COMMENTARY
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
13 September 2026
Reading 1: Sirach 27:30 – 28:7
“Forgive your neighbour and your sins will be pardoned.”
Reading 2: Romans 14: 7–9
"Whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord."
"If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord."
Gospel: Mathew 18: 21–35
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant: The Spirit of Forgiveness
“I tell you, not seven times, but seventy seven times.”

‘Be patient with me, I will pay you everything.’