26 th Sunday in Ordinary Time September 28, 2014 FIRSTREADING Ezekiel 18:25-28.

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26 th Sunday in Ordinary Time September 28, 2014 FIRST READING Ezekiel 18:25-28

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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 28, 2014

FIRSTREADING

Ezekiel 18:25-28

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FIRST READINGEzekiel 18:25-28

The Hebrew people once believed that children inherit the guilt for their ancestors' sins, and that sinners cannot really reform.

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FIRST READINGEzekiel 18:25-28

In the verses preceding today's reading, Ezekiel demolished those traditional beliefs.

The people respond that God's ways are unfair!

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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 28, 2014

SECOND READINGJohn 10:27

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SECOND READINGJohn 10:27

Paul tells his dear friends that what will endear them to him even more is if they behave like Christ.

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SECOND READINGJohn 10:27

Paul describes Christ by quoting an even older Christian hymn.

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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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GOSPELMatthew 21:28-32

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GOSPELMatthew 21:28-32

Jesus upbraids the religious leaders of his day for failing to recognize the hand of God at work in events of their lives.