HOLY MASS MONDAY THIRTY-THIRD WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2025

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Monday, 2025-11-17:

• St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Patroness of the Third Order (Feast) 2025:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  1 Timothy 5:3-10

  3Honor widows who are real widows. 4If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God. 5She who is a real widow, and is left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day; 6whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. 7Command this, so that they may be without reproach. 8If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 9Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband; 10and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  1 Timothy 5:3-10

  3Honor widows who are real widows. 4If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God. 5She who is a real widow, and is left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day; 6whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. 7Command this, so that they may be without reproach. 8If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 9Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband; 10and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

  SECOND LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Psalms 31:4-5, 8-9, 20, 24-25

  3Yea, thou art my rock and my fortress; for thy name's sake lead me and guide me, 4take me out of the net which is hidden for me, for thou art my refuge. 7I will rejoice and be glad for thy steadfast love, because thou hast seen my affliction, thou hast taken heed of my adversities, 8and hast not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a broad place. 19O how abundant is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those who fear thee, and wrought for those who take refuge in thee, in the sight of the sons of men! 23Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but abundantly requites him who acts haughtily. 24Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Matthew 25:31-40

  31"When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. 34Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' 37Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? 38And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? 39And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?' 40And the King will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

• MONDAY THIRTY-THIRD WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2025:

  Ordinary Time.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63

  [From the descendants of Alexander’s officers]
  there sprang a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes,
  son of King Antiochus, once a hostage at Rome.
  He became king in the year one hundred and thirty seven
  of the kingdom of the Greeks.
  
  In those days there appeared in Israel
  men who were breakers of the law,
  and they seduced many people, saying:
  “Let us go and make an alliance with the Gentiles all around us;
  since we separated from them, many evils have come upon us.”
  The proposal was agreeable;
  some from among the people promptly went to the king,
  and he authorized them to introduce the way of living
  of the Gentiles.
  Thereupon they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem
  according to the Gentile custom.
  They covered over the mark of their circumcision
  and abandoned the holy covenant;
  they allied themselves with the Gentiles
  and sold themselves to wrongdoing.
  
  Then the king wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people,
  each abandoning his particular customs.
  All the Gentiles conformed to the command of the king,
  and many children of Israel were in favor of his religion;
  they sacrificed to idols and profaned the sabbath.
  
  On the fifteenth day of the month Chislev,
  in the year one hundred and forty-five,
  the king erected the horrible abomination
  upon the altar of burnt offerings
  and in the surrounding cities of Judah they built pagan altars.
  They also burned incense at the doors of the houses and in the streets.
  Any scrolls of the law which they found they tore up and burnt.
  Whoever was found with a scroll of the covenant,
  and whoever observed the law,
  was condemned to death by royal decree.
  But many in Israel were determined
  and resolved in their hearts not to eat anything unclean;
  they preferred to die rather than to be defiled with unclean food
  or to profane the holy covenant; and they did die.
  Terrible affliction was upon Israel.
  
  

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  PS 119:53, 61, 134, 150, 155, 158

  R. (see 88) Give me life, O Lord, and I will do your commands.
  Indignation seizes me because of the wicked
  who forsake your law.
  R. Give me life, O Lord, and I will do your commands.
  Though the snares of the wicked are twined about me,
  your law I have not forgotten.
  R. Give me life, O Lord, and I will do your commands.
  Redeem me from the oppression of men,
  that I may keep your precepts.
  R. Give me life, O Lord, and I will do your commands.
  I am attacked by malicious persecutors
  who are far from your law.
  R. Give me life, O Lord, and I will do your commands.
  Far from sinners is salvation,
  because they seek not your statutes.
  R. Give me life, O Lord, and I will do your commands.
  I beheld the apostates with loathing,
  because they kept not to your promise.
  R. Give me life, O Lord, and I will do your commands.
  
  

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Lk 18:35-43

  As Jesus approached Jericho
  a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging,
  and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening.
  They told him,
  "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."
  He shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!"
  The people walking in front rebuked him,
  telling him to be silent,
  but he kept calling out all the more,
  "Son of David, have pity on me!"
  Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to him;
  and when he came near, Jesus asked him,
  "What do you want me to do for you?"
  He replied, "Lord, please let me see."
  Jesus told him, "Have sight; your faith has saved you."
  He immediately received his sight
  and followed him, giving glory to God.
  When they saw this, all the people gave praise to God.