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Today’s Gospel.
Matthew 21:33-43
33 Hear ye another parable. There was a man, an householder, who planted a vineyard and made a hedge round about it and dug in it a press and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a strange country.
34 And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof.
35 And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one and killed another and stoned another.
36 Again he sent other servants, more than the former; and they did to them in like manner.
37 And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son.
38 But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.
39 And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?
41 They say to him: He will bring those evil men to an evil end and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen that shall render him the fruit in due season.
42 Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.
43 Therefore I say to you that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof.
Douay-Rheims, public domain. At Mass you will hear the translation approved in your country.
Saint of the day.
Sunday · Liturgical colour: green
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint Francis of Assisi is usually remembered on this date. This year the Sunday is celebrated instead.
A young man kneels in a crumbling chapel outside Assisi and hears a voice from the crucifix. Catholic Encyclopedia
“Go, Francis, and repair my house, which as you see is falling into ruin.”
Read the full story of St Francis of Assisi
“May you be praised, O Lord, in all your creatures, especially brother sun, by whom you give us light for the day.”
Today’s readings.
- First readingIsaiah 5:1-7Read Isaias 5 in the Douay-Rheims
- PsalmPsalm 79(80):9,12-16,19-20Read Psalm 79 in the Douay-Rheims
- Second readingPhilippians 4:6-9Read Philippians 4 in the Douay-Rheims
- GospelMatthew 21:33-43Read Matthew 21 in the Douay-Rheims
References for the General Roman Calendar, from Universalis. Psalms are numbered as in the Douay-Rheims, with the Hebrew number in brackets, and verse numbers can differ slightly. The official US text is published by the USCCB; other countries use their own approved translation.
Coming up: Our Lady of the Rosary, Wednesday 7 October
General Roman Calendar. Eastern Catholic Churches keep their own calendars.