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Sunday 20 September 2026

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday · Ordinary Time 1962: XVII Sunday after Pentecost, Class II

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All of SeptemberThe year 2026

Ordinary Form · Missal of Paul VI

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday · Ordinary Time · Sunday Cycle A · Psalter Week 1

First ReadingIsaiah 55:6-9

From the Book of Isaiah

6Seek the Lord while he may be found.Call on him while he is near.7Let the wicked forsake his way,and the unrighteous man his thoughts.Let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him,to our God, for he will freely pardon.8“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,and your ways are not my ways,” says the Lord.9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your ways,and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Responsorial PsalmPsalm 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18

2Every day I will praise you.I will extol your name forever and ever.3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised!His greatness is unsearchable.

8The Lord is gracious, merciful,slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.9The Lord is good to all.His tender mercies are over all his works.

17The Lord is righteous in all his ways,and gracious in all his works.18The Lord is near to all those who call on him,to all who call on him in truth.

Second ReadingPhilippians 1:20c-24, 27a

From the Letter of Paul to the Philippians

20according to my earnest expectation and hope,that I will in no way be disappointed,but with all boldness,as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body,whether by life or by death.21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.22But if I live on in the flesh,this will bring fruit from my work;yet I don’t know what I will choose.23But I am hard pressed between the two,having the desire to depart and be with Christ,which is far better.24Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

verses 25–26 are not read27Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ,that whether I come and see you or am absent,I may hear of your state,that you stand firm in one spirit,with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

GospelMatthew 20:1-16a

From the Gospel according to Matthew

1“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a manwho was the master of a household,who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.2When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day,he sent them into his vineyard.3He went out about the third hour,and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.4He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,and whatever is right I will give you.’So they went their way.5Again he went out about the sixthand the ninth hour, and did likewise.6About the eleventh hour he went outand found others standing idle.He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

7“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’

“He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,and you will receive whatever is right.’

8“When evening had come,the lord of the vineyard said to his manager,‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages,beginning from the last to the first.’9“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came,they each received a denarius.10When the first came,they supposed that they would receive more;and they likewise each received a denarius.11When they received it,they murmured against the master of the household,12saying, ‘These last have spent one hour,and you have made them equal to uswho have borne the burden of the dayand the scorching heat!’

13“But he answered one of them,‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong.Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?14Take that which is yours, and go your way.It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.15Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own?Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’16So the last will be first, and the first last.For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Readings in the World English Bible (Catholic Edition), chosen by the Lectionary for Mass. The prayers of the Mass are in the Roman Missal.

Celebrations follow the Wales. Your diocese may keep additional feasts.

1962 Missal · Missale Romanum

XVII Sunday after Pentecost

Class II · green

IntroitIntroitus

Ps 118:137; 118:124

Justus es, Dómine, et rectum judícium tuum: fac cum servo tuo secúndum misericórdiam tuam.

Ps 118:1

Beáti immaculáti in via: qui ámbulant in lege Dómini.

Glória Patri…

Justus es, Dómine, et rectum judicium tuum: fac cum servo tuo secúndum misericórdiam tuam.

Ps 118:137; 118:124

You are just, O Lord, and Your ordinance is right. Deal with Your servant according to Your kindness.

Ps 118:1

Happy are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Glory Be to the Father…

You are just, O Lord, and Your ordinance is right. Deal with Your servant according to Your kindness.

CollectOratio

Da, quǽsumus, Dómine, pópulo tuo diabólica vitáre contágia: et te solum Deum pura mente sectári.

Per Dominum…

Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, that Your people may avoid the temptations of the devil, and with pure minds follow You, the only God.

Through our Lord…

EpistleLectio

Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Ephésios

Ephes 4:1-6

Fratres: Obsecro vos ego vinctus in Dómino, ut digne ambulétis vocatióne, qua vocáti estis, cum omni humilitáte et mansuetúdine, cum patiéntia, supportántes ínvicem in caritáte, sollíciti serváre unitátem spíritus in vínculo pacis. Unum corpus et unus spíritus, sicut vocáti estis in una spe vocatiónis vestræ. Unus Dóminus, una fides, unum baptísma. Unus Deus et Pater ómnium, qui est super omnes et per ómnia et in ómnibus nobis. Qui est benedíctus in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Lesson from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians

Eph 4:1-6

Brethren: I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, careful to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace: one body and one Spirit, even as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of all, Who is above all, and throughout all, and in us all, Who is blessed forever and ever. Amen.

GradualGraduale

Ps 32:12; 32:6

Beáta gens, cujus est Dóminus Deus eórum: pópulus, quem elégit Dóminus in hereditátem sibi.

