The twenty-sixth Sunday in ordinary time

First Reading: Ezekiel 18.25-28: When the wicked turn away rom the wickedness they have committed, they shall save their life.

Responsorial Psalm: 25.4-5a, 6+7b, 8-9 (R. 6)

Response:

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Second Reading: Philippians 2.1-11: Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.

Gospel Acclamation:

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Gospel: Matthew 21.28-32: The tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom ahead of you

Hymn: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven

Words:  Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)

Tune:  LAUDA ANIMA.  John Goss (1800-1880)

 [Choir of Westminster Abbey]

1.         Praise, my soul, the King of heaven,
            to his feet thy tribute bring;
            ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
            who like me his praise should sing?
            Praise him! Praise him!
            praise the everlasting King.

2.         Praise him for His grace and favour
            to our fathers in distress;
            praise him still the same for ever,
            slow to chide, and swift to bless:
            Praise him! Praise him!
            glorious in his faithfulness.

3.         Father-like, he tends and spares us,
            well our feeble frame he knows;
            In his hands he gently bears us,
            rescues us from all our foes:
            Praise him! Praise him!
            widely as his mercy flows.

4.         Angels, help us to adore him;
            ye behold him face to face;
            sun and moon, bow down before him;
            dwellers all in time and space.
            Praise him! Praise him!
            praise with us the God of grace.

Angus Gordon