Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Ezekiel 33:7-9, Romans 13:8-10, and Matthew 18:15-20. The Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 95 (Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm, September 6, 2020 (Psalm 95 If Today You Hear His Voice Harden Not Your Hearts

The Gospel reading is as follows:

 
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." 

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sunday Reflections: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 6, 2020

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 6, 2020)

Community in Mission: The Obligation of Clear, Compassionate Correction of the Sinner - A Homily for the 23rd Sunday of the Year (5 SEP 20)

Crossroads Initiative: Fraternal Correction - Loving Intervention

St. Paul Center: To Win Them Back: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Magis Center for Catholic Spirituality: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Gregorian Institute at Benedictine College: This Sunday, Start Correcting Your Friends (3 SEP 20) 

Rhode Island Catholic: The Quite Corner: Freedom of Religion vs. Freedom from Religion (3 SEP 20)

Word on Fire: Correcting a Brother (Cycle A * Ordinary Time * Week 23)

National Catholic Register: Sunday Guide: Revitalizing Spiritual Works of Mercy (6 SEP 20) 

Spirituality of the Readings: Forgiveness (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A) 

In Exile: Pornography and the Sacred (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A) 

Glancing Thoughts: Witnessing for the Lord (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A) 

The Perspective of Justice: The Debt of Love (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A) 

Let the Scriptures Speak: Confronting in Church (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A) 

The Word Embodied: Challenge in Community (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A) 

Historical Cultural Context: Defusing Conflict (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A) 

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by John Chrysostom (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A)