Daily TV Mass Monday October 5, 2026

0:03 From the St. Ignatius Chapel at the Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Center in Pickering, Ontario. The National Catholic Broadcasting Council presents the Daily TV Mass.

0:27 Welcome to the celebration of the Daily TV Mass. I am Father Peter J. Troy. The televising of this Mass is made possible by the contributions from two donors. The first is Ray Vall from Kitchener, Ontario, for the wonderful memories of dearly departed spouses, children, and friends. May they rest in peace in the Lord's loving embrace.

0:50 The second is Balmasida family from Sarasota, Florida, in loving memory of their daughter Veronica, and for all their deceased family and friends, for blessings and healing for living family members and friends, especially Reverend Dr. Neville Callum, Raymond Brown, Violeta Balmacida, and Thomas Fabin.

1:16 Also for the protection of all mothers and the unborn, and that all people, Christians, and those in positions of authority, may follow faithfully follow Christ. Finally, they give thanks to God for his boundless love for all. Our thanks to our donors for the gift of this Mass. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

1:38 Amen.

1:38 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

1:44 And with your spirits.

1:45 Brothers and sisters, let us call to mind our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. I confess to Almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.

2:09 Therefore I ask blessed and marry ever virgin all the angels and saints. And you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

2:25 Amen.

2:26 Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.

2:33 Lord have mercy.

2:34 Let us pray. Hear us, God our Savior, that as we rejoice in commemorating the Virgin Blessed Faustina, we may be instructed by her loving devotion through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.

2:54unknown Amen.

2:56 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians, I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel. Not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are confusing you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.

3:18 But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed. As we have said before, so now I repeat, if anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that one be accursed. Am I now seeking human approval or God's approval?

3:45 Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ. For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin, for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

4:12 The word of the Lord.

4:52 Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. All his precepts are trustworthy. They are established forever and ever to be performed in faithfulness and uprightness. The Lord will remember his covenant forever. He sent redemption to his people, he has commanded his covenant forever.

6:01 Holy and awesome is his name, his praise endures forever. I give you a new commandment. Love one another as I have loved you.

7:28 A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. A lawyer stood up to test Jesus. Teacher, he said, What must I do to inherit eternal life? Jesus said to him, What is written in the law? What do you read there? The lawyer answered, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.

7:57 And Jesus said to him, You have given the right answer, do this and you will live. But wanting to justify himself, the lawyer asked Jesus, And who is my neighbor? Jesus replied, A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

8:20 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, while travelling, came near him, and when he saw him he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them.

8:45 Then he put on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day the Samaritan took out two denai, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, Take care of him, and I will come back, and I will and when I come back I will repay you whatever more you spend. Jesus asked, Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?

9:10 The lawyer said, The one who showed him mercy. Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise. The gospel of the Lord. Who is our neighbor? The answer depends on who you ask. A dictionary definition will tell us that a neighbor is someone who lives next door or near. But Jesus said, Whoever is in need is our neighbor.

9:38 Today's parable the Samaritan helped the man who was in need, whereas the priest and the Levites didn't. The reason why the priest and the Levite didn't help the injured man was due to fear of ritual impurity, fear of danger. They chose religious rules over human compassion. The Samaritan, on the other hand, helped the injured man because he felt deep compassion for him.

10:05 He chose to act as a true neighbor regardless of the animosity that existed between Samaritans and the Jewish people. Just like the pair, bro. I remember reading two contrasting stories from some years ago. When an 87-year-old woman who was living at the retirement home was in desperate need of CPR, the dispatcher insisted that the nurse perform CPR on the lady.

10:32 In a seven-minute and six-ensecond conversation, the nurse refused to intervene. That decision to do nothing cost the resident her life. The company later made an official statement and said that the employee had wrongly interpreted company policy when she declined to offer aid. On the other hand, 21-year-old Thomas Lopez, who was working as a lifeguard in Hallendale Beach, Florida, did exactly the opposite.

11:02 When he saw a man drowning about 1,500 feet beyond his assigned post, without hesitation, he jumped to action and helped save a man's life. But that same day he was fired. Why did he get fired? Despite saving a man's life? Due to liability concern. Because he had left his post vacant while helping someone outside his own section.

11:26 He had put swimmers in his own section at a potential risk. This sparked national outrage. The backlash became so intense that the company later admitted the firing was a mistake. They offered Lopez his job back and said that they would review their policies. Thomas refused to return to his job, but responded to him getting fired by saying in an interview, I have no regrets.

11:55 I would make the same choice again. Unlike the nurse from the previous story, Thomas chose a human life over a line drawn in the sand. He chose a life over a rule. Although it cost him his job, the truth is a job can be replaced, whereas a life cannot. One had followed the rule and the other followed his heart.

12:18 Another possible twist to the plot is the possibility of danger. This man was uh who is half dead, could have been a setup, an actor working with the Thebes, since this was a popular route for the Thebes. This possibility would have been in the mind of the people, just like uh we would be mindful of pickpockets in crowded places from popular destinations like Paris or Rome.

12:45 So this possible scenario would have prevented or at least made many reluctant to help a man in need. Yet, as Jesus taught us, the new commandment love one another as I have loved you. Loving someone and showing compassion requires taking a risk, opening oneself up to vulnerability. When do we feel most vulnerable?

13:09 I find it difficult revealing the sources of my insecurities, pains, and fears to someone. Showing our wounds or our weakness to someone can be one of the most humbling things we can do. And it can make us feel very vulnerable. The word vulnerability comes from the Latin vulner vulnere, which means to wound, injure, or harm.

