Readings for
September 6, 2026
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Day
Reading I
Ezekiel 33:7-9
7You, son of man—I have appointed you as a sentinel for the house of Israel; when you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them for me.
8When I say to the wicked, “You wicked, you must die,” and you do not speak up to warn the wicked about their ways, they shall die in their sins, but I will hold you responsible for their blood.
9If, however, you warn the wicked to turn from their ways, but they do not, then they shall die in their sins, but you shall save your life.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9
1Psalm 95 A Call to Praise and Obedience I - Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD; cry out to the rock of our salvation.
2Let us come before him with a song of praise, joyfully sing out our psalms.
6II - Enter, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
7For he is our God, we are the people he shepherds, the sheep in his hands. III - Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
8Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the desert.
9There your ancestors tested me; they tried me though they had seen my works.
Reading II
Romans 13:8-10
8Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, [namely] “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
10Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law. Awareness of the End of Time.
Alleluia
2 Corinthians 5:19
19namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Gospel
Matthew 18:15-20
15“If your brother sins [against you], go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.
16If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
17If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.
18Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19Again, [amen,] I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.
20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant.