September 21, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist ----- ☆ Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13 Dramatic Reading https://pebutty.net/bible/en/Matthew_9_9-13 And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him. And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners? But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill. But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners. ----- ☆ Ephesians 4:1-7.11-13 Dramatic Reading https://pebutty.net/bible/en/Ephesians_4_1-7_11-13 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you, With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love; Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all. But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ. And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ: ----- ◇ Daily Readings September 21, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/092126.cfm ☆ The Bible in Basic English BBE https://www.biblestudytools.com/bbe/ ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/listen/ -----