Mass Readings For Sunday 10th September, 2017
First Reading, Ezekiel 33:7-9
7 'Son of man I have
appointed you as watchman for the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my
mouth, warn them from me.
8 If I say to someone
wicked, "Evil- doer, you are to die," and you do not speak to warn
the wicked person to renounce such ways, the wicked person will die for this
guilt, but I shall hold you responsible for the death.
9 If, however, you do
warn someone wicked to renounce such ways and repent, and that person does not
repent, then the culprit will die for this guilt, but you yourself will have
saved your life.
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9
1 Come, let us cry out
with joy to Yahweh, acclaim the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come into his
presence with thanksgiving, acclaim him with music.
6 Come, let us bow low
and do reverence; kneel before Yahweh who made us!
7 For he is our God, and
we the people of his sheepfold, the flock of his hand. If only you would listen
to him today!
8 Do not harden your
hearts as at Meribah, as at the time of Massah in the desert,
9 when your ancestors
challenged me, put me to the test, and saw what I could do!
Reading 2, Romans
13:8-10
8 The only thing you
should owe to anyone is love for one another, for to love the other person is
to fulfil the law.
9 All these: You shall
not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not
covet, and all the other commandments that there are, are summed up in this
single phrase: You must love your neighbour as yourself.
10 Love can cause no
harm to your neighbour, and so love is the fulfilment of the Law.
Gospel, Matthew 18:15-20
15 'If your brother does
something wrong, go and have it out with him alone, between your two selves. If
he listens to you, you have won back your brother.
16 If he does not
listen, take one or two others along with you: whatever the misdemeanour, the
evidence of two or three witnesses is required to sustain the charge.
17 But if he refuses to
listen to these, report it to the community; and if he refuses to listen to the
community, treat him like a gentile or a tax collector.
18 'In truth I tell you,
whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth
will be loosed in heaven.
19 'In truth I tell you
once again, if two of you on earth agree to ask anything at all, it will be
granted to you by my Father in heaven.
20 For where two or
three meet in my name, I am there among them.'