HOLY MASS WEDNESDAY TWENTY-NINTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2025

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Wednesday, 2025-10-22:

• St. John Paul II, Pope 2025:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Ephesians 3:2-12

  2assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, 3how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. 4When you read this you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6that is, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 7Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace which was given me by the working of his power. 8To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9and to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things; 10that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places. 11This was according to the eternal purpose which he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12in whom we have boldness and confidence of access through our faith in him.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Isaiah 12:2-6

  2"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation." 3With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4And you will say in that day: "Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name; make known his deeds among the nations, proclaim that his name is exalted. 5"Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be known in all the earth. 6Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Luke 12:39-48

  39But know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. 40You also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour." 41Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?" 42And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? 43Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. 44Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 45But if that servant says to himself, `My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will punish him, and put him with the unfaithful. 47And that servant who knew his master's will, but did not make ready or act according to his will, shall receive a severe beating. 48But he who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.

• WEDNESDAY TWENTY-NINTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2025:

  Ordinary Time.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Rom 6:12-18

  Brothers and sisters:
  Sin must not reign over your mortal bodies
  so that you obey their desires.
  And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin
  as weapons for wickedness,
  but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life
  and the parts of your bodies to God
  as weapons for righteousness.
  For sin is not to have any power over you,
  since you are not under the law but under grace.
  
  What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law
  but under grace?
  Of course not!
  Do you not know that if you present yourselves
  to someone as obedient slaves,
  you are slaves of the one you obey,
  either of sin, which leads to death,
  or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
  But thanks be to God that, although you were once slaves of sin,
  you have become obedient from the heart
  to the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted.
  Freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.
  
  

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  PS 124:1b-3, 4-6, 7-8

  R. (8a) Our help is in the name of the Lord.
  Had not the LORD been with us,
  let Israel say, had not the LORD been with us–
  When men rose up against us,
  then would they have swallowed us alive;
  When their fury was inflamed against us.
  R. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
  Then would the waters have overwhelmed us;
  The torrent would have swept over us;
  over us then would have swept the raging waters.
  Blessed be the LORD, who did not leave us
  a prey to their teeth.
  R. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
  We were rescued like a bird
  from the fowlers’ snare;
  Broken was the snare,
  and we were freed.
  Our help is in the name of the LORD,
  who made heaven and earth.
  R. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
  
  

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Lk 12:39-48

  Jesus said to his disciples:
  "Be sure of this:
  if the master of the house had known the hour
  when the thief was coming,
  he would not have let his house be broken into.
  You also must be prepared,
  for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."
  
  Then Peter said,
  "Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?"
  And the Lord replied,
  "Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward
  whom the master will put in charge of his servants
  to distribute the food allowance at the proper time?
  Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.
  Truly, I say to you, he will put him
  in charge of all his property.
  But if that servant says to himself,
  'My master is delayed in coming,'
  and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants,
  to eat and drink and get drunk,
  then that servant's master will come
  on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour
  and will punish the servant severely
  and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
  That servant who knew his master's will
  but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will
  shall be beaten severely;
  and the servant who was ignorant of his master's will
  but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating
  shall be beaten only lightly.
  Much will be required of the person entrusted with much,
  and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more."