DRIVING A CONVERT-ABLE - One Bread, One Body, 11/14/2026

Saturday, November 14, 2026 ,

3 John 5-8
Psalm 112:1-6
Luke 18:1-8

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DRIVING A CONVERT-ABLE
“Listen to what the corrupt judge has to say.” —Luke 18:6

More people than ever respect “neither God nor man” (Lk 18:2). These people are powerfully continuing and promoting great injustices. They “care little for God or man” (Lk 18:4). They are “lovers of self and of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, profane, inhuman, implacable, slanderous, licentious, brutal, hating the good. They will be treacherous, reckless, pompous, lovers of pleasure rather than of God” (2 Tm 3:2-4). “They did not see fit to acknowledge God, so God delivered them up to their own depraved sense to do what is unseemly. They are filled with every kind of wickedness: maliciousness, greed, ill will, envy, murder, bickering, deceit, craftiness. They are gossips and slanderers, they hate God, are insolent, haughty, boastful, ingenious in their wrongdoing and rebellious toward their parents. One sees in them men without conscience, without loyalty, without affection, without pity” (Rm 1:28-31).

These people are extremely dangerous. They could mutilate, rape, or murder you without feeling even the slightest guilt. However, these people are afraid. They are like the unjust judge in today’s Gospel reading who was paranoid enough to think that the defenseless widow in his court room would end by doing him violence (Lk 18:5). Evil people are always unstable. As St. Augustine said, their hearts are restless until they rest in God (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 30). This means that these people are not only dangerous but changeable, even “convert-able.”

Some of the most evil people in the world are about to repent. Be like Ananias and go to the raging, hateful Sauls of the world to offer them new life in Jesus (Acts 9:10ff).

Prayer: Father, use me to reach those most desperately lost.

Promise: “When the Son of Man comes, will He find any faith on the earth?” —Lk 18:8

Praise: Ted was so patient with his boss that his boss was moved to conversion and faith in Jesus.



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THE END - One Bread, One Body, 11/13/2026

Friday, November 13, 2026, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

2 John 4-9
Psalm 119:1-2, 10-11, 17-18
Luke 17:26-37

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THE END
“They ate and drank, they took husbands and wives, right up to the day Noah entered the ark — and when the flood came, it destroyed them all.” —Luke 17:27

Would you have been playing shuffleboard on the Titanic as it sank? Will you be watching a movie when the world ends?

Many will be doing unnecessary things when the end comes. “It will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed” (Lk 17:30). Will you be in touch with the final reality? Will you be planning for things that will never exist?

No one knows the day or the hour (Mt 25:13), but God will prepare us if we let Him. “Look out that you yourselves do not lose what you have worked for; you must receive your reward in full” (2 Jn 8). At the very end, many false teachers will cause a mass apostasy (2 Thes 2:3). “Therefore God is sending upon them a perverse spirit which leads them to give credence to falsehood, so that all who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evildoing will be condemned” (2 Thes 2:11-12).

Hold on to the truth; be always ready for His coming. Look “for the coming of the day of God and [try] to hasten it!” (2 Pt 3:12) Lead others to Christ up to the last moment. “Pray constantly for the strength to escape whatever is in prospect, and to stand secure before the Son of Man” (Lk 21:36).

Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus! (Rv 22:20)

Prayer: Jesus, may I get ready before this day is over.

Promise: “Anyone who is so ‘progressive’ that he does not remain rooted in the teaching of Christ does not possess God, while anyone who remains rooted in the teaching possesses both the Father and the Son.” —2 Jn 9

Praise: Mother Cabrini’s motto was: “I can do all things through Him Who strengthens me” (see Phil 4:13).

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LIFE ONLY IN CHRIST - One Bread, One Body, 11/12/2026

Thursday, November 12, 2026, St. Josaphat

Philemon 7-20
Psalm 146:7-10
Luke 17:20-25

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LIFE ONLY IN CHRIST
I “appeal to you for my child, whom I have begotten during my imprisonment.” —Philemon 10

Onesimus, a slave, became a Christian in prison. This made him a son of God and a spiritual child of St. Paul, who led him to Christ (Phlm 10). In Greek, “Onesimus” means useful. Contrary to his name, Onesimus had been useless, but he became useful when he became a Christian (Phlm 11). Paul found Onesimus so useful that he considered him to be his very heart (Phlm 12). When Onesimus gave his life to Jesus, he became “more than a slave,” he became “a beloved brother” of Jesus, of all Christians, and even of his slave-owner, Philemon (Phlm 16).

