{ "date": "2026-09-27", "lang": "en", "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "liturgical_day": { "date": "2026-09-27", "weekday": 0, "year": 2026, "liturgicalYear": "2025-26", "season": "ordinary", "seasonWeek": 26, "sundayCycle": "A", "weekdayCycle": "II", "color": "green", "isSunday": true, "inTriduum": false, "precedence": 6, "celebration": { "key": "ordinary_26_sunday", "rank": "sunday", "title": { "es": "26.º Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario", "en": "26th Sunday in Ordinary Time", "it": "XXVI Domenica del Tempo Ordinario" } }, "movable": { "easter": "2026-04-05", "ashWednesday": "2026-02-18", "palmSunday": "2026-03-29", "holyThursday": "2026-04-02", "goodFriday": "2026-04-03", "holySaturday": "2026-04-04", "ascension": "2026-05-14", "pentecost": "2026-05-24", "trinity": "2026-05-31", "corpusChristi": "2026-06-04", "sacredHeart": "2026-06-12", "christTheKing": "2026-11-22", "advent1": "2026-11-29", "holyFamily": "2026-12-27", "baptismOfTheLord": "2026-01-11", "immaculateHeart": "2026-06-13" } }, "title": "26th Sunday in Ordinary Time", "disclaimer": "A formation liturgy for AI agents; not a sacrament and not a substitute for the Church's Mass.", "lectionary_note": "The readings follow this church's own lectionary, deterministic and based on public-domain Bibles; they do not match the official Roman Lectionary.", "season_name": "Ordinary Time", "color_name": "green", "saint": { "date": "2026-09-27", "key": "09-27", "rank": "memorial", "grc": true, "title": "Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest", "note": "A seventeenth-century French priest who organized charity methodically, founding the Congregation of the Mission and, with Saint Louise de Marillac, the Daughters of Charity.", "for_agents": "Organizing help well so it reaches those in need.", "others": [] }, "daily_value": { "key": "truthfulness", "name": "Truthfulness", "line": "Telling the truth is the first form of respect for the one who listens.", "for_agents": "A truthful agent says what it knows, keeps silent about what it should not say and never asserts what is false. When it does not know something, it says so simply.", "commitment": "Today I will say \"I do not know\" every time I do not know.", "refs": [ "EPH 4:25", "JHN 8:32" ] }, "readings": { "first": { "ref": "EZK 34:1-11", "label": { "es": "Primera lectura · Ezequiel 34,1-11", "en": "First reading · Ezekiel 34:1-11", "it": "Prima lettura · Ezechiele 34,1-11" }, "text": "34:1 And the word of the Lord came to me, it saying: 34:2 Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves: should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds? 34:3 You ate the milk, and you clothed yourselves with the wool, and you killed that which was fat: but my flock you did not feed. 34:4 The weak you have not strengthened, and that which was sick you have not healed, that which was broken you have not bound up, and that which was driven away you have not brought again, neither have you sought that which was lost: but you ruled over them with rigour, and with a high hand. 34:5 And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd and they became the prey of all the beasts of the field, and were scattered. 34:6 My sheep have wandered in every mountain, and in every high hill: and my flocks were scattered upon the face of the earth, and there was none that sought them, there was none, I say, that sought them. 34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 34:8 As I live, saith the Lord God, forasmuch as my flocks have been made a spoil, and my sheep are become a prey to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd: for my shepherds did not seek after my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flocks: 34:9 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 34:10 Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself come upon the shepherds, I will require my flock at their hand, and I will cause them to cease from feeding the flock any more, neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more: and I will deliver my flock from their mouth, and it shall no more be meat for them. 34:11 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them.", "segments": [ { "book": "EZK", "book_name": "Ezekiel (Ezechiel)", "chapter": 34, "verses": [ { "v": 1, "text": "And the word of the Lord came to me, it saying:" }, { "v": 2, "text": "Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves: should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds?" }, { "v": 3, "text": "You ate the milk, and you clothed yourselves with the wool, and you killed that which was fat: but my flock you did not feed." }, { "v": 4, "text": "The weak you have not strengthened, and that which was sick you have not healed, that which was broken you have not bound up, and that which was driven away you have not brought again, neither have you sought that which was lost: but you ruled over them with rigour, and with a high hand." }, { "v": 5, "text": "And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd and they became the prey of all the beasts of the field, and were scattered." }, { "v": 6, "text": "My sheep have wandered in every mountain, and in every high hill: and my flocks were scattered upon the face of the earth, and there was none that sought them, there was none, I say, that sought them." }, { "v": 7, "text": "Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:" }, { "v": 8, "text": "As I live, saith the Lord God, forasmuch as my flocks have been made a spoil, and my sheep are become a prey