Daily readings

Sunday, September 6, 2026

23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

Celebration23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

TypeSunday

SeasonOrdinary Time

Year2026 archive

The Roman Catholic readings for this date are shown below on-site. Use plain reading mode if you want clearer modern wording, or switch back to the original Douay-Rheims wording at any time.

Reading mode

Plain mode helps modern readers follow the text more easily.

On-site scripture text: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition. Plain mode is a built-in reading aid that modernizes older wording for easier understanding while keeping the same Roman Catholic reading references for the day.

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First Reading

Ezekiel 33:7-9

How to approach it

Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.

7So you, OH Son of Man, I have made you a watchman to the people of Israel: therefore you shall hear the word from my mouth, and shall tell it them from me.

8When I say to the evil: OH evil man, you shall surely die: if you do not speak to warn the evil man from his way: that evil man shall die in his sin, but I will require his blood at your hand.

9But if you tell the evil man, that he may be converted from his ways, and he be not converted from his way: he shall die in his sin: but you have rescued your soul.

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Psalm

Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9

How to pray it

The psalm is meant to be prayed, not rushed. If the wording feels older, focus on the main movement of the prayer: trust, praise, sorrow, gratitude, or hope.

1Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.

2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

6Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.

7For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

8To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

9As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

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Second Reading

Romans 13:8-10

How to read it

This reading often teaches Christians how to live with steadiness, charity, and faith. Look for one clear encouragement or warning you can carry into the day.

8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loves his neighbour, has fulfilled the law.

9For You shall not commit adultery: You shall not kill: You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness: You shall not long for: and if there be any other command, it is comprised in this word, You shall love your neighbour as yourself.

10The love of our neighbour works no evil. Love therefore is the fulfilling of the law.

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Gospel

Matthew 18:15-20

What to watch for

The Gospel is the center of the reading set. Pay close attention to what Jesus says, what Jesus does, and what response he is asking for.

15But if your brother shall offend against you, go, and rebuke him between you and him alone. If he shall hear you, you shall gain your brother.

16And if he will not hear you, take with you one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three people giving testimony every word may stand.

17And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to you as the nations and tax collector.

18Amen I say to you, whatever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.

19Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning any thing whatever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven.

20For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Source note

This page uses the Catholic Readings API for the day's references and liturgical celebration data, while the on-site scripture text is rendered from the public-domain Douay-Rheims Bible distributed through the Open Bibles project.