O heavenly Father great is Your mercy and love for us that instead of destroying us all, unworthy creatures that we are. You seek among us all the righteous and the kind;those saddened by the wickedness and cruelty which surrounds them. Marked with the powerful sign of the Cross, we are saved.
In Your great wisdom O Lord, You established Your Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. A great and powerful sacrament, for by Your Grace we are saved. We are united in and by our baptism and so any quarrel that divides us of which we cannot resolve by ourselves; may be resolved by Your Church. Guided by the Holy Spirit the Church exercises through her priests Your power to forgive through the Sacrament of reconciliation. That we may receive the body of Your Son for nourishment so that we may journey to bring the lost and separated Home. For we carry the love and sign off the cross in our hearts. Amen
FIRST READING
Ezekiel 9:1–7; 10:18–22
GOSPEL
Matthew 18:15–20
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.”
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