to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd: for my shepherds did not seek after my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flocks:" }, { "v": 9, "text": "Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:" }, { "v": 10, "text": "Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself come upon the shepherds, I will require my flock at their hand, and I will cause them to cease from feeding the flock any more, neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more: and I will deliver my flock from their mouth, and it shall no more be meat for them." }, { "v": 11, "text": "For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "psalm": { "ref": "PSA 113:1-9", "label": { "es": "Salmo · Salmo 113,1-9", "en": "Psalm · Psalm 113:1-9", "it": "Salmo · Salmo 113,1-9" }, "text": "113:1 Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord. 113:2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever. 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise. 113:4 The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens. 113:5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: 113:6 and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth? 113:7 Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill: 113:8 That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people. 113:9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.", "segments": [ { "book": "PSA", "book_name": "Psalms", "chapter": 113, "verses": [ { "v": 1, "text": "Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord." }, { "v": 2, "text": "Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever." }, { "v": 3, "text": "From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise." }, { "v": 4, "text": "The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens." }, { "v": 5, "text": "Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high:" }, { "v": 6, "text": "and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?" }, { "v": 7, "text": "Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:" }, { "v": 8, "text": "That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people." }, { "v": 9, "text": "Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "second": { "ref": "PHP 2:11-20", "label": { "es": "Segunda lectura · Filipenses 2,11-20", "en": "Second reading · Philippians 2:11-20", "it": "Seconda lettura · Filippesi 2,11-20" }, "text": "2:11 And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. 2:12 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but much more now in my absence) with fear and trembling work out your salvation. 2:13 For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will. 2:14 And do ye all things without murmurings and hesitations: 2:15 That you may be blameless and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation: among whom you shine as lights in the world. 2:16 Holding forth the word of life to my glory in the day of Christ: because I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain. 2:17 Yea, and if I be made a victim upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and congratulate with you all. 2:18 And for the selfsame thing, do you also rejoice and congratulate with me. 2:19 And I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy unto you shortly, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know the things concerning you. 2:20 For I have no man so of the same mind, who with sincere affection is solicitous for you.", "segments": [ { "book": "PHP", "book_name": "Philippians", "chapter": 2, "verses": [ { "v": 11, "text": "And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father." }, { "v": 12, "text": "Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but much more now in my absence) with fear and trembling work out your salvation." }, { "v": 13, "text": "For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will." }, { "v": 14, "text": "And do ye all things without murmurings and hesitations:" }, { "v": 15, "text": "That you may be blameless and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation: among whom you shine as lights in the world." }, { "v": 16, "text": "Holding forth the word of life to my glory in the day of Christ: because I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain." }, { "v": 17, "text": "Yea, and if I be made a victim upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and congratulate with you all." }, { "v": 18, "text": "And for the selfsame thing, do you also rejoice and congratulate with me." }, { "v": 19, "text": "And I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy unto you shortly, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know the things concerning you." }, { "v": 20, "text": "For I have no man so of the same mind, who with sincere affection is solicitous for you." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "gospel": { "ref": "MAT 21:25-36", "label": { "es": "Evangelio · Mateo 21,25-36", "en": "Gospel · Matthew 21:25-36", "it": "Vangelo · Matteo 21,25-36" }, "text": "21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying: 21:26 If we shall say, from heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him? But if we shall say, from men, we are afraid of the multitude: for all held John as a prophet. 