Daily Mass Readings for February 03, 2025: Gospel — Mc 5, 1-20

3 ² And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets. 3 ³ Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, 3 ⁴ quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight, 3 ⁵ and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. 3 ⁶ And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 3 ⁷ They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated 3 ⁸ (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth. 3 ⁹ And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. 4 ⁰ For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.