary Time

Wednesday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Gospel for November 11, 2026.

Verse of the day

About today

Martin of Tours (c. 316–397), a soldier who became a monk and bishop, is remembered for cutting his cloak for a beggar and finding that he had clothed Christ. He evangelized the countryside of Gaul and refused the world’s honors even as a bishop. His memorial is 11 November, a soldier’s feast that became a feast of the poor. Ask today for a mercy that does not wait until we have a spare cloak, and for a peace stronger than the trade of arms.

Original – Prayer on Fire.

Gospel

Mass Lectionary · Gospel

Luke 17:11–19

It happened that, while he was traveling to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he was entering a certain town, ten leprous men met him, and they stood at a distance. And they lifted up their voice, saying, “Jesus, Teacher, take pity on us.” And when he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that, as they were going, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, returned, magnifying God with a loud voice. And he fell face down before his feet, giving thanks. And this one was a Samaritan. And in response, Jesus said: “Were not ten made clean? And so where are the nine? Was no one found who would return and give glory to God, except this foreigner?” And he said to him: “Rise up, go forth. For your faith has saved you.”

Prayer on Fire Gospel Lesson

On the way to Jerusalem, ten lepers meet him and ask for mercy. He sends them to the priests. As they go they are cleansed. One, a Samaritan, turns back, praises God, and falls at his feet. Where are the nine? Rise and go. Your faith has made you well.

Where this sits

This is used on the feast of Martin of Tours and on Thanksgiving. The healing is given to ten. The return is made by one.

The return

The nine were healed. The one was healed and came back. Jesus marks the absence. The Samaritan, the outsider, is the one who knows the gift was a gift. Thanksgiving is not manners. It is the completion of the healing.

What to take

Receiving is not the same as returning. The faith that makes well is the faith that comes back.

Original – Prayer on Fire

Gospel of the Day · Text: Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV) · Mass Lectionary · Gospel

The Mass of Saint Martin of Tours may also use this Gospel. (Matthew 25:31–40)

Optional memorial Gospel

Matthew 25:31–40

When the Son of man will have arrived in his majesty, and all the Angels with him, then he will sit upon the seat of his majesty. And all the nations shall be gathered together before him. And he shall separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he shall station the sheep, indeed, on his right, but the goats on his left. Then the King shall say to those who will be on his right: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father. Possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’ Then the just will answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when have we seen you hungry, and fed you; thirsty, and given you drink? And when have we seen you a stranger, and taken you in? Or naked, and covered you? Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit to you?’ And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’

Not the weekday Gospel of the day · Text: Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV) · Matthew 25:31–40

Weekday Gospel · Luke 17:11–19

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