Daily Readings

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Guided audio · 5 minutes

Bible translation:World English Bible (Catholic)Douay-Rheims
  1. 01

    First Reading

    Sirach 27:30-28:7
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    ecclesiasticus 27

    30Wrath and anger, these also are abominations. A sinner will possess them.

    ecclesiasticus 28

    1He who takes vengeance will find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely make his sins firm.

    2Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.

    3Does anyone harbor anger against another and expect healing from the Lord?

    4Upon a man like himself he has no mercy, and does he make supplication for his own sins?

    5He himself, being flesh, nourishes wrath. Who will make atonement for his sins?

    6Remember your last end, and stop enmity. Remember corruption and death, and be true to the commandments.

    7Remember the commandments, and don't be angry with your neighbor. Remember the covenant of the Highest, and overlook ignorance.

  2. 02

    Responsorial Psalm

    Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12
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    psalms 103

    1Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

    2Praise the LORD, my soul, and don't forget all his benefits,

    3who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

    4who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,

    9He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

    10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.

    11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

    12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

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    Second Reading

    Romans 14:7-9
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    romans 14

    7For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.

    8For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.

    9For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

  4. 04

    Gospel

    Matthew 18:21-35
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    matthew 18

    21Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"

    22Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

    23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

    24When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

    25But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

    26The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'

    27The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.

    28"But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'

    29"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'

    30He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.

    31So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.

    32Then his lord called him in and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

    33Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'

    34His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.

    35So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

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