When someone is baptized and becomes a Christian, he enters God’s family, has a share in the divine nature of the Trinity (2 Pt 1:4), and becomes a member of the Body of Christ. Only in Christ is there salvation (Acts 4:12), freedom (Jn 8:36), and eternal life (1 Jn 5:12). In Christ, we are more than conquerors (Rm 8:37). Consequently, a person’s life is in some way wasted and useless until he becomes a Christian (see 1 Pt 4:2). However, in Christ “there is no condemnation” (Rm 8:1).

Therefore, in thanksgiving to the Lord, live for Him alone and tell others the Good News of life in Jesus Christ.

Prayer: Father, make me a witness for Jesus (see Acts 1:8).

Promise: “The Son of Man in His day will be like the lightning that flashes from one end of the sky to the other.” —Lk 17:24

Praise: St. Josaphat was renowned at leading people to Jesus and His Church. His enemies called him “the thief of souls.”

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HIS PIERCED, BEAUTIFUL FEET - One Bread, One Body, 11/11/2026

Wednesday, November 11, 2026, St. Martin of Tours

Titus 3:1-7
Psalm 23:1-6
Luke 17:11-19

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HIS PIERCED, BEAUTIFUL FEET
“He threw himself on his face at the feet of Jesus and spoke His praises.” —Luke 17:16

There is something about the feet of Jesus. Because His feet are nail-scarred from the crucifixion (see Lk 24:39), they are beautiful (see Is 52:7). Jesus’ pierced feet bring the Good News of salvation.

The Samaritan leper who was healed “threw himself on his face at the feet of Jesus” (Lk 17:16). Mary of Bethany “seated herself at the Lord’s feet and listened to His words” (Lk 10:39). Later, this “Mary brought a pound of costly perfume made from genuine aromatic nard, with which she anointed Jesus’ feet. Then she dried His feet with her hair” (Jn 12:3). “A woman known in the town to be a sinner” (Lk 7:37) stood behind Jesus “at His feet, weeping so that her tears fell upon His feet. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissing them and perfuming them with the oil” (Lk 7:38). After the women leaving Jesus’ tomb met Him risen from the dead, they “embraced His feet and did Him homage” (Mt 28:9).

In love for Jesus, we should throw ourselves at Jesus’ feet and embrace, kiss, and perfume His feet. At the pierced, beautiful feet of Jesus, we must repent of our sins and praise and worship Jesus. Throw yourself on your “face at the feet of Jesus” (Lk 17:16).

Prayer: “Glorious God, in adoration, at Your feet we belong” (from the song “Glorious God”).

Promise: He saved us “through Jesus Christ our Savior, that we might be justified by His grace and become heirs, in hope, of eternal life. You can depend on this to be true.” —Ti 3:6-8

Praise: St. Martin led his mother to Jesus and to membership in the Church shortly before she died.

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THE STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - One Bread, One Body, 11/10/2026

Tuesday, November 10, 2026, Pope St. Leo the Great

Titus 2:1-8, 11-14
Psalm 37:3-4, 18, 23, 27, 29
Luke 17:7-10

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THE STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
“Reject godless ways and worldly desires.” —Titus 2:12

Many of our desires are contradictory and destructive. Therefore, in His mercy, “the grace of God has appeared, offering salvation” and training us “to reject godless ways and worldly desires, and live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age” (Ti 2:11-12). The Lord commands us: “Live soberly” (1 Pt 1:13), and “do not yield to the desires that once shaped you in your ignorance” (1 Pt 1:14). “You are not to spend what remains of your earthly life on human desires but on the will of God” (1 Pt 4:2). “You must lay aside your former way of life and the old self which deteriorates through illusion and desire” (Eph 4:22). Unless worldly desires are rejected, they will deform us, cause our lives to deteriorate, and take away our lives. Therefore, “those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires” (Gal 5:24).

