27th Sunday
‘God of hosts, turn again, we implore;
look down from heaven
and see.
Visit this vine and
protect it
And we shall never forsake you again.
Bring us back, O LORD God of hosts;
let your face shine forth, and we shall be saved.’
Liturgical Colour: Green
Entrance Antiphon: Psalm 85: 1-3
Within your will, O Lord, all things are established,
and there is none that can resist your will.
For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth,
and all that is held within the circle of heaven;
you are the Lord of all.
Opening Prayer
Almighty ever-living God,
who in the abundance of your kindness
surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you,
pour out your mercy upon us
to pardon what conscience dreads
and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
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TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A
(Ezekiel 18:25-28; Psalm 25(24); Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32)
Theme: Can Change to Practise His Compassion and Love.
This Sunday, we are called to examine our lives and renew our commitments. However, the question is whether we are willing today to change the way we think, practise our faith in Christ Jesus, and live and act according to His word.
Thus, in the second reading, St Paul invites us, who have received so much through grace—that is, those who have learned to follow the Lord’s commands, benefited from the sacraments of mercy, lived humbly and contentedly, enjoyed the fruits of God’s love, prospered through the power of the Spirit, and drawn daily from the Lord’s victory on the cross—to look beyond our own interests and care for the interests of others as well. But that is difficult