HOLY MASS FOURTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME 2025

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Sunday, 2025-02-02:

• The Presentation of the Lord 2025:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Mal 3:1-4

  Thus says the Lord God:
  Lo, I am sending my messenger
  to prepare the way before me;
  And suddenly there will come to the temple
  the LORD whom you seek,
  And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire.
  Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
  But who will endure the day of his coming?
  And who can stand when he appears?
  For he is like the refiner's fire,
  or like the fuller's lye.
  He will sit refining and purifying silver,
  and he will purify the sons of Levi,
  Refining them like gold or like silver
  that they may offer due sacrifice to the LORD.
  Then the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem
  will please the LORD,
  as in the days of old, as in years gone by.
  

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10

  R. (8) Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!
  Lift up, O gates, your lintels;
  reach up, you ancient portals,
  that the king of glory may come in!
  R. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!
  Who is this king of glory?
  The LORD, strong and mighty,
  the LORD, mighty in battle.
  R. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!
  Lift up, O gates, your lintels;
  reach up, you ancient portals,
  that the king of glory may come in!
  R. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!
  Who is this king of glory?
  The LORD of hosts; he is the king of glory.
  R. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!

  SECOND LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Heb 2:14-18

  Since the children share in blood and flesh,
  Jesus likewise shared in them,
  that through death he might destroy the one
  who has the power of death, that is, the Devil,
  and free those who through fear of death
  had been subject to slavery all their life.
  Surely he did not help angels
  but rather the descendants of Abraham;
  therefore, he had to become like his brothers and sisters
  in every way,
  that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest before God
  to expiate the sins of the people.
  Because he himself was tested through what he suffered
  he is able to help those who are being tested.
  

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Lk 2:22-40

  When the days were completed for their purification
  according to the law of Moses,
  Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem
  to present him to the Lord,
  just as it is written in the law of the Lord,
  Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,
  and to offer the sacrifice of
  a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,
  in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
  
  Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.
  This man was righteous and devout,
  awaiting the consolation of Israel,
  and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
  It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit
  that he should not see death
  before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.
  He came in the Spirit into the temple;
  and when the parents brought in the child Jesus
  to perform the custom of the law in regard to him,
  he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:
  
  "Now, Master, you may let your servant go
  in peace, according to your word,
  for my eyes have seen your salvation,
  which you prepared in the sight of all the peoples:
  a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
  and glory for your people Israel."
  
  The child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him;
  and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,
  "Behold, this child is destined
  for the fall and rise of many in Israel,
  and to be a sign that will be contradicted
  and you yourself a sword will pierce
  so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
  There was also a prophetess, Anna,
  the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.
  She was advanced in years,
  having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage,
  and then as a widow until she was eighty-four.
  She never left the temple,
  but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.
  And coming forward at that very time,
  she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child
  to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem.
  
  When they had fulfilled all the prescriptions
  of the law of the Lord,
  they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
  The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom;
  and the favor of God was upon him.
  

• FOURTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME 2025:

  Ordinary Time.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Jer 1:4-5, 17-19

  The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
  Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
  before you were born I dedicated you,
  a prophet to the nations I appointed you.
  But do you gird your loins;
  stand up and tell them
  all that I command you.
  Be not crushed on their account,
  as though I would leave you crushed before them;
  for it is I this day
  who have made you a fortified city,
  a pillar of iron, a wall of brass,
  against the whole land:
  against Judah’s kings and princes,
  against its priests and people.
  They will fight against you but not prevail over you,
  for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.
  

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17

  R. (cf. 15ab)
  I will sing of your salvation.
  In you, O LORD, I take refuge;
  let me never be put to shame.
  In your justice rescue me, and deliver me;
  incline your ear to me, and save me.
  R.I will sing of your salvation.
  Be my rock of refuge,
  a stronghold to give me safety,
  for you are my rock and my fortress.
  O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked.
  R.I will sing of your salvation.
  For you are my hope, O Lord;
  my trust, O God, from my youth.
  On you I depend from birth;
  from my mother’s womb you are my strength.
  R.I will sing of your salvation.
  My mouth shall declare your justice,
  day by day your salvation.
  O God, you have taught me from my youth,
  and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds.
  R.I will sing of your salvation.
  

  SECOND LECTURE OF THE MASS

  1 Cor 12:31—13:13 or 13:4-13

  Brothers and sisters:
  Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts.
  But I shall show you a still more excellent way.
  If I speak in human and angelic tongues,
  but do not have love,
  I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.
  And if I have the gift of prophecy,
  and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge;
  if I have all faith so as to move mountains,
  but do not have love, I am nothing.
  If I give away everything I own,
  and if I hand my body over so that I may boast,
  but do not have love, I gain nothing.
  Love is patient, love is kind.
  It is not jealous, it is not pompous,
  It is not inflated, it is not rude,
  it does not seek its own interests,
  it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
  it does not rejoice over wrongdoing
  but rejoices with the truth.
  It bears all things, believes all things,
  hopes all things, endures all things.
  Love never fails.
  If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing;
  if tongues, they will cease;
  if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.
  For we know partially and we prophesy partially,
  but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
  When I was a child, I used to talk as a child,
  think as a child, reason as a child;
  when I became a man, I put aside childish things.
  At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
  but then face to face.
  At present I know partially;
  then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
  So faith, hope, love remain, these three;
  but the greatest of these is love.
  or
  Brothers and sisters:
  Love is patient, love is kind.
  It is not jealous, it is not pompous,
  it is not inflated, it is not rude,
  it does not seek its own interests,
  it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
  it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
  It bears all things, believes all things,
  hopes all things, endures all things.
  Love never fails.
  If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing;
  if tongues, they will cease;
  if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.
  For we know partially and we prophesy partially,
  but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
  When I was a child, I used to talk as a child,
  think as a child, reason as a child;
  when I became a man, I put aside childish things.
  At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
  but then face to face.
  At present I know partially;
  then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
  So faith, hope, love remain, these three;
  but the greatest of these is love.
  

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Lk 4:21-30

  Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, saying:
  "Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing."
  And all spoke highly of him
  and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth.
  They also asked, "Isn’t this the son of Joseph?"
  He said to them, "Surely you will quote me this proverb,
  ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say,
  ‘Do here in your native place
  the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’"
  And he said, "Amen, I say to you,
  no prophet is accepted in his own native place.
  Indeed, I tell you,
  there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah
  when the sky was closed for three and a half years
  and a severe famine spread over the entire land.
  It was to none of these that Elijah was sent,
  but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
  Again, there were many lepers in Israel
  during the time of Elisha the prophet;
  yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."
  When the people in the synagogue heard this,
  they were all filled with fury.
  They rose up, drove him out of the town,
  and led him to the brow of the hill
  on which their town had been built,
  to hurl him down headlong.
  But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away.