Ask the Spirit to lust against the desires of your flesh (Gal 5:17) and give you the strength to crucify your desires. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Cor 3:17). Do not be enslaved by your desires but be free in the Holy Spirit.

Prayer: Father, may my desire for You be so encompassing that all my worldly desires will be rejected and crucified.

Promise: “The just shall possess the land and dwell in it forever.” —Ps 37:29

Praise: Pope St. Leo the Great twice saved Rome from Barbarian invasion.

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CONSUMED BY LOVE FOR THE CHURCH - One Bread, One Body, 11/09/2026

Monday, November 9, 2026, Dedication of the
Lateran Basilica in Rome

Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12
1 Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17
Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9
John 2:13-22
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CONSUMED BY LOVE FOR THE CHURCH
The angel “brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing out.” —Ezekiel 47:1

From the Church flow the living waters which will change our culture of death into a civilization of love and life, and “renew the face of the earth” (Ps 104:30).

For the Church to fully exercise her authority and power, she must be “built as an edifice of spirit, into a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Pt 2:5). “In Him you are being built into this temple, to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit” (Eph 2:22). Everyone “must be careful how he builds” (1 Cor 3:10).

For the Church to be built up, bring Jesus to the world, and make every thought captive to Christ (2 Cor 10:5), she must be cleansed as Jesus cleansed the Temple (see Jn 2:15ff).

Let zeal for God’s Church consume us (Jn 2:17; Ps 69:10). Let us cleanse the Church by first repenting of our sins in and against the Church. Let us build up the Church, especially by forming small Christian communities. Then we will see the Church exalted as the Body of Christ (e.g. Eph 1:22-23), the bride of Christ (e.g. Rv 22:17), “the pillar and bulwark of truth” (1 Tm 3:15), “ ‘a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people He claims for His own to proclaim the glorious works’ of the One Who called you from darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Pt 2:9). Love the Church as Christ loves the Church! (Eph 5:25)

Prayer: Father, may zeal for Your Church consume me.

Promise: “Are you not aware that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” —1 Cor 3:16

Praise: “And you, O child, shall be called prophet of the Most High; For you shall go before the Lord to prepare straight paths for Him” (Lk 1:76).



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SEEK WISDOM TODAY - One Bread, One Body, 11/08/2026

Sunday, November 8, 2026, 32nd Sunday Ordinary Time

Wisdom 6:12-16
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Psalm 63:2-8
Matthew 25:1-13
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SEEK WISDOM TODAY
“She [Wisdom] makes her own rounds, seeking those worthy of her.” —Wisdom 6:16

Wisdom is seated by your gate (Wis 6:14), and is making rounds to seek those who want to listen to her (Wis 6:16). If you don’t seek wisdom, eventually you’ll be like the five foolish virgins who did not seek wisdom. Those five were the ones making their rounds at the end, desperately seeking the wisdom they had long ignored (Mt 25:10). They searched for what had been searching for them. But now it was too late (Mt 25:11-12).

In the New Testament, the phrase “fallen asleep” often refers to the sleep of death (see Jn 11:11-13; 1 Thes 4:13). All ten of the virgins fell asleep. This could mean that all ten of them died. In that case, it was too late for the foolish virgins; the time of judgment was at hand, and the wise virgins could no longer share their wisdom with them.

Therefore, while we live on this earth, we are to seek wisdom and we will find it; we must knock and the door will be opened (Mt 7:7). At the last judgment, the door will be locked (Mt 25:10). So, prepare now, while it is “today” (Heb 3:13; Ps 95:7ff). “In whatever you do, remember your last days, and you will never sin” (Sir 7:36). Jesus is teaching us to remember our final end, store up ever more of the oil and wisdom of the Holy Spirit, and be a light to the world.

Now is the time (see 2 Cor 6:2). Don’t miss out on your “present opportunity” to gain wisdom (Eph 5:16). “Stay awake” (Mt 24:42). Be vigilant. Seek wisdom.

Prayer: Father, beginning today, I will devote ten extra minutes each day to sitting at Your feet in prayer, listening for Your wisdom.

Promise: “He who for her sake keeps vigil shall quickly be free from care.” —Wis 6:15

Praise: Praise You, risen Jesus, Living Word (Heb 4:12), Wisdom of God (1 Cor 1:30). Alleluia!

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