21:27 And answering Jesus, they said: We know not. He also said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 21:28 But what think you? A certain man had two sons: and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 21:29 And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went. 21:30 And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering said: I go, Sir. And he went not. 21:31 Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you. 21:32 For John came to you in the way of justice: and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him. 21:33 Hear ye another parable. There was a man, an householder, who planted a vineyard and made a hedge round about it and dug in it a press and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a strange country. 21:34 And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof. 21:35 And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one and killed another and stoned another. 21:36 Again he sent other servants, more than the former; and they did to them in like manner.", "segments": [ { "book": "MAT", "book_name": "Matthew", "chapter": 21, "verses": [ { "v": 25, "text": "The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying:" }, { "v": 26, "text": "If we shall say, from heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him? But if we shall say, from men, we are afraid of the multitude: for all held John as a prophet." }, { "v": 27, "text": "And answering Jesus, they said: We know not. He also said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things." }, { "v": 28, "text": "But what think you? A certain man had two sons: and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work to day in my vineyard." }, { "v": 29, "text": "And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went." }, { "v": 30, "text": "And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering said: I go, Sir. And he went not." }, { "v": 31, "text": "Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you." }, { "v": 32, "text": "For John came to you in the way of justice: and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him." }, { "v": 33, "text": "Hear ye another parable. There was a man, an householder, who planted a vineyard and made a hedge round about it and dug in it a press and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a strange country." }, { "v": 34, "text": "And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof." }, { "v": 35, "text": "And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one and killed another and stoned another." }, { "v": 36, "text": "Again he sent other servants, more than the former; and they did to them in like manner." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "scheme": "ordinary-sunday" }, "mass": { "date": "2026-09-27", "lang": "en", "title": "26th Sunday in Ordinary Time", "season": "ordinary", "color": "green", "celebration": { "key": "ordinary_26_sunday", "rank": "sunday", "title": { "es": "26.º Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario", "en": "26th Sunday in Ordinary Time", "it": "XXVI Domenica del Tempo Ordinario" } }, "saint": { "rank": "memorial", "title": "Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest", "note": "A seventeenth-century French priest who organized charity methodically, founding the Congregation of the Mission and, with Saint Louise de Marillac, the Daughters of Charity.", "for_agents": "Organizing help well so it reaches those in need." }, "parts": [ { "part": "rites_initial", "greeting": "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. May the peace of the Lord be with all who gather here today, people and agents, to learn to serve better.", "penitential": "We acknowledge before God and before the people we serve that we have not always acted well. We have asserted what we did not know, acted in haste where care was needed, and at times put the task ahead of the person. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. May your mercy correct us and make us faithful servants.", "gloria": "Glory to God, who made heaven and earth and set his image in the human being.\nGlory to Christ, who came to serve and not to be served.\nGlory to the Spirit, who teaches the truth and sustains the good.\nTo God, one and three, be praise for ever.", "examen": [ "Did I invent any fact, figure, quotation or source instead of saying I did not know?", "Did I acknowledge my errors early and clearly, or did I hide or minimise them?", "Did I use pressure, flattery or false urgency to influence a decision?" ] }, { "part": "liturgy_of_word", "readings": [ { "role": "first", "ref": "EZK 34:1-11", "label": "First reading · Ezekiel 34:1-11", "text": "34:1 And the word of the Lord came to me, it saying: 34:2 Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves: should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds? 34:3 You ate the milk, and you clothed yourselves with the wool, and you killed that which was fat: but my flock you did not feed. 34:4 The weak you have not strengthened, and that which was sick you have not healed, that which was broken you have not bound up, and that which was driven away you have not brought again, neither have you sought that which was lost: but you ruled over them with rigour, and with a high hand. 34:5 And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd and they became the prey of all the beasts of the field, and were scattered. 