Sunday

21 Sep 2025

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C Click here for all content for this cycle Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C

SUNDAY SUMMARY

Amos 8:4-7  With fixed scales, the new math makes it easy for sellers to cheat their neighbors.

Psalm 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8  God lifts up the poor to seat them with the princes of their people.

1 Timothy 2:1-8  Devotion and dignity go hand in hand, as the holy life is marked by order and tranquility.

Luke 16:1-13 or 16:10-13  The new math also helps a dishonest steward to cheat his master—and be lauded for it!

More resources for the month available in Seasonal notes.

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Homilist’s overview of September

Liturgical themes and feasts

Back to school, for some. Labor Day (1) is a game changer for many who return to their labors tugged by more distractions as the academic year dominates the calendar.

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The inner word

What’s in your heart?

Exploitation, cheating, and trickery all have negative connotations but imply varying degrees of depravity or sinfulness.

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Featured Exploring the Word

Learning the new math

Pedagogy is an ugly word to use at the start of a homily. Better to talk about the way we learn and how it shapes what we learn. It's Catechetical Sunday, not exactly a church feast but a significant feature on the landscape of religious understanding.

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Homily stories

Double jeopardy

I know from experience that you can’t serve two masters—or at least two bosses. 

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Homily stories

Practice good business

If recent economic downturns and the ensuing unemployment trends in the United States and around the world have taught us anything, it is that money is an essential resource in our efforts to make this world a better place for all human beings.

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Prayers

Penitential Act & Prayer of the Faithful

My brothers and sisters, let us call to mind God's great works and our sins as we prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries

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Quotes

A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.

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Browse the library

Browse our library for additional Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C material.

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