℣.Verbo Dómini cœli firmáti sunt: et spíritu oris ejus omnis virtus eórum. Allelúja, allelúja

Ps 101:2

Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam, et clamor meus ad te pervéniat. Allelúja.

Ps 32:12; 32:6

Happy the nation whose God is the Lord, the people the Lord has chosen for His own inheritance.

℣.By the word of the Lord the heavens were made; by the breath of His mouth all their host. Alleluia, alleluia.

Ps 101:2

℣.O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to You. Alleluia.

GospelEvangelium

Sequéntia ☩ sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

Matt 22:34-46

In illo témpore: Accessérunt ad Jesum pharisǽi: et interrogávit eum unus ex eis legis doctor, tentans eum: Magíster, quod est mandátum magnum in lege? Ait illi Jesus: Díliges Dóminum, Deum tuum, ex toto corde tuo et in tota ánima tua et in tota mente tua. Hoc est máximum et primum mandátum. Secúndum autem símile est huic: Díliges próximum tuum sicut teípsum. In his duóbus mandátis univérsa lex pendet et prophétæ. Congregátis autem pharisǽis, interrogávit eos Jesus, dicens: Quid vobis vidétur de Christo? cujus fílius est? Dicunt ei: David. Ait illis: Quómodo ergo David in spíritu vocat eum Dóminum, dicens: Dixit Dóminus Dómino meo, sede a dextris meis, donec ponam inimícos tuos scabéllum pedum tuórum? Si ergo David vocat eum Dóminum, quómodo fílius ejus est? Et nemo poterat ei respóndere verbum: neque ausus fuit quisquam ex illa die eum ámplius interrogáre.

Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 22:34-46

At that time, the Pharisees came to Jesus and one of them, a doctor of the Law, putting Him to the test, asked Him, Master, which is the great commandment in the Law? Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets. Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them, saying, What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is He? They said to Him, David’s. He said to them, How then does David in the spirit call Him Lord, saying, The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool?’ If David, therefore, calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son? And no one could answer Him a word; neither did anyone dare from that day forth to ask Him any more questions.

OffertoryOffertorium

Dan 9:17; 9:18; 9:19

Orávi Deum meum ego Dániel, dicens: Exáudi, Dómine, preces servi tui: illúmina fáciem tuam super sanctuárium tuum: et propítius inténde pópulum istum, super quem invocátum est nomen tuum, Deus.

Dan 9:17-19

I, Daniel, prayed to my God, saying, Hear, O Lord, the prayers of Your servant; show Your face upon Your sanctuary, and favorably look down upon this people, upon whom Your name is invoked, O God.

SecretSecreta

Majestátem tuam, Dómine, supplíciter deprecámur: ut hæc sancta, quæ gérimus, et a prætéritis nos delictis éxuant et futúris.

Per Dominum…

O Lord, we humbly pray Your Majesty that the holy rite which we are celebrating may free us from past and future sins.

Through our Lord…

PrefacePrefatio

de sanctissima Trinitate

Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: Qui cum unigénito Fílio tuo et Spíritu Sancto unus es Deus, unus es Dóminus: non in uníus singularitáte persónæ, sed in uníus Trinitáte substántiæ. Quod enim de tua glória, revelánte te, crédimus, hoc de Fílio tuo, hoc de Spíritu Sancto sine differéntia discretiónis sentímus. Ut in confessióne veræ sempiternǽque Deitátis, et in persónis propríetas, et in esséntia únitas, et in majestáte adorétur æquálitas. Quam laudant Angeli atque Archángeli, Chérubim quoque ac Séraphim: qui non cessant clamáre cotídie, una voce dicéntes:

Holy Trinity

It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God; Who, together with Thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, art one God, one Lord: not in the oneness of a single Person, but in the Trinity of one substance. For what we believe by Thy revelation of Thy glory, the same do we believe of Thy Son, the same of the Holy Ghost, without difference or separation. So that in confessing the true and everlasting Godhead, distinction in persons, unity in essence, and equality in majesty may be adored. Which the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim also and Seraphim do praise: who cease not daily to cry out, with one voice saying:

CommunionCommunio

Ps 75:12-13

Vovéte et réddite Dómino, Deo vestro, omnes, qui in circúitu ejus affértis múnera: terríbili, et ei qui aufert spíritum príncipum: terríbili apud omnes reges terræ.

Ps 75:12-13

Make vows to the Lord, your God, and fulfill them; let all round about Him bring gifts to the terrible Lord Who checks the pride of princes, Who is terrible to the kings of the earth.

PostcommunionPostcommunio

Sanctificatiónibus tuis, omnípotens Deus, et vítia nostra curéntur, et remédia nobis ætérna provéniant.

Per Dominum…

By the workings of Your sanctifying power, almighty God, may our vices be cured and eternal remedies provided for us.

Through our Lord…

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