On the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we consider generosity. We can be very generous when we expect a return for ourselves. We tend to be very concerned with generating wealth and making ourselves important. But can we be generous in the way God is generous? Can we care for the least among us? Here are some resources for this Sunday for youth ministers, catechists, teachers, and parents.
Click on the appropriate year below to see resources, themes, homilies, games, lesson plans, and more.
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Resources for Lectionary Cycle A
Resources for Lectionary Cycle B
Mass Readings for September 24, 2023, the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
- First Reading – Isaiah 55:6-9: “As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts.”
- Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 145: “The Lord is near to all who call upon him.”
- Second Reading – Philippians 1:20C-24, 27A: “Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me life is Christ, and death is gain.”
- Gospel – Matthew 20:1-16A: “What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?”
Mass Readings for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
- First Reading – Wisdom 2:12, 17-20: “For if the just one be the son of God, God will defend him and deliver him from the hand of his foes”
- Responsorial Psalm –Psalm 54: “The Lord upholds my life.”
- Second Reading – James 3:16—4:3: “But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity.”
- Gospel – Mark 9:30-37: “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”
Mass Readings for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
- First Reading – Amos 8:4-7: “Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land!”
- Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 113: “Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor.”
- Second Reading –1 Timothy 2:1-8: “First of all, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity.”
- Gospel – Luke 16:1-13: “For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.”
More About Lectionary Cycles
Learn more about the difference between a Bible and a Lectionary, how the Lectionary is arranged, and translations of the Bible used at Mass.
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