13:32 When we are wounded, we instinctively cover up our wounds. The only people who will show our wounds to are people we trust. Children would run to their mom and dad, show their wounds, and cry. Another person that would reveal their wounds are the trusted medical professionals who can treat them and help them heal.

13:53 Jesus is our divine physician who is capable of healing all of our wounds. Often instead of revealing and entrusting our wounds to Christ, we cover up our wounds. Instead of running to God, we may run to self-soothing behavior and turn to our addictions. I think we need to remind ourselves that Jesus willingly chose to suffer for us, and the wounds that he suffered for us became the source of our healing.

14:20 In the words of Prophet Isaiah, we find he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities. Upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his wounds we are healed. When Jesus appeared to his disciples after he rose from the dead, he still had his scars. I'm sure one of the first things the disciples noticed were his scars.

14:44 The doubting Thomas said, Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe. So when Jesus returned, Jesus revealed his wounds and asked Thomas to touch them and see it was him. Through those scars, Thomas's doubt was healed from doubt and returned to faith.

15:07 Yes, Jesus wears his scars as a badge of honor. Back on February 22nd of 1931, when Jesus appeared to Sister Faustina and he told her to spread the message of God's mercy. He had instructed St. Faustina to paint the vision of his divine mercy, emanating red and pale rays from his heart, with the inscription, Jesus, I trust in you, on the bottom.

15:34 The red ray stands for his blood, and the pale ray stands for the water that justifies our soul. I'm sure that you're all familiar with the image of divine mercy. From the wounds of Jesus flows his divine mercy and love. He sacrificed love, the source of our healing. If you trust in God's mercy, you will never ever be turned away.

15:59 By definition. Mercy is God's unconditional forgiveness, compassion, and love reserved for people like you and me who do not deserve it. So all you have to do is trust. Trust is all you need. Let us offer our petition to God our Father. For all those in our daily TV Mass Prayer Intentions book, we pray to the Lord.

16:28 Lord, he are our prayer.

16:30 Let us pray that during this month of the Rosary, families may gather in prayer, finding in it a source of strength, unity, and love for the daily lives. We pray to the Lord.

16:41 Lord, hear our prayer.

16:43 We ask our blessed mother to intercede for us. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed are thy amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Heavenly Father, we have presented to you all our needs.

17:04 We ask you to grant them in the name of Jesus, our Lord.

17:08 Amen.

17:42 Fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it'll become for us the bread of life. Blessed are your Lord, God of all creation, for through this free receive the wine we offer you, fruit of the vine and work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink.

18:17 Blessed be God forever.

18:30 Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Almighty Father. As we proclaim your wonders, O Lord, in the Virgin Blessed Faustina, we humbly implore your majesty that as her merits are pleasing to you, so too our dutiful service may find favor in your sight through Christ our Lord.

19:06 Amen. The Lord be with you. And with your spirits. Lift up your hearts. Lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right and just it is truly right and just our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord Holy Father, Almighty and Eternal God, for in the saints who consecrated themselves to Christ for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.

19:32 It is right to celebrate the wonders of your providence, by which you call human nature back to its original holiness, and bring it to experience on this earth the gift you promise in the new world to come. And so with all the angels and saints we praise you, as without end we acclaim.

19:52 Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.

20:39 Make holy therefore these gifts we pray, by sending down your spirit upon them like the youthful, so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion. He took bread and giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take this, all of you, and eat of it.

21:03 For this is my body, which will be given up for you. In a similar way, when suffering was ended, he took the chalice, and once more giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples, saying, Take this, all of you, and drink from it. For this is the chalice of my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.

21:44 Do this in memory of me.

22:02 The mystery of faith.

22:07 Save us, Savior of the world, for by your cross and resurrection, you have set us free.

22:27 Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly, we pray the partaking of the body and blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.

22:48 Remember, Lord, your church spread throughout the world, and bring her to the fullness of charity, together with Leo, our Pope, and Francis, our bishop, and all the clergy. Remember also our brothers and sisters, who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection, and all who have died in your mercy, welcome them into the light of your face.

23:09 Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with blessed Joseph Herspas, with the Blessed Apostles and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merry to be coheres to eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son Jesus Christ.

23:30 Through him and with him and in him, O God Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours forever and ever.

23:46 Amen.

24:19 Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Deliver us, Lord, we pray from every evil. Graciously grant peace in our days, that by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

24:48unknown For the kingdom, the power and the glory of yours now and forever.

24:53 Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your apostles, peace I leave you, my peace I give you. Look not in our sins, but on the faith of your church, and graciously grant her peace and unity, in accordance with your will, who live and reign forever and ever. Amen. The peace of the Lord be with you always. Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

25:39 Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world. Have mercy on us, Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. Grant us peace.

26:17 Behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

26:54 My Jesus, I believe that you are present in this holy sacrament of the altar. I love you above all things, and I passionately desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come spiritually into my soul, so that I may unite myself wholly to you now and forever. Amen.

27:39 Renewed by partaking of this divine gift, we pray, O Lord our God, that by the example of the blessed Faustina, bearing in our body the death of Jesus, we may strive to hold fast to you alone through Christ our Lord. The Lord be with you.

27:56 And with your spirit.

28:02 Go in the peace of Christ.

28:08 Our thanks to our donors for the gift of this month.