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Daily Bible Readings Thursday—November 5, 2026 Leave the 99 Philippians 3:3-8 Psalm 105 Luke 15:1-10 Paul sits in prison and calls every advantage he once counted on—pedigree, zeal, moral scorecard—loss, even rubbish, compared with the supreme good of knowing Christ. St. Thomas would recognize that reordering: only the vision of God Himself can be the final good of a human life. The psalm invites us to rejoice while we are still searching. We do not yet see face to face, yet the search itself is already cause for joy because the Lord is not distant from those who seek Him. Then Jesus tells the story of the shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine in the desert for the one that is lost. No sensible person does that. The risk is too high, the return too small. That is exactly the point. God’s arithmetic is not ours. Heaven rejoices more over one sinner who turns than over ninety-nine who never had to. The same love that found Paul is still sweeping the house, still carrying the strayed one home on His shoulders. The practical question is simple: Am I willing to leave the safe company of the ninety-nine—my comfort zone, my circle—to go after the neighbor, the colleague, the person only a few feet away who is still lost, still in their sin, and not yet drawing near? The Shepherd does not wait for the sheep to start home. He leaves the ninety-nine and searches until he finds it. Heaven’s joy is over the one who was lost and is found. Pray the Luminous Mysteries The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan Matthew 3:13–17 The Wedding at Cana John 2:1–12 The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God Mark 1:14–15 The Transfiguration Matthew 17:1–9 The Institution of the Eucharist Matthew 26:26 / Mark 14:22–25