The Gospel of Masses for the All Saints’ Day Weekend 2025
Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew (mass of November 1, 2025)
Solemnity of All Saints
At that time, seeing the crowds, Jesus climbed the mountain. He sat down, and his disciples came to him. Then, opening his mouth, he taught them. He said: “Blessed are the poor in heart, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they will obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are you if people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, because of me. Rejoice, be glad, for your reward is great in heaven! »
*Chapter 5, verses 1 to 12a.
Other readings: Book of Revelation of Saint John (chapter 7, verses 2 to 4 and 9 and 14); Psalm 23 (24); First letter of Saint John (chapter 3, verses 1 to 3).
Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John (mass of November 2, 2025)
Commemoration of all the faithful departed
At that time, Jesus said to the crowds: “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will not throw out. For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him who sent me. Now this is the will of Him who sent me: that of those whom He has given me I should not lose, but should raise them up at the last day. This is the will of my Father: that whoever sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
*Please note, on this day, several reading choices are possible. We have retained here the Gospel according to Saint John (chapter 6, verses 37 to 40).
Other readings: Book of Wisdom (chapter 3, verses 1 to 6 and 9); Psalm 26 (27); First letter of Saint Paul to the Christians of Corinth (chapter 15, verses 51 to 57).
Those that the Father gives me
Dominique Lang, journalist at Pilgrim and Assumptionist religious:
During the celebrations of this very special weekend, two extracts from the Gospel will resonate together to make the unique voice of Christ heard. This voice of a young rabbi from Nazareth first who, in the version of Saint Matthew, at the beginning of his ministry, opens his teaching by recognizing among those who gathered around him the visible signs of the kingdom of God already at work. Happy are we if we know how to look at each other in a similar way. Then, later, in the text of Saint John, the tone changes, more intimate, plunging us into the heart of Trinitarian life. It is the voice of the Son who contemplates the Father in the strength of the Spirit. There, the crowd changes too. From now on, they are “those whom the Father” gives to the Son, as a treasure not to be lost.
Happy are we if we take the measure of what we become by following Jesus: resurrected people invited to share life in fullness with this God who gives it to us. Thus, All Saints’ Day and the commemoration of the deceased are not just an autumn ritual of passage, one where we come to restore a little order and beauty to the graves. They are a reminder to everyone of a superabundant promise which must engage our entire life, from the crowd receiving the Beatitudes to that of beloved sons and daughters who welcome the will of God.
