09/09/2023
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
10th September 2023 (Sunday) Readings
Lectionary: 127
First Reading: Ezekiel 33:7-9
Thus says the Lord: “You, son of man, I have made a watchman 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 one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7abc, 7d-9, (R. 7d, 8a)
R/. O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts.
Second Reading: Romans 13:8-10
Brethren: Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For 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: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Alleluia
V/. Alleluia R/. Alleluia
V/. The Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
R/. Alleluia
Gospel : Matthew 18:15-10
At that time: 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 gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed