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　November 4, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop ----- ☆ Gospel:Luke 14:25-33 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_14_25-33 Now a great number of people went with him. And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple. Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete? For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him, And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete. Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace. And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple. ----- ☆ Philippians 2:12-18 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Philippians_2_12-18 So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts; For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure. Do all things without protests and arguments; So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect. And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all: And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy. ----- ◇ Daily Readings November 4, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/110426.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　November 3, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel:Luke 14:15-24 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_14_15-24 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God. And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people. And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready. And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come. And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body. And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room. And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full. For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast. ----- ☆ Philippians 2:5-11 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Philippians_2_5-11 Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus, To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God; But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men; And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross. For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name; So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld, And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. ----- ◇ Daily Readings November 3, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/110326.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　November 2, 2026 Have a good day! ----- The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) ----- ☆ Gospel: John 6:37-40 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/John_6_37-40 Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me. And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day. This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day. ----- ☆ Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 * Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Wisdom_3_1-6_9 The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. As gold in the furnace, he proved them, and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself. In the time of their judgment they shall shine and dart about as sparks through stubble; They shall judge nations and rule over peoples, and the LORD shall be their King forever. Those who trust in him shall understand truth, and the faithful shall abide with him in love: Because grace and mercy are with his holy ones, and his care is with the elect. * https://bible.usccb.org/bible/wisdom/3?1 ----- ☆ Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Romans_8_31b-35_37-39 If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things? Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil; Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part. Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword? But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love. For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers, Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ----- ◇ Daily Readings November 2, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/110226.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　November 1, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Solemnity of All Saints ----- ☆ Gospel: Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/ Matthew 5:1-12a Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Matthew_5_1-12a And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him. And with these words he gave them teaching, saying, Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted. Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage. Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire. Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy. Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God. Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God. Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs. Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me. Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: ----- ☆ Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Revelation_7_2-4_9-14 And I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the mark of the living God: and he said with a great voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to do damage to the earth and the sea, Do no damage to the earth, or the sea, or the trees, till we have put a mark on the servants of our God. And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel. After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands, Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb. And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying, So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it. And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from? And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. ----- ☆ 1 John 3:1-3 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/1_John_3_1-3 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was. My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is. And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy. ----- ◇ Daily Readings November 1, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/110126.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 31, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 14:1, 7-11 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_14_1_7-11 And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him. And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them, When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming, And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat. But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there. For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up. ----- ☆ Philippians 1:18b-26 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Philippians_1_18b-26 Only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad. For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death. For to me life is Christ and death is profit. But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make. I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better: Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you. And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith; So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 31, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/103126.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 30, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 14:1-6 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_14_1-6 And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him. And a certain man was there who had a disease. And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not? But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent him away. And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath? And they had no answer to that question. ----- ☆ Philippians 1:1-11 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Philippians_1_1-11 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give praise to my God at every memory of you, And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy, Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now; For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ: So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace. For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus. And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience; So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ; Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 30, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/103026.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 29, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 13:31-35 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_13_31-35 At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death. And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete. But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not! Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord. ----- ☆ Ephesians 6:10-20 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_6_10-20 Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power. Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One. For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens. For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place. Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness; Be ready with the good news of peace as shoes on your feet; And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One. And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints, And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news, For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 29, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102926.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 28, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 6:12-16 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_6_12-16 And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God. And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles; Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot, And Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, he who was false to him. ----- ☆ Ephesians 2:19-22 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_2_19-22 So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God, Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord; In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 28, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102826.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 27, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 13:18-21 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_13_18-21 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it? It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches. And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like? It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened. ----- ☆ Ephesians 5:21-33 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_5_21-33 Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ. Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things. Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it; So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word, And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete. Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself: For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church; Because we are parts of his body. For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church. But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 27, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102726.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 26, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 13:10-17 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_13_10-17 And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath. And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight. And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are made free from your disease. And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God. And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath. But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water? And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath? And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him. ----- ☆ Ephesians 4:32--5:8 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_4_32--5_8 And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you. Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children; And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell. But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints; And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise. Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God. Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him. Have no part with such men; For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 26, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102626.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 25, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Matthew_22_34-40 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together; And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying, Master, which is the chief rule in the law? And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest rule. And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based. ----- ☆ Exodus 22:20-26 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Exodus_22_20-26 Complete destruction will come on any man who makes offerings to any other god but the Lord. Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt. Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead. If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear; And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers. If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest. If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down: ----- ☆ 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/1_Thessalonians_1_5c-10 Even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you. And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit; So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia. For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything. For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God, Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 25, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102526.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 24, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Saturday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 13:1-9 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_13_1-9 Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings. And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them? I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end. Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem? I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way. And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit. And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space? And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile: And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down. ----- ☆ Ephesians 4:7-16 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_4_7-16 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ. For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men. (Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth? He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.) And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ: So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error; But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ; Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 24, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102426.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 23, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 12:54-59 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_12_54-59 Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is. And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be heat; and so it is. O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you? And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right? For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison. I say to you, You will not come out of it till you have made payment to the very last farthing. ----- ☆ Ephesians 4:1-6 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_4_1-6 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you, With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love; Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 23, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102326.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 22, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 12:49-53 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_12_49-53 I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted. But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete! Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division: For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three. They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law. ----- ☆ Ephesians 3:14-21 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_3_14-21 For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father, From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts; So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love, May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is, And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete. Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us, To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 22, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102226.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 21, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 12:39-48 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_12_39-48 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into. So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him. And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men? And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time? Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so. Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods. But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine; The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith; And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows; But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested. ----- ☆ Ephesians 3:2-12 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_3_2-12 If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you, How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter, By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ; Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit; Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news, Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power. To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ: And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things; So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God, Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord: By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 21, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102126.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 20, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 12:35-38 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_12_35-38 Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning. And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly. Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food. And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants. ----- ☆ Ephesians 2:12-22 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_2_12-22 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division. And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near; Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God, Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord; In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 20, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102026.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 19, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Memorial of Saints John de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs [In the Dioceses of the United States] ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 12:13-21 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_12_13-21 And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me. But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you? And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has. And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile: And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit. And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy. But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together? So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God. ----- ☆ Ephesians 2:1-10 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_2_1-10 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins, In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God; Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest. But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation), So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus; That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus: Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself. For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 19, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/101926.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 18, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Matthew 22:15-21 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Matthew_22_15-21 Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him. And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position. Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not? But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong? Let me see the tax money. And they gave him a penny. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. ----- ☆ Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Isaiah_45_1_4-6 The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut; Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me. I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me: So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other. ----- ☆ 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/1_Thessalonians_1_1-5b Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers; Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose; Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 18, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/101826.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 17, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 12:8-12 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_12_8-12 And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God. But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God. And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness. And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say: For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say. ----- ☆ Ephesians 1:15-23 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_1_15-23 For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints, Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints, And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power, By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven, Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come: And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 17, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/101726.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----

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　October 16, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Luke 12:1-7 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Luke_12_1-7 At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit. But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear. So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops. And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that. But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him. Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind. But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no fear: you are of more value than a flock of sparrows. ----- ☆ Ephesians 1:11-14 Dramatic Reading https://hanamori.info/bible/en/Ephesians_1_11-14 In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs; So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ: In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope, Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory. ----- ◇ Daily Readings October 16, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/101626.cfm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----