Sunday, September 6, 2026
First Reading
Ezekiel 33:7-9
(New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition)
You, mortal, I have made a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, « O wicked ones, you shall surely die, » and you do not speak to warn the wicked from their wicked way, the wicked shall die in their iniquity, but their blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked to turn from their way, and they do not turn from their way, they shall die in their iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9
(New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition)
R. (8) O that today you would listen to his voice: « Harden not your hearts. »
O come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
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O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.
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O that today you would listen to his voice:
« Harden not your hearts, as at Meribah,
as on the day of Massah in the wilderness,
when your ancestors tested me,
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. »
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Second Reading
Romans 13:8-10
(New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition)
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, « You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet »; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, « Love your neighbor as yourself. » Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Gospel
Matthew 18:15-20
(New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition)
Jesus said to his disciples: « If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them. »