Sunday of the XXVI Week in Ordinary Time
Sunday, September 27, 2026
First Reading
Reading of the prophecy of Ezekiel (18,25-28):
Thus says the Lord: "You comment: 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Listen, house of Israel: is my course unjust? Or is it not your course that is unjust? When the righteous departs from his justice, commits evil and dies, he dies for the evil he committed. And when the wicked person turns from the evil he did and practices right and justice, he himself saves his life. If he reconsiders and converts from the crimes committed, he will certainly live and will not die.
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Psalm
Salt 24,4bc-5.6-7.8-9
R/. Remember, Lord, that your mercy is eternal
Lord, teach me your ways,
instruct me in your paths:
make him walk faithfully;
teach me, because you are my God and Savior,
and all day I'm waiting for you. R/.
Remember, Lord,
that your tenderness and your mercy are eternal;
do not remember the sins
nor of the evils of my youth;
remember me with mercy,
for your goodness, Lord. R/.
The Lord is good and upright,
and teach the way to sinners;
makes the humble walk in righteousness,
He teaches his way to the humble. R/.
Second Reading
Reading from the letter of the apostle Saint Paul to the Philippians (2:1-11):
If you want to give me the consolation of Christ and relieve me with your love, if the same Spirit unites us and you have compassionate bowels, give me this great joy: remain unanimous and in agreement with the same love and the same feeling. Do not act out of rivalry or ostentation, let yourselves be guided by humility and always consider yourself superior to others. Do not lock yourselves in your interests, but all seek the interest of others. Have among yourselves the feelings of Christ Jesus. He, despite his divine condition, did not flaunt his category of God; On the contrary, he stripped himself of his rank and took on the status of a slave, becoming one of many. And so, acting like any other man, he lowered himself to the point of submitting even to death, and a death on a cross. That is why God raised him above all and gave him the Name-above-all-name; so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven, on earth, in the abyss, and every tongue proclaim: Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Gospel
Reading of the holy gospel according to Saint Matthew (21,28-32):
At that time, Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “What do you think? A man had two children. He approached the first and said to him, “Son, go work in the vineyard today.” He answered: "I don't want to." But then he reconsidered and went. He approached the second and told him the same thing. He answered: "I'm going, sir." But it wasn't. "Which of the two did what the father wanted?"
They answered: "The first."
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and prostitutes are ahead of you on the way to the kingdom of God. For John came to you, teaching you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; However, the publicans and prostitutes believed him. And even after seeing this, you did not reconsider or believe him.
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