Annunciation Church Hectorville Parish

06/09/2026

*✞ GOD'S WORD ✞*

*7th SEPTEMBER, MONDAY*

*FIRST READING*
*1 Corinthians 5:1-8*
_Get rid of the old yeast of evil and wickedness_

Brothers and sisters:
It is widely reported that there is immorality among you,
and immorality of a kind not found even among pagans–
a man living with his father’s wife.
And you are inflated with pride.
Should you not rather have been sorrowful?
The one who did this deed should be expelled from your midst.
I, for my part, although absent in body but present in spirit,
have already, as if present,
pronounced judgment on the one who has committed this deed,
in the name of our Lord Jesus:
when you have gathered together and I am with you in spirit
with the power of the Lord Jesus,
you are to deliver this man to Satan
for the destruction of his flesh,
so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

Your boasting is not appropriate.
Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough?
Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough,
inasmuch as you are unleavened.
For our Paschal Lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.
Therefore, let us celebrate the feast,
not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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*RESPONSORIAL PSALM*
Psalm 5:5-6, 7, 12

*R. Lead me in your justice, Lord.*

For you, O God, delight not in wickedness;
no evil man remains with you;
the arrogant may not stand in your sight.
You hate all evildoers.
*R. Lead me in your justice, Lord.*

You destroy all who speak falsehood;
The bloodthirsty and the deceitful
the LORD abhors.
*R. Lead me in your justice, Lord.*

But let all who take refuge in you
be glad and exult forever.
Protect them, that you may be the joy
of those who love your name.
*R. Lead me in your justice, Lord.*
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*GOSPEL ACCLAMATION*
Alleluia
John 10:27
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
I know them, and they follow me.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
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*GOSPEL*
*Luke 6:6-11*
_Is it against the law on the sabbath to save life?_

On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught,
and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.
The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely
to see if he would cure on the sabbath
so that they might discover a reason to accuse him.
But he realized their intentions
and said to the man with the withered hand,
"Come up and stand before us."
And he rose and stood there.
Then Jesus said to them,
"I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath
rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?"
Looking around at them all, he then said to him,
"Stretch out your hand."
He did so and his hand was restored.
But they became enraged
and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

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*Have a Blessed Day*
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06/09/2026

05/09/2026

† Saint of the Day †
(September 6)

✠ St. Begga of Andenne ✠

Widow, Founder, and Abbes:

Born: June 2, 613
Liege, Walloon Region, Belgium

Died: December 17, 693
Andenne, Province of Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium

Place of Burial:
Saint Begga's Collegiate Church in Andenne, Andenne, Province of Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium

Venerated in:
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church

Feast: September 6

Patronage: Beguines

Saint Begga was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the palace of Austrasia, and his wife Itta of Metz.

On the death of her husband, Ansegisel, she took the veil, founded seven churches, and built a convent at Andenne on the Meuse River (Andenne Sur Meuse) where she spent the rest of her days as abbess.

She was buried in Saint Begga's Collegiate Church in Andenne.

Life:
The daughter of Pepin of Landen and his wife, Itta, Begga was the older sister of St Gertrude of Nivelles. She married Ansegisel, son of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, and had three children: Pepin of Heristal, Martin of Laon, and Clotilda of Heristal, who married Theuderic III of the Franks. Ansegisel was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy Gundewin. Begga made a pilgrimage to Rome, and upon her return built seven churches at Andenne on the Meuse.

Veneration:
She is commemorated as a saint on her feast days, 6 September and 17 December.

Some hold that the Beguine movement which came to light in the 12th century was actually founded by St Begga; and the church in the beguinage of Lier, Belgium, has a statue of St Begga standing above the inscription: St. Begga, our foundress.

The Lier beguinage dates from the 13th century. Another popular theory, however, claims that the Beguines derived their name from that of the priest Lambert le Bègue, under whose protection the witness and ministry of the Beguines flourished.

05/09/2026

*✞ GOD'S WORD ✞*

*6th SEPTEMBER, SUNDAY*

*23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME*

*“Owe Nothing To Anyone, Except To Love One Another”*

_One message that could come from our readings this Sunday is, "We are our brothers and sisters keeper". Our readings today focus on our God-given duty to love, to care for and to correct one another, in a spirit of love and reconciliation. God will hold us directly responsible if we do not._

*FIRST READING*
*Ezekiel 33:7-9*
_If you do not speak to the wicked man, I will hold you responsible for his death_

Thus says the LORD:
You, son of man, I have appointed watchman for the house of Israel;
when you hear me say anything, you shall warn them for me.
If I tell the wicked, "O wicked one, you shall surely die, "
and you do not speak out to dissuade the wicked from his way,
the wicked shall die for his guilt,
but I will hold you responsible for his death.
But if you warn the wicked,
trying to turn him from his way,
and he refuses to turn from his way,
he shall die for his guilt,
but you shall save yourself.
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*RESPONSORIAL PSALM*
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9
*R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.*

Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD;
let us acclaim the rock of our salvation.
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us joyfully sing psalms to him.
*R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.*

Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
For he is our God,
and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.
*R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.*

Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
"Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the desert,
where your fathers tempted me;
they tested me though they had seen my works."
*R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.*
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*SECOND READING*
*Romans 13:8-10*
_Your only debt should be the debt of mutual love_

Brothers and sisters:
Owe nothing to anyone, 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 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."
Love does no evil to the neighbor;
hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.
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*GOSPEL ACCLAMATION*
Alleluia
2 Corinthians 5:19
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ
and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
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*GOSPEL*
*Matthew 18:15-20*
_If your brother listens to you, you have won back your brother_

Jesus said to his disciples:
"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.
If 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.'
If 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.
Amen, 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.
Again, 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.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them."
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*Have a Blessed Day*
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In our *First Reading* (Ezekiel 33:7-9), God appointed the prophet Ezekiel to be “watchman for the house of Israel”. God said to Ezekiel, “If I tell the wicked, ‘O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak out to dissuade the wicked from his way, the wicked shall die for his guilt, but I will hold you responsible for his death.” God held Ezekiel personally responsible if he did not warn the people of their evil ways.

In our *Epistle Reading* (Romans 13:8-10), St. Paul continues his exhortation of last week to "offer your bodies as a living sacrifice" by telling us how we should do that -- to live in love and to love one another. Paul wrote, “Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” He reminds us that all violations of the law have at their root a failure to love one another. It is this love that drives our desire for reconciliation and concern for each other and it is this love that drives us for union and reconciliation with our Lord.

In our *Gospel Reading* (Matthew 18:15-20), Jesus lays out the proper order of reconciliation back to the Church for someone who has fallen. First, one-to-one, privately; then with a few trusted witnesses, and if still unsuccessful, with the whole Church. As in our first reading, the goal is reconciliation, not condemnation. Then, Jesus gave His disciples the authority to reconcile sinners.

Have we ever judged others' wrongdoing out of a sense of superiority or self-righteousness? The duty to correct must be borne out of love, not judgement, and done as privately as possible. This is certainly how we would like to be treated if we have wronged someone. How do we measure up to this ideal? Possibly food for thought this week.

05/09/2026

PRAYER FOR ALL FATHERS 🙏

05/09/2026

💐🎉Happy Father’s Day to all Fathers, Grandfathers and Father Figures in the Parish. May Our Heavenly Father Bless You All🎉💐

05/09/2026

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