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Catholic Daily Readings for 25 September 2026

Catholic Daily Readings for 25 September 2026

A verse to carry with you

The Word of the Day

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven

ScriptureEcclesiastes 3:1

Catholic Daily Readings for Friday, 25 September 2026, remind us that every life has changing seasons. Ecclesiastes speaks of a time for every purpose, while Peter recognizes Jesus as the Christ and then hears that the road of salvation passes through the Cross.

First Reading

Ecclesiastes teaches that human life unfolds through different times and seasons. God has placed a longing for eternity within us, even though we cannot fully understand all that He is doing.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 144:1a and 2abc, 3-4 (R. 1a)

Response: Blest be the Lord, my rock.

Gospel

Peter recognizes Jesus as the Christ of God. Jesus then reveals that He must suffer, be rejected and killed, and rise again, showing that His saving mission will be fulfilled through the Cross.

Luke 9:18-22

Now it happened that as Jesus was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” And they answered, “John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen.” Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one, saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”

Reflection

The Page He Would Not Turn…

After his wife died, an elderly man left the calendar fixed on the day she had gone. Months passed, but he could not turn the page. It felt as if moving forward would erase her. One morning, he finally understood: turning the page did not mean that love had ended. It meant that love must now learn to live in a different season.

Ecclesiastes tells us that life has a time for gathering and losing, laughing and weeping, beginning and letting go. Faith does not freeze the calendar on our happiest day. It teaches us to meet God in the day that has arrived.

Peter correctly names Jesus as the Christ, but Jesus immediately speaks about suffering, rejection, death, and resurrection. Peter must learn that the Messiah does not save by avoiding the darkest season. He enters it and transforms it from within.

We often want Easter without Good Friday, healing without waiting, and growth without surrender. Yet Christ is Lord not only of harvest but also of pruning, not only of laughter but also of tears.

What season are you resisting? Perhaps God is not asking you to understand everything. He may simply be asking you to trust that no page is outside His hands. The Cross proves that even a season that looks like an ending can become the doorway to resurrection.

Prayer

Lord Jesus, You are present in every season of my life. Help me release what has ended, receive what You are giving today, and trust You in the days I cannot understand. Unite my suffering with Your Cross and lead me through every ending toward the hope of resurrection. Amen.

What season of life are you living now: waiting, healing, beginning, or letting go? Share one word in the comments. Your answer may remind another reader that no season is faced alone. Join our WhatsApp channel for daily updates. 🙏

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