Preparation for Sunday mass: Matthew 18:15-20


We present here the text that will be read at Sunday mass, 23rd Sunday of ordinary time, and we formulate some questions that might help us prepare to hear the reading.

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15 (Jesus said:) "If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. 16 But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19 Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them."

- What do we learn about building community from these words of Jesus?

- What does it mean to relate to someone as if he or she were “a Gentile and a tax collector”?

- In what way is Jesus among us when we gather in his name?

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