The 26th of February, 2025 is Wednesday in the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time. The Holy Bible verses for the mass readings for this day came from the Liturgical Calendar Year 2025.
Reading 1: SIR 4:11-19
The first reading from The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus.
Wisdom exalts her sons, and takes hold of those who seek her.
He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness.
He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where he enters, the Lord will bless.
Those who serve her minister to the Holy One. The Lord loves those who love her.
He who listens to her will judge the nations. He who heeds her will dwell securely.
If he trusts her, he will inherit her, and his generations will possess her.
For at the first she will walk with him in crooked ways, and will bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her judgments.
Then she will return him again to the straight way, and will gladden him, and reveal to him her secrets.
If he goes astray, she will forsake him, and hand him over to his fall.
Responsorial Psalm: PS 119:165, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175
Response: Those who love your law have great peace.
Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
R: Those who love your law have great peace.
I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
R: Those who love your law have great peace.
Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
R: Those who love your law have great peace.
Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
R: Those who love your law have great peace.
I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
R: Those who love your law have great peace.
Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
R: Those who love your law have great peace.
Gospel of the Day: MK 9:38-40
From the gospel scripture according to Mark.
John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone who doesn’t follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow us.”
But Jesus said, “Don’t forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
For whoever is not against us is on our side.”