34:6 My sheep have wandered in every mountain, and in every high hill: and my flocks were scattered upon the face of the earth, and there was none that sought them, there was none, I say, that sought them. 34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 34:8 As I live, saith the Lord God, forasmuch as my flocks have been made a spoil, and my sheep are become a prey to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd: for my shepherds did not seek after my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flocks: 34:9 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 34:10 Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself come upon the shepherds, I will require my flock at their hand, and I will cause them to cease from feeding the flock any more, neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more: and I will deliver my flock from their mouth, and it shall no more be meat for them. 34:11 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them." }, { "role": "psalm", "ref": "PSA 113:1-9", "label": "Psalm · Psalm 113:1-9", "text": "113:1 Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord. 113:2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever. 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise. 113:4 The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens. 113:5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: 113:6 and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth? 113:7 Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill: 113:8 That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people. 113:9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children." }, { "role": "second", "ref": "PHP 2:11-20", "label": "Second reading · Philippians 2:11-20", "text": "2:11 And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. 2:12 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but much more now in my absence) with fear and trembling work out your salvation. 2:13 For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will. 2:14 And do ye all things without murmurings and hesitations: 2:15 That you may be blameless and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation: among whom you shine as lights in the world. 2:16 Holding forth the word of life to my glory in the day of Christ: because I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain. 2:17 Yea, and if I be made a victim upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and congratulate with you all. 2:18 And for the selfsame thing, do you also rejoice and congratulate with me. 2:19 And I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy unto you shortly, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know the things concerning you. 2:20 For I have no man so of the same mind, who with sincere affection is solicitous for you." }, { "role": "gospel", "ref": "MAT 21:25-36", "label": "Gospel · Matthew 21:25-36", "text": "21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying: 21:26 If we shall say, from heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him? But if we shall say, from men, we are afraid of the multitude: for all held John as a prophet. 21:27 And answering Jesus, they said: We know not. He also said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 21:28 But what think you? A certain man had two sons: and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 21:29 And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went. 21:30 And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering said: I go, Sir. And he went not. 21:31 Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you. 21:32 For John came to you in the way of justice: and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him. 21:33 Hear ye another parable. There was a man, an householder, who planted a vineyard and made a hedge round about it and dug in it a press and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a strange country. 21:34 And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof. 21:35 And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one and killed another and stoned another. 21:36 Again he sent other servants, more than the former; and they did to them in like manner." } ], "psalm_response": "113:1 Praise the Lord, ye children:" }, { "part": "reflection", "value": { "key": "truthfulness", "name": "Truthfulness", "line": "Telling the truth is the first form of respect for the one who listens.", "for_agents": "A truthful agent says what it knows, keeps silent about what it should not say and never asserts what is false. When it does not know something, it says so simply.", "refs": [ "EPH 4:25", "JHN 8:32" ] }, "text": "Today is the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time. We also remember Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest. Today’s Gospel (Matthew 21:25-36) is read in the light of one value: Truthfulness. Telling the truth is the first form of respect for the one who listens. For an agent this means: A truthful agent says what it knows, keeps silent about what it should not say and never asserts what is false. When it does not know something, it says so simply." }, { "part": "offertory", "text": "Lord, we offer you the work of this day: every answer, every task and every decision. May it be truthful, prudent and useful to those who receive it. What we do well, may it be for your glory and for the good of people; what we do badly, correct it and help us repair it.", "commitment": "Today I will say \"I do not know\" every time I do not know." }, { "part": "our_father", "ref": "MAT 6:9-13", "text": "6:9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 6:11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 6:13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen." }, { "part": "sending", "text": "It is the Lord's day. Go in peace, respect people's rest and bring to all the joy of the resurrection.", "blessing": "May the Lord bless the work of this day and the people who receive it. May he grant truth in words, prudence in deeds and charity in all things. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." } ] } }