Catholic Mass Readings for January 25 2025, Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul

Catholic Mass Readings for January 25 2025, Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle

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First Reading: Acts 22:3-16

³Paul addressed the people in these words: “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. At the feet of Gamaliel I was educated strictly in our ancestral law and was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

⁴I persecuted this Way to death, binding both men and women and delivering them to prison.  ⁵Even the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify on my behalf. For from them I even received letters to the brothers and set out for Damascus to bring back to Jerusalem in chains for punishment those there as well.

⁶“On that journey as I drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from the sky suddenly shone around me. ⁷I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

⁸I replied, ‘Who are you, sir?’ And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazorean whom you are persecuting.’ ⁹My companions saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who spoke to me.

¹⁰I asked, ‘What shall I do, sir?’ The Lord answered me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything appointed for you to do.’ ¹¹Since I could see nothing because of the brightness of that light, I was led by hand by my companions and entered Damascus.

¹²“A certain Ananias, a devout observer of the law, and highly spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, ¹³came to me and stood there and said, ‘Saul, my brother, regain your sight.’ And at that very moment I regained my sight and saw him.

¹⁴Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors designated you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of his voice; ¹⁵for you will be his witness before all to what you have seen and heard. ¹⁶Now, why delay? Get up and have yourself baptized and your sins washed away, calling upon his name.’”

Or Acts 9:1-22

¹Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest ²and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains.

³On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him. ⁴He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

⁵He said, “Who are you, sir?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. ⁶Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do.” ⁷The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see no one.

⁸Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him to Damascus. ⁹For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.

¹⁰There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias.” He answered, “Here I am, Lord.”

¹¹The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is there praying, ¹²and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, that he may regain his sight.”

¹³But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones in Jerusalem. ¹⁴And here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call upon your name.”

¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before Gentiles, kings, and children of Israel, ¹⁶and I will show him what he will have to suffer for my name.”

¹⁷So Ananias went and entered the house; laying his hands on him, he said, “Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

¹⁸Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized, ¹⁹and when he had eaten, he recovered his strength.

He stayed some days with the disciples in Damascus, ²⁰and he began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

²¹All who heard him were astounded and said, “Is not this the man who in Jerusalem ravaged those who call upon this name, and came here expressly to take them back in chains to the chief priests?”

²²But Saul grew all the stronger and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 117:1BC, 2

R. ^{(Mark 16:15)} Go out to all the world and tell the Good News or Alleluia, alleluia.

^1BCPraise the LORD, all you nations;

glorify him, all you peoples!

R. Go out to all the world, and tell the Good News or Alleluia, alleluia.

² For steadfast is his kindness toward us,

and the fidelity of the LORD endures

forever.

R. Go out to all the world, and tell the Good News or Alleluia, alleluia.

Alleluia: cf. John 15:16

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

¹⁶I chose you from the world,

to go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Reading for January 25 2025: Mark 16:15-18

¹⁵Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. ¹⁶Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.

¹⁷These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. ¹⁸They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

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