Reading 1: Ez 33:7-9
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. Responsorial Psalm: Ps 95
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.
- 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
- 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.
Reading 2: Rom 13:8-10
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.
Gospel Acclamation: 2 Cor 5:19
All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
God was reconciling the
world to himself in Christ
and entrusting to us the
message of reconciliation.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel Mt 18:15-20
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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